Voyage of M. Loucheur

M. Loucheur, formerly Minister for the Liberated Regions, went to Lon don to confer with British politicians about the Ruhr, and in spites of tt maze of facts coming from the hos tile section of the Paris press, it appears that M. Loucheur's visit, while not in any way official, was m point of fact made with the cognizance of Premier Poincare--.

M. Loucheur said, on return: went to England without any official mission. . . . I talked with members of the English Government, some of whom have been my friends for a long time. I saw them and can state that the situation of France is beginning to be better understood by English opinion. I am persuaded that an agreement is possible without sacrificing the legitimate interests ot France." He went to England in opposition to that section of French opinion who favor a peace settlement without Britain. His purpose was to tighten the slackened bonds of the Entente Cordiale, and many Paris papers insist that Premier Poincare should now follow up the course opened by M. Loucheur.

Theorists suggested that M. Loucheur went to London for the purpose of interesting the British Government in his scheme to form a separate Rhine State--and possibly the Saar basin would be included in the scheme--under the protection of the League of Nations. The scheme is an old one, and it seems probable that he did not bring the question up at London.