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Force Beats Leniency in Ruhr ‘ After Three Years, French View Spectators Need Only Without Applause or Hisses, Says Tar- dieu, Reviewing Troubles of Nation. The events ure progressing I Coal ts being moved westward ploited for the benefit of the allled the Prussian state—not those of pi Taking control of the customs region may have to be ordered. France, fielp toward a better tomorrow. recalcitrant they have no cheice. BY ANDRE TARDIEU. ormer Freach High Commi: the United State: Ty Cable to The Star. Copyright, 1923, PARIS. January 20.—Iivents in the Ruhr are developing logically and without a hitch. Germany's resist- o surprised nobody here. Fof three vears she has maneuvered to avold her obligations. In 1920 she said she couldn’t pays In 1921 twenty billlon 5010 marks were due, but then she began appeals for moratorlums and has kept it up ever since. Bhe also defaulted on her payments in kind Therefore. when France, Italy and Felgium decided to take up the gage ft was certain that the Cuno govern- ment would do everything possible to dodge, especially us the gages seized aré industrial and Cuno rep- resents big business. Thus Belglum, Ttaly and France have touched Ger- many's sensitive sjot, doubly sensi- tive since the Ruhr not only is neces- sary to Germany's economlic system, but its properties belong to those who actually are Zoverning (iermany. The 'Franco-Belglan troop moy ents to escort the engineers are be- conducted with extreme modera. tion. Tn the beginning there was :alk of an invisible occupation, but I think this would have been a psy chological error, consldering the Ger- man mentality. Anyhow, the I'rench correspondents, éven 5 least inclined to be friendly, recos: nize the perfect behavior of the roops. As the British minister, Mac- Niel, obmerves, it | occupation auite unlike that which the Germans ny vexatious vio- lences and atrocitie: Workers Continué Cal The workgtn; ca The gnly at Bo- chum, and f¢ is noteworthy that tho | only victim was a foreigner. The measures at first 1imited t6 the scix- e of the amount of coal not d | EACLAND VORRED BY RUKR SEEURE | Washes Hands of French| Policy, Bat Fears Dissolu- tion of Europe. Grentest Liberal Editor. By Cable to The Star. Copyright. 1928, LONDON, January 20.— Having washed her hands of the French pol- icy of aggression, England watches | with mingled feelings the progress of the stranglehold on the Ruhr. Events have decpened the impres- sion that France {s cmbarked on an enterptise that cannot produce the economic results contemplated., but; must result In the complete dlssolu- tlon of Europe through the disinte- gration of Germany. The immediate, interest is directed 10 the question whether France can capture the German workers and di- vide them. Since the German go ernment and the Ruhr employers re- fuse to help the invaders, the qu tion arises whether the French can induce the workers to lubor under their orders. th workers have the choice between p: triotism with starvation or with plenty. How France Views Ruhr Invasion’ the German resistanes was anticipated. If mines hre seized they will be those which are the property of Belgium and Italy had no other British plan was unjust and clumsy 1f the, Anglo-Saxon countries will search their consclences it will Creditors do not like to call {n the bailiff, but where debtors are nues | bai . a Waich and Wait, ogically and without a hitch and and the national forests being ex- commission. rivate owners. * frontier east of the Ruhr occupied alternative, as the That is what is now being done. ] livered by Germany in 182t has been extended am the paseive rexistance de- The German owners first agreed to deliver the coal if they were paid for it. The German government having forbidden this under severe By the recent death of the Mal ties, requisitions became nec: 2 f Cooch Behar his little son, a great Indiap province. His father wax immensely wealthy, having great estates. - Coal trains have been turned west- ward and the mine owners sent before the courtemartial. it also has become | necessary for the allies to exploit the national forests for the benefit of the reparations commission, and if neces- sary the mines will be seized which belong to the Prussian state. Takin over of the customa frontler east of the occupled provinces may follow. That is all com?llcaled and difficult But Germany willed it so, Two thing: must never be forgotten in this con- nection. Germany's creditors were ex- traordinarily lenlent for three years, and the reichstag's president admitted last year that his country had ob- tained 40 per cent reductions over the Versailles stipulations. In the matter of the payment even of these reduced sums the leniency of the creditars was equaled Dby the bad faith of the debtor. France, Belgium and. Italy really had no choice. They sither had to take action or renounce payments forever. British Emph: id Dilemma, The British plan of January 2 was 86 unjust and