French Points of View. By Henri Brennier. (Marseilles : Chambre
de Commerce.)—BL Breanier, the Director-General of the Marseilles Chamber of Commerce, has reprinted in this pamphlet some of the letters which he wrote to English journals to explain the French attitude towards the question 'of repara- tion, the Syrian problem, Poland, and other matters. M. Brennier writes English well and states his ease courteously and clearly. He regards with not unjustifiable scepticism the suggestion that Germany is utterly ruined by the war, inasmuch as -German industry is reviving very rapidly indeed. He over-estimates the influence of Mr. Keynes, whose -strongly pro-German and anti-French views are personal to himself and are shared by very few British people. On the other hand, AL Brainier ilea not, we think, appreciate Great Britain's policy at its true value. The British people is resolved to exact due reparation from Germany, but it does not believe in harassing -a debtor beyond endurance. A solvent and prosperous Germany will be able to pay her debts to France and the other Allies ; a bankrupt Germany could pay nothing and would be a continual menace.
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