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Show FRANCE READY I0 MARCH ON BERLIN WILL FORCE REPARATION PAYMENT, PAY-MENT, EITHER ALONE OR IN COMMON WITH ALLIES. Believed That Berlin Government Is Well Aware That There Remains No Room for Procrastination After End of Month. I'lll is. - ll is 111) IkIi'it llnlllih'il in circU-.H hi-i'c i'ciiisiilii-.-i in h.ivc llii.' Iic.t. in fiirnin I inn IliaL I'runri; will, i-lllicr iiloiii' or in iiiiiiiiiiiii willi ihi; iillir.-i', tiiki' r;i (I I i-.-i I it -1 i 1 1 iiKiiin.st Gi.T-iiuiny Gi.T-iiuiny if .sal isfiici iiry iissuniiK'tt n-gitnl-inK Hi'? j : t .v 1 1 1 1 1 1 nf ii'pa in I Inns are not I'lirlli'MimiiiK Ij.v May 1. What form Hit- artiun will take i8 nnly a imillcr fur suniiisc, hut somi-ol'l'i'-ial oplnliiii is that It will Ik; such as In impress Ihi; lcniiaii ii'Mipli: as thry havi! nut ht.'i'ii impressi'd since the armlNtico. The occupation of the Ruhr valley and the entire industrial region of Westphalia Is advocated by some. Others are convinced that the French urrny should this time go to P.erlin, in order to make sure, they argue, of finishing fin-ishing a task which they hold would be achieved much more cheaply in the end hy this method than through the successive application of lesser penalties. pen-alties. It la thought in official circles here that the Berlin government is well aware that there remains no room for procrastination after the end of this month. Hence, after failing to Interest the United States In her case, as the French Interpret the outcome of the recent correspondence between Berlin Ber-lin and Washington, Germany is understood un-derstood to have made a tentative effort ef-fort to draw Switzerland Into the reparations rep-arations question as a mediator. It Is understod Czecho-Slovakia is disposed dis-posed to join In the application of economic eco-nomic penalties against Germany, and even to contribute to military measures meas-ures if desired. A change In the French government in May, with a cabinet headed by former for-mer President Poincare lu power, is predicted In well-informed parliamentary parliamen-tary circles, iu case Premier Briand should not succeed in putting effective effec-tive pressure on Germany. |