Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-09 | Page 2 | Claim Germany is Restoring Order in Ruhr

(Statement Said France Should I Have Sent Troop As Last Resort FRENCH AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS SITUATION United States, England, Italy and Belgium Believe Germany Ger-many .Should Have Handled Gase. LONDON, April 0. (By the Associated As-sociated Preos) After a long conference con-ference with the French ambassador, ambassa-dor, Paul Carnbon, had with Premier Prem-ier Lloyd George today, and a full discussion of the France-German incident by the cabinet council, at which the French view wac fully ' explained to the British mlnistcrc, an authoritative ctatement was issued is-sued to the efect that France h.id acted entirely on her ovn initiative in deciding to occupy German towns; that Great Eritain, the United States, Italy, and Belgium, were all opposed to the plan, and that France's action has caused a delicate situation. Tho matter is under direction of the British and French governments and the hope is expressed that the situation situa-tion may be realized. The statement recites various expedients suggested far dealing with" tho Ruhr situation, among others the sending of allied officers of-ficers with the German troops to supervise sup-ervise the German withdrawal. Another An-other alternative was that tho decision decis-ion should be left with the German government, wtyh the stipulation that unless the status quo was sufficiently sufficient-ly restored, tho allies themselves would occupy Gorman points to enforce en-force their demands. The statement proceeds: Only Ac Last Reoort.' "The German government , appears to have acted precipitately, and France I to have responded by adopting a plan which was only Intended as a last resort re-sort method, and even then! to havo I been the affair of the alliesi and not Of any one of them simply.' Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and the United States, it is declared, all felt that the task of restoring order should lie with Germany and all were opposed to their regular forces being called upon, oxcept as a last resort, to un-dertako un-dertako what, are virtually police duties. du-ties. It Is pointed out that France feared somo ulterior motive on the part of Germany and doubtless acted l In good faith, but, adds the statement, "the Immediate result is that the responsibility re-sponsibility for her action cannot be shared by the allies as a whole and certainly there is no intention on thoi part of the British government to al-j low British soldiers to act as police between hostile German factions and I incur all tho odium of such a position,; to say nothing of its risk." Be Ready to Act. I The statement concludes: "If, and when, Franco's suspicions or Germany's ulterior motives and deliberate de-liberate flaunting of the terms of peace treaty become accomplished facts, the fillies would doubtless bo prepared to act JnBtantly and vigorously in concert con-cert to vindicate the position and respect re-spect for the provisions of the treaty. But for tho time boing, it may he taken that no British soldier will participate , in the occupation of Gorman cities in i tho neutral zone." -oo- It is tho privllcgo of the grnndeca of Spain to stand In tho presence of their Hoverlgn with their hnta on.