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Everyone must look with disappointment upon Europe, Mr. Kerr continued, for the world has been disillusioned in its expectation of universal peace. France, in entering the Ruhr Valley, is about to paralyze the great industrial heart of Europe, which policy can only be accompanied by serious consequences. Furthermore the Turk is back, and Russia, although advanced in social theories, is still politically in the Middle Ages. The real gains from the war, gains in democratic thought, are very truly endangered, and their loss will affect the whole world. In answer to the question who is responsible for the chaotic state...
...time when the newspapers are playing off a "French" day against a "German" day to keep the Occupation of the Ruhr a "live issue" to their advantage; when the air is full of rumors; when Lausanne and Mosul are hardly more than names; Harvard men are privileged to have some one stand before them who can say with authority: "I have been on the inside, and I know...
...following the Franco-Prussian War, France was forced to pay the entire amount of the indemnity demanded; finally, France is in urgent need of money and material to enable her to reconstruct what Germany has destroyed, and that by pursuing her policy of the occupation of the Ruhr Valley, France will either secure in material the equivalent of the reparations, or she will force Germany to square her accounts...
Diplomacy has failed to prevent the French from occupying the Ruhr. It is now the only remaining hope of forcing the Germans to pay. After the advance of French troops, the seizing of German mines, and the "well-advised retreat" of a German army of 25,000 men, the Berlin government may feel more disposed to consider certain "diplomatic proposals" which it is announced that the Italian premier, will make...
...these conditions are accepted, the French will continue to hold "productive guarantees", and a much longer moratorium will be granted. During this Germany may find time to collect the two months' coa! supply which she has succeeded in removing from the Ruhr in her retreat...