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There are diplomatic obstacles, however, to any action, especially against France, which would be interpreted as an attempt to bring pressure on French action in the Ruhr...
Senator Hiram Johnson, making his first trip abroad, arrived in Europe on the George Washington. At Cherbourg he was asked his opinion of the Ruhr. "I am an American," he replied. "I have no advice to offer France and no desire to visit Germany...
...Magnates. The German industrialists are insuring themselves against the fall of the Cuno Government-which, it is now believed, would pave the way to negotiations with the French-by a policy of reconciliation with all parties favoring an immediate Ruhr settlement. This ingenuous policy would, of course, leave a considerable margin of power in the hands of the magnates when the settlement terms are discussed...
...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 is unchanged...
...Darland Club of New York last night by the score of 12 goals to 7. In addition to meeting a Harvard team in Cambridge, and a Princeton team here, on the question of the United States foreign policy, the Yale debaters will uphold the French policy in the Ruhr in a debate tomorrow night with Williams...