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...Ruhr by France will in all probability precipitate trouble throughout the Balkans and eastern Europe, and will culminate with an army of France on top of the Balkan states. I say this with the full realization that I lay myself open to criticism as pro-German. I am not, I am pro-French, and for that reason I am urging this policy of withdrawing French troops from the Ruhr. The American people should push aside all sentimentality, and face the real facts. There is no question about the devastation and sacrifice of France in the war, but France should...
Sayre founded his arguments on the long occupancy of Alsace by the French, on the geographical position of the two countries, the racial relation between the Alsatians and the French and the strong pro-French, anti-German sentiment of the population...