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Show AJI Principal Nations Against French Position on Reparations Kv WH-LT.VM WRQ, Spe l Cable to Clie Standard -Exam-1 ln r. (Cppyrlght, is'.z ) PARIS, June 10. In the long run jit is extremely tiring for Frunce to .be tho only nation that is right ' Thus ' one suspects with a touch of irony I French newspapers summarize the 'situation created by the reparations commission's majority decision invlt-lng invlt-lng the international bankers to rec-omeud rec-omeud a reduction Of Germany's debt. England. Italy, the Fnlted States I Boyden. the America nunofficlal observer, ob-server, although not voting registered approval even Belgium despite the I pralso heaped upon her for support -I In? France at Genoa are against the ' French osltlon Frauce alone is right her newspapers say. In reality France cannot be In the minority on reparations because she Is entitled to 5L per cent of the German Ger-man payments honco she has a majority ma-jority of tho otlng stock and th moral voting power Nevertheless there is only one way th.it France can enforce tho treaty "f Versailles and that is with military force. If Poin-I Poin-I care Intends to go It alono he "must say it with soldier- " GRFAT SIGNIFICANCE. ' The action of the reparations com- cance than appears on the surface. It is th' firs: lime that th- commission commis-sion ever reached a decision by a majority ma-jority instead of an unanimous vote. Secundly, It is the first time the commission com-mission over openly acknowledged the existence of any outside body com-1 detent to consider the question of I Germany's total Indebtedness Third-' ly Polncare himself resigned the chairmanship of the reparations body, two years ago because he said the governments were interfering with the commission's autonomy which under tho treaty Is absolute. POINCAJIF I W1SF. Yet. today, Polncare Issues hints, if not ordeis which Induce Dubois, his representative, to dissent from his colleagues. If anything was needed to clinch Frances Isolation this incident inci-dent would supply it. Poincare's crlt-is crlt-is auree he acted logically, but un- wisely In not agreeing with tho or- ders at least to listen to what pro-; posals the bankers had to make since It was expressly stipulated the repar- atlon commission would not. be bound to adopt them. As it is France has, served advance notice that she won't entertain any such proposals while ma-lorlty ma-lorlty of tho commission hae said; they will Thl sis the most threatening thing that has happened to the entente since ih. armistice. It brings to a sharp, point the whole cpjestlon whother; France shall continue as a dominating dominat-ing European power or succumb toi malorltv rule. The only choice left for Polncare seems to be between em phaslzlng tho. national Isolation by acting alone in a military move or making a clever jcmpromlse a la Brland. His every' Inclination In-clination Is to avoid the former and ! I believe yot the latter step seems to mo an political suicide I repeat the Poln.re ministry haa I rough going ahead V it |