Show CONDiTIONS BY FRANCE ST Sill ll STAND A iN Poincare Insists On No NoRed N Red Reduction u In In Reparations BY IW XI l Former Fonner French to the Hie I t Scales tates Special Cable to 10 Tho Standard Standard- I COP I 1923 2 3 PARIS rAnIS Oct 27 27 Americas America's reply re- re reply reply ply to England's invitation Imitation Ita lion to take tak part In a conference regarding Gel Ger- Germany's many's pang paving capacity puts things thine exactly where here they w rc 10 be before Core the th British foreign office opened th the question because Lecause It practically stipulated that and England Ingland must reach an agreement before the conference can cnn be convened Sly My readers will recall how many times I have havo predicted that the th United Stiles States would not participate until European nations had first put their own o affairs in order Secretary Hughes further stipulates stipulates lates that the tho question of reparation tion and Inter Inter Q debts mu must t tremain remain separate which amounts to toa toa a rejection of the viewpoint so often uphold upheld by Pre lre flier nier P Poincare O 0 ON Ol U V b S England Inland asked ased America it if she sh vas still disposed to participate In Inn ina Ira n a reparations conference and it If In iii Incase case of disagreement among the th allies I England could count n American n support rho rhe United states Stales replied replie yes cs on the question of at the conference conference arid th these so reset reset- leS l- l al ate aio e important on the eon con condition that the principal nations be represented that tho conference be ba purely advisory and that the United States Slates keep complete liberty of at action In case the nation n to reach un an agreement ement Mi My II Impression Is that Secretary Hughes reply is tantamount to re- re refusal re refusal to adhere either er to British ol 01 oln French p icy t In n the matter of reparations In EO so far as American Prance re- re relations re relations lations are concel concerned there theN Is better to think about namely the magnificent this week w E lt In v s a thousand French agriculturists manifested their gratitude to American friend friend- friendship friendship ship as sho shown shon n these last years bY the American committee assist assist- assisting assisting ing In rehabilitating the devastated regions of Prance France GOOD S SHOWN It Is a fir hr richer and interesting lesson than tho the poor maneuvers maneu ers o of governments which seem perpetu perpetu- perpetually perpetually ally aUy out of ot breath In the mad chase after atter e events In which they are arc unable to lead ceremony sho ed toe broad points of at contact bet between een the tho French and American nations which can be accentuated and developed 1 when j public policy some day more tar far farsighted sIghted There Is no need to tell teU whet t this committee Is la With Mrs 1 A M Dike president and ami Miss Anne Morgan 1 lice ice Ice president It came un unpretentiously un- un unpretentiously unpretentiously pretentiously In 1917 mingled It It- It itself self with ith our army's life lire and was under file e during durins d tho the tragic day days of 1918 Since Sinco the armistice tho committees committee's pro program am has haa been Leen greatly broadened bro It has cared eared for or tho the miserable people who re re- re lurn d to their ruined land supply supply- supplying supply supply-ng InS ing the tho means of life had lind hope In 1 7 communes especially In mat mat- matter matters mat mat-en ter of hygiene and community socIal work ork The work was crowned cro by bring ng bring bring- bringIng bringing Ing to Prance France good will delegations In which America showed such tre tremendous tre- tre tremendous Interest As honorarY president with Ith my friend Myron I T Herrick I 1 know than any anyone ono bow bons much France o owes ss tS to thIs fruitful SPENDS DS 40 49 S J At the beginning the llie committee had only one bundled hundred thousand francs but it collected and spent 99 49 million Now it is able to cease work worl I 1 cannot say it will die for tor nil all Its lIs work will continue to use Ih e Howe er Cl far tar apart geographical geographically ly IY Ii historically and temperamentally y temperamental temperamental- ly our two t 0 countries a may be they operate operate co-operate wonderfully in the tha real real- realIties realities real realities of life lite Millions of Frenchmen see America as an a Q distant land little understood but to tho the hundred thou thousand and who ho watched the Ameri Ameri- American American American can spirit at t work ork lit hr this oa commit commit- toe during the past six years Amer Amer- AmerIcan Amerlean American ican lean methods and S generosity are things clearly understood and ap- ap appreciated ap appreciated |