M. RAYMOND POINCARE

He is the only politician who knows anything about art.

Mobilization is not aggression.… The aggressor is the one who renders inevitable the first shot, in other words the nation who first declares war.

France has no intention of holding the Ruhr permanently. She means to stay there until she is paid, or has assurances that she will be paid.... We intend to hold the mining and industrial basin until Germany fulfills its agreement…. Paralyzing the mining industry in the Ruhr may inflict hardships on France as well as Germany, but Germany is the greater loser and France will show the endurance necessary to outwit the German Government.

Whenever we have taken a conciliatory approach to Germany, she has abused it. On the other hand, on each occasion that we have shown firmness, she has yielded.

Mobilization is not aggression.… The aggressor is the one who renders inevitable the first shot, in other words the nation who first declares war.

France has no intention of holding the Ruhr permanently. She means to stay there until she is paid, or has assurances that she will be paid.... We intend to hold the mining and industrial basin until Germany fulfills its agreement…. Paralyzing the mining industry in the Ruhr may inflict hardships on France as well as Germany, but Germany is the greater loser and France will show the endurance necessary to outwit the German Government.

Whenever we have taken a conciliatory approach to Germany, she has abused it. On the other hand, on each occasion that we have shown firmness, she has yielded.