The " Liquidation " of the War Last. Saturday the
French Senate ratified the Young Plan and cognate agreements by the huge majority of 284 votes to 8. The French Government, is, of course, proceeding par Mapes, and there remain three or four important stages in the " liquidation " of the War such Its the final organization of the Bank of International Settlements, the deposit of the German certificate representing the Young Plan annuities, and the flotation of the loan. M. Tardieu stipulated that, owing to the delay in ratification of the Young Plan, the eight months for the evacuation of the Rhineland had not yet begun to run. He maintained that Germany had recognized the force of this contention. Nevertheless, this delay .must continue to poison Franco-German relations, especially as the French Government now proposes to - reprimand —Germany gently with regard to the dismantling of certain fortifications in the demilitarized zone.
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