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From the outside of this pandemonium, Britain shyly moots the question of Anglo-American intervention. From another source comes the suggestion to refer the Ruhr and Reparations to the League of Nations. Neither of these suggestions are feasible until the opposing sides come together prepared to negotiate. In the meantime peace in Europe is a fast fading vision...
Public opinion of all shades of thought is fairly well united in condemnation of French policy in the Ruhr, but consideration of events in Germany has given way to consideration of the Government's future policy...
...Strachey, editor of The Spectator, points out that the Ruhr is becoming a second Alsace-Lorraine and reminds his countrymen that "one Alsace-Lorraine cost us one million dead." The New Statesman, another British weekly, energetically recommends "action" to the Government. It goes on to agree with the policy of leaving the Army on the Rhine, and while deploring Mr. Lloyd George's foreign policy, it says "he was the fully authorized spokesman of Great Britain, and we cannot repudiate responsibility for what he did. We must stay in Cologne. It is at least a pied a terre from...
Dutch trade is suffering from the French blockade of the Ruhr. At Rotterdam, Holland's largest port, shipping has been brought practically to a standstill. Thousands are without work...
Before the Ruhr occupation most of Germany's trade from that great industrial area passed down the Rhine and through Rotterdam. The new situation is viewed by Dutch shipping companies with much concern. The Netherlands Government has, however, received official assurance from both France and Belgium that the interests of Holland will be safeguarded...