FRENCH PREMIER'S GRIEVANCE.

Evening Star, Issue 18053, 22 August 1922, Page 6

FRENCH PREMIER'S GRIEVANCE.

PARIS, August 21 (Received August: 22, at >12.25 p.m.)

M. Poincare attended'the unveiling of the first milestone along the Voie Sacree, of fifty-seven kilometres from Bar-le-Duc to V r erdun, over which French troops marched in 1916 to the support of the stricken town. In a subsequent speech ho disclaimed that France had any desire for aggrandisement. Sue only asked) for the execution of the treaties and payment of damages. Franco’s friends, however, were obsessed with the idea of recovering foreign markets. The Allies came to an understanding three years ago at the expenso of France, and denied her the right to have a French policy. He asserted Unit Britain had favored granting the Gorman request for a moratorium without consulting Franco. Simultaneously she issued the Balfour Note, to France’s great surprise, at the moment when Germany was announcing that she would not pay. He considered the coincidence a regrettable one at the very least.—A. and N.Z. Cable.