Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1922, Page 4

ALLIED ARMIES DRAIN GERMANY Maximilian Harden Declares Withdrawal Is Only Solu- .+ tion of Reparations. BREEDING NEW HATREDS Money Spent in Supporting Troops, He Says, Would Go Far to Paying Debts. WY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany’s Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, December 16.—There can be no peace, no settlement between France and Germany until the allied armies of occupation are withdrawn from German soil. These armies, in their prodigal tastes, are eating up all that Germany can afford to pay. There can be no solution of the reparations question by military force. France must and shall rveceive what she rightfully deserves, but the means of paying cannot be erganized under foreign control. Day by day the purchasing power of the mark declines. It must be plain to our bitterest enemies that the con- ditions of financial ruin here make it impossible for Germany to Day ex- orbitant debts with official world standards of payment. Yet her creditors try to force Ger- many more and more to unprodu payments—proof of their blind prudence. Few persons realize the extent of the burden of the armies of occupation. The German people, how- ever, loudly complain of this crushing weight laid on the new German re- public. ive Swallows Up Billions. The building of new and the refit- tng of old barracks have been de- manded time after time. Hundreds of German to their pupils and turned into otfices and quarters for occupation purposes and the control commissions. The best rooms in innumerable private houses have heen demanded from the owners and the pay of troops, officers and commissions, ‘together With ex- travagant demands for the cost furniture have swallowed, as eve body must realize, many hillions marks. Yet none of this has gone to France In the way of reparations Let me set down just a few of the things the allies have demanded. In the last eighteen months they have of demanded and obtained complete fur- | nishings for 10,300 bedrcoms, 5.000 dining rooms. 2,600 studies, 1.400 drawing rooms, 2,900 club armchairs, 5,860 beds, $00 ladies’ writing tables. 0 dressing tables. 72,000 glasses for white wines, 51.000 for_red 5,000 glasses for port, 45.000 for champagne and 00 small glasses for liquors. Breeding Hatred. Germany must pay for all this de- spite the tremendous prices prevail- ing—the same Germany in which thousands of engaged couples are forced to postpone their marriages because dwelling are unobtainable and they are unable to pay for even the poorest furniture. Do not the victors realize wnat a perilous amount of hatred is being accumulated in the hearts of these people. who, of course, do not reflect that the army of occupation does not wish to give up its habitual comforts? Do they not realize to what extent they are lessening the possibility of reparations pavments and how much they are Increasing the difficulties of those who are cavoring to weed out ali se of hatred, desiring first a mutual understanding between France and Germany and afterward throughout all Europe? Tt is shrieked to the German people from all sides that the continued oc- cupation of the Rhine betrays an in- terilon on the part of France to crush Germany. On top of this comes the French book entitled “Occupa- tion et Liberation du Territoire, which proves by its own testimony that from 1571 to 1582 the German army of occupation in France avoided Very unnecessary oppression of the defeated French and despite the win- ter's cold quartered its officers in wooden barracks to free private and hotels of this heavy Danger of Future Wars. Those who look foresightedly must realize the terrible danger of future wars inherent in an occupation whose representatives, though doubtle: only continuing their accustomed way of living, seem to the oppressed Ger- man middle classes to be revelling and feasting like Maharajahs. Any international pact guarantee- ng the safety of France's frontiers should demand the evacuation of all foreign troops in Germany would be a great step toward pean pacification. Even the bes troops become demo ed when liv- ing_in a cuitured land moré luxuri- ously than the nauves and with the opportunity to speculate in goods and money. The most _effective “Tiger” Clemenceau and Premier Poincare will not preserve their country from suspicion, so long as the occupation lasts, that French pre- dominance on the continent is more important to them than disarmament and real peace. Hasn't = the reparations pr: produced enough economic confu: during the last four vears and_isn't it time that a solution was here? Yet, as I say, it can never be obtained by present military methods. Ger- many cannot find dozens of billions of gold marks today or tomorrow, nor can Germany lame the Industries of other countries by tremendous ex- ports, nor yet mortgage her woods and mines and railways,to a foreign and not friendly power. Chanee for Solution. But Germany could entrust these guarantees in part or wholly for a limited time to a corporation includ- ing Germany's industry, agriculture, commerce. banks and insurance com: panies, who, without foreign control, would take care of the reparations debt. This would at least be a step forward awaiting the day when the people recognize that lasting heal- only possible by co-operation. 1dent ding rightly said in his last message that no nation can take from another its burden of re- sponsibili If the German people, with their industrial appratus intact and their working energy aroused, pledged their entire wealth for rea sonable reparations, they would prove their feeiing of responsibility and un- questionable zood faith, and if th difficult task succeeded—and of t there is no resonable doubtthe Ger- man uation would prove itself worthy of credit and do more toward the stabilization of_its money than any outside mantfestation possibly could. Negation and groanings can only depreciate our exchange still further. (Copyright, 1922.) . D’ANNUNZIO PLANS PAPER. Jtalian Poet-Soldier Forms Com- pany to Start Daily. ROME, December, 16.