'A. Paris correspondent, writing on March 12, observes:
AM. Raymond Poincaré, the ex-President of the Republic, in an article in the "Ievue des Deux Mondes."* denounces the man. quires by which, he says, Germany is trying to obtain a revision of the Treaty of Versailles. He protests against "the welcome. accorded by our Anglo-Saxon friends to the theory that it would be in our interests to alleviate the too heavy burdens imposed upon Germany," and then, addressing Mr. Asquith, goes on to say: "Tt would be equitable that, before weeping over the fate of Germany, we should cast a glance at our devastated regions. We have paid for the victory of the free nations with our blood and our treasure, and we have an indisputable and incontestable right to be compensated."
Writing of the Supreme Council he say'
Council assumed the title of Supreme Council and allocated to} itself the task of settling the future of the world. It included the greatest statesmen of Europe and America. But in meeting each other every day in this constant ce-operation the heads of the various Governments were gradu ally forced to lose contact with their _resnective Cabinets. with their Parliaments, and with their nations at a time when a multitude of vital problems demanding urgent attention arose amene the conquering nations as well as among the vanquished, and at a time when everything had to be reorganized without delay in the various Armies, in the Administrations. in finance, and in social relations."
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