Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 4

PRESSURE IN RUR ' FRANGE'S WEAPON Tardieu Cites Only Method i for Breaking Germany’s Passive Resistance. BOLD STROKE NECESSARY Writer Says Spirit That Won the War Will Force End of Existing Crisis. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, rench High Commissioner to Ameriea. Former By Cabl PAL only to The Star. April 2 will Increasing pres- break Germany's e in the Ruhr. The war being ignored ian and French premiers. When Clemenceau ame into power he said, in reply to the questions about his contemplated policice: *I will make war” That spirit won the war. The same spirit today by France and Belgium would end the | German crisis in a hurry. All that is | demonstration of force “We are in the of the Bel by the necded is de to win ipal and the Ruhr T Fran ation prine -Belgiun although not v work of the latest conference, however, t officially confessed, was to neutralize the effect of Lou- cheur's visit to London. The two gov- ernments their official communi- que decla they intended to in- tensity occupation and main- tain it until paid. This was exactly the onpe of what Loucheur told Honar Law and the English statesmen e red with. “Difficult to Guess.” Yet at the same time the communi- que urd Premier Poincare, for reasons too difficult to guess, brought out the old schedule of May 5, 1921 out of date. It is the very essence of diction with t Ruhr policy founded on Ge v when aided b, was the Ruhr, Poin- ed, was found- If we were ack to that ancient schedule still hold the gage, but it ceased to be productivi and one-ha ways has ins on productive gages. we may will have In ndmit forces the to exploited ave brought n end. It is mfuse the - exploita- se the more we exploit the Ruhr the greater must the pressure on Beriin become. In other words the more the allies get from the Ruhr the stronger will be- come Berlin's inclination to_vyield. The Ruhr will become a productive when it produces money r more coal than before tion. neither o _taxes last Ja uential amoun Ruhr object have been 1ary excep . while, a thy aim e days has be said to be n 500 tons and our only 12,000 tons, he Ruhr furnished aily. se the reason for all this is have not done what was d to achieve real results either from a military or political point. The number of our tr too sm We are utilizing i men, B, in 1919 estimated threa number would ba needed. Th: skeleton regiments waken the moral force as any effort at exploitation. Cites Political Blunders. ¥ we blundered at the out- ing the reich we were not military occupation, but nomic supery giving German and the go pretext for resistance. When we arrived in 13 manufacturers demanded whether we were suspending the legal authority | of the German state. We replied “no” and thereby handicapped the entire enterprise. Thyssen and his consorts | immediately decided, under orders | from Berlin, to refuse to make de- liverics to us. These same gentle- mn ed this reply when arraigned efore the court martial at Mainz for isting our re ighout have minimi 1 and R ction wh a bold stroke 1d have won. Then to Anglo-Sax- protests we could have replied the movement already was a coss. “ntil the entire policy fs changed ! and we frankly substitute our own authority for th: of the reich, we hope to compel Herlin 0 re- de from its present position. times that well as rs SOCIETY PROMOTES U. S.-ANGLO HARMONY | Members of War Missions to America Keep Up Good Work. Bithe Associated Pross LONDON, April 21.—One war or- ion which is still as hale and | ever the “reunton of ¢ Missions to the United ch holds its fourth annual nesda is itish W Stat ok dinner % The society is composed of those military men and civilians who went 1o Americ before and after the 1"nited States entered the war on va- tious missions connected with the They enjoyed what they “the great American they are maintain- tion both to dis- & toward the country em so warmly and to the ties of war-time, Apart from the annual dinners, the sfety is carrying out various forms of practi work. Fof instance, its members are endeavoring to make an students at Oxford and “Cambridge feel at home in England by introducing them in English Jiomes and by entertaining them dur- ing holidays, The ®oclety also offers prizes to school children for essay on Anglo-American history and rela- tions, and is organizing a_campaign for the acqulsition by public 1ibra- rdes of books interpreting America to Lingland and i3 collecting all sorts of books, from history to representa- tive American fiction and government publications. The Karl of Reading. as president of the society, has given a silver cup to be awarded to the winner of a golf contest between members of the so- clety and American golfers' who re- side in England. —_—— PUBLISHERS BANKRUPT. CHICAGO, April 21.