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...America got out of the war was prohibition, the 'flu,' $18,000,000,000 in debts and 323,000 casualties. . . . The Ruhr situation is the greatest crime committed by the white race. . . . The only Government that has taken a sane attitude has been England...
...Germany, Chancellor Stresemann conferred with the Minister President Dr. von Knilling of Bavaria. The object is to secure Bavarian backing for the Federal Government's Ruhr and reparations policy, an object which is of great importance to the Reich...
Premier Baldwin of Britain left England for France ostensibly to take a vacation, in reality to await communications from M. Poincaré of France relative to further French proposals in connection with the Ruhr and reparations. The French proposals are expected to lead to a private and even secret meeting of the two Premiers at an early date, and with Belgium's connivance to result in an inter-Allied Conference during the Fall...
...French proposals, it is reported, will go far in meeting British demands and reviving the sick Entente Cordiale; they include a moratorium to Germany, a loan to France on account of future payments from Germany, complete modification of the Ruhr occupation as soon as Germany ceases passive resistance, which she is expected to do after joint Allied pressure is brought to bear, a partial evacuation of the Ruhr territory after France has secured her loan, demilitarization of the Rhineland under the auspices of the League of Nations...
...Allies never replied. France and Belgium refused to do so until the Germans ceased passive resistance in the Ruhr. Britain has been engaged in the interval in persuading France and Belgium to evacuate the Ruhr, with no success...