New York, Aug. 9.
In a leader on M. Clemenceav's letter to President Coolidge, the! "New York Times" says that nobody knows better than M. Clemenceaia that his action in appealing to President Coolidge, in tie matter of War debts, is extremely irregular. MIN. Clemenceau cannot be ignorant of the fact that from a legal point of view he lays himself open to crushing refutation as regards the "promissory notes" as France gave them to the United: States by the order of M. Clemenceau himself.
The paper points out, however, that: "What must be considered is the fact that M. Clemenceau's utterances undoubtedly express the prevailing sentiment of a great] majority of the French people: towards the United States."
The leader concludes by asking whether, when France has ratified debt settlement; Americans ought to open their eyes to the need of general reconsideration and readjustment of War debts before many years are past, stating: "That idea the oceusion to seek revision of the' unevidently winning more acceptance: +he River Plate to-day.—Reuter. in this country among those who have given their minds to the Yen, significance, in the ong run, of" War debts, and no doubt its spread will be hastened by the irregular but. impressive words of Letter to be Ignored Although the leader in the "New York Times" was tactful and con. iliatory, the general opinion of the newspapers is that the United States will ignore M. Clemenceau's letter, and opinions are. informally, expressed that Presigent Coolidge more or less represents the general feeling in the country, even the democratic newspaper, the "New York World," takes this view.
Its special correspondent Washington declares that officials contemplate that no reply will be addressed to the letter, which described as a bit of French politics. Sooner or later, officials hope, the French people will learn not to hope' that the United States will revise the debt compact.
The "World" adds that the letter: is only calculated to enhance the bitterness of the French people against the United States, whil it' cannot affect the question to which it is directed—Reuter,
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