—Petitions in bankrupty were flled today against the Tolerance Publishing ‘Company, the American Unity Publishing Com- pany and the American Unity League, has been | ecol- | . the average for the last | CONFERENCE ON U. S. DEBT UNNOTICED Rhineland Negotiations Almast Ignored by Publio in Paris: By the Aswclated Press. PARIS, April 21.—The efforts of the commission, which ts trying to find out how the United States may be relmbursed in something like a quanter of a billlon dollars as cost for the maintenance of the American troops In the Rhineland, probably would have passed unnoticed had not | THE SUNDAY SAYS REICHSTAG IS DEBATING CLUB Narden Chides German Spokesmen for Disregard- ing Clemenceau Proposal. MIGHT FREE RUHR AREA the American newspaper correspon- | Thinks Pemilitarization of Rhine- dents shown Interest in the proceed- Ings. Outside of official clrcles the French people are not aware of the presence in Parls of Ellot Wadsworth, assistant secretary of the American Treasury, who is looking after the negotlations on behalf of the Wash- ington government. This s partly due to the discretion with which Mr. Wadsworth is car- rying out his mission, but especlally to the fact that is carrying out his mission, but especially to the fact that no money matters,* unless reckoned in billions, seem to attract attention here. To a nation which 1s trying to collect 132 billion gold marks, and which owes something like 400,000,000,000 paper francs, dis- cussion over a paltry quarter of a billion dollars seems nothing. The ssion has met and adjourned al times without any one, except thing about sn't had an been diffi- se its members, knowing a it. The French press I inkling that there hav culties in reaching an agrecment. Mr. Wadsworth makes no com- plaint, but he is finding the time spent in trying to reach some declsion ex- tremely lengthy, He is being treated with the utmost courtesy by the other delegates of the commit and the officials of the French government are most favorably tmpressed with him; but the French who & ndeavoring to collect several billons from Ger- many refuse to get excited over an lattempt to obtain’ a similar figure in millions from the same debtor. BONAR LAV HOLD ON RENS STRONGER Budget Tends to Add Strength to Conservatives With Grip on Government. Britain's Greatest Liberal Editor. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, April The Baldwin budget tends to strengthen the pe sition of the government. It ha been in danger due to the recent d. feats of ministers contesting by elections and because of the rumors concerning the health of Bonar Law. Tt generally agreed that Bonar Law to the existence of the government, because it w: action last autumn that Liloy was overthrown. While he remains the government remains. When he retires it falls. Premier has is e been sential ervative Lloyd George Active. The movement for the formation of a center party continues with vd orge, Churchill, Chamberl. and Birkenhead striving to gather their { forces into a single body The at- tempt of George to regain admission | to liberal headquarters, followed by | the reports of Bonar Law’s ill-he created excitement in the coalition camp. This movement on the part of the former premler was blocked Asquith and now it seems c that, should anything happen to com- pel Law's retirement, there would be a stampede of the coalitionists to swing George back to leadership.. The fact that Law's friends insist his health is much better has helped him and now the budget further strengthens his position. This budget, by the way, Is not sensational or heroic, but it is sound and subst, tial. Tt takes sixpence off the income tax and a penny off the beer. The in- come tax still {5 nearly five times the pre-war rate, while under the super- { tax on big incomes the latter pay up to 50 per cent. Labor Ix Opposed. Opposition to the budget comes from labor, which wants a material levy made on capital. It insists on the immediate need for a reduction of the staggering war debt and claims such a levy is the only practical means of achieving it. ~The labor program has the support of certain business interests which insist that the existing heavy income tax Is far more prejudicial to trade than would be a heavy levy on capital which would wipe out a great portion of the floating indebtedness. There also seems no prospect of reforms in the housing situation, and the government may yet be compelled to