Evening star., 1924-07-27
HUGHES PARIS TRIP
MAY SAVE HERR0T
Secretary Expected to Per-
suade Poincare to Yield
on Sanctions.
BY JOHN l.. BALDERsTON.

BY JOHN l.. BALDERSTON.
By Cable to The Star and Ncw York World.
CTyrght. E'st.
LONDON. July 26.-Two extremely
important moves on the diplomatic
cheesboard of Europe. concealed until
tonight by the fog of diplomacy
which has enveloped the conference
for some days. have taken place and
have been explained by European
statesman who is prime actor in
and conversant with all phases of the
current negotiations.
Premier Herriot. as result, he
has told his colleagues, OF his meet
ing with Secretary Hughes Thurs
day and supplemented by his lunch
con with Mr.. Hughes yesterday.
has thrown down the gauntlet to
former Premier Poincare and has ac-
cepted Secretary Hughes interpre-
tation of the common agreement
with Germany stressed in the Dawes
report and also MIR. Hughes views
concerning the necessity for tulI
reconciliation and cooperation with
Germany in carrying out the pro-
visions of the report. This decision
on Herriots part, as he states freely
to his colleagues, means immediate
war with Poincare, who sent a mes
sage to Herriot earlier in the week
declaring that to agree to treat with
Germany here as equals would draw
down upon Herriot the opposition OF
EDr,tn
Rahr Evacuation Asked.
The second vital development was a
letter addressed to Premier Herriot
by Premier Macdonald on Thursday
asking for French military evacua-
ton of the Ruhr. This question has
not yet come up in the conference and
IL was decided at a meeting of the big
hve that the subject is not one for
discussion at the conference, since it
IS not dealt with either in the Dawes
report or in the Anglo French Joint
agreement of July 9. 1t will. there
fore, be discussed, 1 learn, at least un-
I'll the Germans arrive, only between
the three premiers, Macdonald, Her
riot and Theunis
Herriot is agreeable in principle
to the military evacuation Of the
Ruhr. but he and Theunis insist upon
reaping advantages in return for this
concession They have tried to raise
the problem Of reconsidera ton of the
interallied debts, but have received
no encouragement. Either from Mac
Donald or Hughes. Herriot has en-
eountered serious opposition withir
the French delega ton to the sugges
ton for the military evacuation of
the Ruhr, and Gen. Nollet is be-
lieved to have threatened three times
10 resign as war minister as a result
or Herriots proposals to his subordi-
mates. The present Herriot-Theunis
plan, ! leafn or first-hand authority
IS to seek from the Germans, when
the German delegation arrives mex,
week, concessions to make French
public opinion swallow the military
evacuation.
Question OF Germans.
Returning to Herriot's agreement
With Hughes to admit the Germans to
the conference as equals, this was
reached at the first meeting Of the
two statesmen Thursday. after ef-
forts on the part of Premier Mac
Donald had failed. The appointment
Immediately succeeding this Hughes
Herriott meeting. of the French and
British jurists, NJ. Fromageot and Sir
Cecil Hurst, to report on the question
OF German appearance here was,
am informed on high authority, de-
signed merely to save Herriot's face
for the climb down.
The quarrel between the French
and Anglo-American bankers over
the international loan is not settled
but the emergence of fundamentally
more important issues. such as the
military evacuation Of the Ruhr, tend
to shove this into the background.
II is probable that the loan question
will be settled if Herriot is able to
continue his present program. which
arouses enthusiasm among the Eng
lish and Americans, but on Monday
when the conference will probably
invite the Germans here. it is felt in
high French circles that the fate of
balance because of Herriots swing
toward moderation, largely under
American persuasion.
When these things become known
IN Paris, probably tomorrow. the
members of the French delegation
expect a storm, which, it Is hoped,
Secretary Hughes. who goes to Paris
on Monday, will help quelI by per-
sonal interviews with Poincare and
other French politicians of the Right
DELEGATES STILL HOPEFUL.
Spend Week End in Leisurely Brit.
ish Fashion.
By the Associated Press
LONDON I,,ly