—Gabriele D’Annunzio has formed a company for the publication of a daily news- paper, it was announced today. No details were given in the announce- ment as to just what character the Poet’s publication wouald take. In reply to a committee represent. 4ng the publishers of all the news- papers, who asked for the mainte- nance of the war privileges to the press. Premier Mussolini said today e would soon issue new decrees on the subject, which would include pro- wisions for the sequestration or even the suspension of newspapers which pontravened the rules, - speeches of siem w H chools have been closed | |Bay State Probes Booze in Nursing Bottles at Feast By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 16.—Two In- vestigations of a banquet on Thurs- day might of the New England Road Builders’ Association, at which Scotch whisky is alleged to have been served in nursing bottles to the 1,000 diners, w » under way today. Prohibition Agent James P. Rob- eris said that several members of his staff had been assigned to the task of determining who was respon- sible for the alleged serving of liq- uwor. He said that this investigation WS preliminary to a grand jury probe. An inquiry also is being con- ducted by the city police. The information gained, it is said, will be turned over to the federal authorities. At a conference ‘of district at- torneys of the state, Attorney Gen- eral J. Weston Allen today urged them to back up police officers mak- ing arrests on liquor charges by pros- 1-;‘m;l = culprits to the full extent of the: law. U.3. 1S PICTURED IN SHYLOCK ROLE Foreign Statesmen Agree America Must Reverse | Position on Debts. HARVEY SPEECH LAUDED { {U. S. Ambassador Praised for Em- phasizing Plight of Euro- pean Nations. { By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright 1922, LONDON, December 16.—.Col. Gearge Harvey, the American ambassador, said ntly in a speech at the Lyceum Club: “The meeting of the members of the four allied powers of Europe. called in London. is the most momentous thing tof its kind since 1918, If the cconomic problem of Europe is not put in the way of solution by this meeting 1 do not know where Europe is going to land, for {it cannot go on another vear with the present cloud hanging over it.” Commenting on these momentous words, M. Agostine Edwards, the Chilean ambassador, “I agree with the American ambassa- dor as to the capital importance of the questions. Europe, the commercial cen- ter of the world because it possesses the greatest mas of civilized population capable of producing and consuming on a large scale, cannot continue to ba the prey of anarchy without running risks and consequences disastrouw only for the old continent, says. but for the whole civilized world Iy Latin America, which needs the re-establishment of the buying and producing power of Europe for its ow prosperity and development.” McDonald's Comment. Ramsey McDonald, M. P., leader of the labor party in the house of com- mons, comments as follows agree with every word that Har- said at the Lyccum Club. If the ur ailied powers cannot agree on a ccrtinentai policy. which will restore alitical and social order and financial stability in Europe and which at the same time would banish compictely out of the minds of any of the allies the idea of military guarantees, then Europe will have to fall back, stage by absolute bankruptey and chaos r Leo Chiozza Money, late under- ecretary of the British ministry of hipping, gives it as his opinion that: Harvey's statement on the eco- nemic difficuities of Europe has only too much Jjustification. The position is grave in the extreme. T hope my many American friends will not mis- undérstand me if I speak frankly of the primary responsibility of the United States in this matter. Amer- ica came into the war late—very late —and she has written down in her Looks as debts the value of food and munitions which she sent to the al- lies as her main contribution to the campaign. America demands pay ment of these war debts, written at absurd war valuations, plus interest, which if unpaid will double the prin- corr cipal in half a generation at peace prices Simultaneously <ne has enacted a tariff which makes pay- ments as difficult as possible. Moral for Americans. “Thus America is in effect demand- ing indemnity from her late allies in the gigantic war, even while she damns European trade with her ports I leave the Americans of the European peoples. obvious moral to the themselves. “I will only add that it America has made_up her mind to play Shy- lock go Europe she had better con- sider why she came into the war ‘at all. Of course, we shall pay upon de- mund. So did Bassanio, the pound of flesh nearest the heart. In Bassanios opinion the mattér remains good. This is plain speech, but the case demands it.” A0 SAVEDBY UL 3. SHIPS IN SEA FIRE French Vessel Burns After Explesions—Fifteen Pas- sengers Are Missing. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 16.— The American destroyer Bainbridge toduy rescued 400 persons from the burning French hospital ship Vinh- Long in the Sea of Marmora. The vessel took fire opposite San Stefano, on the western outskirts of Constantinople. Fifteen of those Who were aboard the Vinh-Long are missing. Five of the missing are believed to have been killed by explosion: The hospital ship was proceeding to Constantinople from Bizerta, when a fire was disco¥ered in the magazine. Several explosions followed, rapldly enveloping the ship in flames, S. O. S. calls were answered im- mediately by the destroyer Bain- bridge, Lieut. Commander W. A. Ed- wards running his vessel alongsida and taking off the passengers, the majority of them French soldiers and their families, returning from leave. United States submarine chaser 96, in command of Lieut. A. H. Addoms, also assisted in rescuing those who Jumped overboard. _ZIMMERMAN IN VIENNA. VIENNA, December 16.