Evening star., 1924-08-24

into this The government will bear
\ the responsibility"
He called upon Gen. Desticker, chief
OF Foch's staff, and Gen. Nollet. min
lister of war. to give the military
views. Gen. Desticker said that Mar
shal Foch had been consulted and de-
clared formally that the military oc-
cupation Of the Ruhr should not con-
Germ Frances security and the mar
shall considered the conditions OF the
Versailles treaty amply sufficient"
! The Ruhr dominated the days ses-
sion, just as the premier said 1t hung
Hike 4 pail over the London confer
ence. The pros and cons Of M. Poin-
| cares policy were argued all over,
\ with scant attention to the real aues-
ton. But out Of it all. NJ. Herriot
got q good deal of comfort in main
| tanning his position that he did the
best possible under the circumstances.
Louis Dubois who succeeded M
Toincare as president of the repara.
tion commission, and former Min.
! listers Martin and Rebel threshed out
the history OF the Ruhr and repara-
| tions. The premier interrupted from
| time to time to set history straigh:
and remind them bitingly OF the
| shortcomings of the governments
| tQey 0eIeHoc0, anu leii OdCh On uis
| previous declaration that France
must be In the right" which even his
worst enemies did not dispute.
| Playins lnteYnal Politics.
| Internal politics overshadowed for
! eign policy, but the attacks on tn.
| government apparently were rather
to put the opposition on record and
| establish points for future use than
4 NTH INV hnne nf uAY.
riot.
| NJ. Rebel extracted a denial from
the premier that France had bound
| herself to communicate with Eng
land all the details of her forthcom-
| ing commercial negotiations with
| Germany.
The question of inter-allied debts
dominated the night session Of the
chamber. Louis klotz, who was
! lister. supported the previously ad-
| vanced theory that the inter-allied
war debts were part OF the war
| charges.
NJ. Letrocauer. Poincare's minister
Of public works. who was most &C
lively concerned In Ruhr reparations,
proved a staunch defender OF the
Dawes plan. asserting that 1t was
much superior to the proposition Mr.
Bonar Law had offered before
Frances entry into the Ruhr. He
said that the annuities under the
Dawes scheme were superior to those
under the British proposition and the
| mobilization of the German debt and
| the system OF guarantee showed
similar superiority.
United states AA welcomed.
Former Minister of Commerce
Loucheur paid tribute to Americas s
| wartime role and welcomed the pros
pect OF an American on the repara-
ton commission.
N. Herriot's most striking COM
| speech earlier today include the fol-
lowing:
| The only way to halt the exodus
Of German capital abroad is to re.
| establish the stability of German
money. No law can make the return
| of capital obligatory; therefore the
| only way to realize tho conclusions
| OF the second experts committee is
to put the report of the first DAVE,
committee in operation.
| We demand eventual collective &C.
tion by the allies in the case OF
| Germany defying the Dawes plan bu,
we intend to maintain the possibility
| of Frances isolated action In case
| her interests. or to safeguard ouI
| rights, obliges us to resort to such
| action.
| 1--WE have introduced an American
| citizen into the Reparation Commis.
sion. But is not that elementar.
| prudence If we wish to achieve the
largo operation that the Dawes plar
represents? That citizen must be
authorized by his Government. Thus
| II German failures occur they viii
| occur under his control and we viii
then bring us great material ant
moral force"