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Show PARIS REJECTS cunzons offer on. REraou; Poincare'a Reply Is Finn .in Stating ' Terms on Which Germany Can Se-j cure Eracuation of Ruhr BRITISH PROPOSALS FALL-ON DEAF EARSj , , ; i Position Unchanged, j Is " Basis of Reply by French Premier, Who Refuses to Reduce Teutons' . Debt I PARIS. Aug. tt (By A. P.j-Oer-many can obtain evacuation of tha Ruhr only by paying reparation Sho can aeeure attenuatlen af thai1 rlgar af th occupation by ceasing Passive resistance and she n wla no reduction In the amount she ewas Franca an; th allied creditor cred-itor af Franc see fit to (Iv Franca credit for equal amou.it an bar war debta. These ar the conclusions of Premier Pre-mier Poincare'a reply ta Marqule Curaon' reparation note of recent date. The French government alee expressed Its belief that the allies can agree an methods af bringing about tha execution of the treaty by continuing courteous negotiation negotia-tion ... - The Brltlah' proposal for 'a' a-eatlmate a-eatlmate of Germany's rapacity for payment and Lord Curaon'e aa gestlon that the aueetlen of the legality le-gality of th. occupation of th. Ruhr P. referred to The Hsrue are rejected and the French poaltlon Is reaffirm.: as remaining unchanged. ' Franca holda that a settlement or the question of Interallied water debta abould wait upon final payment pay-ment by Oerm.ny of eft eoo.Ooe.oo gold marke In reparatlone com-prlaed com-prlaed In tha A and B bonds off I. etal opinion of the reply, aa set forth .In tha summary in Knglteh given out today at the fnreisn office, of-fice, le that the not eonlalne tha elements of a practical aolution of tha reparation problem, but a Careful readlna of th. rnrnmnnlrt-Mon rnrnmnnlrt-Mon Hoae ti '. In Ire oi . - 'i Of M. rolnrara, the only prartl. at o-lufUin o-lufUin la for Great Britain t accept ac-cept th French theals In vry de-tall. de-tall. -i ....... . , RE A RATIONS IRST. ' Th French poaltlon remains unchanged, un-changed, according la the official summary af tha reply laeued la Kn-gllah Kn-gllah at th forslgn office prior to publication of In. complet. text. Premier Pol near a atreaae the priority of reparatlona over other . war oat a aa rprantd by th Inter In-ter 11 led debt. "Pranca never, repudiated the deots ehe contracted during the . war, either to England ar to America, Amer-ica, tn tha Interest of tha common victory ." th not asserts. . Franc I also tha creditor of US ether .Ills, for fire or- alx blllloa gold marke. tha summary contln-oe. contln-oe. "but there can be na doubt but that. In the minds of those who drafted tha treaty, damagea to per-on per-on and property were to ba granted grant-ed priority of war costs" Therefore, There-fore, asks tha note, ta tt to be aup-noeed aup-noeed that "auch war coats which th alllee agreed ahould rank after reparatlone. after , pvnelone and after the damage stipulated In the treaty? and which thay do not claim; (Continued aa page -) do not find it poaathl t apply today to th former eneiuit of Franc." H repeats th sasuranc that FYanea will sttentuat th occupation occupa-tion of tha Ruhr If 0rinany cae her raalstanc. and taat ah will vacuat th Ruhr In proportion aa payments are actually made. "Franc will not chana her attitude at-titude on valuation," h not aa-n aa-n "To ash her tu drr other wis would b to justify th attl-tud attl-tud of Germany, and. In ths words of Lloyd Geora before th upretn council In March, 121, It would be tha victor who would pay th coat of defeat and th vanquished who would harvast th fruits of victory.' vic-tory.' " car' opinion, by what he call th deliberate debasement of Germany's Ger-many's finances with th avowed Intention of Mcaping payment of reparation. . "Until th and of mi." th not explains, "Qermary had not ceased to aggravate her financial situation. situa-tion. Bha did not try to balance bar .budget She -maintained, .rail., road ratea lower than anywher fla. Bhe Inoreaaed tho number of tier functlonarlea and increased their pay. Sh remitted a large part of the taxes due from the moat powerful manufacturers, and oven granted them Indemnities and aud-aldlee. aud-aldlee. Sh haa reconatrueted her merchant fleet, which la now competing com-peting with the British In American Ameri-can waters. Sh haa undertaken an tmmenao program of public worka euch a Franc waa obliged to poetpon.1 - Premier Polncar cites prvlous decisions of th slues to prove that th occupation of ht Ruhr la legal. He mention th rapid recovery of Austria as proof that . Germany could hav put her flnancee , in order had ohe-wlahed to do so. Th French program, he say a 1 "elmple" for h asks ro tha first two sii of bonds oty-slx bllllona. In addition to enough from th C bond to pay th allied war debte." In th text th premier, replying to Marqale Curson,' frames hla an-awera an-awera In a ton less sharp but no lesa catevorlcal, reaffirming tha French resolution "a hundred tlmee repeated, not to renounc on "centime "cen-time of her reparatlone dalm. which la regarded aa ear-red and which doe not reaemble any other claim." Ho repeat th determination of Franca not to glv up th pledgee aha holda until after complete payment pay-ment of reparations haa been made. Referring to th proposed rseetl-mata rseetl-mata fo Germany capacity to pay, th reply aya: "We confeee w ar unable to un. dentand what th British government govern-ment means by capacity of payment pay-ment aad proeent capacity of pay. menl Germany' I equal to nothing, noth-ing, by will f th apjf Itself, All expert 4 calculations are 'useless." 'use-less." Ths note then aaka: "Does ths British csblnet ' want to ouppreas Germany's debt entirely, en-tirely, under th pretext that her capacity for payment has been provisionally pro-visionally annihilated T" The premier replle pointedly t Curson' Intimation that Great Britain may aoon be obliged to ask Franc to pay her war debt. He aays: "Franc haa never repudiated her debts, and never will; but aha I convinced that no British government govern-ment wll lever apply to an ally th pressure thst the London csblnet PARIS RECTS (Continued from Page 1.) from Germany,' are now to ba claimed by the alllea from each other before Germany has svsn begun be-gun to pay up?" Referring apeclfically to ths British Brit-ish demand for the payment of fourteen and one-fifth billion gold marks, tho aummary contlnuea: We do not suppose that England Intend to claim tha aum owing her by th alllee before reparatlone are actually aettled. She will certainly cer-tainly ba th first to realise that In order to pay what ah owes. I Franc must previously have recovered re-covered her contrlbutlvs powers, have repaired her grievous losses and muat be In a position to meet German competition with equal weapons. ENGLAND'S INTEREST. "It la. no doubt, to England's Interest In-terest thst Germany ahall recover. It certainly cannot be to her 4ntec-eet 4ntec-eet lhat Franc should b dimia-. Ished." The summary begins by describing describ-ing the note "as a general and sympathetic sym-pathetic of the position taken by Franca," containing "th lmnla of a practical solution." , - Tha aynopale aaerta that Franc never "dreamed of pursuing a selfish self-ish policy In the question of reparations- queotlon that cannot be solved without due regard to the whole European lnterta Involved." "Furthermore, efte alwaya took Into consideration Great Britain's lamentabl and persistent unemployment." unem-ployment." Th occupation of tha Ruhr waa made obligatory, In Premier Poln- |