New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1923, Page 11

4 4 the - 2 ~ FRENCH BOOK ASKS WHAT DO WE EXPECT Series ol Manuscripts Reganding War Debt Payments By The Associated, Press, Paris, Aug. 14—A Yellow Book of diplomatic documents issued yester- .day by the French government brings out clearly that the United States ul- timately will be asked by the Allies how much of the interallied Hebts she expects to be paid. The book contains thirty-seven tel- egrams and letteré, most of them be- tween. Premier Poincare and French Ambassadors. They are dated from May 2 to Aug. 3 and deal with the Ruhr situation, ~ reparations, - debts .Aand the British questionnaire. ¥ Premier Poincare puts his position plainly in a June 12 message to the French Ambassador in London. He instructs the: Ambassador, among other things, to tell Lord Curzon, the British Foreign Secretary, that “it is problem of interallied debts which prevents us from telling Gers any now the exact amount she owes us.” England First, U, S, Next. The message adds: “The solution of this problem is in the hands of England, first of all, and the United States afterward. The latter can be approached in a common accord by the Allies when <they have agreed upon a formula and it has become evident everything depends only upon the attitude of the government |+ at Washington. The Yellow Book was issued as a reply to the British action in an- nouncing that the world would be called upon to judge the present situation with regard to Germany. The documents which hitherto had not been published, consist mostly of instructions to the Ambassadors on how to present the French viewpoint on the situation. } Set Out in Detail. They set out in great detail, and ften in the'.exaet language, declara- tions already made by the Premier publicly and emphasize M. Poincaire’s #bsolute consiction that Germany can pay, must pay and will pay, be- cause France will follow a policy of making it easier to pay than to stand the pressure in the Ruhr. Premier Poincare explains his idea of guarantces, suggesting that Ger- many deliver the Rhineland railways to the Allies, give them certain Ruhr toal mines, collect customs in gold for the Allies and otherwise actively cooperate in the payment, The Premicr is firm throughout, however, in his announced poliey of compelling Germany to cease resist- ance, and he refuses to compromise on the occupation of the Ruhr or the amount of. reparations, except as compensated by cancellation of inter- allied debts. VISIT CRIPPLED CHILDREN Members . of - Goodl-For-Somethiing Club Take Games and Toys to Boys and Girls in Newington Home. Forty-two members of the Good- For-Somtthing club of the Church Vacation school held an outing to the Newington Home for Crippled Chil- dren yesterday afternoon. The chil- dren aook bean bags, toys and puz- zles, also books and flowers. They took measurements for block quilts, which they will make at the school. Following their visit to the children, they climbed to the top of the moun- tain, where they held a dog roast. The Good-For-Something club is composed of children who have been recommended as having done ! kind deed and at preseht there are about 60 members. “Bring your babies to church” is a feature of the religious revival in Belfast. Our own make Mayonnaise in bulk, 75¢ qt. tomorrow only. Cooked Food s‘?op.—ndn. FELT SLIPPERS, all colors Special for Wednesday . . . Women’s Patent and Black Kid PUMPS— Special for Wednesday .. BATHING SHO! Special For Black, Blue and.Red— Wednesday .....o....... $1.00 NOTHING LIKE 1T IN THE WORLD f Gentleman in Rochester " Praises “Fruif-a-tives” ° The Great Fruit Medicine ¢Fruit-a-tives’’ are unlikeany other remedyin theworld. Theyare made from the juices of apples, oranges, figs and prunes, and tonics, by, a secret process which prodyces a compound as unique in composition as it is famous for its medicinal value. Mr. R. B. O’Flynn of 89 North Union St., Rochester,” N.Y. says, “For what “Fruit-a-tives’ have done for me, I believe they are the best Stomach, Liverand Bladder Medicine that the world has ever produced”. 50¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25¢. At dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y, — LIQUOR PIRATEY BOARD VESSEL Paria, Scene of a Fight Over Booze When in Harbor New York, Aug. 14.