Show ll Defiance of France FranceR I t i J COR R one who was so much dep dependent upon A the strength of others a few years ago France has become surprisingly independent S Unofficially it is stated she rises to inform Jt tJ the United States that this country can assume no participation in the Ruhr settlement until she renounces th the war var debts France owes her t This of course would be a a pretty p puce price ice to i pay for the privilege of serving the cause of peace and from which we c could r ld derive no t personal or national gain France Franc would seem to be of the opinion t th that t the United States would like io to involve herself in the Ruhr diff difficulties s might ven even be t induced ed to pay a hea heavy y price SOT for the en tan tan- Ii gl ments which would be bound to result She S S 'S offers fers a defiant fac face to the world a 3 much diff dif- dif f S S I t k ferent front than than Was las presented in her hour tour of trouble when all all' she e sh asked was help from friendly people L Let t Us is not deceive ourselves We Ve did not go to the aid of France to save her so much as we did to save ourselves from froma a a. serious menace The fact of the matter however is that we did save France We Ve asked nothing inthe inthe in m the settlement save the right to continue in in peace and prosperity The peace document was wound up in a league covenant with perpetual perpetual perpetual per per- entanglements which prevented ed us from becoming an equal figure In the treaty of peace Still the peace terms were not concluded concluded concluded con con- by France alone notwithstanding the fact that she seems to take the full of Df enforcement Over here we do not deny her this right wrongfully assumed We Ve Wear Weare Veat at ar are quite willing that she sh subject some of the German people to a a. few of th the rigors the French themselves endured There is a spirit of f retaliation in the activities activitieS' which while white not in line with the pe peace ce treaty are in harmony with the t theories of compensation S And yet we cannot understand why she should present the defiant front to a nation I as fri friendly as the United Staf States s. s s. s Any service service service ser ser- ser ser- vice we might render in the Ruhr would be sol solely ly in the cause cause of human peace a ra t service as noble and worthy as that given France in inthe inthe inthe the stress of the yar var We dc da do not seek the task even with expenses guaranteed Certainly Certainly ve we ve couldn't think of p pitying paying ying the price France asks for this charitable e and service S i t T |