Show Sees es Alliance of o Berlin crim Moscow and Angora Y CANNOT HOLD UD SilENCE lONGER 1 New British Policy Must Be Stated on Ruhr I Situation BI BY V t G G IR ER j Britain Liberal Editor I Copyright 1923 1 LONDON Feb Fob 10 io ment re- re re-C re assembles Tuesday The Th country with great anxiety tho brcaK- brcaK the government on on by Une- Une In of or silence he confronting ll It During the recess Premier Bonar W could remain afoOt ellent Now he must speak What That will ho h say Tho formula Of o t l benevolent neutrality no longer loneer l is Neutrality hero here l I simply 4 Ep n evasion ealon of ol the Issue which remains e sweep ell tho the nation onard Onard on- on onay ard h Day ay by day France Trance sinks deeper Into ho he Ruhr mire mite Her failure to secure the he good will of ot the German defeated her original policy Not t Jas nore reparations but less loss Not morl mor but none The strangle hold on erman Industry has ha been found to tobo tobe tobo bo be a strangle hold on French manu manu- manu The result I li is all pretense ot of otc c II occupation has disappeared r Is growing hourly and undisguised military occupation is Im- Im mi- mi im I Shootings s suppression ot or deportations ol of leading officials severities ot of o all nil kinds noW 81 aie e dally daily occurring so co REG-RD REG FOR lOR TREATY TY Extension of ot French activities to a hundred miles distant from the Indicates that all regard tor the treaty and restraints restraint of all nil have base been abandoned Having failed to carry through ther the r of ot Germany by peaceful means PoIncare now Is 1 faced with thet the and con con- confessing con t of ot withdrawing defeat or of ot adopting naked force Corce to achieve his end It seems clear ilear his ls present Intention is 18 to go so on of ot consequences The Tir alternative al- al extinction would mean political Lion tion Ion and poincare has no such desire de Can Bonar onar Law continue benevolently neutral In the tho face of these de- de Can land England lease leava her troops In Cologne while whilo tramples on the tho policy which their presence l-presence there represents Can Eng Eng- England land Enc land longer long the tho humiliation of J represented on the reparations commission which has become b conr a mere v department of ol the th dOrsay mi- mi Impossible Im possible But how shall we w withdraw 1 what action will m follow The Tho answer Is not easy casy The Th bed bcd rock bed rock In the th situation Is discreetly left But It Is In all minds has hu established unchallenged ih the military dominance of ot Europe So far as s is concerned she tho is ablo ablo abl to do as she h pleases She knows know his We W know It Hence Henc our benSe ol of impotence MORAL CONSIDERATIONS But France cannot rely exclusively on the th authority of ot force There Ther are aro moral considerations consideration Still more moro inn inn- Important Im Important there thore are ar economic considerations SIgns are not wanting wanting- that the financial arrangements made between the United States and England are CI eating an effect In ench minds France owes money to England as aswell ell as to America and realizes abC sh-s Sll cannot annot permanently Ignore that tact fact and retain her place among respect their liabilities The English position is Js clear She Sh cannot cannot pay her debt to America and cancel that which franco 0 owes es her This consideration ma may assume a new aspect t In lew ot of the tho French opera opera- operations ions In Germany Gormany There Thore she the not only is destroying British trade trad but any prospect of ot Britain e ever eier er collecting reparations England Ingland therefore las ha as a tided amany-tided sided many Interest in in- inthe the Ruhr drama France Is slaving sla Ing her own goose as welt well as ours our and killing It with money mony which belongs to Eng Eng- England England land Eng land and America This grotesque sit sit- situation situation lt cannot continue Indefinitely England sees gees one ono of ot her ro- ro reduced re reduced to bankruptcy by another ot of debtors who pleads she Is too poor to pay but Is able to maintain the thu thure 1 army any nation eve ever kept In Europe In peace times The Th nation expects expect the premier to approach the situation from this angle angie Since Sine France Ignores our ad- ad advice vice vice and our Interests she sho must mu t pay her her ia way a as 55 we pay ours This aspect ot of the th matter has taken a strong holdIn hold In the th minds of ot the public Parlia Parlia- Parliament Parliament ment mont will look bolt to Bonar Law to face It Isly |