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...clearly stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles that Germany must submit to Allied military control, but when the French and Belgians entered the Ruhr in January, 1923, control lapsed. When passive resistance to the Franco-Belgian forces was abandoned by the Germans, the Allies stated their desire to resume military inspection. Several notes were exchanged without visible effect...
There came a climax to the pro-French policy of Belgium's Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister Jaspar. They proposed a Franco-Belgian economic convention. They took it to the Chamber. It was defeated 95-79. M. Theunis resigned and, in spite of King Albert, refused to reconsider...
Whatever recommendations are made by the two Committees?and they can do no more than recommend?their success in trying to disentangle the reparations problems can only be measured by the results which are obtained; and results are dependent upon Franco-Belgian acceptance of the recommendations, without which the entire work of the Commissions may have been useless...
Premier Poincare had the French experts on the Committee acquainted with the views of the French Government. He instructed them to incorporate into any plan which the experts might suggest the present Franco-Belgian control in the Ruhr; to propose Allied or international supervision of German tax-collecting and expenditures; to suggest control or supervision of German resources, such as customs, railroads, tobacco and alcohol monopolies, coal production, which should be set aside for payment of reparations; to make it clear that France will have no objection to other Allies joining her in utilization of the Ruhr...
Rhineland, M. Poincaré said that his Government would not enter into any discussion on the question of restricting the powers of the Franco-Belgian authorities and the Interallied High Commission, which together control the Ruhr and Rhineland...