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...German Government made overtures to the French and Belgian Governments for a conference to settle the means of bringing about a restoration of normal economic conditions in the Ruhr. M. Poincare, as Premier of France and spokesman for Belgium, rebuffed the German request by stating that all the Germans had to do was to cease passive resistance (which was reported to be still in existence) and to discuss with General Degoutte, Generalissimo of the Franco-Belgian occupational forces, any local difficulties...
...situation in the Ruhr seems likely to remain stationary until such time as the internal conditions in Germany are ameliorated, because the Berlin Government cannot effectively enforce the cessation of passive resistance while surrounded by enemies both within and without the Reich...
Foreign Policy. The greatest event in the week was the three-hour detailed report by Lord Curzon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on foreign policy, part of which was not published by order of Premier Baldwin. The published part of his speech concerned mainly a review of the Ruhr problem and of the Treaty of Lausanne (TIME, Aug. 6). He doubted that Germany would be able to pull through her present chronic ailment and said that "the internal disruption of Germany which we had all along feared, but which we had consistently been told to regard as a bogy...
Government's Position. The position of the Government was precarious in the extreme. It was considered that it could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. From the Right and from the Left Chancellor Stresemann was assailed chiefly on account of his Ruhr policy, but he succeeded in obtaining a vote of confidence in the Reichstag against both Monarchists and Communists. It was expected that he would obtain dictatorial powers for the Cabinet by giving a sop to the Socialists-a promise not to interfere with the eight-hour working day. How far the Chancellor will be able...
...form an effective anti-French entente, would require statesmanship of a calibre nowhere evident in present English politics. The collapse of passive resistance in the Ruhr brought down with it England's hopes for the he-habilitation of Germany and partially vindicated French policy in the eyes of Europe. Italy has dropped her former pro-British sympathies and now seriously threatens England's position in the Mediterranean. Only a master of intrigue could mould these elements into an entente-and Pitt is dead and Lloyd George touring Canada unofficially...