Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 4

- THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. e, SOE SRR BE O French Determined to Force Complete Submission in Ruhr MOB IN MAYENCE . HOOTS AT FRENGH Shots Near in Demonstration Following Trial of Fritz Thyssen. FLOWER POTS HURLED Invaders’ Families in Hotel Rush to Shelter—Soldiers Restore Order. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. 5 Copyright, 1923. MAYENCE, January 25.—Never be- fore since its occupation by French troops has Mayence known such dem- onstrations as those which took place Wednesday evening after the freeing of the Rubr industrialists. Convinced by some trick of mob psvehology that Germany had won a victory, huge crowds gathered before the courthouse to celebrate . “Selg- reich wollen wir frankreich schla- geu,” saluted the French soldiers from thousands of lusty throats, and hoots, whistles, yells and cat calls were hurled full in the face of the liated enemy. It is a wonder that no <hooting ocourred. : Similar scenes were enacted at the Hotel Central, near the railwa . the coal barons’ headqua veral windows were broken. French s across the street looked on curiously. Fritz Thyssen was ac- ciaimed so frantically that he had to come out on a balcony to thank the Correxpondent Kisxed. the correspondent was greet- d with a wild outburst of cheers as ha drove up to the hotel Peopl sprang on the running board, helping him to the sidewalk, Kissed his hand, and refus to listen to the en barrassed explanation that he wa only an American reporter in search of new Tater processions marched through the streets singing “Deutschland Uber All nd “Die Wacht Am Rhine t the Hotel de Hollande the big gathering stopped and de- manded the expulsion of the French soldiers. *'Raus mit em was shout- ad on every side, despite the fact that arr: full of blue-clad sol- directly opposite on the Rhine. Potted plants rough the front door. French offie: and their families tired preeipitately to the second floor and all lights in the dining room went out Police and Cavalry Arrive. restra!” screamed diers stood banks of the ere_thrown th We want the or the mob and finally the orthestra had | “Deutschland I'ber Alles.” whereupon the mol lost some of its belligerence. At this oment a squad of German blue-clad policemen arrived. and ten minutes later four squadrons of French rode past. The city was vily patrolled all night When asked about the effect of the trial on his future conduct Freiderich . jr. announced that it would to come out and play friends of as | T will ons coal retofore,” he said. *Noth- make us co-operate with Belgium against the will of the German government.” Herr Thyssen on the court proceedings. Wil Not Pay Fines. “I can tell you, however, something of our prison experience,” he said. “We were confined in separate cells forced to sleep on straw mat- tresses. In short we were treated like common criminals. In other re- spects we were handled with polite- ness and courtesy.” The industrialists will never volun- tarily pay the fines imposed on them for an offense which they claim they did not commit It was on the minor charge of evading military requisitions that the fines were inflicted, and under French law imprisonment is not permitted for this offense. August Thyssen, wrinkled man, eighty with crossed eyes and livid sword scars on his face. caused a mild sen- sation by appearing in court to greet his imprisoned son. FRENCH TAKE OVER POLICE. By the Associated Press. MAYENCE., January 5. — Gen. Mareschal, commanding the French post here today issued a proclamation declaring that henceforth all local German police would be under the a thority of the French military. step, the proclamation said, taken because the authorities failed to make any effort to repress the demonstration yesterday that fol- lowed the conviction of the German mine directors. Gen. Mareschal informed the popu- lation of Mayence that he was de- termined to keep order at all costs and that the French troops had re- ceived orders to use their weapons to put down any attempts to disturb order. Have Our Experts anc spar hence- forth, ing « and a stock. Your Property —-And you will be delighted with the work and the price. R. K. Ferguson, 3 Painti; 1114 8th St. Phones t. Main 2490-245] PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,000,000 Surplus More Than $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY. JOSHUA W, e of mistaken | refuse de- | i refused to comment ears of age. | This was | PAINT Now Convinced There Will Be No Outside { BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 PARIS, January 25.