20 JANUARY 1923, Page 11

[To the Editor of the SpEct,troa.1 Sra,—Your issue of January

13th contains hard words under the title of "What France will Find Out." The writing is reminiscent of Micaiah, the son of Imlah, who prophesied only evil. Germany has invariably made default and has never made any real effort to perform her obligations, even supposing that she has not purposely schemed to evade them ; and as regards the British plan, what real guarantee would there be that she would carry out its stipulations ? In my opinion it would be treated in the same manner as previous provisions for payment and would simply result in further delay. The French policy may be a mistake, but I submit that it cannot be justly attributed to hatred.— I am, Sir, &c., Ashwater, Beaworthy, Devon. W. C. U. PETERSON.