concede the sub- sidization scheme on an unprec dented scale. The house shortage is declared to total a million, and with the present cost of labor and mate- rials it 18 impossible to erect houses so that they can be rented at a fair rental to the workers. Cost Is Unknown. What the subsidy will cost the country nobody knows. Nor can econ- omy be looked for in expenditures for the national defense while France continues her gigantic military sys- tem and is building airplancs and submarines as though threatened by imminent war. In a word the financial recovery of England depends today on the general course of France. Unfortunately we at this writing see little chance of improvement along this line. France makes no concealment of the fact that she has Germany by the jugular vein and has no intention of letting immediate o. The question is whd will last the longer in this incredible tug-of-war. Germany, of course, suffers heaviest and all visitors to the Ruhr express the utmost astonishment that the people are able to endure under the circumstances. The condition of the children there, who are almost en- tirely deprived of milk. is especially painful, but so far there is no symp- tom that the temper of the people is breaking under the stress of hunger and deportations. On the other hand France is be- ing severely punished as her coal im- ports are negligible and her Lorraine furnaces are at a standstill. The cost of occupation is increasing by leaps and bounds and France can no longer look to the allies to share this ex- pense. But whether and whén the break- ing point will be reached, and who it will be, no one today can say. (Copyright, 1923.) RUSSIAN-CHINESE PACT PARLEY TO BE HELD SOON By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, April 21.—The neégoti- ations for a Russo-Chinese agree- ment are likely to be resumed short- 1y, according to dispatches from the far east. The chaifman of the Chi- nese delegation, Dr, Wang, has ar- rived in Mukden to conduct prelimi- nary negotiations with Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian dictator, re- anti-Ku Klux Klan organizations. The assets were listed as $4.000, while the obligations of the publishing com- panies were placed at $475,000. The petitions were filed in behalf of credi- 3ors, garding the Russo-Chinese confer- ence, it is stated, while Adolf Joffe, the heaa of the soviet miskion, who has been in Japan for some time, is expected soon to return to Peking for the parleys. | | land Might Recompense for Gen- uine Offer of Debt Payment. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany’s Foremest Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, April 21.—Poincare’s Dun- kirk speech contained nothing un- reasonable for a wise people but it has not been considered in Germany. In fact there has been no serious ex- amination fn Germany ot the question whether a genuine offer of payment on acgount, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. would not be a cheap price to pay to re-establish the republic as a potent factor In world affairs. Instead there is & con- tinuaticn of the policy of debate and any one who would dare suggest that Germany has faults would be knock- ed on the head as a traitor. Following the recent debate in the tag over the Ruhr the entire de world must wonder why Ger- man politicians talk o much when they have nothing to say. he ex- planation is even more difficult than the question. The German parlia- ment ix fifty five vears old. but for the first fifty vears it was only a mind interpreting Kalserfsm. It never clected ministers, never used the right to reject the budget, but in- stead furnished 1o the voters a never- failing supply of rhetoric. Remains a Debating Club. Although Germany now has had parliamentary government for more than four years the reichstag remains a debating club in which each spealk- er cndeavors, to prove that the pre- vious speaker was wrong. Otherwise the members lunch, dine, write for the pr receive visitors, but make no effort to re-establish prosperity and contentment. The party leaders provide two or three speakers for each debate. The PATty press repro- duces the arguments of opponents in such condensed form that they seem | nonser To get a comprehensive idea of the procecdings it would ba necessary to purchase all papers at an enormous expense. This, of course the public cannot do. Membership in parliament today is as much a trade as to be a tailor, a stockbroker or a film actor with the difference that it needs less training. The members receive sufficient salary to live. they rlde on the rallroads free and earn money on the side. As 1o one wants to lose a good job it'is not suprprising that nearly old pillars of kaiserism still a resented therein or that anc toms should be speedily revived en the soclalistic members. once in opposition, now are rejoiced that they have bacome mi rs and are able to save. They no longer have to ce- pend on the party funds for their expenses when they muke campaign journe Otherwise they would be unable to extract money from the 1ockets of the workers. Therefore i STAR, WASHINGTO. Low Shoe Effect On Size of Ankle Up to Scientists By Cable to The Star. PARIS, April 21.