Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1924, Page 22

BRITAIN'S TROUBLES |Is France Peacefully Inclined, Germany Bellicose? Harden Asks | FADING WITH SPRING Trade Picking Up, Strike Threat { Ended, Nation Filled With Good Omens. DEFEAT OF POINCARE HELPS Considered Sure to Improve Con- tinental Relations. BY A. G. GARDINER. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, May 17.—This week has been the most cheerful one of the vear in England. Spring and sum- mer have arrived together after a prolonged and inclement winter, and London is looking its brightest and best. Events of the week have been as ehcerful as the weather. The sensa- tional result of the French elections bas given universal satisfaction. It was wholly unexpected. Premier Poincare's return was regarded as so inevitable that Mr. MacDonald had in- vited him to visit London after the election . Evidence goes to show that Poin- care’s rall was due to failure of the Ruhr policy to produce results, the « increased cost of living and discon- tent at the number of men Kept with colors. The fluctuations of the had an influence. th the evidence liability of the Paris of real French Political circles in London regard the fall of Poincare as most favor- able to the prospects for the Dawes scheme. It now is known that the ierman Naitonalists will accept the | scheme and confidence prevails that the new French government will ex- 1ibit & more reasonable attitude than could be hoped from M. Foincare. th Herriot and Briand are en- | tened ans,_as well as good ¥renshmen and much more disposed ‘o work in sympathy with British ideas than their predecessor. Their jority, however, is narrow, and though Poincare will be out of office, 1is stubborn influence will still be formidable. But the sky of Europe is sub- stantiall rer. The social event of the week was of the King and Queen of who fulfilled a bu: pro- sram at court functions and city re- eptions. London had almost™ for- gotten roval gayeties of this sort. The war pi such havoe with Eu- ropean rovaities that this aspect of London life can never be restored. The great nations of E all repub and the days are gone when mighty mon s of the mighty kingdoms of Ru: . Austria and Ger- many came like gods among the mortals, their former attention Whatever the other av be, it has prac- n an obsolete relic. poss and alone preserves its old prestige owing to the constitu- tional character of the monarchy and the popularity and amiability of the house. Strike Threat Ended. in another respect the week has been of good omen. The shadow of the great coal strike has vanished. The govern- ment_had appointed a_commission to report on the position of the mining in- dustry. The report declared the re- muneration of the miners was inade- ate in view of the profits of the trade, and as a result a new agreement was reached which improves the mine W»kum and removes the threat of a strike. The effect of the agreement will be to close many of the poorer mines, but the settlement is only tempora The present bas the English mining in- impossible, and opinion ai 1 favor of atutory control of al trade and adminisiration of it E ational ba by which richer seam: n be opened up and poorer scams painlessly extinguished. hy general industry of the country is greatly prejudiced by the high cost of coal, due to the present uneconomic Working of tho mines, which leaves the poorest mines to dictate the market price. Trade Growing Better. Generally, however, trade is show- ing subs ntial improvement and sSidney Webb, minister of the board of trade, calculates that by the end | ) the vear unemployment will be educed to normal pre-war dimen- factory condition of creating favorable opinion in regard to the Labor government, and if the Dawes scheme goes through xnd European affairs im- prove, Mr. MacDonald's star will be in the ascendant and his continuance i office assured with the effective support of the Liberals. There is no tendency on the part of the government to adopt Socialist experiments and for all practical pur- poses Liberal policy is being carried out by Labor. The Liberals are great- 1y gratified by the firm stand taken by Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, on abolition of protec- tionist duties on motor cars. Conservatives made a tremendous at- tack on it on the ground that Snowden was deliberately increasing nnemployment, but the chancellor made an overwhelming defense and: scored a great personal triumph. (Copyright, 1924.) Y. M. C. A. Men at Parley. Washington was well represented ssterday in Baltimore