Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
REGRET EXPRESSED.
AT PO|NCARE NOTE.
Stand Not to Pay U. S. Un-
til Germany Pays Proves
Disappointment.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

r-i.i ;; ,,,, ,b.t tho I-ni,ed
s.,.as ro,.ornn,nnt exnacted This
do.s rot moan that officials here an
nrova of IN. French line Of reasoning
h,t tbn,. or. inclined IA agree with
The French premier that no good pur-
nose is served by discussion from the
borsa,ons of .be intricate problems
of PREPARATIONS.
In other words. an open demand by
rro.+ pritoi, co,,,d NOT have heen ac-
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copied by Polncare without coiiiiiii'
ting political suicide. To yield TO
C.raat Britain in the face of the whole
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Noilu "ou'u nav
That is why considerably more nm
portance is attached TO-DAY 10 tne
broad hint IN NJ. Folncare hote suS
costing that the negotiations De Coh-
tiuued with more discretion and less
publicity.
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Aithoush inc
o.-cha,ra of notes between Great
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a.:a,
x.,,u,u,. troro is
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shoulu nave so"c ~ '"i
publicly that while the war deot 10
America would be paid. payments
n-o,,,d ,,ot u. begrp nnti1 Germany
began paying PREPARATIONS.
The French have determined Incl
dcntallv 10 draw up an agreement
"a
debt 1t will be in a sense a recog-
milton OF the existence of the debt
and an answer to the criticism which
has been leveled at France TO the
eject that she has never formally
acknowledged her war debt, but, on
She contrary. has indicated through
some of her statesmen-as. for in
stance. NJ Loucheur-that the debt
would be repudiated.
Premier Poincares statement that the
forthcoming negotiations with America
are intended to bring about a definite
agreement 10 nav was noted here as
significant The exact words of the
French premier are:
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shhhot 1--WE Treierehee'
"Te vr.isb IN nay o,,r debts hotb orr
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uep's to"afu lI'e Cnl'eu states anu oui
debts toward Great Britain. we cannot
accord preference to one or the other.
We cannot, therefore, bring about a
solidarity with Germany for the pay
mont of tha debit of ENGLAND "a the
Is;. ol e.ie W. ol Ia ,h ~ othr
band .hendon o,r ubnia Sbor, Of bon5s
for or.;aI snt.Io,,,or,. ~ ,ia ir,aroJiiaJ
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$3.50 " silo ~ AZ ~ .tls y; y
yance si+h tbe envarnmant Of the
tinted States, which also being our
creditor, has interest in seeing that our
financial noSition ia not made Uorse
The INTERPRETATION of the foregoing,
hoard TO-DAY is that France believes
America cannot exert nressure 10
farca FRANCO 70 nav har Gehts s,ore
,.arn,an rnnarations ara fnrtbcon1ing
80 H.. $500 iii ~ Ell in
u.itb Rr;+isb n1ans for cioser ra1a
,;nnshi,l .,.;tt, PS aa ,',h;ob 80
bInGar tho Observation-Disclosures nr NO
d,otf,,;. oe Eranoa
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pIe To the exten1 tbat France dc.
ciares reparations must be settled
ansrt from, the question of interaiIieC
u,ar dahts Tho T-nitad Sts+ns 10 In
baartr occord ,,;th - Erarnh ,aosi'
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agraorian, - 49, III Tiitad =.
untiI nayn,ents are actnaIiv received
from Germany Is in The 0ninion of
untenahle theory Of fair dealing as
between dahtor and creditor
w S'ri"sS A''asheu'
America asked no questions OF
france when the money was orig
!ndily lent. no strings We're al :
,dcneo. nree ana halt olillon ool-
people through liberty loan drives
a 49, no rienen pilieldl sald any
a,an Pc iS i. oauh oiiiy We. He.
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