—It is aunounced that the French Academy of Sclence will pass authoritative judgment on the question now agitating all Paris whether low shoes cause large aukles. ¥or some days the matter has been warmly debated and Milady Is com- mencing to have grave doubts about the delicate slippers, sandals and sabots which the mode decrees. Investigation, however, would indl cate that the wholesale bootmak may have more to do with the mat- ter than Is suspected. This spring they felt that, because low shoes have had a monopoly for three years, there would be a demand for & change. So they got ready immense supplies of high shoes and had it announced far and wide that they would be the rago this year. The women, however, failed to fall for this argument and inslsted on clinging to the more dainty foot wear. Should France's highest medical au- thorities obligingly support the theory that ankles increase in girth when Incased only in the filmsiest silk instead of leather uppers then the prospects of the return of the high shoo and the conseanent clearing of the shelves of the factories would be much brighter. Needless to say the sllk stocking trade s just as anxious to keep the high shoe out as the shoemakers are to bring it in, 5o the war between the rival industries for the favor of the wedical savants promises to be bitter, (Copyright, 1923.) —_— FACTORIES AND HOSPITAL PUT INTO SEA BY QUAKE Russians Get Reports of Destruc- tive Disturbance in Kamtchatka Several Days Ago. MOSCOW, April 21.—The Russian newspapers report an earthquake on April 15 at Petropavlovsk, Kamt- chatka, which carried into the sea two factories, a hospital and several houses. The number of casualties has not yet been leurned. 10 one wants a frech election becauso adjournment would cut off salaries. Talking Cheap and Pleasant. Talking today ix cheap and pleas- ant. The poet Gelbel once said: - rmany’s soul makes th world whole.” This has Leen repeated ad- nauseam by Treitschke and all other Natfonalists.” The modern German parliamentarian considers it his d to cure the s world with mo reflections, hut no one ever sug- gests that Germany is to blame. That would be a traitorous utter- ance. Tho ex-kaiser, whoke mother in recently published letters described Lis desire for applause as a danger to the movrarchy, rucceeded in per- suading large masxes of the people that any yolitical le wa profitasle for patriotic motives. The Bava- rian minister recently wrote an of- ficlal letter in which he said: “We've got to deny everything for foreign consumption. Therefore it is natural that the ruinous German Ruhr nol which, is causing fresh billions in debt and is responsible for the lat- est_downfall of the mark, has met with no serious opposition in the Neichstag. The immediaite necessity is that the German people find out for them- selves what the truth really is. world will not endorse Shakespeare verdile jermans are hoheat mea until Germany has purged herself of the microbe of cunning and dis- bonesty. k (Copyright, 1023.) The | D. O, APRIL 22 BEER TAX REDUCED; BRITISH REJOICE One Hour After Iaw Is Passed ‘Workmen Enjoy Cheaper Beverage. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 21.—The British workman, stopping at his favorite “pub” for an appetizer on the way home to supper last Monday night, enjoyed the full benefit of the reduc- tion of the penny a pint In the price of beer, which had been made pol ble by the announcement of the chan- cellor of the exchequer in the House of Commons only an hour before. The machinery of British law en- Joys a reputation for swift movement. Chief Justice Taft camo to England last year to investigate the rapidity of legal procedure here; but the courts of justice move at a snail pace as compared with the synchron- ized action of the House of Commons and of the brewers in putting in force the beer tax reduction as soon as Mr, Baldwin had spoken the word. Many publicans had let their stocks run low in order to take advantage of the expected reduction in the price per barrel charged by the brewers. The delivery wagons of the latter started moving at 4 o'clock on Tues- day morning and were busy for a whole day. The other tax changes announced in Mr. Baldwin's budget were not made effective so rapidly. The public will not enjoy the postal reduction until June, and those who are groan- ing under the income tax must wait several months before their burden is lessened 6 pence a pound. Meanwhile, the laborites’ spokesmen say they are still listening intently for the word that would mean a reduction in food prices 13,000,000 MARKS PAID FOR “FAUST” EDITION Goethe's Great Place in German Heart Evidenced by Record Auction Returns. