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...Guarantee of territorial integrity (if France gives up her economic hold on the Ruhr...
...talents" (TIME, April 7) faced a surprisingly fierce attack from both flanks when he outlined his new policy. The new policy is the same as his old policy, only more so. His statement to the Chamber of Deputies announced: 1) The renewed intention of France to remain in the Ruhr and retain her hold on all gages until Germany pays reparations in full; 2) that France is willing to uphold the League of Nations but puts her own security first; 3) that every effort would be made to keep up the policy of economy without inflation of the currency...
...three days the opposition assaulted him continuously in the Chamber. Herriot, radical leader; Blanc, communist, and Forgeot, follower of Clemenceau, led the attack, declaring that the Ruhr policy was fruitless, a dead loss. At last Poincare grew testy. He demanded a vote and was upheld...
...Wilhelm Dreyer, a German, dynamited a train in the Ruhr. He was sentenced to death by a French court-martial. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he died at the French prison of St. Martin...
...station of departure, Willy Dreyer was given a rousing send-off on his last journey. Dr. Karl Jarres, the Vice Chancellor delivered a funeral oration, picturing the fate of the 1,500 Germans sentenced for sabotage in the Ruhr. Crying "Down with the Republic! Down with the Jews!" the howling mass of monarchists seized republican flags and tore them up. Cavalry squadrons of Reichswehr charged the monarchists and ended their assault on the flag of the Reich. Their cheers for Hitler and Ludendorff broke up the marching order of 30 nationalist organizations and destroyed their treasonable emblems. Scores were hurt...