—Dr. Zimmer- man, burgomaster of Rotterdam, re- cently selected high commissioner to supervise the Austrian reconstruction scheme as outlined by the league of nations, arrived in Vienna today. He called on Chancellor Seipel, who fmme- diately arranged for interviews Monday with the president and various cabinet ministers, and although she knows the suffering | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, CLEMENCEAU TRIP [P UNDER FIRE ABROAD French Surprised That He Was Skeptical About Eng- * land in 1918. Peret, President of Cham- ber, First in View. Barthou, Loucheur, Let- rocquer Possible TREATY WISDOM DOUBTED — Successors. Success of Voyage, Huwefet, to De- pend on Resulting Ameri- can Views. By Cable to The Star and N Copyright, 19: PARIS, December 16.— the Poincar doubt that the premier will be able to uphoid his own end until long after January 2, when the reparations prob- lem wiil be most acute. There has rarely ever been a time in French politicul history, when 5o BY STEPHANE LAUZANNE, Editor-in-Chlef of Le Matin. (By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune, Copyright 1922.) PARIS, December 16.—When these | many different persons aspired to | lines appear in The Star, M. Clemen- I |[h(|-_ rwx‘.\h'r;hlli hl'nm fl;z; has stated i rance. Now, | definitely that he would not con- ceau will be nearing France. NowW. |y 55 nold office after the elec- more than ever. the question can bel(jons, which occur next summer. asked: But_there is also the possibility “las the voyage been a successful | of his failing to satisy the de- sires of the chamber and being over- thrown. There sre only three men now In view to become premier be- one” 1f M. Clemenceau really has silenced the! Accusations oL Imperialism mm!:ldvs Racul Peret; the first, Barthou, i .‘"_‘“”‘""‘1.]‘ -1‘ e w fecling | the second, Loucheur, and ‘the third, militurism, which produce a feeling || oo quer. In case some one defeats newr to exasperation in France, Well | Foincate during the chamber debate, that man succeeds him. On the other hand, according to parllamentary form, Millerand is expected to ask the d: the trip has been a great And no one in France will srudge his gratitude to M. Clemen- | jader of the largest group in the {ceau. But if. after all his speeches. | chamber to accept the premiership, | aitiac \is trips, after all his|but that man is Arago. and he is s ialloea e b ation | €eTIAIN Lo refuse such a position ow- rhetorical adjurations. the accusation | [t g R mental experi- of militarism and of imperialism per-ence sists in being sent forth from A e vovage will have Much Depends on Peret. Racul Peret, the president of the and M. Clemenceau W {have done just 10 have re- | chamber, will'be the deciding factor mained at home. Thus, at least,in caxe !bm: ;<"al:‘|ruc,~uzn in sepomt. reasons French public opinion. ng a new premier, and as he is in Hae Sl L {the confidence of the chamber he is Storm In Senate. always the first man in view, which causes discussion concerning whether he will accept the premiership. It may be said definitely that Leret likes his At the moment this opinion is par- ticularly struck by the fuct that the ifirst result of t age _of M. |De finitely ike : R N : position as president of the chamber Clemenceau has had the "effect of | PONION b5 PrESiCent 2 (08 SR ee causing the outbreak of a storm 10, uppeal to him. He is in accord tnesenalol aouVashineon A Iwuh the views of the most important | Fiench cacs: have mever Heard such | YLD thie wlews of (he most dmpor{an J dissmrecutt, guch hard mad 1 2> lfor e premier of Wrance fo last Ty O e by Sen. | more than six or eight months, where- |those which were pronounced by Sen’ | 4o’ the president of the chamber ma {ator HIC tor Borab a0dihoid his position for many vears. i:“::'h“‘jr' sitting on NO-{pypdien is one of the leaders of the S < 3 = lemenceau up who wants the Ieiisgcinious tolnoteythatathe ‘.“"'%m.-.m.q-.\\.u.. but Clemenceau is not {ate. acclaimed Joftre and Viviani in | Bremicrship, but Clemenceau 1s mot {1917, and thiat it was mose courteous | 1, Y U PUILE S0 DG R fto M. Briand and to M. Viviani injSonally on bad te Uk 11921, The French envoys who havel ploT D tacked iy shancitmoRseD ipreceded M. Clemenceau in Amerdca, [ 1 he chamber. S : D etwithalanding al' the reproachias |\ Letrocquer, mow minister (of pubilc {which were addressed to them later. | 50 Ue(in, ceording to politieal { pleasing the highest assembly which [TUmars, since he :":’: ""“‘Wf.':;'):”:f e and 1ot cing France. There remains Bar- Snd erttieioms 5 {thou and Loucheur. Both have strons Sloreover, certain dectarations of | PArliamenturs backing. but as there M. Clemencean have dumfoundedjls sume didike (o Famchiur on o [ French public opinion. One sentence 3 UFC,4iq" o ‘chosen as premier un {especially of his speech at the Me(- |0 " Burthou ‘either refsed or did ropolitan Opera House New YOrk.|not suceeed in forming a satisfactory and ex- j has astounded his partisans {cited his opponents. “When the armistice came, ministry. Barthou Strong Possibility. id M. Clemenceau. “I felt already t{ Barthou, on the other han our Sngland was no more completely atcorrespondent is assured by those in heart with * to which practically | the highest position to jud<e, is like- the whole French opinion exclaims: {ly to be the first called on to assuine “Why, then. has M. Clemenceau|the direction of state affairs. This made a treaty of peace which from the first to the last line implied a whole-hearted confidence in England and the other allie not only on account of his popu- “Psychological Erro: From the beginning many French- men had bitterly reproached M. Clem- enceau with having made, at the peace conference, what they termed “a | psychological error.” They reproach- { {ed nim with having built up his en- itire treaty on the assumption that there would exist an everlasting en- itente between all the allies—which | was humanly impossible. They re- proached him with having multiplied j the interallied commissions, the inter- allied procedures aud the interallied arrangements. But the same French- { men who made these reproaches firm- <'if an urchitect were | Solini's scheme for the reorganization foundations of a sky- |of Italy is so vast that it must be put His only into action gradually. The plan in- not only the financial reor- of all the ministrics of to the lay scraper on shifting sand. excuse can be that he thought he was [on rock. knew perfectl iwas laid on shifting sands, neverthe- | rajlways, telephones, posts and tele- But, if he tells you, “No, I cludes well that my buiming:gnnumon |less. I went ahead,” you can't have! {a great admiration for his skill, and i¥ou have even the right of asking {him to render some account for his {action. All this proves that Mr. Clemenceau has sticred up ideas and passions {which it would, perhaps, have been Ipreferable to leave dormant. Above all. Franco-American friendship, al- {though it be as firm as an oak, does inot need to be shaken up according ito the fancles of politics. | France has numerous and fervent ifriends in America. The voyage of {Mr. Clemenceau will not make them more numerous or more fervent. France has also critics in America, The trip of Mr. Clemenceau will not disarm them. A political trip which ldues not increase the number of your friends and which does not decrease Illm number of your opponents is a iuseless trip. _— e MATCHES KILL GULLS. Birds Are Poisoned in Search for Food Along Thames Embankment. By the Associated Pross. LONDON, December 16.—Proof that graphs—that is, all the departments of public service which are now being run at a deficit—but also a change in the electoral system and the improve- ment of Italy’s. status abroad—the last reform including the problem of immigration. The refgrms already put ‘into mo- tion incifle the reduction of the staffs of embassies abroad, the suppression of innumerable committees and com- rissions abroad and at home which are composed of a large number of bureaucrags whose work during the past year has been shown to be use- less and in some cases no work at all. For instance, one public commission stensibly formed for the purpose of inspecting public works cunsisted of 00 persons. During the year the com- mission held only one hearing, filed no reports and, though its members were not paid, they were given free rail passes, including family tickets, which they used for traveling all over ltaly on private bsiness. End Put to Bonuses. The custom of giving large bonuses to government employes has also come to an end. Mussolini believes that woman's place is in the home and i b e Lot jin the various woman's trades, and the average mdoner is ardently | with the new year all the women the fond of birds was furnished this|government employs, with the excep- week, when the report of the untime- 1y death of several score of gulls out of the thousands that daily flutter over the foggy Thames was given prominent space in the Metropolitan newspapers and called forth general indignation. One of the oldest customs in Lon- don Is the feeding of the gulls along the Thames embankment, where hun- dreds of persons daily stand, throw- tion of widows of soldiers, will be replaced by men. This will release a ndmber of workers for those trades and professions where women at pres- ent are scarce—notably, dressmakers, lingerie, embroideries, servants and governesses. There are to be improved methods of collecting' taxes, hitherto the ma- jority of the people managing to evade dues to the government in one way ing breadcrumbs into the alr and |or another, and, while formerly only watching the swirling gulls catch | professionals, doctors, lawyers, gov- the morsels on the wing with un-|ernment employes, industrial and canny accuracy. commercial firms were taxed, work- The other day the bodies of a|men and rich peasants have been go- number of gulls were found floating | ing free of taxation, which is to be in the river. An investigation dis-|extended to agricultural workers, closed that some person, instead of |small peasants and other classes of throwing breadcrumbs to the birds, | workers drawing good salaries. This had fed them matches, the phos- |extension of the income tax to over a phorous ends of which poisoned them.|million previously untaxed people - will vield g revenue amounting to a o minimum of 25,000,000 lire. {KING’S PHOTO IN SCHOOLS Given Time to Act. gMussolint has decided to give the Crucifix Also Ordered. i epartments of public service until n Italian | ¢ 0% Ginning of the year to reduce Foreign Institutions. their expenses: if a deficit still re- > | mains at that time these departments ROME, December 16.—The foreign | will be handed over to private enter- ministry has issued a circular to all | prises. Italian * representatives in foreign| Before the war the railways yield- countries asking them to give in-|ed a revenue of 40,000,000 lire, which structions that a portrait of King|pald an interest on the 5,000,000,000 lire Victor Emmanuel and a crucifix be|borrowed for the extension of the placed in every Italian school abroad. |lines. Last year there was a deficit All government grants will be with-|of over 1,000,000,000 lire. One reason drawn from schools not complying|for this was certainly due to the with these directions. large number of free passes given, — the ratiways being run practically for e benefit of these, as the paying PACKER PROBE PLANNED. |ubiic decreased tremendously, owing BUENOS AIRES, December 16— |te the high tariff. v The chamber of deputies has decided| The majority of the rail employes to have & committee investigate|are reds and the lines are heavily charges that a packing house overstaffed. In an effort to run the exists in this country. The committee | service economically, Mussolini sup- will endeavor to learn if any com- |pressed 600 trains and has refused bination to produce