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 21.—Goethe's great place in the German heart was evi- denced again a few duys ago in the record price of 13,000,000 marks for the first edition of his “Faust” at an leading antiquaries. Although the volume which commanded this figure alko included first editions of “Tusso” and “Iphigenie, it comprised as its major portion and chief attrac tion. Goethe's “new writings,” inset vol- umes, published about 125 CATS 4RO, brought 7,300.000 marks, despite the fact that a rare musical supplement was migsing from the sixth binding. A number of his other works also went for sums ranging well up into the millions. Tt is just 108 years ago this sum- mer that Goethe wrote a letter from Wiesbaden to an official of the state government ut Weimar, which is being | freely quoted now in connection with | the Ruhr occupation. This was after | the evacuation of the Rhineland by | Napoleon's troops, and in the letter ethe saye: “One can be pleased | from the bottom of his heart for | whatever evil may befall the French {if he sees the evil with which for | twenty vears they have tortured and destroyed, indeed, eternally mutilated ‘lnd rulned, this district.” | e e | One history of costumes gives i | more than 1800 different styles of headdresses for women. \ 0 8 U1 B STETSON HATS The Choice of a Million Men A hat whose wearers number into the million mark needs no praise from us. For 30 years we have been featuring Stetsons, believing that they present top quality and top style; if we are wrong, then a million men have made the same mistake. auction conducted by one of Berlin's | Fuust | 1923=-PAR' OLD FRANKLIN LETTER TREASURED BY FRENCH Literary ¥olk Discuss Hitherto Un- published Epistle Dealing ‘With Butterfiles. By the Asociated Press. high in the minds of Frenchme Indeed the cult “Bon Homme Richard,” as it is_affection- ly known in France, is increasing every year. The French literary world just now is discussing & hith- erto unpublished Franklin literary gem. It is eminently French, and entirely unknown in the United States. It never has appeared in any of the numerous works on Franklin. The letter, written In the beautiful French of Franklin, which many times caused Voltaire to express good-natured jealousy, was sent to a woman whose husband, a colonel in Napoleon's army, had been shot in facilitating the emperor's escape from Elba. The letter refers to an outing which Franklin and the colonel's where they spent the hours watching where the yapent the hours watching the evolutions of the butterfiies. “They lived but a few hours,” wrote Franklin, “yet they seemed happy, contented, careless.’’ —_———— AMERICAN PICTURES POPULAR IN PARIS Most of Films Shown Originate in United States, Statistics Reveal. PARIS, April 21.—American moving picture films formed near - tenths of the total mileage. thmrm: upon ~ French screens during the month of March. Statistics just pub- lished show that out of close to seven miles of films (102,880 meters), only 14.350 _meters French. The other 88.830 meters—excepting a few thousand mieters—were American. rench habitues uappear still to have much Hking for the wild west. broncho-busting, gun-pluy films, many of which were taken years ago, and for which the European market re- mains very good. STOCK SALE FORBIDDEN. BOSTON, April 21.—The sale of stock In this state of the Climax Spar and Radium Company of Colorado was forbidden by th» department of { public _utilities today. Gross mis. representation of the financial con. dition of the company Benfamin Frank- | The | GOLD IS SALVAGED FROM SUNKEN SHIP Divers Work Under Difficulties on | Torpedoed Vessels to Save | $3,500,000. By the Associated Press. April 21.