Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1923, Page 4

4 COUE QUITS CITY WITH ADMONITION “Do Not Forget,” Says Little Frenchman, as He Departs for Cleveland. WON RESPECT OF ALL Scoffers Made Believers During Stay of Exponent of Auto- suggestion. As quietly as he came to Washing- ton three days ago, M. Emile Coue France, premier exponent us autosuggestion, left the National Capital last night for Cleve- land, where he begins today a series of lectures similar to tne four he gave here. There was only a little hand of the faithful at Union station at 7:30 o'clock last night when M. Coue and his party took the train to the mid- western city. “Bon voyage, admirer, wavir clad man, whose naive gcodness sincerity quite won the hearts of the people of the National Capital. ‘Good-bye!"” call the autosuggestion. * T have told you peared down the three da telling ot M. Coue! called one at the little b And he train shed, after less lecturing, how to help them- ghtseeing. Last Lecture Here. M. Coue gave his last lecture here at the New Willard Hotel yester- day afternoon, the ballroom on tenth floor of the hotel being packed with those who came to hear message _ which the brought them. No cures were attempted by Coue, although a dozen or more stammerers and lame persons crowd- ed to tha made his whom to designed imaginat One sr paralyzed months. raise his well, bur no more tt before, his father dec! at the home to the bov had not h But, of course, M. Coue had care- fully refrs m attempting to heal while in W ton, except in the two cases already recounted in The Star, that of the young girl cured of stammering at the first private demonstration Tues- day afternoon before members of the medical prof and that of a voung bov affliction Wednesday night at Memorial Conti- nental Ha g Yesterday's lecture at the Willard resulted in but one novelty. It came when M. Coue asked a girl, perhaps fitteen years old, to hold out her arms in front of her and press her hands together tightly fou do not do as I tell you,” com- mented the little pharmacist sharpl looking at the girl. who had barrassed smile upon her face. will not press tightly.” Fails to Obey Directions. Wherens others had pressed their hands together until the white showed around their fingers, so Strong was *he pressure, this particular girl did not show any signs of making an ef- fort to clench her hands. M. Cou= plalnly was disgusted “You are a had pupil.” he said se- verely, motioning the girl to retire. He ther took a small boy, and put him through the experiments success- I eking about for another subject, M. Coue's glunce fell again upon the “baa pupil “Come,” he called. “Now you shall try it again.” The audience applauded vigorously when he led the embarrassed girl forward again. “Now hold your arm: out, and clench your hands. clasp them tighter—ah, that is good! Now think well. ‘I wouid like to open them but I cannot, I cannot'—and you cannot.” This time the girl made an excel- lent subject, having gotten the idea of what she must do by watching the others The comment in Washington tod following the visit of M. Coue, was that the city was indeed “better and better” for his coming. erywhere scoffing had given away to respect, and & dawning belief that perhaps after all, the little man is right when he tells the world that it is much b ter to think that pain “is going” than to think that “it hurts”; that he is right again when he tells one to think he is getting better and better, rather than sit around moping, holding secret thoughts that one is in a bad way, indeed, and getting worse. SEIZE 690 CASES “RYE.” By the Assoctated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 19— Six hundred and ninety cases of rve whisky, valued at approximately $55,000, at bootleg prices, were seized here to- day by police in the Avondale yards of the Southern railway. was in carload lot and consigned to the Brunswick Drug Company, Los An- geles, Calif. Headed hy Police Sergt. Burkett, a police squad swooped dow! and formally took po: cargo, following a tip headquarte A guard was placed over the car fol- lowing the and later it was turned over to Federal Prohibition Di- rector Sartin, who immediately asked Washington_for_instruction CLAFLIN When You Need Glasses Claflin OpticalCo. ci;’¢1u niae. During January and February we are making a special price on House Wiring Let Us Estimate’ The H. L. Scharr Electric Co. 700 1ith St. N.W. Main 125¢ Frenchman M. sual calls for persons on perform his experiment to show the power of the n all lad, who in his arms for several asked by M. Coue to rms, and he did so fairly n he had done ared. Inqui revealed that en he ped s been ser w “You on of the telephoned to FOR SALE Chevy Chase Hardwood cut in 8-in. and 16-in. lengths deliver- ed. $7.50 for half-cord loads. MCKEEVERMGOS mfim 1415 Eye St. N.W. Main 4752 apostle of | disap- | the personal | platform when the lecturer | n _em- | The whisky on the car|! Dr. Schlutius, Finance Department Head, Seized. BERLIN, January 19.