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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
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Act of March 3, 1879.
mcgrath, alaska. nov. 29,1922
French Policy Rela
tive to Reparations
Washington Post.
Premier Poincaire’s statement of
French policy relative to reparations
is pitched in a key that is stridently
out of harmony not only with British
views but with. the best economic
thought of the world. Gt-.many must
pay for ravages wrought, he declares.
It it refuses to do so, compulsion will
be in order. If that nation dues uot
meet indemnity terms as now tixed or j
if creditor control over the state mines 1
of the Ruhr and national ferests is not
accepted as a moratorium condition,
then France will proceed to enforce
payment—jointly witu other creditor
nations, if they agree; independently,
if they do uot. In view of Great
Britain’s determined opposition to the
French view, the premier’s statement
is virtually au ultimatum coupled with
a threat. If the British government
does not scrap its indemnity policy and
accept the French proposal, France
will scrap the existing entente—and go
i' alone.
The position thus taken by France
tends to injure rather than help its
cause. Outside of that country, eco
nomic opinion is generally agreed that
assumption of control o'?er mines and
forests as a means of coll< :ting indem
nity would be impractical and over
costly and that attempt to enforce
reparation terms as they now are would
be dangerous. Th» execution of the
French plan wouh .ot only imperil
Germany's stability by increasing in
ternal stress under which it is already
tottering, but would imperil tho wel
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fare of other European nations—which,
to a certain degree, is dependent on
the stability of that country, to addi
tion, it would subject relations between
France and dissenting creditor options
to a menacing strain.
The voice with which .France urges
its enforcement proposal is that of a
just creditor, hem only on obtaining
what is its due. but the hand that it
shows—and with which it would carry
through—is that of a militant nation
powerfully armed and determined, re
gardless of opinions and right* of
others, to compel submission to its will
by might. The spirit thus evidenced
is too suggestive of bullying to hold
the confidence of a world grown -wearv
of domineering policies and practices.
France, with Its military establish
ment. may be in a position temporarily
to enforce its will, bat it is in no posi
tion to antagonize tbe world by-sucb a
course. It has already shaken con
fidence in the sincerity of its champion
pionship of permanent peace by maiu
tenaDce of at -naments on a larger
scale thaa is warranted bv need for
protection. Its record at the Wash
iogton conference showed opposition to
the armament limitation movement
that further weakened confidence. The
repealed saber rattling In which it has
since indulged has intensified distrust
thus engendered. Before journeying
too far on a course that threatens »o
isolate it from the rest of the world,
the French would do well to reckon
the ultimate loss—and revise their poli
cies with a view to conforming more
nearly to the obvious demaudi of the
international situation. Europe has no
room for a bully. If France ex
pects the nations tamely to submit to
its military domination, it has evident
ly misread the signs of tbe present. If
it counts on acquiring permanent power
by pursuing militaristic policies and
aggressively enforcing its views, it has
poorly learned the lesson taught bv the
experience of other nations that have 1
tried this dangerous route.
No matter how much confidence!
France may have in its armaraeDts, it
cannot afford to forfeit the confidence
of outside nations by assuming au arbi
trary and overassentve attitude with
respect to the reparation problem—
which deeply concerns other nations as
well as itself. The European situation
calls for co operation. By disregard- ■
ing this demand and taking a position
that negatives joint effort, France
courts blame for unnecessary aggrava
tion of conditions. It cannot pursue its
proposed plao without assuming re
sponsibility for blocking settlement
and obstructing Europe's stabilization.
The co-operatir,D of France in work
ing out European problems is essential
to solution. This fact niaaes its move
in the wrong direction more open to
censure The premier’s statement of
its policy impliedly, but none the less!
plainly, ignores the right of other na- j
tions to consideration and thereby I'
tends to crystallize world sentiment J
against France—and against such cry8- ‘
tallization no nation can long stand.
PRESS SQUIBS.
Crime wave in Germany records no !
counterfeiters.—Wall Street Journal. j
Statistics compiled by the "Rook the
Boat League”’ prove that it?s safer to
blow out the gas than to step on it.—
Lite.
If Europe is slow about coming across
with the amount of her debt to us,
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Evening Mai!.
The soviet government has accom
plished one atm; it has perfected the
nationalization o? poverty—.Detroit
News.
When Columbus first sighted drv
land, he probably didn’t realize how
dry it would become.—Medford Mail
Tribuue.
The people who are not worrying are
those who think the crop movement ia
some kind of a new dance step.—Zanee
ville Times Recorder.
As we look over the situation, it oc
curs to us that the only man who fms
occasion to-Rejoice is James M. Cox.—
Ooa tesvil 1 «; Record.
In the future. those* belligerent Eu
ropean diplomats who regard war as a
game should he oompelled to play all
games on the home grimnds.—Life.
Dr. W. F. Green
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