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With Germany's policy of "passive resistance" to France daily becoming more active, the world has increasing cause to fear lost the economic war in the Ruhr break into something more desperate. Until recently, the spectators have pursued a strict "hands off" policy. But rumors have begun to reach Paris that Great Britain and the United States are preparing for more active measures to bring about a settlement. Promptly and unmistakably, in reply to these whispers, an unofficial communication from Paris outlines France's position. "The French Government hopes sincerely that neither London nor Washington will attempt intervention of Paris...
Whether France's seizure of the Ruhr was wise or not, it would hardly seem fair not to give her free rein in the course she has decided upon. Bonar Law left behind him in Paris, after the collapse of the conference of premiers, the distinct understanding that England should not assume any responsibility for what might follow and that France would be left to shift for herself. It was on this understanding that France and Belgium proceeded...
President Eliot will preside at a luncheon and public discussion today in the Hotel Brunswick on the question of the French occupation of the Ruhr...
...from the streets of Berlin, because of the depreciation in currency, merely as a means for the Germans to advertise the troubles in which they are involved; to enroll the sympathy of other nations; and to arouse the feeling of protest against the French occupation of the Ruhr valley, which Senator Borah has recently proclaimed...
...subject of the French occupation of the Ruhr, the impression he left was that it was an act of military aggression on the part of France, and that France was wholly responsible for any evil results that might follow. It is, however, perfectly obvious, to any one who thinks clearly, that if England had not deserted her ally on the question of reparations, France would not have needed to try to collect her debt in this way. By this act of perfidy, Germany was encouraged to believe that, by holding out, she could escape her just debt. This left nothing...