—A Duessel- dorf dispatch says that the French have arrested Dr. Schlutius, president of the state finance department, be- cause he refused to hand over the records of his office to the occupation iofficials. Schlutius was taken in an automobile to an unknown destina- on. LEAGUE OF NATIONS MAY ACTON UK Diplomats Believe Question of Occupation Will Soon Be Submitted. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 19.—Political cir- cles both here and in Lausanne are of the opinion that the Ruhr question eventually will be submitted to the league of nutions for arbitration. It is possible that the council of the league, which is to meet on January probably in this city, will discuss the matter, with the object of even- tually accepting the task of media- | tion, on condition that both parties, the allics and Germany, ask the league to intervene. Marquis Curzon, British foreign sec- near east conference at Lausanne yesterday and conferred here with Sir Eric Drummond, secre- | tary general of the league. It derstood that the Ruhr occ was one of the subjects of their con- versation. Council to Discuss Ruhr, By the Associated Pres: PARIS, January 19.—The question of reparations and the occupation of the Ruhr, it is expected in French circles. will be brought up at the forthcoming meeting of the council of the league of nations by Hjalmar Branting, who will sit for the first time as the representative of Sweden. The council, under a resolution adopted by the last assembly, may discuss reparations, but only in so far as approved by the allies, and the prospective intervention by M. Brant- ing is termed in French circles as pre- mature at least. The French govern- ment, it is said, could not consent to |league consideration of the Ruhr oc- cupation before it is possible to de- termine what the results of the occu- {pation are likely to be. The obstructive attitude of Ger- many, it is held, makes it impossible for France to entertain any sugges- tion of mediation by the council of the league or any other authority. Germans Are Hostile. It is also pointed out that action by the council would be tantamount to action by the s them since the allied the council are in policy of their g ents, der the unanimity rule, proposi- tion can be put through against the will of any one of them. The assent of Germany to such mediation, which is a prerequisite in French opinion, also is problematical, as there has been considerable hos- tility to the league council in Berlin since the settlement of the Upper Silesian controversy, by which a large section of territory was given to Poland. |SHORTAGE N MARKS PROBLEM 70 FRENCH By the Associated Press, January 19.—The shortage of paper marks is a matter of great concern to the French. Although it is announced that the economic mi has enough of this currency on hand to meet the payroll of all the Ruhr industries on Saturday, it seems cer- workmen will have to be paid in some other currency. s now amount to 5,400,000,000 paper marks, and the French experts figure that in another week there will not be enough marks to go around, inasmuch as Berlin is cutting off the supply. : st of living has increased e the occupation and larg- paper currency are The value of the rk is about one-fifth less than a week ago, and during the past few days it has dropped like a meteor. “Tha fall of the mark will be stop- ped only by the rock bottom found by the Austrian crown and the Russian ruble,” a banker told the correspond- ent as he handed him a little more that a million marks in exchange for ty American dollars. “However, we should worry,” he added contemptu- ly. The last three words admira- ®um up the sentiment of the en- tire German population in the occu- pied regions, for they do not appear to cars what happens Thrift Talks | Andrew Carnegie Said —"The first thing that a man should learn to do 15 to save his money, by saving his money he promotes thrift — the most valued of all hab- its. Thrift is the great fortunemaker. It draws the line between the savage and the civilized man. Thrift not only develops the fortune, but it develops, also, the man'’s character.” Opportunity ‘offers its treasures only to the man who is prepared. Lincoln National Bank Cor. 7th and D Sts. N.W. is a Prescrip Fever and LaGrippe. most speedy remedy we know, preventing Pneumonia, ' | i | tain that by next week the 550,000 | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923. FRENCH ARREST OFFICIAL. Germany to Jail Ruhr Barons Who Don’t Resist French Forces| Compensation to Reimbursement for Losses Promised if They Aid Strike, Say Paris Advices. Economic Duel Must Run Course. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, PARIS, January 19.