clumsy that it only em- phasized the dilemma. In all T can in sist that these events, which every- ibody tried to avold, have been con- ducted with the sirongest desire not to_provoke new complications. Many Englishmen recognize this. Furthermore, nobody can doubt thit | France and 'Belgium will finish the | task they have begun. They will take thelr time, of ‘cour: f the Anglo- | Saxon countries would employ this | time to reflect on the history of the {1ast thres years and searching their | consciences impartially it would help | toward a better tomorrow Creditors do not like to call in the Dbailiff, but every country has to have 1iffs to coerce recalcitrant debtors, That's what {s happening now, noth- ing more nor less. There 1s no occa- slon for applause or hisses from the gallery. The gpectators need only watch and think about the future. Hindenburg Puts Defiant Couplet In National Hymn win2X GEORGE WrTT! B 7 Wirelge to The 8tar and Ohicago Daiiy BERLIN, January 20.— Field Marshal von Hindenburg, - Ger- many’s greatest war hero; coihed Germany's newest slogan when he added the following lings to the Revealing Self By the As<ociated Press. PARIS, January 20.—A gentleman of elghty, evidently still active. whose appearance might be described | as. “eminently respectable entered the Elysee palace the other day and | requested to see President Millerand. | The usher asked the man if he had an appointment, to which the visitor repiied: . but I was passing and thought I would look in.” There was a pause and the usher| began to wonder whether, despite ap- | pearances, he did not have a harm- less lunatic to deal with. Then the caller resumed: 1 lived her. Emile Loubet.’ The octogenarian former President of France was immediately admitted | and after a long chat with President Millerand strolled away &s unoere- monijously a8 he had come. M. Lou- bet has marked ghe change that twenty years has made in the posi- tion of ex-Presidents of France He was the first of these men to broach the idea that it was unneessary to the country that the services of a man who had been the chief of state should be entirely lost when his term of office expired. Ha welcomed the suggestion that he might be elected a senator, and for a time it looked as if tradition would be broken, es- specially when it was proposed that WAR RUMORS RIFE INGENTRAL EUROPE for some time. T am { Conflict May Come at Almost Any Time—Nations Are German national anthem, “Die ' Wacht am Rhein": { i “Lieb Vaterland must runlos Preparing. sein, 16 “Bis_wieder steht die wacht am | 4 : | Rhein.” H BY NORMAN H. MATSON. i Freely translated this reads: Special Correspondent of The Sta: “Dbzr”u!:fl!hne‘l::nd. you must VIENNA, January 20.—Central Eu- “Until again the wateh is on the |TOP® echoes with fumors of war. Rhine.” The aged fleld marshal, who, as a rule. tries to keep out of print. recited the anthem with this amendment at a nationalist meet ing on the oocasion of the fifty first anniversary of the founding of the German empire. NEAR EAST REFUGEES DYINGBY THOUSANDS By the Associated Press. ATHENS, January 20.—The death list as a result of the epidemics Though the rumors have a basis in fact, it would be foolish to prophesy when war will come. The “news” from central Europe today is that the drift is toward war and the speed lot the drift accelerates @ay by day. The nations are materially preparing; | there is little need for psychological | " preparation, for the “war mind” rules i in Rome, Prague, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest—not to mention Angora. Hungary, despite the peace treaties, s arming and drilling. Hungary dreams of a war of revenge,.of win- ning back the territories taken from her by Jugoslavia. Rumania and | Caechoslovakia, of escaping all repa- tions. There is a general belief, strongly supported events, that Horthy. * dictator of Hungary, and Mussolini, dictator of Italy, aré bound Elysee Visitor Surprises Usher, among the near east refugees in Greece now approaches 1,000 a day, according to Dr. Mabel Elliott, head of the American women's hospitals and medical director of the relief work, “There now are refugees in 300 dif- ferent localities and thelr number ex- ceeds one-fifth of the total popula- tion,” she said. “Messages show that there is typhus at thirty-six places, while smallpox has broken out at sixty- four. “During the-past week. typhus has spread rapidly in this city and among those fatally stricken were a Dutch minister ‘and one of my own physicians. Three of my employes ere were taken {ll and four cases developed ih the American orphan- ngu. BSeven refugee camps within the city limits have typhus and four have 11, Fifty per cent of all refugees are suffering severly from malnutrion, exposure and in- adequate food. P Dr. Elllott declared that 1,000,000 refugees must be ded with shelter, clothing and food. e —— nently submit to this violati ho{(nivm;fuvn? 2 sonact eanwhile English opinion halts and waits. The dregs of the war fever still remain. 