14 FEBRUARY 1925, Page 1

But how in the name of all that is sane

can Germany remain peaceful and contented when she sees the Rhine provinces in the hands of France and secs France in effect forcing the British to 'continue occupying the greatest commercial town in Germany--Cologne ? French bayonets on German soil, and memories such as those of the Ruhr occupation and the attempts by French agents provocateurs to create bogus German republics in the Rhineland—these are the things which are destroying French security. If France could only dare to be generous, she would get the security she needs.