KDC400245 Aristide Briand tempts Lloyd George with the coal mines of the Ruhr, Germany, May, 1921 (litho) by Raven-Hill, Leonard (1867-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristide Briand (1862-1932) French politician and Prime Minister of France eleven times, including 1921-1922; The Ruhr crisis of 1920 was caused by the German army occupation of the Ruhr zone, demilitarized after the 1st World war; France reacted by a French army occupation of the east bank of the Rhine; in Great Britain, David Lloyd George (1863-1945) Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the Coalition Government 1916-22 was facing industrial unrest and the threat of strikes from the coal miners; cartoon from \'Punch\' magazine, May 4, 1921; stemming from decisions made at the Treaty of Versailles); English, out of copyright.