The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-12
FRENCH TIGHTEN
 RE|NS FOLLOWING. GE KHAN OUTBREAK.
Premier Poincare, in State- ment, Refers to Methods Used by Bismarck on
 France in 1871
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run T abS ohcJ line of conduct The hour belongs not to words but to deeds; but. never theless, a few words"
 The premier was asked his opinion of the memorandum recently for warded the powers by the govern ment of the Reich, contestins the legality of the Franco Belgian occu- patton of the Ruhr.
 T shall not answer that person. ally" replied the premier flor my words might be suspected of partial ity. 1 prefer to give you an irrefut- able opinion for it from a German statesman, placed by the Germans among the very highest. I refer you to Bismarck himself"
 Poincare took from his desk and opened a volume and turned the pages until he found a pamphlet in the Ger man language entitled, Diplomatic Acts, 1871 to 1914" Tables Turned.
 See for yourself" said the premier Note that these documents are dated August, 1871. Germany is victorious. France is in full political crisis. Bis marck fears Thiers twill be over thrown and that another government may arise in France unfavorable to the treaty of Frankfort. What does the iron chancellor do? He immedi ately plans 8 reinforcing of the German army of occupation. But read for yourself"
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 Cites TeIegrams.
 The telegyams cited by M. Poin- care showed that Bismarck, on Au- gust P. 1871. sent to Walderze. the German charge d'affairs ill Paris, the following message:
 If the present crisis in France means political upheaval, we be- lieve we are authorized to strengthen the German army in France in measure necessary to our rights.'
 To this telegram. according to the copy shown the correspondent, Bis marck added this confidential post scrip:
 For your personal information. l will like to say that If French politi- cal situation becomes uncertain we do not thing it prudent to await an act of aggression by France. but as soon as the maintenance of peace appears doubtful, we will immediate ly proceed to the resumption of hos tlities by mobilizing 300, 900 men,"
 Bismarck followed up this with a letter declaring that Germany would engage in military operations the moment the execution of the treaty of Frankfort seemed imperilled, de- claring ilt was quite natural the preparations might result in new decidration Of war, or new war.
 The quicker We move forward" the letter continued, the less it will cost us to retake the positions occu- pied In February. But let France pefare. A second war will be con aueted with less German restraint than the first. and would naturally be followed by long and rigorous oc- cupatIon of a considerable stretch of French territory and by German ad- ministrations of the same
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 I hese historic documents" ob- served NJ. Poincare after the corre- spondent had finished reading them, need no comment. Others could be uited almost without end"
 The premier then placed his finger on two other texts showing that the German government proposed after the signature of the treaty of Frank fort to reoccupy, after the evacua- ton. French territory in the event of q change in the French government which would not be accompanied by complete recognition of the peace treaty and with guarantees for it's enLve execution, or in the event Ger maiy was not paid by the spri0g of lS1i. The first of these documents was d telegram from Bismarck to William l, dated October ?, 1871, and the second telegram from the Ger man secretary of state. Non Thile, to Count Arnim, German amba ssador in Paris, dated May "a, 1872.
 Thus, said NJ. Poincare, If France had not met ner obligations, Ger many planned effective seizure of guarantees and a return of the Ger man armies to French territory more than three years after the end of the Fanco- -Prussian war. Today France is merely acting in similar man. ner. with, however, the great dif- ference that the French measures are plainly authorized by the treaty of Versailles.
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 And Frenchmen hold that the@ Franco Belgian occupation of the kuhr is far from possessing the rigorous character which Bismarck was arranging for his administration of French soil. as witness our hedp- ful attitude toward the German peo- pie and the policy of feeding the needy population.
 No methods of the brutality which Germany tanned at the time of Bis- marck had France not fulfilled her engagements would ever be resorted to by France. And the United States and the rest of the world may rest assured thil. the occupation of the Ruhr will always preserve the same pacific character which has domi- .-----------------------
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