Show If WHERE IS FRANCE GOING I No Dictatorship but Liberal Middle C Course urse Foreseen Foreseen as' as as aS' Remedy Remedy BY MILTON BRONNER N NEA EA Service Writer PARIS March 1 Is I.-Is Is France heading heading head head- ing for a government of ot the extreme right or of ot the e extreme left Is she going to have a wh white te dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dic dic- dic- dic like Italy and Spain or ora ora ora a red dictatorship like Russia These are the vital q questions that I came to France to study It Is safe to say France will wUl go neither red nor white She may go a step In the direction direction direction tion of ot strong one man government l by giving Ing I Premier I f r t r 2 i S 3 I I I 1 II I L t I I j omary powers out Unless an all signs tall fall she will swing awing In the other di direction dl- dl In the parliamentary elections elections elections elec elec- I of ot the coming spring by putting putting putting put put- ting into power a coalition of ot the i parties of the left left notably rad- rad radI j I teals the republicans and the SOI so SO- SO I There are certain vital things abo about t the present situation that no j jI thinking Frenchman can get out of ot hi his mind 1 The tremendous decline decline- of theL the tho V franc 2 The Tho heavy debt 3 The huge deficit 4 Resultant high taxes 5 6 Resultant high cost of living 6 C. Failure of ot the Ruhr invasion to produce the expected revenue 7 Fear of a revengeful Germany 8 Necessity therefore for a huge French army which keeps young oung Frenchmen of t productive em- em en out I I 9 Decreasing birth rate compared with the big one in Germany PARTY DIVISIONS V Any country when It Is worried blames Its troubles on the government government govern govern- ment mont In power power And An that Is what one finds lit us F France ance Tho The royalists insignificant nt In number but powerful powerful power power- ful because of ot the cleverness and anti ability of or men like Leon Daudet and Charles Maurras say the remedy Is Isto Isto isto to restore royalty I Then there are ale the communists IS I nJ V Edouard Herriot possible c candidate can candidate can can- n I for a coalition loft left for French premier and th their r organ with witha a circulation of But the Fr French say say the communist movement movement movement move move- move move- I ment In iti France is Ia dying There Th will willbe willbe willbe be no no fusion between communists comm and socialists Ale Alexander Aleander ander l was made vre president by y tT tile e bloc V national which he largely created Raymond Poincare was put Into the premiers premier's offices at the Quai dOrsay by the same gro group p. p It lt Is a coalition of ot a number of ot parties all of ot which are conservative and most of which represent the big business Interests interest of ot France Opposed t to them Is the bloc des gauches the tho left leU bloc made up of ot the more liberal parties In temporary temporary ary alliance with the socialists It is the bloc which expects to carry the next elections will then be succeeded as premier either by Aristide Briand or Edouard Herriott or Paul Pam Pain leve love Heriott brilliant young mayor ay r of ot Lyons is the more likely choice POINCARE IS TARGET Recently the opponents of or Poincare Pain Poin- care found there w was s a a. a possibility of ot throwing him out pf of office But I they ey didn't t do it beca because se they knew v l would call can upon Louis to form a cabinet and the thc they didn't want the Issue clouded They want Poincare to be bo the tho is issue Is- Is sue sue Poincare Poincare and his mistakes s his h high gh taxes taxes his venture in the Ruhr his fertile promises s about p payment from the tho Germans and hl his confessed failure V But dont don't make malte any mistake about ii it-a it a victory oy oythe by the left lett wont won't mean that France will leave the a Ruhr b 01 me jei eIt make a sincere effort to come to some real sane agreement with Ger Germany ny particularly if it the republican I lican liean elements are on top there It would attempt to revive tho the entente cordiale V with England particularly If the labor government were still f In power there It would not adopt such sucha a stiff attitude toward Russia particularly if Italy and England I resumed relations with the Slavs Slays It would work with England to tomake tomake m make ke tho league of ot nations more I powerful It Would seek to equalize the tax tea burden by going after the i big interests which have managed to toi i escape |