1{ ® is a great unwillingness to break wholly with France, but tbe action of the 8OV~ ernment brought the two nations to Hunger Powerful Argumenat. Hunger is a powerful argument and it is not sure whether patriotism can long resist so formidable an al- ternative. Moreover, the Ruhr miners Te not representative of German They include an immense population ot Polish and other nationalities-who are out of sympathy with Germany and are resentful ugainst the Ges man ! employe: The French are making a powerful rl-y on these facts and are promising the miners very much improved conditions as an inducement. to work. Whatever {8 the success or failure of this policy so far as France concerned, the economic_starvation of Germai That nation has only three spur of supply so far ag coal power ig concerned—the aare, Silesia and the Ruhr. Upon them depends the wiiole industrial machine of German life. All now are in control of France. In the pres- ence of this power of economic stran- gulation, the political solidarity of Germany goes. France Seeks German Disseluiion. France is in the position to réalise her long dream to break up the Ger- man Empire into fr:,fm';;n It can avaria and. the Rhine prov. break with Berlin and you shall have cqal,” and they must do so. With Germany balkanized like Austiis, the French domination of urope west of the Vistul plete. She secure pract monopoly of the coal and iron of the continent, a monopoly of all arma- ment factories, more unchallenged military power than Napoleon had at the zenith of his career. There are only two flles in the ointment. Can she wring enough out ef bank- rupt Europe to meet the terrific costs and stave off her own bankruptcy, with a budget showing a deficit of four thousand million francs? Has she sufficlent man power to sustain the conquest of Europe? On the latter point her policy iIs clear. Napoleon conscripted Italiafs, 'oles, Germans and Spaniards. Poin. re conscripts Africans. There ‘{8 an enormous reserve of black and brown men for the maintenance of French domination in Europe,. . This situation has created profound , disquiet among the English ‘people. It is becoming apparent that the having black troops: ih Europe is not a passing incident, but is part of a permanent polidy for supplying the deficiencies of the French popu-- lation and making the French mili- tary position secure for-all time. The prospect of Burope being rulea By African levies creatés an ominous outlook. been ‘the cock- pit of racial antagonisms, but never, hitherto has been afflicted -with -the color question.” Will Europe nerma- & rings home clearer to the pub- lic mind that the industrial flll:u'ol Eul;:; is to cause an industrial ca, destroying the German economic system, destroys the Eng- 1 economic ‘system al n;:ma.naou 't ed on the oontinuance of the B; army of occupation in Ge; pany o8 the government is wise not raise this issue now. But the gTess of events will make our present position impossible. In re- pudiating the French policy England takes the course which ‘inevitably 1eads to repudiation of all of the con- sequences of that policy and releas- ing. the nation entirely from complic- ity in these consequences. .- Announcement of the debt hitch at Washington created some concern in L ot that ultimate agree: not. menaced, With the !.'nroru.n edy at. eur doors the feell that in the interest of world re tions the two pillars of white ma ctvilizsation must mot be rilled, ng;:; of “all' by - considerations of by secret agreements. They are nat- ural allies, and it is an open secret that Hungary's army is armed with Itallan guns. Horthy's. Security BilL Hungary has a small oficial army, the existence of which does not vio- late the peace treaty. But she aiso * bands of wakening who_are well armed and well trained. Hungary today could mabilize between 250,000 and 300,000 armed men. This is a good start, but only a start. ‘ Horthy's government has presented to parliament a special “security” bill which abolishes trial by Jjury, makes it a penal offense to crificize a member of the government or the government or to unfavorably de- scribe conditions -in Hungary—and which would make every able-bodied citizen liable to perform “useful pub- lic work"” at.the order of the govern- ment. To enforce labor conscription all the. essential machinery of military conscription must be set up. Hungary, in peace, tightens the dictatorahip, annulling even her homigal -tecognir tion of ¢ivil liberties, parm{ts:the, or+ ganization of volunteer setret. mili- tary bands and tries tqrgnumvm uni- versal conscription. eré can . be but one motive—war. ‘War may come in a, year or ten years 1ater. The important point is ‘German’y Must France Determined to Give in Nothing in Occupation Plan. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 30.