—Further light | was thrown upon the strategic situ- ation in the Franco-German economic war today by the authoritative French expert who has heen keeping the correspondent closely informed. He said: “The French government is still more preoccupied with the effect of the Ruhr crisis on opinion abroad. It knows that Germany must know that the resistance to the French cannot last long. Sooner or later the French will win, and in prolonging their re- sistance the Germans risk shaking their national unity, compromising thelr prosperity and prolonging the occupation of the Ruhr indefinitely. “It is fully realized here that Ger- many's whole and only hope is in foreign intervention, and particularly Anglo-American intervention. If it is now dealing France blow for blow it is with the aim of stirring up the world by its outeries. Here foreign intervention is not anticipated. It could be attempted only by Great Britain, Ital or the United States. It is considered that Italy itselt is 00 deeply engaged in the Ituhr oc- cupation to attempt mediation. Mor over, Ital s bound to France by its need for coal, which could hardly be satisfied by purchasing fuel in Great Britain, The rise and fall of the lire on the exchange depends almost wholly on whether Italy obtains Ruh as reparations or buys in ireat Britain Britixh “It is further believed that Great ain will refuse to try to hamper tion. If official reports are curate and sincere there has been a great change in Franco-British re- lations within the last fortnight. The highly satiefactory character of the conversation between Prime Minister Lonar lLaw and the French ambas- sador In London last Wednesday is emphasized It is said that London is watch- ing the French experiment thetically. British troops are ing Frénch communications Cologne sector. British officers on the Rhineland railway commission have aided the French officers in rerout- ing th ! trains. Measures voted by’ the French, Belgian and Itali delegates on the Rhineland commis- {sion have been willingly executed i [ the British zone. “The British attitude is explained here partly by Bonar Law’s loyalty to the entente and.partly to the pre sure of British opinion. 1t is be- lieved that the last British repara- tions plan was drawn exclusively by the British tréasury and that there is & certain divergence between the strict treasury and the nation’s wider interests Expect U. S. to Stay Aloof. “Paris also hopes that the United { States wiil not mix in the affair. The {French consider that it would be il- logical for the United States to try {to intervene 80 long as it refuses to | accept the least responsibility and when it has agein manifested its ab stentionist tendancy in withdrawin the American troops from Coblenz 1t is also pointed out that while the American ‘government did not con- jceal its lack of sympathy for the seizure of the Ruhr it never contest- ed France's freedom of action It therefore, considered { France ‘will be enabled the end the task begun, eign interference. The Fr ernment and nation are indisposed to welcome foreign intervention of any description. For France the Ruh question is one of life or death. In Lend Ald. that to carry to without for- ' | | nch gov- | Interference, High Councils See Easing |pggr, Situation as Soon as Teutons Buckle. reality it is the reaffirmation of the treaty of Versailles, just as the sec- ond treaty of Paris, in 1815, after Waterloo, was the solemn and final consecration of the first treaty of Paris and of Napoleon's defeat. The French are convinced that without the occupation of the Ruhr area Ger- many would never have executed the v treaty, while by means of this occupation its execution can be en- forced. “They are convinced that all eco- romic arrangements for reparations payments will be futile as long as the problem raised by Germany's ill will Temains unsolyed. They believe that they are now repairing the great fault of the armistice, which consis ad of leaving Germany's key territory autside the zome of occupation, and “re determined not to withdraw un- til Germany's complete and guaran- | teed submission s secured. No for- {'eign intervention. even if accompanied |by a fall in French exchange, can shake this determination.” Strike Not Expected. A general strike, whether of miners or railway men. is no longer anticipated. It is believed that the workers will ex- ipress their patriotic emotions rather by fisabotage and “soldiering.” [, Owing to the fall of the franc on the lLexchange and the gradual rise in the cost of living, French opinion has be- un to exhibit signs of nervousness. The murder of a rovalist editor Monday {by & woman anarchist. presumably be- Jlonging to the gang which recently tried o explode a bomb in Ambassador Her- rick’s apartment. has no immediate po- litical significance, but has led to a | few small clashes between royulis {;jand communist extremists and is pe; h '|V° & Sign of increasing nervous ension. ench radicals and liberals exclu- of the communists, whose strength in the chamber of deputies about 25 per cent of the total re b W Increasing evi-' desire to unite thelr ons 80 as to oppose a eft block” to the mpnyé‘(lrvu< ationzl block” in the elections a_vear hence. The radicals un- Paul Painleve and Edouard { Herriot are theoretically opposed to the occupation of the Ruhr and j would have preferred that France {should s a settlement of the problem through the e of nations or American medi- However, the bulk of the people seem to support the rnment’s policy. The prevalent ! opinfon in French inner circles is that the French people will stand firmly with the government for the purpose of breaking the German resistanc ;RUHR OFFICIALS TAKEN { ' TO UNKNOWN PLACE Two.Removed From Mayence After Notice They Would Be Expelled. BERLIN, January 25.