—Bootlegger pirates, whose raids off Rum Row are comparable to exploits of earlier freebooters, have extended their out- lawry to the Hudson river, it became known yesterday, when the Captain of an American steamship was ques- tioned. at the Custom House follow- ing a fight aboard his vessel in which river pirates attacked a gang of boot- leggers and escaped with 29 cases of liquor after a two hour battle. The Paria, a shipping board steam- ship operated by the Columbian Steamship company, was the scene of the fight, as a result of which Cus- toms officials obtained clues which led to seizure of 100 cases of liquon hidden in the mailing room of the Paria. Whether there were any casualties could not be learned by Customs of- ficials. The boatswain of the Paria has disappeared, they said, but there is no proof he was' killed. The fight occurred early Saturday morning, a few hburs after the Paria docked at Pier 69 with a cargo from the West Indies. ~ The bootleggers, apparently having confederates in the crew of the ship, had removed 30 cases of liquor and were loading it into their boat along- side when the pirates arrived in their motor boat, Some leaped into the bootleggers’ boat while others clam- bered up the side of the JParia. The bootleggers = fought stubbornly with whatever weapons came to hand. No shots were fired, apparently be- cause the adversaries feared they would attract the customs guards on the piers. The victorious pirates transferred the liquor to their boat and headed for the open river. Then, probably fearing attack by other hijackers they put the liquor aboard a lighter close to the Paria. After waiting some time without being attacked they re- loaded 29 cases of the liquor and got away. - The thirtieth case had been con- cealed by the captain of the lighter. It furnished the clue on which, cus- toms men raided the ship a few hours later. - Whiskey and Benedictine con- stituted most of the seizure. The lot was estimated to be worth $60,000. Capt. L. L. Haywood of the Paria told customs officials yesterday he spent Iriday night ashore. The ves- sel, he said, was in charge of the second mate. The boatswain disap- peared the night of the fight, customs officials * asserted. Capt. 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De- claring that France was on the brink of an agreement with Germany, the lecturer said: “Any Frenchman, one of whom I am, detests the idea of an inch of German ground being added to French territory. The Ruhr occupa- tion was the result of two increasing visions in the French mind-—security and justice. especlally those living in northern France live in dread of a German re- vival made more dangerous by the treaty of Rapallo, and openly avowed by Nitti. The idea of justice is cer- tainly endangered by the gradual evaporation of German responsibilities and by the accompanying evaporation of German indebtedness. The reali- zation of this gradually brought the French to count only upon them- selves. Hence the occupation of the Ruhr,” 3 Canon Dimnet asserted ™ that the high hope of a rapprochement with Germany lay in the economic domain. “It seems extraordinary td me,” he said emphatically, “that people do not see it as it is, an irresistible curtent which drives France toward Germany, as thé current which slowly but surely drives America toward Europe. Even now we are on the brink of an agreement with Germany. The sum which M. Poincare mentions as his final demand—26,000,000,000 wmarks is far inferior to that which Germany herself used originally to mention. The only thing that is needed is the collaboration of England and Amer- ica.” Abbe Ernest Dimnet will be re- membered by New Britain people as one of the speakers at the annual meeting of the National McCall Asso- ciation which was held in this city last sprinf $1.29 DANIEL GREENE COMFY FLORSHEIM FOR MEN AGENCY FOR EDUCATORS SLIPPERS VOGUE SHOE 236 MAIN STREET All French people but || SHOP SOROSIS FOR WOMEN I OPPOSITE MONUMENT : | BARGAIN WEEK Begins Thursday Morning at 9 o’clock This store believes wholeheartedly. in . the BARGAIN SALE. It also believes in sell- ing standard merchandise at lower prices than any other store does or can and is doing it all the time day in and des out. Once each season it places its entire stock upon the BARGAIN TABLES at prices so low, at values so great, that during each “BARGAIN WEEK” this great store is crowded to capacity. Such will be the case beginning Thursday morning when this enormous stock will be turned over to you at BARGAIN PRICES. 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