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;lnner Details Told ; of Deadlock on Guarantee. : RY ANDRE TARDIEU. %....* s g b Jen Eg Haad at m Coaference of Veruallles. m EXVL 'l-. ‘lm" "‘ rmnc‘l'lox PROPOSED. i This was on Mareh 12. On the morus Ang of the 14th Preaident Wilsen are ives in Paris. After an interview ‘with 3Mr. Lioyd Geerge, he meets m same afternoon M. cumcneu‘ ithe British prime minister at & prie ‘vate talk of two. houra without & retary or interpreter, at the Hotel de Crillon. M. Clemenceay sxplains onos amore the French propésals. He telly our needs, our dangera of yesterddy| v and of tomorrow. Alone against flox many, invaded and-bleeding, ‘not for territory, but for lluml«l. fThose offered to us—disarmament, de- militarization, league of unlono—an dnadequate in their present form. cupation is indispensable. Tt {: Bmential that the left bank be el ved 1o the political and military schemes ®f Germany. Its independénce ia onece the condition and the con Quence of the foregoing. At first the same objections are made to the same arguments. But to the great Frenchman, who holds his ground and sticks to his original de- mands, an entirely different and most [On capital proposal is soen made, Great Britain. with her century-old ’rldl in her splendid isolation: United States, “too proud to fight," separated from the rest of the ‘mrld by Wash- ington's farewell address and the Monroe doctrine, offer France a for- mal pledge of alliance—their immedi- ate military guarantes against any unpro\oked aggression on the part of an unprecedented and im- ‘significant proposal, which will assure us in peace the same unity of power which enabled us to win the war. Clemenceau Values Offer. states the very great value he taches to this offer. But he expresses the same time his formal desire net to give an immediate answer. He intends before 80 doing te refleet and to take counsel. Th March 15 and 186, thre held at the minjstry of war bet’ M, Clemenceau, Pichon, Louchnrlml myself, when verbally and in three the various aspect e analyzed and dis- From this_study two ean- clusions appear, both equally {llum! nating. and fer the moment st least mutuaily contradictory. The first is that s French gevern- ment, which, recelving such an offer under such conditions, would allew it to escape, would be et 2 crime. The second, that a government uumod With only this and nothing m would be equally gullty. A grave eamrulcunn. indeed. or, in the conversation of March 14, Mr. Lioyd George and Mr. Wilson clearly indieated . that they on' ed the military guarantee in lieu of occypation and t independence of the left bank. It is to avoid the latter. which they do not wish, that they propose the former, which to these two countries 56 justly proud ef their strength seems of equal, if not of zreater, value. They recognise as indisputable France's right to th- Suarantes demanded by her. But re- Jecting the methed propo: u by u-— and tecause thqndect np-«.ny posed uu!hcr e left dank o Rht German. The left of tha ’.blu- to be occupied neither by an int l!a ¥ Then think of the real money you are wasting in rent. $1,650 Cash $97 Monthly (Igcluding AU Intesest asd Peiseipel) Bringing This Dis- tinctive Detached Bungalow Within reach of the aver- age family paying a rent equal to that of any dingy morthwest 4:room FLAT. this HOMB ssed n- other £ re than those terms it would be justification for your immediate inspection. beautiful Rooms, Bath, Hot-Water Heat, Finlshed Ce the opening of the Sample Home. Take Time Now See the wenderful devele: ments nlnl on in this w‘- URB, which we know.te be Jflmwfluh The Family And Near Encugh In Fer The Basiness 0 Man, NEW HOME LOCATION Hamilton St. at 13th St. N.W. GO NOwW Owners sad Bullders 713. 14th St. N.W. ml ,dr nlean of, trame. tary aid-in case of danger. Frewck Refuse Substtution, M.:Olemenseau's mind {s mads up on the evaaing of -the 16th, and his decl- An A note handed to the 1] overnments on “the 17th. A proposai ‘hich mhumuuu one. another.. We 'We eratetully nots, l;pr.chtlon of its red and deaire to on the express u.n sunpkni'nud by -,qmtaeu and- Fulle - note ney u-n.nl Ry Wleh Y up F-32,-we Rept’ up qur e;dr(! F Object?..To obtain the PraffeFed | & guarentes, but with the additien of ocoupation —ap&’a few Gther safe- guards, which, Yo. the minds of our lies, were {a'he replaced purely and Bre"ak Threatens as|*: : Premiers Remain at Loggerheads. the,peace, in which, after insisting on the-dapger of too drastic & peace, he sayer u naturally’ lmlolll b 2l ce with- mory, fav lnd da\lfi- tated her land with surprising ra ity, the British empire and the United States undertake to come to the as- sistunge of France with their whole ‘#trength .in the event of Germany moving her troeps Py, Scross the Rhine \flflluu! the congent of the ‘council of league of nations. Thia guarantee ‘to last until the Jeague of nations hag pr:lv‘od itael? to be an uuunle se- qrord With Britatn, M. wfl.oh also, in a note of April 13, forgefully leeu.llu the scope and lmpomnua of {8 proposals of March d 2 were Identical with am lfl;.