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Show TARDIEU UTTERS DIRE PROPHESY Prediction Made That France Will Make Lloyd Greorge Change Tune BY ANDRE TAR PI KIT. Former High Commissioner to the United States. Special Cable Dispatch to The Standard-Examiner f Copyright, 1922. by The Stnndard-Examlner. Stnndard-Examlner. ) PARIS, Aug 19. There have horn many types of International conferences confer-ences throughout history Some have terminated with transactions and others oth-ers with eqvjlvocatlons. The Jondon conference produced no results at all. You have seen on what a small technical question It foundered. It Is useless to repeat that today. Let us try If possible to take a broad view of the whole situation. The allied governments, having made war together, are obliged to make peace together. But the solemn sol-emn contract entered Into, containing certain decisions regarding reparations repara-tions and n policy of revivifying Europe, Eu-rope, Is respected no longer b Norm-I Norm-I do not mean that the United States which Is In a special position because Its senate refused to ratlfv the Ycr-sallles Ycr-sallles i rent v. i do mean EloyJ George, who behaves as If ho, too, nnil England, had refused ratification. ratifica-tion. PLIGHT OF PRANCE Eord Bryce USSd to Bay that a democratic dem-ocratic government is Incompatible with respect to foreign engagements. Soon everybody will be sharing his opinion and this means that th" world's affairs cannot advance. r or iiiiiiiuis r rain i" mis 01 en taking seriously the exchange of signatures sig-natures to International agreement s and in such an attitude She advanced ninety billions of francs of the promised prom-ised Herman reparations In pensions At the same time France has received receiv-ed but six billions Lloyd George's great mistake Is that he does not ap- i parently realize the gravity of this, situation it is great mistake for the French to continue negotiating! with him for France Is unable to : make hlni reali'e the true situation j l.nt rear i dared, "though it is nol my custom." to prophesy that M. Brl-and Brl-and would not long remain in of- flee. Today I declare that before six months have expired France will J abandon the sterile policy she has adopted since 1920. i o 1 1 ' . i Imagine I om thinkinK of a policy of vlplenbe. There is no question ques-tion of firing a cannon I am thinking think-ing only that France will give to her Kuropean policy, especially In her relations re-lations with Germany and Grat Britain, Brit-ain, thai new basis that is demanded by hanges since i" n s was restori i ri LTjED TO PIECES. The allies have pulled to pieces the financial clauses ot trie treaty and under un-der present conditions no practical ' solution will urine from these ruins j which we had the weakness to allow to accumulate. New Ideas and new methods are necessary- Those In power In England who remain d af to I'olncare s l-i,'al arguments win listen more favorably to the political arguments which ju-tif ju-tif h different attitude towards France it Is Impossliie for England j to get along without Trunre either In political or economic reconstruction work. France has the right to M.y on what condition she will cooperate in the work, whose success she de- j sires, but for which she refuses to bear the expense alone Nothing would be easier than to accept con-1 vcrsations with Lloyd George on the grounds of solidarity, but on the con- dltlon that Pre pre refuses to be alun excluded from the benefits. it is Germany) fault the world's! financial condition is upset, for Ger-1 ninny Is the worlds greast International Interna-tional debtor. As Baifour has suid ";erman i( s not paid lo-r debts and ba.s destroyed her finances In order' to keep from paying." Be assured there ;re Frenchmen who win find! the necessary remedies for this sltu-ptlon sltu-ptlon These remedies, presented In i a certain way. will find Lloyd George J more conciliatory than last week This will bo made clearer before very long, j no |