—It is reported that the German government has threntened the Ruhr coal owners with imprisonment and confiscation of their property if they obey French orders, while on the other hand it has prom- ised to reimburse the owners for losses if they continue to resist, and to pay the miners unemployment doles if they undertake a protest strike An eminent French technician, whose name cannot be given, has written for The Star the following analysis of the strategic position of the opposing forces in the Franco- German economic war: “First consider the German position. French military administration prepared certain penalties, nam financial and personal responsibil- ity, for the German industrialists if they continue to resist. These J alties will be effective only if the Ger- man mine owners seek a pretext to surrender. If they intend really to resist to the cnd and quietly allow themselves to be imprisoned France runs the risk of turning them into heroes for the German people. Two Necessary Conditions. “It is possible therefore that the German industrialists have little to fear from imprisonment, but it their resistance is to have a chance of suc- cess two conditions must be fulfilled. First, the industrialists must resign themselves to money losses. longed Industrial stagnation, disorder and foreign intervention may well seem redoubtable to the German: is not only the Ruhr factories will' suffer, but all industry in Ger- many. Are the German employers ready to place their patriotism above personal interests? The answer to this question is still doubtful. “In the second place, if the in- dustrialists are to succeed they must have the workmen with them. If the latter accept foreign control and continue at work the resistance of the employers must soon be broken. s there a real solidarity of German workmen and employers? It is known that there has been a rapprochement between the employers' organizations and the labor unions. The Christian unions have fallen under the influence | These Overcoats rep- resent broken sizes and lines which are Not all sizes in every style moving slowly. or fabric. MEY All sizes and widths— but not in M E Y Pro- | of the employers. National bolshevism, which unites the tendencies of the extreme left and the tendencies of the extreme right, has won over certain groups of workmen hitherto refractory to nationallsm. “On the other hand, a hunger strike would be much more difficult because it threatens their very lives. For the rest the Germans are hoping for international co-operation against France. They expect that the economic paralysis which threatens the Germans will quickly affect the economic situation of the entire world. The German government is trying, on the one hand, to win the world’s pity for German suffering and the intervention of the world's business men in Germany's favor. Germany's first aim is to gain time to allow this intervention to become efrective. Strength of French Position. “The strength of the French posi- tion may be stated thus: The re- sistance of the German employers threatens to ruin the whole German economic system which depends upon Westphalian coal. How could Ger- many recover her lost markets? German leaders will doubtless hesi- tate before assuming responsibility for prolonged resistance which may even lead to disorders and revolu- tions. This would be a high price to p; for the privilege of resisting France. It is doubtful if the mass of workers will long continue to sup- port the employers. The flerce re- pression of the Ruhr uprising two y s ago left deep scars and the German workmen , and have been oftener ‘at odds than at one. Moreover the occupation. au- thorities have many ways of acting upon the masses who will perhaps be more docile after removal of their national leaders, namely, the pay- ment of their salaries, the furnish- ing of food and the payment of un- employment doles. These measures can be used skillfully by the French | engineers, who in the Saar and Rhineland have acquired a thorough acquaintance with the mentality of German labor. “Finally the workmen cannot go long unemploved or they will starve. There remains the difficulty of re- placing the German technical corps in case the latter abandons the factor and mines. This dificulty { surmountable. The ment believes that | s is not in- French govern- the personnel for the workmen than the employers, { employers | Germany Paying Losers in Ruhr BERLIN, January 19.—The Ger- man government has begun the payment of compensation to losers among its nationals because of the Ruhr occupation, according to the Tageblatt. A dispatch from Bochum to that newspaper says the first advance on this account has been granted and that it amounted to 1,000,000 marks. trained in Lorraine and the Saar will be adequate. Also the ministry of jpublic works has prepared a veritable | industrial mobilization of engineers and foremen destined to insure the iindustrial life of the Ruhr basin. | “Resistance Means Separation.” “It the resistance continues in the end the Ruhr valiey will have to be separated from the rest of economically. Administrative Berlin will have to be severed and new money may have to be duced, either in the shape of local| marks, or a new thaler, or a combined | system of marks and francs, as in the ! Saar basin. The Ruhr basin thus iso- lated would be attached to the Rhine- | land. with which it will form an { economic unit with plenty of iron and coal, with an exit to the sea by way | of Antwerp and Rotterdam, and with sufficient fiscal resources to pay the cost of administration. “The interallied arrangement of ! 