—Assurance that 'the stand of France in the Ruhr 18 no less determined, than Germany's' were seen today in the address by Louls Harthou, president of the reparations commission: “Germgny mtust give in: we will * he said. “The bailiff has been called In at a late hour and it cannot astonish any one if ho be inexorable.” M. Barthou sald that no suggestion of pro-Germanism must be permitted against England. Such an intimatioh, he declared, “would be mn injustice, almost a blasphemy.” “The time will inevitably come, he sald, when the two natlons will again be found side by side. TNeferring to Germany’s program of moral resistance as the sophistry of those who with appallihg cynlcln& lated the neutrality of Belgium’ and “now seek to sheiter thewn I\'t,s! behind their national xoverelgnty, sident Barthou sald: l‘r‘?Th. sophists will fail of their ob- ject. They will not prevent us from executing in its entirety with inflex- ible moderation our well-thought-ou! Invasion to Fail, Yield’~Barthou; Says Rosenberg Only Moral Resistance Will Be Offered to French Troops. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 20.—Germany's firm oconviotion fhat France will fail in the Ruhr finds expression through Baron von Rosenberg, the foreign minister, who reiterates in an in- terview that the reioh will offer Chancellor Cuno told the last Saturday, will hold reichstag herself in no way responsible for the occupation. . The wave of patriotic feeling {8 50 strong that the Berlin Hoteliers' As- soclation, which oontrols the largest hotels of the capital and {ts suburbs, has deciddd not only to erase Irench dishes from the bills of fare, but also to get along without the trade of Belgians and Frenchmen, them accommodations. Herr von Hoesch, German charge d'affaires in Paris, has been instruot- ed to_inform the Q the German g superfluous any further discussion of the aims of the Franoco-Belgian o6~ cupation of the Ruhr, and can only express surprise that the French governmend should believe it can deny ‘‘the obvious charaotér of its nvasion.” refusing plan providing for all contingencie: as Ex-President o candidate should be nominated to Sppose him. But his respect for tra. dition proved too strong and Loubet declded not to run. Avoldance of Publicity. Tlow strong was the feeling against former presidents seeking publio at- fention may be judged from the sto: of an American magazine’s request to M. Loubet for a signed article on |an absolutely neutral subject—simply how far the country born and bred bey In France had an oppertunity to rise. Although the publieation of- fered to accept a signed interview, instead of an article, and to permit M. Loubet to name his own price or to suggest some good Institution to which the money for the article might be paid, he replied. after some weeks of hesi refuse the offer as it was contrary to precedent for ex-presidents to come before the public, Since then Raymond Poinoars has abolished, undoubtedly forever, the traditional disqualification of presi- dents by becoming a Senator Mmme. diately after his term of office as president expired and then taking active part in the country’s political His sucessor, Paul lowed Poincare's exampl a senator. He was pre come an active figure in politics when the malady which interrupted his tenure of the chief executiveship ended his career. GERMANS IN DRIVE ON FRENCH CREDIT After-War Struggle Between Two Countries Is in Money Market. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Cable to The Star. Copyright, 1023. PARIS, January 20.—The “battle of the franc” is on. The real struggle between France and Germany today is in the exchang market. American bankers here have information that (erman financlal ex erts are heavily short of franct Bhey nave been selling them desper- ately short in the hope of starting & panic_ and weakening French credit. The French government {s strongly supporting the market in the effort to maintain prices. German initiated sales of francs bave been covered with sales of British pounds and American dollars. The tremendous importance of this maneuver under the surface lies in the fact that if francs fall too rapidly a demand may be initiated that all of the billions outstanding be re- deemed. : This would force the alternative of either doing so or of starting the bank note press going. Thus far, ac- cording to the information gathered by the representatives here of the American bankers, English specula- tors seem to have adopted an attitude of benevolent neutrality. Despite th pessimistic feeling in banking circle here, the franc seems well sustained in London and New York. One of the largest American banks which has a branch in Paris is known to be long on francs to the extent of nearly one hundred million dollars, which is a real sign of the confidence of New York In the stabllity of the tranc. The French authorities are con- vinced that the franc may prove the key to the whole situation in Europe. If it is possible to avoid a sharp depreciation in its value it will serve as a signal that the world is confident that France is right and will warn Germany that her policy ot passive resistance iy disapproved. On the other