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AN ANTI-BRITISH DAY
IN THE
FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
LL0Y0 GEORGE ASSAILED.
JX)NDON, 20th May.
It wan an anti-BritiHti day Lu tlie Frencli
Chamber of Deputies yeat-erday. A de
bate took place concerning German repa-
ratiouH. The Chamber waa crowded.
M. j ardicu spoke for an hour and a
luih", and made jl bitter attack on M.Bri-
and. lie j?uid France gave way t/>o much
to Great. Britain, M. Briand hud talked
of seizing Gennnny by the "scruff of the
nock" on let May, but had let the day
pass. Doubtless he would say he had made
concessions in order to maintain accord
with Great Britain, but the recent declara
tions of Mr. Lloyd George had shown that
tlie sicriiiccs were u.sci&w. Jt wuh not
always necessary r-0 give way to Great
Britain.
Hie debate will kwt two «>r three days.
It is e.vpectc< At Briand will answer
his critics to-day,
Paris press comments «m Mr. Lloyd
GeorgtVft Htalomeut ure quieter than miglit
have been expected, burt the general view
iu that the statement is n-o more satisfuc-
tory than his speech last week. The "Echo
de Paris" says it k> evx»n more displeasing.
IJie "Petit Parisien" declares that Mr.
Lloyd George has deeply wounded -Frencli
sentiment. The Paris usserts that
liis threats of forming new frienduhipa
should be explained, for if he means friend
ship with Germany, France believes the
British people will refuse to follow biro.
France does not hold the British respon
sible for the Prime Minister's vagaries. She
prefers Great Britain to Lloyd George. The
"Gaulois" says France and Great Britain
have something better to do than to quar
rel They must settle the Silcsian ques
tion in a spirit of friendship.
Indignation in Poland.
The Premier of Poland, speaking iu the
Polish Diet in reply to Mr. Lloyd George,
started that Mr. Lloyd George's speech had
created indignation iu Poland. Poland did
not uphold her rights to Silesia on ancient
claims, but on the Versailles recognition
of tlie right of any country to work out
its own destiny.
Will France Occupy the Ruhr P
Britain Formally Asks Question.
The British Embassy has formally asked
the Quai d'Orsay whether France will oc-.
cupy tlie Ruhr in tlie event of tlie Ger
mans catering Silesia. A similar couver-
sation has token place in London between
Lord Olirzou and the French ambassador
in London. It is understood France lias
informed Great Britain that she will he"
compelled to regard the entry ot German
'troops into the plebiscite area as a breach
of the Treaty of Versailles, necessitating
fresh precautionary measures.
America and Supreme Council.
The United States Department of State
has announced that tho American ambas
sador to Great Britain, Colonel Harvey, will
attend the Supreme Council meeting con
cerning the Sileskin disputo.' lie has h/aen
instructed not to take ran active part in it,
or to express any opinion.
Poles and Germans Fighting.
A violent brattle is proceeding in the
Kreuzburg distt-iot between the I'olisli in
surgents and German military organisa
tions.
Messages from Dantzig state that there
arc large movements of I'olisli troops to
Dantzig. The l'oles have blown up a
number of bridges over Ihe Vistula, and
have occupied strategical points.
German Payment to Allies.
The German Government is. negotiating
with big banking firms to realise twelve
milliards of Treasury bonds for tbe pay
ment to tho Allies of the balance of the
twenty milliards due on 1st May.
Twenty-five thousand wooden houses
luive been sent from Germany to France
for erection in 'the devastated areas.
Dutch Claim Indemnities.
It is officially announced that Germany
has declined to pay indemnities for dam
age inflicted on Dutch subjects in France
and Belgium during the war, but has
ngreed to investigate cases it the Dutch
Government will produce evidence sub-
Stantiacing the charges.
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