1919, which ties France's hands inl {the Rhineland more or less, is in- operative in the Ruhr region. If the !German government persists in forc- ing economic disintegration this may, in the end, entail also the weakening lof German political unity. Will Ger- many proceed light-heartedly to place this_ formidable weapon in French | , hands? uch are France's trumps and they will be played firmly. The French| government has no illusions regard- ing eventual difficulties. The economic {battle in the Ruhr is regarded as : jtest of patience and endurance. No { foreign intervention will be tolerated. The Franco- German duel has begun and must continue until one or the other of the ndversaries surrenders or until both f.ll exhausted. | MORE BEI.GIAN TROOPS. !Bflttalion of Beinforcements Leave for Ruhr. i By the ociated Press. BRUSSELS, January 19.—A bat-| talion of reinforcements left for the | Ruhr yesterday to share in the Te-| | grouping of the forces necessitate by the extension of the zone of occu- pation. The zone will be rounded off | | by taking certain canals and roads as | in such a way as to facili- ecution of the customs meas- |cently FRENCH DEPUTIES BATTLE ON FLOOR Black Eyes and Swollen Lips Aftermath of Fisticuffs Over Vote on Communist. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 19.—Blackened eyes and swollen lips were in evidence in the chamber of deputies as reminders of last night's stormy session, when the chamber, after one of the liveliest scenes in its history, voted to sus- pend the parliamentary immunity of Marcel Cachin, the communist mem- ber. The trouble started when a special commission that had investigated Cachin's alleged activities in the {Ruhr recommended suspension of his immunity so that he might be prose- cuted. This brought a quick response from the radicals and there was such a lively cross-fire among the members that the vice president was obliged to halt the session temporarily. When the chamber was again called to or- {der the confusion increased and the communist members started in a body for the chair, Prince Joachim Murat, who recently won the plaudits of his fellow depu- ties of the right in a fistic encounter with M. Evrard, the radical, hastened to lead his faction to the defense of the chailrman, and then the fists be- gan to fly. Order was not restored until a corps {of ushers had parted the combatants. The deputies then passed the motion to suspend Cachin’'s immunity. A commission of the chamb investigated charges that Cachin re “had_been engaged c munistic activities in the Ruhr recom mended that the deputy's immuni be lifted, so as to permit of his p cution by the government on a ch of conspiracy against the security of the state in connection with plans to call a general strike in the Ruhr and in French cities in protest against France's seizure of the Ruhr. Embalmed Beef 3,350 YearsOld, Well Preserved By the Associated Press. LUXOR, Egypt, January 19.— What is believed to be the oldest specimens of canned beef in the world have been discovered by excavators in the tomb of King Tutenkhamun. While it was not wholly palatable, being 3,350 years old, the meat is in an excellent state of preservation. The meat had been embalmed and was contained in elliptical recep- tacles resembling huge Easter eggs, forty of which were removed from the tomb amid the deep in- terest of a crowd of tourists. Still other meats found were haunches of venison, trussed ducks and joints of game. These were packed in wooden boxes, shaped according to the nature of the contents. Noticeable among this discovery was giant duck The excavators also removed to- day four bronze candlesticks of great beauty One of them con- tained a perfectly preserved candle. BRITAIN STRIVES FOR RUHR PEACE Paris and Berlin Representa- tives Told to Use Moderat- ing Influences. BY HAL OFLAHERTY. By Cuble to The Star and Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1923, LONDON, January 18— made today hold to the belief that Great Britain is not altogether inactive with refer- ence to the occupation of the Ruhr. While the policy of watchful waiting continues, it Js believed that British representatives in both Paris and Berlin have been Instructed use every possible moderating influence. British statesmen now believe that the French will be forced to a reali- zation of the fact that no settlement of the Ruhr difficulties will be pos- sible except at Berlin, and they hope to prevent Frunce from tuking steps which might 1 d to the most fright- ful comsequen to Premier's Policy Stands. Premier Bonar Law’s policy down at Paris still stands view of the criticisms mad gians and Italians | an explanatory statem British hold to be a fair basis for reparations settlement. He may eve revise the original outline in orde est_criticlsm s only in the fails completely nd indicates a desire of reparations on other lines. Above erything statesmen hope to from provoking arme Germany's part. Such it is beijeved here, would mean com- plete ruin for middle Europe ther depression in France and Britain. 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