Poincare's Position Similar
To that of President Harding
Placed in Power by Various Croups Opposed lo Briand
Any Aetion on His Part Likely to Cause Mini
Loss of Some of His Supporters
llj DAVID LAWRENCK
C??yrl?M I Ml by T?? Daily *?nM
iThla 1* tbr ninth 4 Mr Utturf'- fr*m Kami* dnliai with |M ?ir trnnulridloo prob
lem* it they appear 10 bim after fl?? rear* aSt*f He find* Uiat (be bate made anaiui pro?
rr?i In re*torln? ihote portion* of their country tbat were devastated In the war. hut tbat their luood after
flee jear* la ?till one ni ilild war rmillfrtlnoi That la why be etarted hi* aurrey of Kumpeaa rvcua- i
?tructioo aa the haul* firlda of Kraoce where be aa?t every itud^ot of Frntrh policy rfiould aUrt. 1 I
Paris, July 25.?Outwardly Premier Poincare looks like "the
strong man of France" but actually he lives in constant fear of I
the various groups that support him. His inflexibility with ref
erence to the reparations question during the last several months I
has been the result of intimidation, not determination.
And his downfall will come in
a few months when the people
of France realize their national
interests might have been just
as well preserved and more
might have been gained at the
same time by a proper under
standing with other Allied pow
ers.
It is true that thp nrltiMi. Amerl
can and Italian viewpoint.*) on what
ousht-fo be done about reparations i
have not coincided with what the
man in the street in France wants
to see done, but never-the-lnss there,
has been and will be room for co
operation such as former I?ren*ier
Driand tried, and finally Poincare'
will be driven to the same thing,.sol
the people might as well ask what
they have gained by Poincare *s stub f
bornness.
The new general erection will be j
held in France next April. It is i
one -o?..the utmost importance to the |
whole world because in the months I
immediately ahead the present ad-1
ministration must strive to show I
that some thing has been achieved.
No possible manipulation of sta
tistics can make the occupation of '
the Ruhr look successful. Less)
coal is being obtained from the
Ruhr now than before tl.o French !
seized it.' Passive resistance has'
deprived France of her reparations !
and at the same time has not crip
pled Germany for the latter has ;
?been Import nig coal from Greai
Britain. The French dislike to 1
admit failure, but they cannot erase,
the facts and almost all an outsider '
__needs to -know to be convinced of!
the utter futility of the Ruhr enter-!
prises is that while the. average I
monthly Imports of coal to France j
from Great Britain used to be 900,
000 tons It now has reached 1,800?- !
000 tons. Not only has the Ruhr !
failed to pay France reparations in ,
kind but It has diminished the coal
supply previously obtained from the
Ruhr Itself. French statesmen who
are not interested In supporting
Polncare's adventures in economic 1
coercion but who are as vehement in I
expressions of nationalism as any
body in Europe, say that the vital
question of. the hour is the will to
pay. The Ruhr is worth many
times the cost, they Insist, If it
makes Germany realize her defeat
and the obligation to pay her debt*.
That is why the United States Sec
retary of State Hughes' suggestion
of a committee to investigate the
facts about Germany's capacity to
pay does not Interest France. Even
if the facts were established, would
Germany pay If she thought she
could escape the obligations? The
French have s**en the Germans wrig
gle too much In the last three years
to trust any one on the other side of
the Rhine. I
Franco will believe Germany when I
the private bankers of the world and I
foreign governments generally have
underwritten and guaranteed Ger- I
many's promises.
Of course, the continued policy of I
Isolation will get France nowhere.
The French see this more plainly
than they did six months ago.
They miss the comradeship of
Great Britain and Italy more than ,
they dare admit. And If the truth i
were known Belgium Is by no means |
as ready to follow France an blindly ,
as she appeared to be at the outset i
of the Ruhr excursion. The fact
that impressed the writer most about
his trip through France was that tin
latter misses Great Britain and |
needs her. One hears denuncia
tions about the British selfishness. I
even British treachery. In falling to,
participate in the Ruhr invasion,
but when all Is said and done, the1
French know that passive resistance
would end tomorrow and Germany
would sit up and take notice If the
French and British could agree.
Just now the British are making
another effort to Join hands with the
French. Poincare gives every evi
dence of alertness combined with
the fear that he may not be able to
agree to the British proposals for
Joint action In the reparations con
troversy. But whatever he falls to
do now, he or some other premier
will be compelled to da before th<>
snow flies again. Europe cannot
get along without concerted action.
Economic disturbances of todsy al
ready are breeding seeds of tomor
row's war. Germany has coal,
France has Iron. The two must be
| -brought together. America could
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never have become economically
prosperous but for the (act that
Pennsylvania's coal and N Michigan's j
ore were brought together in other 1
states of the same Union. The re
parations controversy is not a matter |
of law, sentiment and national pride 1
but of dollars and cents and Indus
trialism. Economic peace must |
come to Europe before there can be j
an assurance against a repetition of
of the last great war. '
Civic Opera Is
Proving Success
(IiIcako Into (inuid Opera Bus-i
laws and Make* Money
on the Plan
Chicago. July 26.?Chicago has]
gone Into the Grand Opera business, ,
and after a year's operation, th??'
financial statemant shows that the
city is making a success of it.
Backed by a regiment of guaran
tors. who are to be found In all'
walks of business, commercial. Indus
trial and social life, as well as by
the general public, the Chicago Civic |
Opera Conpany has becoue almost as
truly civic as a public library or a '
public park. The admission charged j
for performances, which is moderate
and considered popular, though In-1
sufficient as yet to pay the full cost i
of entertalnmant. Is tfca sole mark ;
distinguishing the Chicago Civic Op- :
era from other civic Institutions wi;h ;
a general appeal.
There are 2,200 guarantors who j
stepped to the front wt^er Harold F. !
McCormlck and Mrs. Edith Rocke-1
feller McCormlck contributed their :
holding to the tnen Civic Opera As
sociation.
It Is now announced by Samuel
Insull, president of the opera com
pany, that when the deficit for the
first civic opera season, that'of 1922
1923. was finally determined and
made known, the guarantor* reepon-'
ded Immedlataly and unhesitatingly
and fulfilled their pledgee without\
demur.
Mr. Insull says: "Grand opera In
Chicago thus has passed Into a
stage of Civic Grand Opera, support
ed by as representative people as
would be met by the tax collects
gathering iiinews for city govern-,
ment. The method of obtaining sop-'
port closely approximates the mu^l-|
clpal state subsidies provided oper-i
as abroad, the sole difference being i
that in Chicago a preferred list of '
taxpayers of all professions under-,
write opera, while abroad, in many
instances, financial losses are liqul-i
dated by general taxation."
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^-passenger Speedster - $1835 7-passenger Sedan - ?<.'750
all (nittaf. o. 5. fu.luty
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mil /. ?. *. fmtlmry
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V *
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