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Show LONDON TIMES UPHOLDSFRANCE Expresses Indignation Over What They Term "Shameful "Shame-ful Exposition of Policy" LONDON, April 9 - The London Times, which has becnconsisicnlly distrustful of Germany and strongly antagonistic to Premier Lloyd George, this morning expresses extreme indignation in-dignation at the British government's attitude with regard to France's occupation occu-pation of German neutral territory as set forth In the "authoritative" siaie-ment siaie-ment issued last night. "We seldom have read a more lamentable la-mentable or more shameful exposition of British policy," says the newspeper. "Is this the return we are to make to France for all that she has done nnd suffered by our ide? We tremble j att he results of this scandalous an) nouncement". this exnloslon n incon-j ceivable folly, upon that union cf tho British and French peoples whereupon our rulers well know the stability of. the peace so dearly bought now chief-' ly depends." French in Error. I The Times regrets the French "cr-ror "cr-ror in judgment" in aend'ng so many, i African troops lo Fiaukfort, saying this will give tho Gerrr.ar.s pretext for indignant protestations', but it i thinks that otherwise the French ac-lion ac-lion effected great good and "brought the Germans to heel." The newspaper then proceeds again to deplore the British government's declaration and says : "For the sake of no national interest, inter-est, no European interest; for the. sake cf nothing less Ignoble than small personal vanities hurl by the independent action of the French and of supposed personal and party inter-'ests. inter-'ests. baser still, all that had been accomplished ac-complished is jeopardized and lho30 I Anglo-French relation on which wo I hoped to rear the fabric of a new world have received the rudest shock liince they were founded by King Edward Ed-ward and M. Delcasse." Mail Assails L'.oyd George. The Daily Mail in a similar strain says the British people never will per-jmit per-jmit British friendship and the alliance with France to bn sacrflced lo aid Mr. ! Lloyd George "in a vote snatching I campaign." |