Evening star., 1923-08-26
BALDWIN MISSES
FRENCH PREMIER
Passes Through Paris Half
Hour After Poincare Left,
Conference Delayed.
By Cable TO The Star.

By Cable to The Star.
PARIS. August 2S-Although it
was expected that Prime Minister
Baldwin and Premier Poincare might
confer on the occasion of the British
minister's passage through Paris on
his way to AK LIE Bains. where he
will take brief vacation, the foreign
office tonight gave assurance that NJ.
Poincare is more Interested in reach
irg eastern France. where he speak
tomorrow. The French government
spokesman left Paris half an hour be-
fore Mr. Baldwin arrived
The British prime minister stepped
off the train at $50 o'clock this even
ing and was greeted by the assistant
chief protocol of the foreign office on
behalf of VI. Poincare. Mr.. Baldwin
left at o'clock for AK lie Bains.
So far as is known tonight not a
single word on the international polit-
ical situation passed between Prime
Minister Baldwin and any represent
atives of the French government. II
the premierS are to confer at all it
will be three weeks hence when Mr.
Baldwin returns to London via Paris
Many things may happen between
now and then.
French Are silent.
The French government is main
tanning rather reserved comment re-
garding Chancellor Stresemann's
apparently conciliatory speech before
German induStr trialiStS and financierS
yesterday, and while the official view
here is that the chancellor must be
more precise in his proposals to the
French government for an early set
tlement of the questions arising from
the Ruhr and reparationS, his declar-
alton is regarded as significant for
what 1t did not contain as much as
Tor its fiat statements.
1t was noted with satisfaction in
Paris that DIR. Stresemann omitted
the usual bombastic references to
passive resistance in the Ruhr and
Germanys sacred duty" to fight to
the bitter end.
NJ. Poincare will refer briefly to
DIR. Stresemann's declaration in the
course of one of his two speeches in
eastern France tomorrow. 1t is un-
d"rstood here that NJ. Poincare has
noted the general tone of Dr. Strese-
mann's speech and regards it as one
of the most encouraging declaratio
that have come from Germany in a
long while.
Praise Stresemann.
Tonight's leading editorial in the
Temps. which may or may not have
been inspired by NJ. Poincare him
self, says:
chancellor Stresemann has rem
dered "a service to his country in
speaking in measured tone. For our
part we are happy that the chief of
the German government spoke Sc
riously, and it is with equal serious
ness that we shall examine his dis
course. The chancellor has expressed
the wish that the conflict in the Ruhr
should cease. That is what all rea-
sonable men have hoped"
The Temps points out that NJ. Poin-
cares plan for guarantees of German
payments by allied control of the
railways and mines is an effective
one, but the newspaper observes that
this is not acceptible to the new cab
met.
At the same hour that DR.. Strese-
mann was speaking yesterday to the
German ndustrialists. says Temps
the British minister of commerce was
speaking in Aberdeen stressing Eng
lands desire for effective control OF
German finances.
I'VE understand this British financial
control" says Temps. 1T would be
guarantee held by England. Es-
sentially the British government is not
Ruhr as guarantee. When DIR. Strese-
mann insists so uselessly in refusing
local and temporary mortgages which
france is demanding, must We believe
the chancellor prefers general control
of which certain British ministers are
dreamming?"
Copyright 1921