at the second ual convention of the Y. M. C. A chapters comprising the district of Marvland, Delaware and the Districi of Columbia. Official delegates to the convention were Hugh Thrift president of the local organization: William Knowles Cooper, its general secretary; Leonard W. De Gast, asso- ciato general secretary, and A. H. Phelps, T. P. Hickman and Charles S. Robb, members of the board of trus- tees. Others who attended were Page MeK. Etchison, Homer J. Counsillor, Guy Lane, Charles R. Stark, jr.; Joh ¥. Clagett, Dr. W. L. Darby, David W. Palmer, Bates M. ry J. Ramsey, A. V. Wilson, C. B. Lampkin, Earl B. Fuller, Kenneth C. Buker, D.' J. Har- , George De Vaugh and William pply a little Liquid Silmerine with a clean toothbrush just before doing up your hair. You will have just the prettiest curls and waves. They will fook and feel so natural vou'll never think of doing without Sitmerine thereafter. No more trou- ble with hair stringing around your face—with burnt, uneven ends, nor with that dull, dead appearance. ’:;I:ehnirwill remain in curi ever so ng. Liquid Silmerine R e e o use. beneficial dressing for the hair, keep- ing it nice and lustrous. Drug Stores and Toilet Counters, $1 Parker Belmont & Co., Chicago ‘Poinanre Feels He Has Lost Nation’s Confidence and BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN. By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, May 17.—Premier Poin- care almost reached his goal. His “productive pledges” are proved by the Dawes report to have been right |and British warnings against the Ruhr undertaking are proved to have been wrong, for the Franco-Belgian occupation can harvest this year at Rhine and Ruhr. But M. Poincare, whose success was 80 great, feels that he has lost his country's confidence, so he will de- Gen. Ludendorff, who never achieved a lasting success and who was chief- ly guilty for prolonging the war and the disaster of 1918, is so enthusi- astically cheered that the German Republican government, ~ which by procrastination has doubled the price | of peace, protects him from the i“r.un of real republicans. | “What Does This Meant" | Does this mean that France is | peaceably inclined and that Germany | is bellicose? Germany is an in- | valid, sore from long lying on one | side, and has flopped to the other. One cannot blame or praise him for | it but must help him get wel. | No mere swallowing of medicines, | even those excellent ones contained in Dawes report, can cure him for the roots of his illness are in his mind and spirit, which can be reached only by a kind, patient | lighting of the way toward nobler thoughts, The Ruhr occupation, so loudly censured by the British, was called | by the American experts undertal . Their thorough, | gent inv ation proved mu | Poincar. usations. | November, . she would v repara- tions for at least three years, but the Dawes report shows sh foreign sccurities, despite the tre- mendous cost of the Ruhr resistan purchases of raw tion in the franc. S spent on improving German railwa that their value now is estimated twenty-six billion gold marks. Modernizing Agriculture. Similar improvements have been made in telephones, telegraphs, ca- nals and Marbors, while immense sums have been spent privately in modern- izing agriculture and indust A land whose domestic cconomy could produce such a surplus inpost- war years, and which is almost debt- less, " cannot call _itself poor, and couid, after a short pause, with just taxation and a reasonable budget. easily pay two anda half billion gold marks annually in reparations, and more as its wealth increased. While the people of France were | smashing President Millerand’s bloc | national last Sunday, and were show ing a desire for more peaceable inte | national relations, the Prussian in- 1 and university town of Halle ated a “deutscher tag.” ceremony took place with all pompous anti-Republican _ par- | aphernalia of the old army. Ome of | Wiihelm's sons—(his father is still called “his majesty, our most gracious king and kaiser”)—a whole troop in imperial uniforms and decorations with 3,000 war flags flying and the streets’ hung with imperial banners, made a_picture which the most tol- erant republic with any self-respect ought never to have allowed. But the German republic not only al- lowed this impudent provocation, but favored it Demand Monarchy Restoration. Spec trains brought “patriotic " in uniforms and helmets black death-head flags, and im- officers, who have been paid andsomely by the republic for do ing nothing, reviewed ‘“‘Republican troops marching in guose