Show ROCK IS l STRUCK BY BIG FOUR AT PARIS Peace Conf Conference Begins to Talk About Money hone and andO Other O ler Real Things B By Br y Naboth Hedin Heflin Universal Service Staff Correspondent Paris March 29 Though Though nothing yet has lias appeared of ot the tho awaited smoke from tho the chimney where the conclave of ot the thc thc- big ble four our holds Its deliberations deliberations delibera delibera- there is no cause for tor despair be because because because be- be cause after four lour months of ot Joy riding skyrocketing sparring for position I testing the ground and feeling the theother theother I other out the important delegates o of tho the peace conference have ha struck rock bottom The They aro arc talking about money real estate coal iron ore and tho the real things over which wars start although tho the combatants do not know it I The German c cannon now exposed inthe Inthe in inthe the Place dc de de' de la bear this device In Latin Kings s' s last argument arsu- arsu ment After following European news for forthe forthe forthe the past five fie years and particularly the last five months I believe belie future cannon may bear the motto Tho final argument between rival economic in In- In teres ts Because what are arc the delegates discussing dis- dis cussing They ar are dl discussing how hov much mone money to make Germany pay what territory to yield and ancl how to divide divide dl di- di vide said proceeds That is all Premier Lloyd Llod George who Is gifted d with intuition if he lacks diplomatic training Is reported to have o said paid I Iwas It was not tho the billion dollars which Big Bla squeezed out of or France after alter a along along long war that made mado the outbreak o ot of 1914 Inevitable It was tho the grabbing of ot the hc of ot people Alsace Question of or Rights Right If Ie two ho o landlords trade houses the thedo they do not trado trade tho tenants in them 1 It If two hO nations could co hl bargain In Jn real cs estate es- es I tate tat without violating human rights peace would bo be assured The Tho Poles need a sea eca outlet through as I Nc New s' s York state l needs deeds eds New ew York harmor harmor har- har mor mort but Is la peopled b by Germans Germans Ger Ger- Geri i mans who naturally do not want to become Poles any moro than New r Yorkers want vant to become Canadians Canadians- Poland docs does not need heed the people people peo peo- plo or tho the Inhabitants of the Vistula I but she needs a waterway a water ay The They would call their first boat President Wilson Wil Wil- 11 son son Furthermore Furthermore If It f East Prussia Is cut from German y It It would b H a h o cu tI o i jd t th tec St 1 th rig Florida l from from tho United States S there Is suro sure to be war Similarly tho the Jugo Slovaks Ju o need an outlet through Fiume for tor their freight but they do not need tho the people of ot Flume who aro Italian Tho The Trieste situation is similar Franco badly needs the valley coal as Now ew York needs Pennsylvania coal but she ahe docs does not ne need tho the hundred hundred hun hun- dred drell thousand Germans ln ll living lr Iq that alle valley France Franco does not need tho the left lert of or the tho Rhine but sho she must have t assurances assurance's assurances assur assur- ances ance's against another attack attach Before 1870 1570 Germany needed the Lorraine oro but sho she did not need tho the Lorraine people But nut until nations tr trust sl each cach better it is impossible Impo to make such exchanges ex exchanges ex- ex changes of oC roods goods instead of people Germans Must Iut lay Puy Thero remains the tho mone money problem It Is absolutely fair that Germany ny should PU pay puy for tor damages but should sho pa pay for tor tho the losses In n business ss profits profits prof pro its which tho the of ot northern Franco suffered during the past five lIvo years Should Germany pa pay for tOr tho time excess cost of or the tho war to France through tho the loss of ot the use of or tho the Industrial In Industrial Industrial In- In region along the tho Belgian border border bor bor- der cr Who should be bo paid first and how much Above o all these problems which the big our four discuss dully dally dun hovers tho the bigger problem m o ot Bolshevism o Bolshevism or so social social social so- so cial revolution which affects tho the ownership ownership own own- of ot all property as well as tho form torm of ot government Another Sunday SUnda Sunday Sun SUn- da day of or public prayers prayer for or wisdom is mm needed d. As an nn example of ot tho the bargaining at- at attributed to tho the present one Paris paper reports that Franco offered special concessions In Asia Minor lInor in return for her claims Ilithe In Ili Inthe Inthe the valley Another offered 1 ranco 1 ranee Constantinople for Syria which was needed to round out the Arab em em- pire pin Such rumors aro are but tho they are plausible enough to gain cain credence This morning the chorus of or the tho In Inspired Inspired In- In press reports that Franco wants as the tho military frontier not tho the Rhino Itself ll elC but sonic Bomo lino drawn cast of or ortho tho the river her which demand Is perhaps b by military strategy Other papers report that Unit It is possible possible ble tile to assure Franco of ot coal coni without tho time people Meantime Germany n tOkes takes more threatening attitude In refusing to allow al allow al al- low the Poles to lan land at Every Eer da day people ask aHI anxiously Did wo wo we win tho the war If Ie so so is Js it won WOD now |