Evening star., 1923-08-13
|P0|NCARE AfF|RMS
STANDPAT POLICIES
Defends Actions Toward Ger
many in Speeches on Old
BattIefields.
By the Associa ted Press

By the Associa ted Press. :
STENAY. France. August l3-Disre-
gardin9 the recommends tions of David
Lloyd George the former British
prime minister. that he should not
make speeches on Sundays Or in
places where war memories would be
aroused. Premier Poincare Yesterday
made two addresses TO emphasize
Frances answering determination
not to change her policy toward Ger
many.
He delivered his first address yes
terday at hiarviile at the unveiling of
a monument To military and civil
victims of the war.
In the af'- rnoon he came TO Stenay
TO dedicate war memorial in the
town that DUNG most of the war was
the domain and pleasure ground of
the former German crown prince. His
addresses here and at Marville had
been written before the last British
note was received, although he had
!! the document before him as he spoke
chancellor Cuno." said the premier
in his Marville speech, referring to
the German chancellor's recent ad-
dress in the reichstag, undoubtedly
language if the allies had been
unanimous in showing him their will
in ordering him not to revolt longer
against the legitimate measures
taken by Belgium and France"
Sure of Rights.
/, The premier declared that the Ger
| man government was leading Ger
many to catastrophe, sdding. we
are sure not only of our rights, but
our methods"
We can only smile indulgentIy at
Cuno's clustering" NJ. Poincare con-
ha ;,,lY
not thoroughly beaten in the war, she
declared: if he believes Germany can
violate with impunity the treaty she
signed; if he thinks we are disposed
to go on indefinitely without the
reparations she owes us. If he be-
lieveS we Will go out of the Ruhr be-
fore our claim is paid. then he is
greatly mistaken. And if he does not
believe all this. but only says it. it is
his compatriots he hoodwinks and
leads TO ruin"
NJ. Poincare concluded by saying
! that Germany now. as in 3e1s. on the
eve of her m. ar downfall, was
seeking to mislead =. inioR.
1T is only necessary" he declared.
mot to weaken, bet TO have the last
word. 1t was not ~ the bravery of
the allied armies that won the war,
but the unshakable will of the ma
ton. The whole nation has now the
same will to win peace. and it will do
50. our Qedu QemdnQ IL, anu ln6lr
demand will be granted"
In his afternoon address in Stenay
NJ. Poincare said that that part of the
world uninfiuenced by Germany re-
fuses TO believe France has no Interior
! motive in her present policy.
But" he added, I'VE can only re-
new our answer-we do not think of
crushing any one; we do not say de-
lenda Germania': nor do we wish to
take single bit of ground that does
not belong to us"
NJ Poincare referred to the speech
made Thursday by DIR. Stresemann,
| leader of the German peoples party,
| in which he asserted that Germany
! old not hate France during the war
| and detested her now only because OF
| the Ruhr occupation. What would
| the Germans have done If they had
| hated us?" asked the premier
! I'VE are not tanning hatred, the
| premier added. we proclaimed, on
| the contrary. after victory that we
\ were ready to forget. Rancor and
vengeance are sentiments that have
| no place on French soil.
1--WE wish only that our spirit of
chivalry, our generosity, should not
| be abused