Word: franco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ambassador Jusserand called at the White House accompanied by Senator Paul Dupuy of France (owner of Le Petit Parisien and close friend of Premier Poincaré) for an informal discussion of Franco-American relations. Afterwards, M. Jusserand was asked by reporters what M. Dupuy had had to say. The Ambassador, who like the French Senator is a newspaper man, replied with a French proverb: "Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux" (literally, "The wolves do not eat themselves among one another...
This attitude was aggravated by the recent Franco-Belgian agreement with the German industrialists (TIME, Dec. 3), which was said to constitute a threat to Britain. The line of argument which Britain will adopt is that "the occupation of the Ruhr is illegal and cannot be justified"; that a settlement with the German industrialists was agreed to by them under duress and is 'without effect...
With regard to the Franco-Belgian agreement with the German industrialists, the German Government said, in a letter to the Reparations Commission, that as the Ruhr occupation is illegal, it could not recognize the agreement. The tenor of the German argument was that all deliveries in fuel extracted from the Ruhr and Rhineland must be credited to the Reich's reparation account and not to payment of the occupation expenses...
...opportunity of contrasting the soldier and civilian reaction to the Franco-German controversy in the Ruhr will be given to every Union member next month for Major General Henry T. Allen will speak at the Union November 2 on "Europe as I Saw It," and Mr. A. G. Alley '01 probably November 20 on "The Battle for the Ruhr, the Rhine, and the Saar...
Such statements are only further proof that the problem of Reparations and Franco-German relations is political rather than economic. And failure to realize this has been a common but costly failing since the War; it has led to indecisive conferences in most European capitals and "watering places" and to abortive suggestions for economic investigations. It has left Europe turbulent and vengeful and fearful...