FEAR OF GERMANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 7

FEAR OF GERMANY.

"v-:y INDTJSTEIAL - MENACE. v -1 ' ' ■ : ' DOMINATION .OF the state. lll'l^y' .. ' "■ _____ {RUHR # ''THE. • POWER HOUSE. V ' . — ' • ' ' It'ii r POINCARE VOICES. ALARM. '<< t r ~ ' ' Spf'7' real danger of to-morrow Sy Telegraph— Association— • (Received 9.10 p.m.) If!® and' N.Z. - PARIS, July ,22 \;X -Unveiling 3 war monument at Villers }-.?■ 'cfcttorets, M. Poincare, replied to Mr. ;Lloyd George's recent criticism in the l$0: House of Commons of the French programme. M. Poincare referred to Germany's systematic obstruction' of French efforts to repair the ravages of the war. vj " This is the moment chosen by an eminent statesman and former Prime i'V; Minister of an allied country/' ho pro- ?§•:' ceeded, "to seek to create a mischievous comparison between Franco and Germany and to characterise as amusing the fact J • that. while France is spending ''much money in repairing her devastated regions, iV/ she is complaining of extravagant expen diture by the Berlin Government. All - this may be very amusing for Mr. Lloyd } i '• George, hut it is saddening and even in- • • ' tolerable for France." " t ., M. Poincare said he wished that all the *•> Allies had gone to the Ruhr with France. They would have understood batter the v : l. real danger of to-morrow. He drew a graphic picture of the tremendous indus- | trial organisation the Germans had built | in the Ruhr. This organisation was sub- | - stituting itself more and move for the State. It was . enveloping, - dominating, : . and annihilating it. It was master of tho press and Government. It subjected the German Republic to a domination more •; powerful than that of the Junkers. Against this danger Britain, Belgium, Italy, and France must unite. s i •. • It would* not be difficult to supply the ft" Allied Governments with a ; basis for in- ; structive comparisons and grounds for an equitable decision.. It would be sufficient • for them to visit the Aisne . department and then visit the Ruhr. It would not demand the aid .of financial experts to enable them to make comparisons. M- Poincare did not refer to the British i'; V ; Note.