Show German Publicist Defends Poincare POin care And Recent Speech BV nl X M HARDEN n. Central C J Foremost Publicist Copyright 1927 1921 Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association J BRIAN June 25 25 BERLIN B false reports concerning the tho speech of ot Pre Pre- Premiere Premiere Premiere Poincare of ot France has caused caus d much worse damage dam- dam damage age ape here than did the false report of ot Nungesser landing landingIn In America The German press raged for tor days das Socialist as well as nationalist newspapers as asserted as- as asserted that the French premier premi premi- er tr In Jn his undying hatred of ot Germany German again had tried to hamper Foreign Minister Bri- Bri Briand's ands and's friendly friend I policies and destroy the work of Locarno Politicians of ot adult age however howe ought to know v that the tho man who saved the franc and who fouled the English lIsh plan of ot aggravating the dis dis- dispute dispute dispute concerning Albania In or or- order order der to broaden the gulf gule be be- between between between tween France and Italy the Italy the theman man who is supported by b all the socialist non-socialist and non- non monarchist parties would parties would not ha have suffered any policies that appeared to him danger danger- dangerous dan er- er erous ous that and and he did not need ne l to attack from behind tin tin- and the th-e zealous manager who engineered poincare's election as president In reality the tho French premier pre pre- premier premier mier did not say Eay at Juneville a single word Injurious to Germany or opposed to the spirit of Locarno Ills His speech wa was U designed obviously to build a a. bridge of understand understand- understanding ing with Germany German A Lor- Lor Lorrain Lorrain Lorrain rain speaking to wanted to explain how howe he e ewas was now willing to grant that which he formerly had re re- re fused It If Germany Germ n acknowledges without deceit its final aban aban- abandoning abandoning of Its claim to Alsace Alsace- AI Lorraine as ns expressed in the Locarno pact If she demili demili- demilitarizes demilitarizes her ler police completes complets the destruction of forbidden fortresses to 1 surrenders the thc stores of weapons still on hand and dissolves Illegal military organizations or then organizations then says sars Poincare she will give the r world pledges of ot peace the former uneasiness will disappear d appear and the rapprochement ment which h we French rench also desire will come com c. c None of ot these five condi condi- conditions conditions conditions Is new nw and none Is un un- unworthy un- un unworthy worthy worth of Germany G Fulfill Fulfill- Fulfillment Fulfillment ment of ot the conditions has hall been officially promised And when these promises have been unmistakably fulfilled even e Poincare will not hesi hesi- hesitate hesitate hesitate tate to reduce the troops troops' of occupation and to consent to complete evacuation at nt an early carly date as well as to Lo- Lo all the French policies Hut But because false reports about the speech appeared to be confirmed from England En l nd and German public opinion again doubted Frances France's upright will to rec rec- reconciliation reconciliation the parties partie of the government coalition declared In a sterile debate on foreign affairs that If Ie the spirit of this speech Is to dominate French policies then the work of Locarno must col col- collapse collapse collapse lapse but not through Ger Ger- German Germanys Germany's man many's fault er However the desire to praise Its own virtues and ascribe all faults to others never helped any nation The Themore Themore Themore more stubbornly our politic politicians pOI lc- lc C- C Clans ians lans misunderstand Poincare and the louder they thE scold him the tho harder it will be for him to adhere to his pro pro- program program program gram for tor the Inner pacifica pacifica- pacification tion of It Europe and to march carefully careful forward toward one of ot his chief goals the goals the free free- freeing freeIng freeing ing of ot our continent from the tho guardianship of Great Britain The French Socialists and left radicals want to overthrow over over- overthrow overthrow throw Poincare But Dut how how- would that help Germany If It Briand followed him he would have to demonstrate that he was not still the same lame lameman man who long before Poin- Poin Poincare's cares care's advance against Essen and on much flimsier pre pre- pretexts pretexts texts occupied three cities of the Ruhr and promised in inthe inthe inthe the French chamber of dep dep- deputies deputies deputies to take Germany by bythe bythe the collar and compel her to pay It is possible however that poincare's successor would be Andre and Tardieu-and and he would be less conciliatory than the |