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Show ALL OF EUROPE MARKS TIME AS RUHR DISPUTE: REMAINS DEADLOCK f J A CI. 0 ' 'aL " CK N S ' 1 ii mmm ... - By WM. PHILIP ITHt, The fate of Europe, and to a large txtent. the world. Is bound up In the Ruhr. M "How d the Ruhr look to yof Wherever I want In Kurope. from Rarlln te Oonat entmople, that was the first oueatton people a-d roe. Her in America It Is th same thing. Polka everywhere eeem te aena that world peace hlngee here end that on a proper aettltutt depends de-pends everything. by the Ruhr, of eouree. Is meant the whole problem of reparation; tf satisfying Britain and France with regard to Germany anj with each other; of aaeetlns the Oemanda of Italy and Belgium and Other allied al-lied iowri; of making Germany pay the laat red cent she caa for the war she atarted. but at the a me time not forcing her Into a aotllloA where she would at once begin secret preparations for a war of revenge ag soon as ghe could put one over., rw-SMCM CLAIM VICTORY. Be far as ths French are con-! con-! cerned, the "Battle of the huhr" Is sa good aa won. Prance haa Germany Ger-many down and Is sitting on hr bead, calmlv watting fur Germany to iT 'Valf rope." In France the people are worrying worry-ing no more over the occu pat ion of the Ruhr than yoe are worrying oirr our occupation of the Philippine. Philip-pine. They ara golr- about their daily Of-mpatlune without train and without worry, confident, tf you mention the euMr. t to them, t.-at "oner or later Oermany aiul knu 'k le. aa uermany, te the contrary, peo- finch TEconomlcally, Germany Is ard hit. England Is standing by. more or lees oa the sidelines, but by no n:eans a dlalntereated party. She Insists that Germany shall pay. but not so much that Germany cannot trade with Britain. And by no means mutt Germany gk.e up the Ruhr to Franue, nor In any way allow Franca, even commercially, i to exploit tae Ruhr. The Ruhr, in Frances hands, would mks France the dominating; Kuropaa por. vononaically. politically and militarily. mili-tarily. . Britain, would never consent con-sent te that. At least, not ror lenff. - . COKTIXCRT HALTatD. Meantime Europe la gtsndfng still while the quarrel over the Ruhr goee oa- Cvery nation oa the continent con-tinent Is bard bit bv It and by l icot het the United Kingdom, the I'nlted Stateg and the woria every nation whish. In the ordinary eouree of affairs, does business with .u-rxoe. .u-rxoe. Industry fare to uaJertake anything any-thing new for fear of getting hit by gome crisis before fairly atarted. Tuts results in unemployment and lop- b'lylng power. This reduce bMh exports and imports sad keeps International exchange bobMMg up and dowa momtly down which, in turn, deals bualnesa another blow. Kurnpc ordinarily tak. nearly f per cent of America a farm products prod-ucts off her hand. Th F.uro-peaa F.uro-peaa market today la shot to pie ea. Thle hits the America fanner. Th farmer Is the backbone of America Ameri-ca a prosperity. io you aad yours ers hit by this same Ruhr. pie ere excited. They are endrr con at ant strain. It 'Is their head France ta sitting en an tney want something done abot It. The Cuno ovmmnl ta In the Jaw of a big pair of ntnrhers. L'nleas It geta Oermany cut of the hole aad th only way te do that. 1 to give ia i to the a 11 lee--U will oltlmsteTy fall If It gtvee In te Prance. It will fall. Germany Is not united today on the Ruhr policy. It was a few month ago when all Germany knew enly one eentlment and that was bittern again Franc. Row U pcopi are btgiaalng to feel the |