\‘. !;!oydv’l?oorl'a. and he W) eat gra T ‘od that these. pro- mad- Jointly with Mr. loyd Gearge. who made practically identical proposals with regard to.the action of Great Britain. oth 3r. Lloyd George's proposals apd my own were made after rephat- ed ‘consideration of all other plana suggested, and they represent the maximum of what I myself deem nec- easary for the safety of Krance, or| possible on the part of the United the eenference of the hoads of the | sovarmments, dut he, too, does mot koh to Ms ip- .“You un l tate ot Taind of Th # Hs nillei state of mind of It Is afraid to do Any!hhll whnl-u which might repeat the mistake Ge,x'- dinst a‘lv qulmfll in'annexing Alsace- rrain ‘Wae repeat our arguments, ever more ‘urgent and _ditect. M. Clemencea: summoned = Marahal Foch and th commanderg-in-chief - 6f the allle Al lu bo!o ] eouncil of the four. nce P“ ’ ngrort 'l‘lil ia ita conelual sum up, unless we hold the Rhine permanently, no neutrality, no disarmament, no written'clause of any kind can prevent Germany from seiz- ing the Rhine and debauching from it at an advantage. “The Rhine remains taday the bar- rier emgential to the safety of the peo- ples of western Eupepe, apd therefore, of civilization. “In the elrcumstances, it seems d!!-\ floult to refuse to the nations in_the forefront of battle—France and Bel- gium—the protection they deem indis- pensable to enable them to live and fight until their allies arrive. * ¢ ¢ “Whether the inhabitants of the left. bank of the Rhine remain Germpan or not, the political frontier between the western European nations and Ger- many is the Rhine. “I'urge with all my strength upon the allled and associated ~govern- ROWSDRPErS g French papers are no’ less so. the |70 dave My, Lioyd George gives out {wo pogthing intérviews, the of< feot-‘of -which deus not last. !\;{:o; LR B news is ,“ rgo Washin Bure riedly summeon Br M Clnmenmll holdl hll mund unmoved. send We show mt ng mattel hov hn.nr- tant the resultarsttain t remains indispensible, ta \give v.ruty a arantee of execution. mive to g-nu & material nluul-rd against wu i‘fi“ 'h.n ‘gl.!h - a! &‘uflfi ear soldteys for that ogcupation nlnno wuh thll doll‘ ble need. Days pasa. Jast, M. Clemence: indomita- ble_ will wm. ;u end. Light begins to hreak. 1 1y, prud lly and D uenufi.- e..widens the .apaning, an en April 20 at 6 ocluck in the evening, secures—first of all— from Pre: Ilt Wilson his approyal of the pro s. On the morning of April 22, Hv Lloyd George. gives his appro also. but not without agaln fonqwlns his objections. M. Clemienceau, who, for two days, has been 1n agreement with President ‘Wilson, maintajns all his points—du- ration of the occupation, its possible extension; ll'flclnlllnn by the allies. Mr. Lioyd ends the discussion: ments, which, inthe ‘most ‘eritical] hours of the war, entyusted: o me the conduct 6¢ their armies and the future of our common cause, to con- sider that the fature can only be {permanently assured—tomorrow as it Wasa yeaterday—by the military fron- tier of the Rhine and its occapation' “Very vnll. cr Tha long debate is 'over. Despite divergencies of opinj the personal relations between the three men dur- ing those forty days have never ceased to be sincere, calm and af- fectlonate. Mhy their fellow ‘country- llmnlv by lh,u mum:y guarantee t appears’that Mr. Lloyd Geo n are Jiow. in compl men pever forget it (Ooprrightsd by Bobbe-Merrill Company.) States.” Every day, often twice a day, M. Cle- nt against ‘any ' ocel menceau rmawnd his efforts: the 36th the British prime minister| “I beg to point out,” he said, “that handa hia colleagues a goneral note on (on the seas thls guarantee has al- Y the allies. This essential position must, therefore, be held."” luvery one listens attentively. But not one of the allied generals sup- ports the commander-in-chief. On TWENTY-SEVENTH INSTALLMENT ' TOMORROW. 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