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...will be withdrawn in proportion to the payments received from Germany. He also confirmed the Government's firm intention to examine in a spirit of equity any serious proposals addressed to it directly by the German Government. Answering interpellations from the Left in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Poincaré remarked: "It is odious to attribute to France designs of annexation! [Laughter from the Radicals.] We went into the Ruhr to get reparations and for no other reason. We will leave the Ruhr when Germany pays, not before!" Germany. Chancellor Cuno has expressed Germany's willingness to negotiate...
...ambitions: "When Napoleon founded the Grand Duchy of Berg in the Ruhr Basin and the Kingdom of Westphalia he observed to his brother-in-law that the Ruhr was the strategic road to the North Sea. This thought of Napoleon's . . . is gradually taking shape in Premier Poincaré's policy . . . it is only a short distance from the Ruhr to the North Sea. . . . France could seize the North Sea coast in no time if she were allowed to keep the Ruhr territory. France will then be able to use it as a strategic naval base against England...
...Invaders. A meeting of the French and Belgian Premiers-M. Poincaré and M. Theunis-at Brussels provided the most interesting feature of the week's peace preparations. It was discovered that the Belgians, apparently alarmed at the rising anger of Britain, tried to force Raymond Poincaré's reluctant hand. They were under no hallucinations as to the duration of the German resistance, and insisted that a statement should be issued promising the Germans progressive evacuation of the Ruhr as the reparations demanded are paid. Apart from this concession to Belgium, the policy of the French...
...party as a whole is agreed that the Government must take the first possible opportunity of opening negotiations with the French. The Moderates believe in letting matters take their course until Premier Poincaré is more disposed to treat on reasonable terms, and they do not advocate embarrassing the Government's policy of attrition. The Radicals, however, believe in overthrowing the Cuno Government and installing an administration willing to treat with the French...