Trance Farther Into Bog’-Ex-Premier
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New Peace
Pact Being
Propounded
America and England Not to
Be Consulted in Treaty,
Says Lloyd
George.
Ruhr Coal Takes Slump
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BY THE BIGHT HON. DAVID
LLOYD GEORGE, O. M., M. P.,
(Former British Premier.)
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London, March 10—When you have
walked some distance Into a quick- |
sand and are sinking deeper and
deeper with every step you take, it is
always difficult to decide whether you
are more likely to reach firm ground j
by pressing forward or by going back
ward. You must do one or the other.
You cannot Just stand fast, for that
is inevitable destruction.
The French government clearly is
of the opinion that safety lies in
marching further into the quagmire.
So three more German cities have
been occupied, more burgomasters
and officials expelled, more men and
hoys shot In the streets, more black
troops Imported, more regulations
and more decrees Issued; there are
more depressions of French, Belgian
and Italian exchanges, more confu
sion is everybody’s business, in cen
tral Eurppe—in a sentence, every
where there is more quaking and less
solid coal.
Eight Ter Cent Shortage.
Had it not been for this fatuous in
vasion, France, during the past six
or seven weeks would have already
received from the Ruhr nearly 3,000,
000 tons in coal and In coke. The
total shortage as compared with the
promises of Spa was only eight per
cent. France has actually received
fiO.OOO tons during the whole of this
period. A swarm of engineers, rall
waymen, barge men, officials of ail
kinds and hotel waiters, supported by
a formidable army of nearly 150,000
men, have in six weeks produced this
ridiculous output. No doubt the
amount will later on be Increased by
further pressure and by pouring In
more railway men, but it will be a
long time before France receives its
Spa quota minus eight per cent, and
then there will be some months’ ar
rears to make up.
No wonder that M. I.oucheur stated
flatly In the French chamber that he
did not approve of the Ruhr enter
prise. He has one distinct advantage
aver the Ruhr plungers—he does
know something about business. He
can boast also of another gift, pos
session of which Is not without sig
nificance when you consider his pres
ent attitude. He is an admirable
judge of tomorrow’s weather. That
is a rare endowment amongst politi
cians. Any simpleton can tell you
which way the wind is blowing to
day, but it requires a man of spe
cial insight and experience in these
matters to forecast the direction of
the wind tomorrow.
Good Weather Fropliet.
M. Loucheur is one of those ex
ceptionally well equipped weather
prophets. So he satisfies the opinion
of today by giving his support to M.
Poincare, and he safeguards his posi
tion against the tomorrow's change
by stating clearly that he does not
approve the policy he supports.
I have read no declaration from any
French statesman of eminence—with
the doubtful exception of M. Barthou
—indicating belief in the wisdom of
the venture. And yet French cour
age. French pride, French loyalty,
French patriotism—and maybe
French blood and treasure—are com
mitted irretrievably to a reckless gam
ble which most of the responsible
statesmen who led France by their
wisdom through tier great troubles
regard with doubt, anxiety and ap
prehension.
Will the French government try to
extricate itself from the difficulties
into which it has precipitated Its
country and Europe? I fear not.
Heedlessnees rushes a man into
danger. It needs courage to get out.
And when getting oht involves an
admission of blame, there are few
men who possess that exalted type of
courage.
Other Reasons.
There are other reasons why the
present government of France will
flounder further into the quicksand.
When governments make mistakes
in England the threat of a parlia
ments defeat or a couple of adverse
hy electfons pulls them out roughly
but safely, and the government starts
on a new course amid the general
satisfaction of friend and foe. The
Willesden and Mitchell elections
have rescued the British government
from one of the most hopeless mud
dles into which any administration
has ever contrived to get its affairs.
Under similar circumstances in
France a change of government is
negotiated with amaxlng dexterity and
celerity. But you cannot arrange the
preliminary overthrow of an exist
ing government unless there is some
one in the background ready and will
ing to form the next. There are gen
erally two or three outstanding men
of high repute prepared to serve their
country in any emergency.