hand, if the franc should collapse suddenly it might not alone encourage further resistance in Ger- many, but start trouble here which admittedly would produce a situation that would very seriously threaten eace. P Advices from eastern and central Europe say that bankers and polt ticlans are watching these develop- n}xn!s closely id generally clined to be pessimistic. which never has ceased regions, has intensified since French invasion of the Ruhr. that<a war situation exists. Here in central Europe -are all the materials for war, just as there was long before 1914, Somebody Iit a match in 1914. If that Is repeated now—if the Italian fascistl make a warlike move against Jugoslavia—the explosion will follow with bewildering suddenness. The imhportant point is that th men in power learned nothing in t war; the same chauvinism, the samé suspicions and fears, thé same love of intrigue, the same talk'of the glory of war—-in*ehort,’ the ‘{fwar mind"” yules. ¥ ¢ And the uther day Premier Seipel, a reactionary, bred in -the .old perial traditiom, walked “ouf of the Very same bullding fsbm ehich that ultimatum to Serbia whs sent:in 1914, to go to Budapest and.thérs to talk secrets with that other Hapsburgite, Admiral Horthy. . - - 3 (Copyright, 1923.) HOLDS UP GIRL, GETS $700 NEW . YORK, 'January 20—The third bold hold-up within twenty-four hours occurred. this atternoon when a lone robber stopped Miss Dorothy Schwartz, an employe of -the Auto- matic' ‘Wire Good: nufacturing g regarded as certain that any serious disturbance of the present balance in western Europe would inevitably upset eastern central Europe's ex- tremely unstable equilibrium. tation, that he felt bound to} By the Asociated Press. BERLIN, January 30.—America may have forgotten Lola Montes. A grave- stone in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook- land, N. Y., bearing the inseription “Mre. Bliza Gllbert; dled January 16, 1861, aged forty-two,” may mean little to the residents of Brooklyn who hap- pen to pass it, but Europe will never forget the celebrated dancer whose dust lies beneath that stone. Lola Montez died in & New York alms hot Alone and penniless. Thirteen years previously she was the toast of all the Euro) capitals and a prime favorite of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, whose tottering throne she saved by fleeing from Munich and be. coming a world wanderer. The dancer's i romantic 1ife is now being shown daily in the theaters of Berlin and other German cities in a moving plcture play which gvnuucun: moré atten- tion than the romance of Mme. Pompa- dour of Mme. Du Barry. Requires Little Embellishment. Lola Montes's life story requires little embellishment for the cinema. Gaby Deslys and oher more modern favorites of ~kings never swayed Europe as did Lola. Poets, novelists, dramatists and painters have per- petuated her fame. She overthrew one government in Bavaria which opposed lher litical sway and forced the suc- ceeding government to make her Countess of Ladfeldt. When Ludwig 1 was urged by his ministers that he either must give up Lola or his throne in order to save Bavaria he is said to | have replied: “Without Lola there can be no Ludwig.” Russian Refugee Ships,Unwanted, Now Near Manila By the Assoctated Press. MANILA, January 20.—The fleet without & home port, led by the Russian anti-bolshevik leader, Ad- miral Starr, and bearing the desti- tute remnants of the ¢ forces that left Viadivostok when that city fell into soviet hands, arrived today at Lingayen gulf, 200 miles Humble Brookly Dancer Who Rocked Bavaria Resigns Presidency of American C. of C. in Paris HHLER WG WALTER BERRY, Prominent Ameriean resident in Pari who announced his resignation re- cently as president of the American Chamber of Gommerce in Paris, whieh he hag held for the last six years. n Grave Holds Queen Therese w: combat her dancer rival. The fam- ous dancer was born in Montrose, Scotland, the daughter of an officer named Gilbert. After an adventur- ous youth in England she became popular in Paris as a Spanish dancer. 8he represented herself as an Anda- lusian, and always was spoken of in Europe as “the Spanish dancer.” She went to the Munich opera in -$46 and won instant success and Lud- wig’s devotion. For two years she maintained a supreme position in the face of violent opposition in political and artistic circles. Students Her Supporterk The Munich students were her loyal supporters, she danced at their banquets and won their hearts so completely that they paraded and rioted whenever attempts were made to foroe her to leave Bavaria. & overshadowed all other political sues, and when finally she decided to flee rather than force Ludwig to abdicate the throne. the Bavarian government had to ciote the univer- sity to prevent students from,mak- ing demonstrations against Lolu's official enemies. From ria Lola fled to Parls where she wrote her memoirs and publithed many daring essays on the emancipation of woman. From Pari she went to England, where she married an officer named Heald, from whom she was soon Separated. toured Indla and Australia, and in 1852 went to the United States and appeared in San Franclsco, New York and other cities in a spec ular travesty on Bavarian polities recounting her experiences in Munfch. which now, seventy years later, are being shown in moving picture 11 MORE EXEGUTED INTRISH FREE STATE Nine Pay Penalty for c:my-I ing Arms and Two for | powerless to 1 Wrecking Train. French Belief of German Bankruptcy and Export of Fortunes and Berlin’s Sus- . picions Filled enormous German fortunes the republic. standings and the latest move is remedy. By Cable to The Star. Copyright, 1923. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN. Germany's Foremost Publicist. BERLIN, January 20.—“We are damned glad America is out of this European mess. The devil only knows what the end of it all will be.” These words of Ambassador Har- vey have a new emphasis today. They will be echoed by most of his com- patriots. This is what Europe's re- nowned political wisdom has come to. This is the way she is preparing the atmosphere between the Atlantic and the Pacific for a dollar loan re- construction of the old continent. 1f a child behaved so 111 and stupid- ly it would be sent to a reform school. An impartial observer must really wonder whether the fate of Europe is not in the hands of naughty, capricious children. Water Power Needed. The most important economic en- terprises need to be undertaken everywhere at once. Russia must have the means of 'transport for her agricultural and industrial prop- érties. France needs electrification of her canals to cope with her coal- less situation. Italy's railroads need the same. Germany's _industrial equipment Is only a badly patched-up makeshift. All need and demand the utilization of Europe's hydraulic power and the world's oil resources. These and __similar enterprises gradually would restore normal con- ditions. But Instead of making ef. forts in this direction the European Mate are wasting their time and strength in miserable quarrels about bloodstalned memories and oblig: tions. France's government, convinced that the German state is bankrupt—with a deficit ofblllions it may well be call- ed that—and that tremendous for- tunes have been sent abroad and that payment in full of reparations has been hindered only by the re- sistance of the big capitalists, who are hiding theéir fortunes, acts to take by force all she can. . Wrong Ideas Strangle. Germany' government epreads the idea that France's real object is the separation of the Rhineland from the German republic. which she desires to dismember. subdue and enslave. The victor imagines himself syste- matically misied and deceived, while the conquered {s more and more con- vinced that the whole peace tre was the outgrowth of brutal mal and abominable lies. These wrong Office north of here in Pangasinan prov- ince, according to advices received An American destroyer is leav- ing for Lingayen this evening to direct the movements of the Rus- sian ships. It {s understood they ‘will be escorted to Manila and held for the present at Marlveles quar- antine station, at the entrance to Manila bay. Governor General Wood already has made prepar: tions to care for them thero until they are able to proceed to an- other port. The crowded refugee ships, in poor repair and short of both fuel nd food, left Shanghal “everal ), after t inese au- had refused permission for the debarkation of their human cargo. The Chinese, however, gave {h‘ma“!m. L‘-uppfle', !l‘nfdntnez imped to Lingayen, seel haven under the Stars and Sl'!fvol. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, January 20—Eleven ex- ecutions were carried out in Ireland today. Four persons were put to death at Tralee, five at Athlone and two at Limerick. These bring the total exccutions slnce last November 17 to forty-five. | At Tralee, James Daly of Killarney John Clifford of Cahiersiveen, Michael Brosnan_ of Ballymacelligiott and James Hanlon of Causeway, County | Kerry, were executed for possessing arms and ammunition. At Athlone Thomas Hughes, Michael Walsh, Herbert Collins, Steven Jones and Martin Burke were exceuted for the same cause. At Limerick, Cor- nelius McMahon and Patrick Henne were put to death for their part in ! the wrecking of a train between Limerick and Ennis on January 1% and for the possession of ammuni- on. ton. Three years a by a number of advantages of a banking agents or m thrift and assist in the distribution of The ration. enviable posit It is indeed of thrift which has made A. O. WALLER, Viee Prestdent THOMAS B, LAWLER, Secretary A LESSON IN THRIFT .. NOTABLE accomplishment founded on thrift is exemplified in the International Bank, one of the younger financial institutions of Washing- this eo?onlion was organized s calle .war service of the Government and impressed with the located at the National Capital. In order to make the | institution truly representative of the people, a nation- f| wide