artificial de- | 20,000 free passes for next year, pression in the price of livestock is|though the. government must even- functiontng, - and a0 if packing tually hand over the control of the houses have been abnormal | raflroads to private enterprise as s = only way to obviate the deficit. How Many people In | France are discussing the probable fall of | ministry, but there is no | g ER POINCARE. PRE;] en- but also hecausc he s joved' considerable expericence in foreign affairs, which is most im- portant for France today. Bartiow now president of the reparaton commission. held the premiership be- larity, | }mr» and possesses large expericnce ! with various ministries, as well as | being a delegate to the Genoa con- ter in he successfully de- *s point of view. "It is Barthou would willingty give up the leadership of the repi- rations commission, where he rec a salary of half a million francs swid that nuall which s extraordinary | French political life asx he 1o < | power mwore than anythims else He { would relinquish this {which is given for a comparatively unimportant position and o1 with little possibility of executing any in- | fluence. for one of greater _pow. even though the ry were smalle With him in the Quai d'Orsay there would be slig foreign polic follow up their predecessors ide as Poincare did with ix a certain continuity this : would ht immediate change in as usually premicrs s smporarily, Bri: in Th French policies 1d it is believed tha hesitute to take the I neare overthrown has had occasion to tak: rd Germany chamber of deputies is | ne i in hly excitable state on »unt approaching elections, and may to give Foin vote of ce before he n oppor tunity to force paym raarian- ties from Germany, mener- 1y like to change premicrs onee or twice r.oand it {must memem- bered the present premier was elected 0Wing 1o his strons =2 eud that Germany must be made 1o pay. hnt this is considered almost imposst for they can be ied to wait until Junuary when there will Le occasion drastic action me members of the chamber be- lieve that Poineare will abtain some- {thing from Germany. and he fremain in office as long he Imainthin such a belfef. s soon as they think he will accomplish no more thun his predecessors in the last four years since tae armistice they will ask him to make room for vanother and stronger i Mussolini’s Reforms So Vast He Presses Them by Degrees Financial Reorganization of All Depart- ments of Public Service and Abolish- ment of Many Commissions Included. {1¥ believed that M. Clemenceau did not huve the slightest indication of ifuture divergencies. Now they hear from his own lips that as early as = November 11, 1918, when the allies s Ihad not even met around the green BY AGNES MACKENZIE. or to whom this control will be = : 2 i zth be given {table of the canference. he already | gy Cupte to The Star ang New York Tribuse. | 1% SUIl undetermined oI da fed o reth e e AR b i Copyeightitizy 1an: opton o0 e s o areathed rea 3 ROME. Dec o= i = o o clephone service, !was drawing on her own side. ROME. December 16—Premier MUs- .,y 'y difficully presents ihe movers: i ment as to w is 1o be done with the {260 per cent surplus staff. which nat- turaily will be discharged as soon as & private firm takes charge. Owing {o this future unemployment prob- lem. Mussolini is not taking any defi- ite steps concerning the immediate future of the departments of publi ervice unt e has a o 1 zervice a clear plan Forelgn Office Change. A change which shook 3 cratic world to o dnt s transferring the foreign off the Consulta palace — opposite Quirinal palace ‘to which formerly was the colonial of- fice. "For fifty vears foreign affairs had been conducted in this old build- ing, though really the quarters were from the suitable only for receptions and no work. while the.former colonial office is a huge building, which is unneces- sary, considering "the small of ork done by the colonial officials. Mussolini has decided that xho“::lld foreign office shall be turned over as a residence for the crown prince, who is now of age and who requires a separate establishment. amount every reform and, although he is con- sidered impulsive, he is just the re- verse, studying 4 plan until he con- siders it perfected, when he discusses it secretly with experts and then sud- denly launches it on the startled of- ficials and puts it through without delay. One of his first acts was replack in the schools the crucifix and kings portrait, which were both removed two years ago when the reds were in full power and were dictating to the Ve iment. e ‘Through the minister of the treas- ury Mussolinl has put an end to wild speculation in foreign checks and has every hope of improving the status of the Ilire. Behind every scheme of teorganization lies his de- termination to wipe out the public debt of 8,000,000,000 lire in two vears, leaving the country free to prepare for a prosperous future. MUSSOLINI PICKS BISHOP FOR SEAT IN NEW SENATE If Pope Consents, Will Be First Prelate So Named Since 1870. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 16.—Premier Mus- solini has_included among the new senators Mgr. Endricl, Bishop of Trent, who, if the Pope consents, will be the first Catholic prelate to sit in the Itallan senate since the Vatican's fall from temporal power in 1870. Another new senator is Gen. Debono, director general of police. The post of governor of Tripoll has been offered by Mussolini to Dr. Italo Balbo, one of the three chief com- manders of the fascisti militia. AIDS GERMAN STRIKERS. LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, De- cember 16.—The striking chemical ‘workers here on the eve of the fourth week of their walkout, have received a telegram from Moscow announcing that the communists are sending 3,500,000 marks to the strikers “in token of our solidarity.” —_— The telephone is still useful for calling up a friend to say you are sending him a message by radio.