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This attitude was aggravated by the recent Franco-Belgian agreement with the German industrialists (TIME, Dec. 3), which was said to constitute a threat to Britain. The line of argument which Britain will adopt is that "the occupation of the Ruhr is illegal and cannot be justified"; that a settlement with the German industrialists was agreed to by them under duress and is 'without effect...
...replies: 'Not much.' "Then I say: ' What have you done with the credit of the country ?' "He says: ' It has gone down.' "Then I say: 'There is another difficulty-the settlement of Europe; what have you done with that?' "He says: 'It has got worse.' "Then I say: 'It seems to me you are all making a mess of things,' and he replies: 'Sir, you are abusive...
...Ancon] providing for temporary administration into a unilateral annexation; it would in time of peace constitute a conquest without precedent; it would be a shameful and dishonest conquest because it would have been done by deception and fraud." The history of the Tacna-Arica dispute starts from the peace settlement of the Chile-Peruvian...
...settlement of Reparation debts...
Other things discussed were: Near East situation; Middle East situation; Egyptian settlement; Washington treaties. It was also agreed to empower the overseas British nations to conclude treaties of their own accord in cases where neither the Home Government or any other British Government is affected...