THE RUHR: France Succumbs

Premier Poincare of France definitely held out the olive branch to Britain. In a note to the British Government Poincare asks for cooperation in demanding that Germany end passive resistance in the Ruhr. Official circles have it that Britain will accept this proposal. Thus the beginning of a solution of the Ruhr occupation and the greater problem of reparations is definitely in sight.

The now certain participation of settlement with the Germans is due partly to the efforts of Belgium, who flatly declined to discuss with France the final terms of German...

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