— | | 4~ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 17, 192 PART 1. are Rule Seen Totterin s Many Covet Leadership fact, | its foundations was | the Chiga palace, ! The premier has a settled plan for | SEES EUROPE STIL BESET BY PUZZLES Tardieu Says Every Time Climax Is Expected an In- termission Is Injected. LONDON PARLEY IS TOPIC French Writer Notes the Nations Blithely Passing From Morator- ium to Moratorium. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, Former French High Commissioner to t America. ! By Cable to The Star. { "PARIS, December 16.—It is not our fault as spectators if, every time we | expect a climax we simply get an in- termission. I cabled recently that an exact esti- mation of the situation in Europe was impossible until after the London conference. Now the conference has taken place and clarity still is lack- Ing. The only decision reached was to adjourn, until January 2. And 0 We go blithely from mora- torium to moratorium. First there is the moratorium for Germany's pay I ments, then the moratorium for the general reparations question, followed eastern by the moratorium for near | peace, which drags desperately on at | Lausanne; the moratorium for mutual s between France and hich are absolutely neces- <ary for the sake of harmony: th moratorium for allied decisions about guarantees and sanctions, and. finally, {the moratorium_for our political de- bates here in France. The interpel- lutions on the general policy of the Poincare cabinet, begun October 12 last, are still unfinished as I cable. Complete Uncertainty Cited. And not only is there a moratorium. but complete uncertainty about events almost upon us. For \weeks even during the London conference the press of the entire world repeated, without the slightest that Premier Poincare would igemand the occupation of the Ruhr {as « piedge The same press added | that the refusal of England to agree ito this program brought about the failure of the conference Yet Poincare. returning to ideclares that he never mentioned the Ruhr and did not concerning his progran pledie {" Then what did they d = don? Whence came the disagmeement? {Why was it deemed necessary to ad- {journ? These unanswered questions i1l the whole atmosphere with a f | This uncertainty must ceniinue | the reparations treblem is <0 long =s it is not - financial problem ot be treated separately fro al problem, which is simp | whole question of Anglo-Frenci re ions. To me it seems in this respect | explanation { England, w i denial. of seizing ues at Lon- Air government did not gain from Lloyd George's disappearance all the |advantage it might have. | Bonar Law Ready to Talk. | Bonar Law undoubiedly was ready for a general discussion. but found [no interlocutor. Moreover, ten E {before the London conferencc he ad {iicited Pofncare’s views in ibut was refused. Even worse !«pite the semi-official denials” men- {tiuned above, the British prime min- lister was allowed to believe. if nu actually told. that the key to France's | policy was the occupation of ihe Ruhr v | ervbody knows ‘that of all solu- ! tions proposed, Anglo-Saxons disliie ds neither i | thix the most. It correspe what is feasible nor de further and say that milita occupation useless unless one fiscal advantage from iy and if it is finally decided to obtain fiscal advan- tages, it is needless to occupy new territories, but simply draw from those already occupied. This ground was thoroughly ex- plored by the allied conference of May. 1921, in London and by other Succeeding conferences. Plenty of basis for French agreement with England exists. It is realizable on the single condition of making it integral part of a general agreement through first restoring the entente cordiale. Nothing In the present go ernment's policy indicates that the Slightest step has been made in this { direction. Urged as Europe’s Balm. Yet the consequences of such a pol- jey of reconciliation would be incal- culal! . Not only would it spread 1 like a balm throughout inflamed Eu- {rope. but it would have an immediate Burope After the re- in the relation of ited State. awakening of American intercst European affairs produced in dive ways by Clemenceau’s crusade, it is clear that America has stood aghast at the open discord between Frunce 4nd England on all principal ques- tions. Americans rightly have thought the European situation hope- less so long as France and England could not agree. Poincare has neglected this fact |and & new policy is needed. , | MILLERAND ASSAILS | FRENCH PARLIAMENT «“Too Much Talking, Too Little Ac- tion,” Complains President of France. effect upon with the By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 16.—Members of parliament are asking each other how near President Millerand might come to essaying in France the role played by Premier Mussolini in Italy. “Par- lfament talks too much and does too little,” the president sald recently, in an address before the Institution of France. This was sald’in the presi- dent's usual quiet and undemonstra- tive way instead of according to the aggressive Mussolini method, but it touched the sensibilities of the scna. fors, and they are now discussing just how far such personal presidential initiative may go. 3 Parliaments are constituted for talking purposes,” the senators retort. “It is for the government to govern. 1t France is not properly governed let. the government, with President Millerand at its head, explain.” Before election to the presidency M. Millerand warned the members of both houses that he would not be satisfied to play the effaced role of his immediate predecessor, declaring that he would restore the office to its constitutional footing of a real ex- ecutive position. Since the resigna- tion of M. Casimir-Perier the presi- dent of France has been regarded as nothing more than an impartial ar- biter of interfor political affairs and a sort of consulting authority on for- eign relations. PARTIAL TO WHITE HAIR. Mme. Paquin Says It May Give Women Youthful Appearance. PARIS, December 16.