It is just a little difficult to see why France should be hostile to the reparations partition as reported by Reuter, of 1a total of Gold Mks. 1,750,000,000. France is to receive Mks. 1,250,000,000, i Mks. 500,090,000 for—dit amongst the rest of the Allies. The division seems fair enough in conscience so fae as France is concerned, and were it Belgium that. was complaining some ground for her doing so would seem 4 exist. From the reparations total France receives ten times as much as her smaller neighbour, whose country was practically completely over-run, whereas a very substantial portion of France was not. Against the contention that the area affected was the centre of France's industries may be advanced the argument that with a larger population she has gr.aier recuperative powers. Then when we sce that from this year's German payments of Mks. 189,000,000 Britain will lend France all but fifty millions to be repaid from future instalments, it does indeed seem that France is getting justice done her.
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