Evening star., 1924-03-03

| Of !. Wilson in
lcontinued from First Pase.),
new in European dipIon,acy-is in
itselt considered a most favorable
Is little more than repetition OF
his many speeches on the same sub
Neither Of the prsuiers will make
any attempt to formulate concrete
proposals until the expert commit
tees have reported -t-
Mr.. Macdonald again shows that
MS main hope is to attain such a
state OF affairs In Europe as should
induce the United States to cooper
ate IN the reconstruction Of Europe.
Denies Annexation Plot.
N. Poincare repudiates any design
to annex a particle OF German terri
tory. and concerning British sus-
p,Ei1ns Iit,,,nsv OF French motives in giving
entente" countries. declares that the
French aims are absolutely peaceful
and he desires only that England
should cooperate with the same
group OF countries for the purpose
OF maintaining peace In Europe. NJ
Poincare seems to think that 1t will
be q long time before the committees
are able to present their reports. In
the meantime he re-echoes most OF
the British prime minister's asplra-
countries in the interests Of q just
settlement, and on the whole, the
correspondence. although 1t does not
materially advance, certainly does not
almlnish. the chances Of an ultimate
Premier Macdonald's letter to NJ
Foincare. which is dated February Il.
says that, encouraged by the friendly
nature OF NJ. Poincare's reply to his
former letter. he desires to prepare
the way for a more complete mutual
understandinE by an unreserved re-
cital OF 'the difI1culties with which
l am faced and the manner. In which
myself envisage the situation"
PaFpOse Of Letter.
He does not desire to enter into de-
tails or advance specific proposals but
explains that: My present purpose is
mind. the differences and alteration
or the past were in most cases not
wholly unavoidable and to assure you
OF my readiness to re-examine the
whole problem in its larger outlines
and more essential elements"
Declaring that he wishes not only
TO interpret the views of his own
countrymen but sympathetically to
realize French opinions and needs.
Mr.: Macdonald proceeds:
1T Is widely felt in England that.
contrary to the provisions Of the Yer
sailles treaty. France is ende avoring
to create a situation which gains for
1t what it failed to get during the
allied peace negotiations. The view
of this section of my countrymen is
that that policy can only perpetuate
uncertainty and dangers OF a condi-
ton. not OF peace. but Of war. and
that in the end it will destroy what
ever temporary security France may
gain.
French Disappointed.
There were many people in France
who imagined that with the complete
defeat OF Germany they would be
automatically freed forever from a
real: some thought in order to attain
absolute security the French from
tiers should be extended to the
Rhine. They were disappointed in
this expectation. They were offered.
instead, joint guarantee by Great
the abstention Of America this offer
lapsed. and the French people have
since. with some justification, been
seeking other more tangible safe
guards to replace it.
With regard to reparations also
appointment. Neither the virtually
unlimited expectations aroused at the
moment OF victory, nor the more Epe-
ctf1c assessment made in 1921 has
been Of any real relation to the eco
nomic situation as it stands today.
The position of this country is en-
tirely different. Our security by land
and sea remains unmenaced. But our
economic existence has been gravely
endangered. owing not to the in
sum in reparations. but to the acute
and persistent dislocation of the mar
kets Of Europe, occasioned mainly by
the uncertainty Of the relations be-
tween Franco and Germany, the con-
tinued economic chaos in Germany.
shown SO clearly by violent huctua,
tions in the value OF its currency. and
the ultimate uncertainty in the rela"
tions between France and ourselves.
Anxiety Of British.
Thus it has come about that the
people in this country regard with
anxiety what appears to them to be
the determination OF France to ruin
Germany and dominate the continent.
without consideration OF our reason
able interests and future consequences
to a European settlement; that they
feel apprehension of the large mill
tary and aerial establishments main
tanned not only in eastern but also
in western France: that they are dis
turbed by the interest shown by your
government in the military organiza-
tions of the new states in central
Europe. and. finally, that they ques-
ton why all these activities should
be financed by the French govern
the British taxpayer has to find up
ward Of csc, 0,000.0 900 yearly as interest
upon loans raised in America and
that our taxpayers also have to find
large sum to pay the interest on the
debt OF France to US, to meet which
France herself has as yet neither
made nor propounded. so far as they
can see, any sacrifice equivalent to
their own.
Seek to Find Causes.
"Such popular sentiments, errnoeous
though they may b, are factors
which both you and I are bound to
take into consider a1ion. In my
judgment it is these states OF opinion
which have vitiated eur relations in
the past and have also induced our two
governments to indulge in alterations
regarding the symptoms Of malady with
out endeavoring with clarity and good
sense to investigate the causes. 1t
which gives me much concern and
which I venture to believe disturbs
YOU. too. I am hearty anxious that
you and / together should try to give
both these sections Of French and
British opinion some sense Of conf
dence that the basis Of their fears
and resentments is being removed:
'1t is not. however, my present pur.- p.-
pose to enter at any length INTO such
auestions as the Ruhr ana Rhine
land Occupations. or the Palatinate
bevond saying that no one who, has
to observe British opinion: today can
afford to overlook the urgent neces-
sity Of coming TO- .nnnt arra"senv"'" ise1av 'e
earding them without deiay.