—Armed with | large knives with which to fight off the attacks of dogflsh, a corps of deep sea dlvers is working at the bottom of the sea off Lough Swilly in an effort 1o recover the three and a half millions in gold, lost when the Lau- rentic was torpedoed during the war. Part of the treasure has already been salvaged. | Heavy weather has torn the Lau- | reptic 10 pleces and strewn the gold along the ocean floor. The task of the divers is made especially difficult | because of the great depth of the water in_which they are obliged to work, and strongest of them are fre. quently overcome. The wreck is well overed with sand, which must be re- oved by steam suction pumps op- erated from the salvage vessel CLAIM FORD AND EDISON NAMES WRONGLY USED By the Associated Press | NEW YORK, April 21.—Inve Wwho had posed as prospects testified | |today at a preliminary hearing before | [ Chief City ~ Magistrate McAdoo of | charges preferred by the Better Busi- ness Bureau that Calvin T. Graves dward L. Howell improperly used the | names and photographs of Henry Ford and Thomas A Edison in promoting the | sale of lots adjoining Muscle Shouls. e witnesses, one of them a woman | gent of the Better Business Bureau, | )ld_of visiting the promoters’ office. | I where they were told that Congress had | taken & straw vote and decided to sell | Muscle Shoals to Ford. They were handed an alluring pros- pectus, containing pictures of Ford Edison, ‘waid the. witnesses. and wem | regaled with stereopticon lectures am | stories of big profits made by little in- | vestors in town site development at De- | troit, Chicago and other citjes H.'J. Kenner, chief executive of the business bureau, said he visited the | Howell & Graves office and was told | they were “the fastest selling force in | | the” count Muscle Shoals lots were | | offered o htm " for 339 to $4,900, e ! said. gable hearing was adjourned till Mon- THE MANS STORES OF WASHINGTON MONTE CARLO PROFITS MOUNT INTO BILLIONS Hait-Million Franc Increase Ove: Last Year Shown by Report. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 21.—The profite of the Monte Carlo gambling tables for the 1922-23 season amounted to 13,238,001 francs, according to figures just pub lished by a financial journal. This amount represents an Increase o 508,000 francs over the previous sea son. The total receipts were 865,860 176 francs and the expenses 52.627,- 1 A dividend of 100 francs pe share on the stock was declared at a meeting of the board of directors of the Casino several days ago. The old saying, %o famillar to Americans frequenting the tables a+ the Casino, “rouge et noir sometimes wins, but Blanc wins always,” wil be heard no more, as Camilie Blanc president of the Casino Company, hax retired owing to ill health. —_— POINCARE SEES SELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM French Premier Mimiced by Dwart at Dinner in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 21.—Premier Po care the other day saw himself a others see him; and he smiled one of his rare smiles. Nine years of wsa and of a peace much like war ha . emphasized his seriousness. T | premier was a guest at a large pr vate dinner, which was followed is the custom here. by an entertai ment. At the entertainment Delph! a dwarf familiar to the Parisia theatergoers, daringly impersonatr M. Poincare, The Jittle fellow did it _so adm ably and with such good humor tha the head of the government laughe as he seldom does, and then quie astonished his diminutive double the warmth of his congratulation PARTY VISITS OBREGON. MEXICO CITY, April 21—Th. ninety trade excursionists represer: | ing the San Francisco Chamber ot Commerce, who are visiting Mexicr City, were guests of President Obre gon this afternoon at a luncheon Chapultepec castle. Addresses wers delivered by Senor Obregon and E O. MecCormick, vice president of the Southern Pacific railway, chairman of the delegation HESE are reception days at the recreated Man’s Store. If you haven’t yet found it convenient to drop in on our Inaugural, we would consider your presence an honor whenever the opportunity does occur. One practical feature of our welcome tomorrow is: Something as Timely as Big Ben! Men’s Athletic Suits Light on the Body—Light on the Purse —~Quality Garments at Tailored union suits of the better type, with a perfection of fit and fin- ish not to be overlooked. Of cool white checked nainsook and checked and striped madras, ously below their class. 34 to 46. Priced obvi- All sizes, Full-Fashioned Pure Silk Socks 69c 3 Pairs for $2.00 The maker is as particular about his socks as you are —and as we are. So he¢ has his hawk-eyed experts class as “substandards” socks that none but an expert could detect as such. That’s how we came by these full-fashioned silk socks of superfine quality to sell for so little. Black, cordovan, navy and beige. How about a half dozen? Money’s Worth or Money Back D J. KAU