—White hair will be the mode for women who pos- sess it this winter and thereafter if the efforts of Mme. Jeanne Paquin to influence the styles in this direction are successful. “] want to show women that nat- ural white hair may give a youthful appearance and that it isn’t an enemy of our sex,” explained Mme. Paquin. She added that it was time women knew that one of the arts of dressing was to dress according to their -fi 4 that dyeing their hair only them uElY. Paris, ! define his position { ;| than for EIGHTY YEARS OLD, SMOKES IN BED, SHOOTS OBJECTOR he Assoclated Press. NEW YORK,\ December 16.— Eighty-year old Mlchu} O'Nelll, who persisted in smoking in bed, 18 being sought by the police for the shooting and wounding today of his friend, Richard Weston, sixty, who objected. The two old men shared a room in Malden T<ne Awaicrbithe shooting occur- red. Three weeks ago O'Neill, lonely, left a home for the aged and ap- pealed to Weston, an acquaintance of other days, to help him. You're welcome to half of what I've got,” Weston said, and their friendship began. “He was a great comfort for @ while,” Weston told the police, “but he just would smoke in bed, and L. being afraid of fire, object- ed. e took offense, and after an argument last night I told him he’d have to leave today.” O'Neill, he added, arose early this morning and went out, return- ing at 9 o'clock. “He stuck a pistol in my face and fired,” said Weston. The bul- Jet seared Weston's jJaw. O'Neill fled. SAYS CANADA GETS PLENTY U1.3. COAL Michigan Representative De- clares Railroads Make Long Hauls for High Tolls. By DEMANDS AN EMBARGO Fuel Should Be Sold to Ameri- cans First, He Contends. Call upon the federal fuel distrib- futor to report on the umount of an- {thracite coal shipped to Canada and lother forcign countries and upon the ! destruction of Germany need for an embargo against the shipment out of this country of cval until the requirements of domestic { consumers have been met is made in a resolution introduced yesterday by Representative Vincent Brennan of Michigan. This resclution specifically directs {that this report shall be made expe- ditiously and xhall tell Low much coal has heen shipped out of this leountry since September 22,1922, and the proportion that amount bears to the total amount of anthracite coal produced in this country since that date. Own People First. discussing this resolution Rep- resentative Brennan said “While we have only the kindliest of feeling for our Canadian neighbors, we must con- sider the necessities and the comforts of our own people firet. It is cause for national reproach that people in the United States are threatened with actual _suffering for want of fuel while Canadian coal dealers advertise unlimited quantities of American an- thracite for immediate delivery. “I cannot understand wl Spens. the federal fuel distributor, has not before this time established an embargo against Canadian ship- ments. ~Some people hav Canada is being favored because the i freight rates from the Pennsylvania {mines to Canadian points are higher corresponding hauls _into American territory. There is | strong suspicion that the coal-carry- ing roads are not averse to collect- ing the extra toll and that the mine | operators, for some reason, are not averse to the railroads so profiting. Of course, we are told that the own- In I mines has by | sumably no community of exists between them. Coal Needed Here. f i “But whatever the reason, there lIs {no question but what Canada is get- {ting hard coal which the United | States needs. “If Congress had the facts which Inn in Mr. Spens’ possession, or ought to be, T think the necessity for an embargo or priorities favoring the consumers within our own borders would become immediately apparent. “I cannot understand why federal agencies stand inert while thiusands of tons of coal pass through our shivering cities on their way to con- sumers in a foreign land. POSSE TAKES LAST (OF “BALLARD GANG™ 1 ' Kentucky Moonshiner Pris- oner in Hills After Killing of Three Dry Agents. By the Associated Press. "LEXINGTON, Ky. December 16.— The round-up of the “Ballard gang. which furnished opposition to federal prohibition forces in Menifee county’s week-long moonshine war, was com pleted toniht with tho capture of Charles Ballard. ceived at prohibition headquarters here, was arrested in Bath county by Sheriff Ben Wells, so weakened by exposure and loss of blood from bul- let wounds that he made no resistance. Robert Ballard, brother of Charles. and reputed leader of the outlaw band. died “with his boots on” when his cabin in Menifee county was sur- rounded by a force of twenty picked federal men vesterday. Charles es- caped from the cabin, but was wound- ed before he gained the shelter of the neighboring woods. ‘After the fight at the Ballard cabin the federal men arrested the father and another brother of the Ballards and three alleged members of the out- law band. 3 Three federal prohibition agents were Kkilled in gun battles which marked the progress of the moon- shine war. R. E. Duff was shot dead last Saturday while leading a raid on a cave where the band was said to have been making liquor. The fol- lowing day David Treadway was killed from ambush while trailing the outlaws. Yesterday Guy Cole was slain In the battle at the Ballard cabin. —_— TRUCK COMPANY FAILS. Kelly-Springfield Placed in Hands * of Receiver. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, December 16. —'The Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Company of Springfield this afternoon was placed in the_hands of a re- cetver on application of the Bankers’ Trust Company of New York. The trust company also asked foreclosure of a mortgage for $1,500,000. Pear! A. Lowis was named receiver by the court and authorized to borrow $250,- 000 to continue operation of the plant. Ballard, according to reports re-| | 1 o asked whether {and opinion a { accused jry lership of the railroads and of thej9niy een divorced, and pre- | ilization. mteresl‘ fe | | | ENGLANDMAY CUT - TIES WITH FRANCE “Suffering as Result of Policy That Seeks German De- struction.” EX-ALLIES. NOW RIVALS , Delay of Peace Makes Less Eradi- cable the Unfriendliness. Says Gardiner. BY A. G. GARDINER. Britain’s Greatest Liberal Editor. Special Cable to The Star. LONDON, December 14.