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Show POUE STILL HOLDSJBERMANY DISABLED VETERANS SPEECH RE. GARDED AS ANSWER TO STR ESEMANN TALK If Teuton Disavowed Some Former Practicse Situation Would Ease; Fir3t Utterance Since he Assumed As-sumed the Combined Task fit. Germain, Franco Premier I'oin-eulre I'oin-eulre Sunday made his (lint public utterance.' ut-terance.' on International affairs, since ho assumed tho combined task of premier pre-mier and minister of finance. In a rather sharp talk to Disabled War Veterans, evidently destined to carry beyond the frontiers, the premier pre-mier nerved notice that no matter how fur Franco might be willing to meet Germany in new friendship, there was one phase of situation In which he would never yield a jot, namely, the j responsibility for the war. On that point he was adamant that the Cer- j many of I0U was responsible. The enthusiastic cheering that : greeted the premier's address showed that the war veterans at least indorsed indors-ed his position. Tho meeting was presided pre-sided over by Louis Marin, one of the staunchost of nationalists, and the leader of tho right group In the Poin-calre Poin-calre cabinet, which is directly opposed op-posed to the elements represented by Kdouard Herriot and Aristide Iirland. Tlie premier's speech is entirely at variance with the recent efforts of Foreign For-eign Minister liriand at Geneva. There Is much speculation now as to "what Briand will do at the next meeting of tho cabinet council. |