FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1919, Page 5

FRANCE.

OF COMPLAINTS. JMLAISOT OONTEREKCE'fI- DfCOHERENCY. FRENCH WANT ACTION AND HOT WORDS. Received Feb. 13, 11.45 p.m. Paris, Feb. 11. On every hand in France there is a chonu of complaint rising concerning the lack of method and coherency in the Peace Conference. Frenchmen cannot understand why the League of Nations has been forced to the front, and the affairs of the Jugo-Slavs and other newcomers considered before France's eastern frontiers are secured and peace ensured. The discussion regarding the new armiatice terms have brought matters to a head, bringing up most critical questions oB which the whole future peace may depend. The French insist upon the unrepentable and warlike spirit of Ger■wny. Betas newspapers are claiming that tfiTMt must immediately raise her voice and appeal to the publics of Britain and ' The Echo de -Paris says that France wffl be the first to suffer from the mistakes now being piled up. Why should idealogy be allowed to remain as an obstacle to the victory go dearly bought! .We mint behave again as though the •task is to crush the enemy. If we are fMolute the enemy will yield. We must then thiiid a system of pittance guaranteeiag the future. All the rest is nothing but astronomer literature. This represents an extreme view, but I* tarying tones and vehemence the iflrale prtss imp-fores President Wilson to look upon realities and abandon the . old idea of peace without victory. Germane are accustomed only to methods of strength eridefleed- by the destruction 8f FfetScri industry with" the object of compelling France to purchase machinery and materials from Germany, and thus to monopolise French markets, and make ft <Jerm»B-*<l«ipped French industry into in 'auiiliaJ'y of GcffflflH industry in the fight against Anglo-Saxon commerce Hernrtny has not abandoned the prin dplea underlying her scheme. She is continuing bar propaganda, and watching for every Sign to crack the alliance. A3 an Instance, the news of Britain's acceptance of the mandatory system for ibfl colonies led to a great demand in Berlin for colonial stocks, due to the belief that German companies would be *Me to carry on industries.—Aus. and VJL Cable Assoc. .A JfiSCHIEVOUS STATEMENT. CREATING UNNECESSARY FRICTION Received Feb. 13, 2.45 p.m. Paris, Feb. 11. A French diplomat, interviewed, detwred that the British are now directing towards Asia the same colonial policy as jjjWtfto Africa to the nineteenth century. Vthf it Mr. Lloyd George, despite his domestic Worries, so attentive to this question? Because business and emoluments are greater in proportion to the activity of colonial trade. Hence Britain's necessity to raise a new dominion to replace Australasia, which becomes autonomous. Britain, through Egypt and the Indies, has a wide door to the whole Bast. Pr-mce cannot lose her prestige in 3y**»» *ti •eTi rreaa y na * ftiade concessions ** ttngfaaiT m Asia Minor.—Aug. and fr& Cable Assoc STRASSBURG CATHEDRAL. CSto tOB. MILITARY PURPOSES. Received Feb. 13, E. 30 p.m. Paris, Feb. 11. GeMral Hirschmer reported that Marshal Foch has obtained evidence that the Oeflnans used Strassburg Cathedral for Military purposes, ,doing what they unjmstly accused the French of at Rheims. *-Jteuter.