invitation was issued to the public to gec I holders. Investors and savers were encouraged to pur- chase one or more shares of the capital stock. No fiscal | stock salesmen were employed, and the officers were able to put the full amount of every subscription i capital for the shareholders. co-operation prompted the shareholders to national Bank has nearly completed the distribution of $1,000,000 of the capital stock without cost to the cor- t has been that the International ank has been able to pay substantial dividends since the date of its incorporation, and has established an ion among the financial institutions of ‘Washington. foumluf‘:n thrift and econom: pleased to acknowledge their indebtedness to the spirit the International Bank, placing at the disposal of the conservative business interests in Wi ings of hundreds of people throughout the Nation. Let us send you complete details of the financial _service offered by the International Bank. g _B. WALLER, e INTERNATIONAL BANK 807 Fifteenth Street N.W. to Washington in the and investment institution ome share- A spirit of stock, until today the Inter- a remarkable achievement, Its executives are ible the establishment of n the sav- WILLIAM L. SYMONS, ‘Vies President EDWARD A. STUART, Treasurer Large Second-Floor Room, Wrong Ideas Strangle Desire For Agreement, Says Harden How Germany Views Ruhr Invasion An impartial observer must really wonder whether the fate of Burope 1s not In the hands of naughty, capricious children. International economic enterprises which are absolutely essentiul would restore normal conditions if Initiated now. France blocks this by invading the Ruhr becauss she believes ave been sent to other countries. Germany's hatred for France is increased through reports that the real object in the Ruhr move is separation of the Rhineland from Wrong ideas on both sides strangle all desires for mutual under- France 18 sowing a heritage of hatred which may lead any day to bloody excesses whereof the consequences will be terrible. A public offer of American mediation would seem to be the only For Rent in The Star Building 11th Street and Penna. Ave. ¥ ) 7 =S . (Double Southern Windows) Court Room, Fourth Floor, 16x17 Ft..$42.50 per Month Court Room, Fourth Floor, 11x25 Ft..$35.00 per Month ) (The above two rooms connect) Outside Robm, Southern Exposure, 18x14 Ft,, $37,50 per Month Outside’ Room, Southern Exposure, 18x11 Ft., $3500 per Month (The above two r)oms connect) Apply Room 621 ;Tel_epbone Main 5000, Branch 3 ek With Danger. dangerous from every aspect. ideas strangle all desires for mu: understandings, It is childish of France to hepe to hasten reparations by seizing th. Ruhr, Germany's industrial center, and it is even more childish of Germar to imagine that by mourning stre. | parades and angry words she can pr. vent this, especlally when Poincur mply is moving in the footprints his predecessors Sees Coal Price Boost. It is all a dangerous mov« though the invaders behave most 1 dently and appeal to the milita; power only when necessary z price of coal in Germany must r Whether the government will ir more coal from England or blame tl, French for the coal famine in the the coldest of the winter month advance in all articles will follos rise in coal prices. Thus inflation be made even worse. Germany's capacity to pay is helped by the invasion, while 1 popular paesion will only rise to fev temperature and increase in bitt ness. Allegations that the French o, the Rubr are drinking the milk i tended for the children huve wnse the German people. Rumors of au impending alliance with the Russiuu red army, which has collected mux tions and equipment for a new war, have been cheered cverywhere. The¢ humor of thée masses resembles that of 1914, Is France unaware what hatred she Is kowing? The treasures she is huntirg “are paper only. Exeited imagination has exaggerated _tis Q amount of capital sent abroad. man industry could not exist withou someé credit in foreign countries. Forty pcr cent dividends seem enoi- mous, but they are paper marks, not 0ld marks. ~These 44 marks ought a pair of good shocs now cost 4,300 marks to resole. t Children Much Underweight The fact is that today the child:: of the middle class and proletaiiu! rarely have undershirts or stockings are 0 or three years behing in weight and many are scrofulous and full of lice. Under such clrcum- stunces the universal popular desire for simplification makes all belie: that foreigners and the enemy are {responsible for'this misery. 1t is_ | these ideas that may lead any day to bloody excesses, whereof the conse- quences will be terrible. A public offer of American medi- ation would seem to be the only rem. edy. No one could refuse it and Germany could offer France limited eontrol of the Ruhr with American and British experts alding in direct- ing productien. Lacking this, Harvey is_right in saying the devil alon® knows what wiil arise from thie con- fusion and madnes Rooms 1,840 Sq. Ft., $200 per Month