step. | Speeches were made demanding res toration of the monarchy. The onl demonstrations forbidden were So | cialist and Communi S ganized pudence, which were dispersed with bayonets and clubs by thous: policemen and were kept gratings _ like animals for hours without food and drink. Some who resisted were shot down by the machine guns of the republic they eated in 1918 Ten dead and hundreds of wounded is the day’s material balance, and the spiritual balance is even wo Nowhere does a voice of protest aris: from the German Democrats, some of whom are members of the government the goods. During this Ludendorfj Is Cheered by Republican O fficials in Berlin, Publicist Declares. least a billion gold marks from the | | New Parliament of France De- scend from the premier’s seat, while | junless you count as “aceidental” | | upsetting of Poincare a few weeks| P today over eight billion marks in| ° DRASTIC REDUCTIONS On Our Entire Stock which tolerates such indignities. Even the Socialists still support this govern- ment with 100 votes. Other Deutsche Tage are being organized in the east, west, north and south. (Copyright, 1924.) NORMALCY’S RETURN IS SEEN FOR EUROPE clared to Be Nearly Same as Thirty Years Ago. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, May 17.—Europe s soram- bling back to normaloy. France's elections last Sunday, which have been widely trumpeted as a complete reversal of opinion, mean nothing of | the sort { ‘rance’s new parliament will be| antially the same as it was for| twenty vears before the war. The| popular vote for the varfous parties. | i, was almost exactly the same the previous election in 1919, | only difference being that it was and the Left parties did not understand the necessity of form- ing w coalition. They entered battle singly and were mowed down by the massed conservatives. This time they combined and got their normal quota of seats. The outgoing chamber of deputies, which held office for four and a half vears. was chiefly remarkable for its docility. It upset only two minis- tries, those of Levgues and Briand, Of these Leygues was a mere stop-gap introduced when Millerand was promoted to the presidency, | while Briand was overthrown only by the treachery of members of his binet. | France since the war has not ntained her reputation for frequent cabinet crises. Pre-War Days Recalled. now and the sit- days. The Left, W triumphed in the elections, con- s of two large parties, Socialists and Radicals, and several smaller groups, and las such & narrow mar- gin that the defection of any small fraction will upset the new govern- ment at any time. The old cabinet slayer, Briand, will be in his element, for the Left hus too many leaders with conflicting ambitions, and not a sin- le one of first-rate parliamentary lent. It is easily predictable that cabinet changes will be many and frequent. In foreign relations, beyond the rapprochement with the Soviets, which most observers agree was in- evitable whatever party came in, there will be little change funda- mentally. Premier Poincare’s un- vielding obstinacy, which, it must be d, proved 'generally success- give away to more flexible hods. The new chiefs will ask the me things in less imperious tones. “The legend of French imperialism finally laid to rest,” is the way one Paris editor puts it, and he adds that, while French foreign policy will re- main the same, nevertheless foreign countries will have greater confidence in the sincerity of the statesmen of the Left. Thus when France demands guarantees of security against Ger- man attack foreign countries will not at once cry imperialism or annexa- tion. One of the chief planks of all Left parties except the extremists is the strengthening of the league of ma- tions and if any encouragement comes from other nations, particularly Eng- land, this is on the s. 1t is considered likely that an agree- ment can quickly be reached for ad- mitting Germany to | league, a8 French conservative opposition bas been the chief obstacle to it in the past. But here the question ariees as to whether Germany would come in, as the nationalists are opposed to entering unless important modifica- tions are made first in the treaty of Versailles, especially in the clauses concerning the responsibility for the war. As things stand now, all Europe is erned by feeble majorities except Italy. 1f Mussolini makes up his to do so he can, by reason of impregnable internal situation, ield a heavy and perhaps deciding influence in European affairs for some time to come. 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