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President Lowell, the principal speaker of the evening, told of his trip abroad and also told of the Ruhr situation,--both from the French and German standpoint. Speaking of his trip abroad President Lowell described the life and characteristics of the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. There are 18 colleges in Cambridge and 21 in Oxford, according to President Lowell, and life in both of these universities, which are conducted in practically the same manner, is indeed delightful. Each day the students in the separate colleges meet for dinner and thus get to know each other very well...
President Lowell also said that debating formed an important part of the English university life. The debating societies sit as a parliament and hold discussions on the important political situations of the day. It happened that at the time he was there the debating unions were discussing the Ruhr situation and after, when he reached France, he discovered the French attitude toward this subject. It resembles that of a man when's head of an industrial concern and who depends for solvency on a debt owed the concern. England told France to postpone the debt for five years. France said...
...French policy in the Ruhr", Mr. Villard continued, "is very hard to understand. By her occupation she is subjecting the new German government, which is faced with many difficult problems, with a pressure which it can ill bear, and is hindering it in its struggle for existence. Her actions are undermining the friendship which has grown up with England, and are lowering her position in the regard of most Americans. The loss of the friendship of these countries would far outweigh any gain from supplies of coal or iron. I oppose the French action", the speaker concluded, "not because...
...which Italy and then Russia subsequently joined, was brought about in 1904 and marked the close of the period of "colonial rivalry". Only careful nursing has kept it alive during the last few years; and it now seems on the point of death from an acute attack of the Ruhr...
...Conference on Reparations last fall. The French and British plans were incompatable, no compromise could be arranged and the conference failed. At that time one review claimed "that France is rapidly losing the friendship of Great Britain", English press has had little but condemnation for French action in the Ruhr, while English garrisons at bridgeheads over the Rhine have opposed the advance of French forces. The Liberal Party of England, with its strength constantly growing, definitely advocates more active opposition to the French policy. The breach has been steadily widening: historians of the future may point to the Ruhr...