The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-06-14
ALLIES DECIDE
TO STAY IN RUHR
Poincare Accepts Principle OF
Belgian Plan-Might Attract
Italy and Britain.
TO AWAIT PAYMENT
Agree German Resistance Must Stop
Before Examining roposals-Asree
to Increase occupationaI Returns
While Waiting Reich Note.

Brussels-A solid and united Allied
front by France, Belgium, Great
Britain and Italy on the question of
German reparations, with France and
Belgium agreed on a Ruhr policy, is
forecast from the meeting here be-
tween Premier Poincare Of France and
Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister
Jaspar of Belgium.
A striking feature Of the session,
according to both French and Bel
CLANS. was that way was left open
for Stanley Baldwin, British Premier,
to propose solution should it prove
impossible to arrange joint Allied
reply to the new proposal Germany is
expected to make almost imme diately
on the question of reparations.
The French expressed willingness
to n eet any reasonable German plan in
a spirit of Cancellation, and, aside from
insisting that payment from Germany
must be forthcoming BEFORE the poilus
quit the Ruhr, M, Poincare announced
he was ready to entertain settlement
suggestions from friendly quarters. 1t
is asserted that when the French
Premier made this statement he had
Mr.. Baldwin particularly in mind.
The French, with the Belgians sup
porting them, still held out for cessa-
ton of German passive resistance
as an inf1exible requirement before
M. Poincare's attitude on the whole
= construed here as decidedly less
uncompromising than heretofore.
The two allies again reaffirmed their
decision to evacuate the Ruhr only as
Germany has paid,
Grave fears had been voiced that
the French and Belgian viewpoints
would prove irreconcilable, but after
a private talk of more than an hour
between M. Poincare and NJ. Theunis
and NJ Jaspar, considered the most
important feature Of the day, it was
announced officially that IAN under
standing has been reached"
The meeting of "The Board of Di-
rectors of the Ruhr Occupation Com
pany, Limited" as the French Premier
described the session, proved to be a
general discussion of the reparation
question.
When the delegates met at the
French Embassy for dinner, M. Poin-
care and NJ. Jaspar decided that an
other meeting was unnecessary. M.
Poincare, therefore, returned to Paris.
The new German note, which some
thought might arrive in Brussels,
failed to appear. The Premiers, how
ever, were enabled to outline their
eventual reply The Belgians, while
skeptical of Germany's new proposals,
held that the offer should be exam
ined and answered.
AS the note will be addressed to
all the Allies, the Belgian believe it
will afford an opportunity to restore
the Entente front by joint reply.
M. Poincare assented to this.
Plans agreed upon by the conferees
to increase the effectiveness of the
Ruhr occupation as producer of re-
turns, both in kind and in cash, includ-
ing the creation of an international
syndicate to exploit tobacco and alco-
hol monopolies in the occupied re-
gions. This measure in the Belgian
plan bears the notation, Must be sub
mitted to Great Britain" 1t was ac-
cepted by M. De Lasteyrie, French
Finance Minister, on behalf of M.
Poincare.
The Belgians feel Great Britain
again has been made an active party
to the settlement of the reparation
question owing to this reference to
her for approval of provisions. accept
ed by the French The Belgians
entered the conference in the hope of
serving as a link between the French
and the British.
Afterward M. Jaspar, who for
months has been an exponent of the
British view on, cooperation with
France, was able to say, I'VE have
done good work" And the French
delegates added, 1--WE are quite salts
fed"