—Dr. Schlutius, presidvnt of the state finance depar ment, and Dr. von Raiffeisen, preside | of tiwe state mines administration, have been removed from Mayence to an un- known destination by ten members of he eriminal police, a Mayence message {says. They had previously been in- formed that they were to be expelled from the occupied area. They were sen- tenced by a French court-martial y. terday to serve a vear in prison, but | theee penalties were suspended FIRE LOSS, $300,000. V' ORLEA January 25— of four thre ¥ brick buil ings in the retail commercial distric | of Baronne street near Canal were | {practically destroved by fire early {today. Preliminary estimates by fire authorities placed the loss at $300,000. | N |row Py Be not so mode. The Franklin National is a good terest.” Savings, commercial a and investments of safety. 3% on Savings mse FRANKLIN “Great modesty often hides great merit” —Benj. Franklin. t_as to keep your earnings out of a bank. place to put your money and your confidence that no unfair advantage will be taken of the informa- tion entrusted to us. In fact we help every depositor “with in- ccounts, foreign exchange, loans 4% on Time Deposits NATIONAL sanx Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Tenth St. N’ 4 IDNEY WEST SILK SHIRT SALE Broadcloths, Jerseys and Crepes ina Wide Assortment of Patterns Values Up to $8.00 NOW .E- i 95 INCORPORATED 14th and. ORDERED NOT TO YIELD. Palatinate Officials Get Instruc- tions From Berlin. BERLIN, January 25.—The Bavarian minister of flnance has instracted the officials handling thie finances of the forestry service in the Palatinate not to obey the orders of the authorities of occupation. TS OF “AMAROC” | LOST IN MARK’S FALL Newspaper of Forces on Rhine Spells “30,” But Will Be Pub- lished on Transport. By the Associsted Press. COBLENZ, January 25.—The Amaroc News, the newspaper of the American forces In Germany, went out of exis- tence yesterday. 'It wlill published, however, on board the transport St. Mihiel during the voyage of the homeward bound troops across the Atlantic, with its last appearance the day the transport docks at Hoboken. This morning’s principal editorial bore the caption “30" elegra- pher's code for “Good in bold 2 black figurers. The editorial a review of the past expression of thanks to thé s men who had helped for so long to produce the newspaper. The editor, Capt. B. B. McMahon, sald the paper would have proved a financial success, but that somebody tWo years ago bought German marks with the $30.000 it had on hand, and these marks are now worth only $30. SEEK WOLF PACT. Granville, Mich., Men Organize to Wipe Them Out. MILWAUKEE, January 25.—Wolves are preying on farms and terrorizing the village of Granville, a short dis- tance north of Milwaukee. A horse and dog have been killed by the marsuders from the north al- most at the edge of the village. and S0 many persons have reported seeing wolves that women on outlying farms are living In fear of a visit from the pack. The whole community was in a turmoil yesterday with nearly every able-bodied man carrying a gun, and wbout forty or fifty shotgun and rifles down “the varmints.™ clare there must be wolves in the pack —_— The Kentucky Female hool in Louisville, founded seventy- five years ago. is said to be the old- est ‘Protestant orphan school for set out Villagers de- eight or ten en with dogs, | to hunt | Orphan | C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923. e e AR _— ISOLATION OF RUHR BLOW T0 HOLLAND Several Hundred Rotterdam Dock ‘Workers Dismissed While Business Slumps. BY LEOPOLD ALETRI s to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. AMSTERDAM, January 25.— The economic effects of the crisis in the Ruhr region are perceptible in Hol-) land. The lack of confidence of Dutch business men in the success of the French occupation is clearly demon- strated by the fall in the value of the franc. At first there was a gleam of hope that the German boycott at Ant- werp would be advantageous to Rot- terdam, but the complete isolation of the Ruhr region means a serious blow to the Rotterdam transit trade. It has already resulted in the dismissal of several hundred Rotterdam dock workers. Moreover, the canceling of a large number of German ore orders is con- sidered here as the beginning of a series of similar acts by the Germans. It is expected, however, that the Ruhr movement will help the Rotterdam harbor, as France is responsible for furnishing the isolated Ruhr populs tion with foodstuffs and other sup plies, Gen. Payot, chief of communi- cations with the occupation troops, in- tends to use Rotterdam harbor in ad- dition to Antwerp for the transporta- tion of food and supplies for the oc- cupied zone. Paralysis of German trade and the elimination of Germany frgm the world markets, which is the aim of France, are considered here as disas- trous fo Dutch commercial lite. | UNION DEMANDS BRITAIN | RECALL RHINE TROOPS By Cal The ssociated LONDON, January execu- tive committee of the / | cfety of Locomotive Engineers and | Firemen passod a resolution todav | calling upon the British government to withdraw the British troops from the Rhine. The resolution adde “It is in the interests of the work- ers and humanity that every effort be made to prevent the French or other militarist systems from plung- ited States. girls in the ing Europe into further war. I It is not systematic saving for next Christmas. You’ll never miss the small weekly amount you sum that wil ber, 1923, Join Now! Last Call—For Our 1923 -Christmas Savings Club | added, will come in pretty handy. Our Uptoun Office, at 1333 G Street, is open from 4:15 to 5:30 on Saturday afternoons. 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