The trouble today in France is that
\ every alternative leader disapproves
of this enterprise and believes it must
ultimately fall. On the other hand
there is no prominent figure in French
polities prepared to take upon himself
the odium of sounding a retreat. It
would always he said that success was
in sight and that had It not been for
the new minister’s cowardice and
perfldity Franco would have emerged
triumphantly out of all her financial
worries. No French statesman dares
faro that deadly accusation. So the
present French government Is tied to
the saddle of its charger and is forced
to go on.
Increasing Fury.
Another explanation of the diffi
culty of withdrawing is to be found
in the increasing fury of the original
fomenters of this rashness. The more
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fruitless the enterprise, the greater
the energy they display In lashing the
government further Into its follies.
Last week I gave a summary of the
ambitious plans they had conceived
for syndicating European resources
under French control. The industries
of Europe eon trolled from Paris—
that is their magnificent dream. This
week they propound a new treaty
which is to supersede the treaty of
! Versailles. Boundaries are to be re
vised, rich provinces and towns prac
tically annexed; Huhr coal Is to he
harnessed to Lorraine coal, and Ger
many, having been further mutilated
and bound, Is to be reduced to a state
of complete economic subjection.
There has been nothing comparable
to these Ideas since the Norman con
quest where the Saxons, having first
of all been disarmed, were reduced to
a condition of economic thraldom for
the enrichment and glorification of
their new masters. Needless to “;iy.
Britain and America are not ot be in
vlted to attend this new peace con
ference. They are to be graciously
Informed of the conditions of the
new peace when it Is finally estab
lished by French tins. Tic- British
empire, which rob I millions of men
to liberate French soil from the Ger
man invaders, and which lost hun
dreds of thousands of its best young
lives in the effort, is not even to be
consulted as to the settlement which
its losses alone makes possible.
America I.eft Out.
America, who came to the rescue
with millions of its bravest, is barely
worth a sentence in these ravings of
brains intoxicated with an _unwhole
some mixture of hatred, greed and
military arrogance. The French gov
ernment is not committed by any
overt declarations to these schemes,
but it is ominous that they issue
from pens whoso insistent prodding
has driven this government on to its
present action. Up to the present no
repudiation has come from the head
of the government or from any of
his subordinates. The very vague
ness of his published aims would leave
him free to adopt any plans. Pledges
for reparation and security will cover
a multitude of aggressions.
The British government has Just
Issued as a parliamentary paper a
full report of the proceedings of the
Paris conference. It is an amazing
document. So far as I can see no i
real endeavor was made by any of
its members to prevent the break-up.
At the first failure to secure an agree
ment the delegates threw up their
hands In despair and sought no alter
natives, They agreed about nothing
except that It was not worth while
spending another day in trying to
agree. Kven M. Theuuthe re
sourceful Belgian premier, had noth
ing to suggest. A blight of sterility
seems to have swept over the confer
ence. On this aspect of the fateful
and fatal conference of Paris I do not
now propose to dwell. I wish to call
attention to it for another purpose.
I have perused the Blue Book with
great care. I was anxious to find
out exactly what M. Poincare pro
posed to demand of Germany as the
condition of submission to French will.
What was Germany to do if she was
anxious to avert the fall of the ax'.'
I have read his speeches and annexes
in vain for any exposition of these
terms. It. is true he was never asked
the question. That sounds incompre
hensible. But everyone engaged was
in such a hurry to break up the con
ference and thus put an end to dis
agreeable disagreements that it never
seems to have occurred to them to
ask this essential question. And tlx
party principally concerned was not
represented.
The result Is that no one knows the
terms upon which the French army 1*
prepared to evacuate the Ruhr. Mr.
Iionar I.aw could not explain when
questioned in the house of commons.
X am not surprised, for no one has
ever told him. and he never asked.
I am sure that by this time M. Poin
care has quite forgotten why he ever
went into the Ruhr. For that, amongst
other reasons, he will remains there
until something happens that will
provide us with an answer.
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