THE RUHR: British Quandary

The Ruhr, including all the Rhineland territory under Franco-Belgian occupation, has had thrust upon it a semi-mythical character. It is the land of unreality staging futurity. The entire world speaks of the Ruhr, not as the comparatively small industrial area in Western Germany, but as a separate territory wherein the evil potions of the world are being stirred to potency by the wicked witch of hate. And the garb of the witch is draped of many flags.

Speeches in the British Parliament by Premier Baldwin and Foreign Secretary Curzon plainly showed that...

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