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ancient culture. For fifty years the
military and industrial oIigarchy of
Germany had been molding the Ger
man people for this gigantic work
of violence. Even America was
menacsd in the gravest way, econom-
ically and militarily."
And Frances aims?"
And frances Aimsf
They never have varied. And they
always would bear as they will bear
now, the closest scrutiny. We wanted
back our two provinces torn from us
in 1870 against the will of the in
habitants. We wanted reparation for
the ravages suffered. We wanted
guarantees OF security For our
selves these things are abso-
lutely all we wanted and all we ever
dreamed of claiming. But for others
We wanted some things For the ltal-
ians. Trent and Triest; for the Poles.
Czechs. Rumanians. Serbs. Croats and
Slovenes, for the Danes of Schleswig.
ay, even for the Germans themselves.
we wanted freedom. 1t cannot be said
too often or with too much emphasis
that Frances all-inclGsive purpose.
Britain and America, was to prevent
freedom from being trampled into the
dirt.
Why France Entered the Ruhr.
I'VE did not always have our way
Our original war aims, adopted with
enthusiasm by fraternal America,
should have been carried out in the
form of treaty on the day the
kaiser's legions went to pieces. Ma
tionalistic interests and passions in
terfered. Peace-making was strange
ly complicated. Indeed, ever since
1919 the world has been passing
through a crisis of particularism.
Close cooperation had its violent re-
action. Nations, feeling disillusioned,
fell back upon themselves. Conse-
quent upon this arose a great danger
to the execution of the treaty.
This danger was a danger Tor the
the corner stone. AT last Germany
saw developing those assures for
which she so long had worked and
prayed. 1t was very perilous situ-
alton. France threw all her strength
into the labor OF saving the treaty,
saving the entente and keeping the
peace. She wore herself out in this
effort. Her occupation of the Ruhr
was called special enterprise or
domination. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. Fidelity to decisions
taken in common, the necessity or
reparations, Germany's clear purpose
to exploit the differences among the
allies. a determination to spare the
world the scandalous spectacle and
the moral disaster Of fraud trium-
only, were the springs of French
action in the Ruhr.
We stand on the treaty, but we
have not waited for Germany to meet
her obligations; despite an outlay OF
34167, ,000, 900 francs for pensions and
personal indemnities. we have ex-
pended S6,ss4.oOO.ooo for property
damages. Add to these figures the
accumulated interest on the sums thus
disbursed and one reaches a grand
total OF 11s.154 600 ,ooo francs Ina'
France has paid in Germanys stead
with a further need of 30,0OO,00o.o 600
to complete the work Of reconstruc-
ton
And what has France received
from Germany?
1928, according to the latest figures
of the reparations commission, rep
resent S,411,399,000 gold marks
(S2.oO1, ,912 ,OO0), of which only 5.e92,-
246.OOO gold marks have been distrip-
uted. the rest belonging to undistrib-
uted or suspended accounts; of this
total France has received 1.so4. 600
gold marks ($429,397 .0OO. including
143,9s5, 900 gold marks representing
the value of the Saar mines. But out
of this amount France has repaid Ger,
tain expenses, such as the Spa coal
advances and the costs OF occupation
so that the sum available Tor repairs.
tions at the end of last year did not
exceed 1S9,777.ooO gold marks H40'-
166.000). <.,.st;.
ner,ic ruin which she did nothing to
nvnid che thrusts forward to dissim-
Mate her real wealth. On this point
the experts conclusions were crush