Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
PO|NCARE SPEECH
HELD CONC|L|ATORY
Declared Move Toward Bet
ter Understanding Between
France and Germany.
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

by Radio to The Star.
BERLIN, June 25.--The false re-
ports concerning the Luneville speech
of Premier Poincare of France has
caused much worse damage here than
did the false report of Nungesser's
landing in America.
The German press ragged for. days.
Socialist as we'll as Nationalist news
papers asserted that the French
premier, in his undying hatred of
Germany. again had tried to hamper
Foreign Minister Brands friendly
! policies and destroy the work of
Locarno.
Politicians of adult age. however
ought to know that the man who
saved the franc and who is reported
to have foiled an English plan of ag
gravating the dispute concerning
Albania in order to broaden the gulf
between France and Italy--the man
who is supported by all the non
Socialist and non Monarchist parties.
would not have suffered any policies
that appeared to him dangerous, and
that he did not need to attack from
behind BRAND, the jealous manager
who engineered Po.ncare's election as
President.
Sought Better Understanding.
In reality the French premier did
not say at Luneville a single word
injurious to Germany or opposed to
the spirit of Locarno. His speech was
designed obviously to build a bridge
of understanding with Germany. A
Lorrainer, speaking to Lorrainers,
: wanted to explain how he was now
willing to grant that which he former
~ had refused.
If Germany acknowledges without
deceit its final abandoning of its claim
TO Alsace-Lorraine, as expressed in
the Locarno pact; if she demilitarizes
her police, completes the destruction
of forbidden fortresseS, surrenders the
stores of weapons still on hand and
dissolves Illegal military organizations
then, says Poincare, she will give
the world pledges of peace, the former
uneasiness will disappear and the
lapprochement which we French also
desire will come"
None of these five conditions is new
and none is unworthy of Germany.
Fulfillment of the conditions has been
officially promised. And when these
promises have been Enthusiastically full
filed, even Poincare will not hesitate
to reduce the troops of occupation and
to consent TO complete evacuation at
an early date, rs well as to Locarnoiz-
ing all the French policies.
See Locarno Pact Collapse.
But because false reports about the
Luneville speech appeared to be con-
firp1ed from England, and German
public opinion again doubted Frances
upright will to reconciliation, the
parties of the government coalition
rcI fya ste IL
affairs. that IF the spirit of this
speech is to dominate French policies,
then the work of Locarno must col
lapse but not through Germany's
fault"
However. the desire to praise its
own virtues and ascribe all failures
to others never helped any nation.
The more stubbornly our politicians
misunderstood Poincare, and the
louder they scold him, the harder it |
viii be for him to adhere to his pro.
gram for the inner pacificatio of
Europe. and to march carefully for
ward toward one Of his chief goals
the freeing of our continent from the |
guardianship Of Great Britain. y
The French socialists and Left
radicals want to overthrow Poincare.
But how would that help Germany?
If BRAND followed him, he would have
TO demonstrate that he was not still
the same man who long before Poin-
cares advance against Essen, and on
much flimsier pretexts, occupied three
cities of the Ruhr and promised in the
French Chamber of Deputies to take
Germany by the collar and compel her
to pay"
1t is possible, however, that Poin-
cares successor would be Andre
Tardieu-and he would be less con.
ciliatory than the Lorrainer.