THE RUHR CRISIS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 99, 31 August 1923, Page 5

THE RUHR CRISIS

BELGIAN NOTE DISCUSSED. FRENCH PRESS OPINION. Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.25 a.m.) Paris, August 30. The press, commenting on the Belgian Note, mostly agrees with the necessity for private conversations between the Allied Ministers. The Petit Parisien understands that although the French Government is disposed to discuss matters in a friendly spirit, it does not consider the time ha« arrived for a tripartite conversation, which would soon lead the chancelleries into new channels. The Cabinet is now aware of the formal wishes and needs of the two (countries which bore the heaviest burdens during the war, ' and no more evasion is now possible. Le Matin says; Henceforward the British Foreign Office is confronted with two separate documents, namely the constitution of an overwhelming refutation of the British viewpoint, and a complete explanation of the situation and the means of getting out of it.

. The Figaro says that between the line s one sees disappointed friendship and a shudder of suppressed indignation.