—There longer is any doubt that the situ tion between Englard and has reached a critical stage the recent change in the kng government, Premier Poincare France probably looked for a favorable atmosphere for his schow on the continent, but he has sufi more disillusion The notorious London confe just ended revealed France and Eng land in decisive antagonism on the central issue of the confercuce. It s true there was & umanimois decision to reject the German proposals But it ix equally true that England was ready to accept these proposals snd nally sgreed o reject them only as a means of preventing an open rup ture. Had a ro occurre the fortheoming ussels conferin would hav b torpedoed 1n A and France and England wo n left in undivguised antas have be nism. Two weeks remain for M. Poincare to decide whether the breach in al- lied solicy is openly to be declared and become final. The issue now has plainly narrewed down to the question as 1o whether Germany o to be politically and econcmically stroyed or helped 1o recover brought back inte the European sye tem. Poincare's policy frankly is fc The e for thiz polies is the French foa the revival of Germany, with the timate power and will for rever This fear i< aggravated by the senee that four . years of merciless 1re ment of Germany has deepened th <pirit of revenge beyond the Ithi The longer the failure to establiio peace continues the more ineradica ble that spirit beco Birth Rate Contra further cause of the of Germany is the tremendous 1o of the continued decline in tin French birth rate. Six German ¢ dren are being born to one Freucu child. Hence the French refusal to disarm, since the policy of armin: Africans means the holding of Ger many_in subjection. Here you hat the French determination to con plete the destruction of Ger the only means for the futur: ¥ of France g This explaing the failure of the London conference and Poincare’s jection of the German offer; ais the demand that France take posscssior of the Ruhr. It is universally agrec here that no offer Germany can mak. will be acceptable to Fran and that Poincare’s heart is set upon ! occupation of the Ruhr valley as the vital essential to & permanent over- lordship over Germany. ‘Against this policy the whole spi of the Even BEarl Grey. advocate, mobilized most ‘riend moment has come for plain spe week in the house of lords he the French of breaking uv the bankers' conference in Paris which was the last really hopeful move toward peace. He demands that there shall he peace with ¢ many and the inclusion of that coun in the league of nations as the means of saving European civ- All of this represents the growing rment of the public. Tt is plain o every mind that the destruction of Germany means the destruction of England. The paralysis of English industry with its consequences ot hosts of unemployed a growinz menace to the very existence of the country. Furthermore, it is recos nized that this paralysis is the di result of French policy. Whi policy continues gland will tinue to perish None Yield to Poincare. In the presence of this ubdispu s that fact no English government will dar vield to Poincare. Such a course woulit be a death sentence to British indus- try and English life. Here. then. is the impassible gult between France and | Franc believes she can only live by destros ing Germany. England knows sho can only live by restoring Germarn: and through Germany restoring th whole fabric of Luropean s Which is to prevail? If Poinc wil not vield, if France goes the Ruhr, then the rupture will he finai and irrevocable. The two countries inevitably will drift farther wnd far ther apart. To what fate? That ma be left to the imagination. Will Poir care incur that terrific responsibility Tt rests with him. England has reach ed the end of her tether. No cha government can affect our This nation wants peace an stored Kurope. It wants trade sick of endless conferences tha reveal France standing obst the path of all these things England believes that reconcilia- tion between France and Germany i< still possible. It believes that French security can be effected, not through bringing black armics 1 e, but by giving France the guarantees of a real league of nations. We are prepared to pu achieve this end. The I have taxed themselves almost t 1imit of extinction already and ur prepared to continue the burden, hut only on the one condition that France will let Europe get on its feet and live and breathe again. (Copyright, 192: CLOSES BY MUSIC. Paris Opera Library Sends Folks Home to Tune of Opera PARIS., December 16.—The Yibrar attached to the Paris Opera, which is Scarcely known to the gereral pub- Tie, but which interests music lovers and students, closes every afternoos at 4 o'clock, at which moment the at tendant calis but “Closing time This method of announcement ap- peared to the library officials as hard- ly urbane enough for the national temple of music, and §0 a phon graphic disc has been made, for which the chorus of the opera sang the cur- tew alr from Meyerbeer's “Huguenots. modifying the text to read as an in- vitation to good people to enter their homes, “as 4 o'clock had sounded.” e POSTPONE FORD TRIAL. Move to Dismiss Attempted Homi- cide Charge Fails. DETROIT, December 16.— Argu- ments on & motion to dismiss il charge of¥attempted homicide against Mrs. May B. Ford again werc post- poned in recorder’s court today. The hearing was put over until mext Thursday at the request of attorneys for both sides. Mrs. Ford is accused of bavink plotted the death of her huxband Ney J. Ford, Dearborn township farmer. . n tely any price 1, nglish people vy