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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, JEM H PILIIEinO ! European - Chaos Affecti All Canadian Industrie!; I Agriculturalist Uneasy. I r 'Economy by Lawmakers t. I Question ; ' Immigration . Considered Is BEETAST, Feb. ID. (By the Aase elated Press. V Cardinal Itogue. primate of all Ireland, in a Lenten to the Armagli arradloceae, to be read In the ehuirehes ttmiorrew, presents a remarkable picture of the condition obtaining-- in Ireland, and scores "those who put firearms or lethal weapons Into tfbe bands of mere school boy sending them to oemmlt crime." "Never before In the world's history," aaya the past oral, "did such a wild destructive hurricane spring from such a thin, Intangible, unsubstantlaj vapor the difference between some equivocal woros m an oath, the difference between artarnal and Internal connection with the British common-Wealth- .' 111 paa-Cor- al RESTORE ORDER Demanded; ...... . IIIGl Radicals Are Rapped by Cardinal Logue rdisfres, fratly oom-jsre- fo V fur-Eth- the Just grlsvancea of the weat, demand Intelligent JtS.lJnomtc the farmer, There also y parliament. By problem of immigration. consent, a select lramratlon la vital needs. The census that ttwen 1411 and 1M1 people left Canada aa entered Other figures reveal that today ami-- ; thej bastion surpasses Immigration. Yet on-1 emerges from a futile conference fcferenoe with the jwovinces ihat toeoaaiee of Ks very nature was, ' ttoomed to failure. There to an imperative call everywhere 'for wmomy by the lawmaker. Canada a Inancial poaltton today la very senvue. (aw Mrlotia mav be grasped front the ast that eince the 'dose of the war the armistice the national dobt haa inoreaaeo ny a ouuon oman an X'!wmhr 122. wu I3.31.63.81S. in The country is not much Interested f)K)Hllcal taut toe or strategy, me oia war-tfr- i. the old shibboleths aad fonnirlae. Slmost alwaya dlvoree4 from reality, have loet thetr appeal ana potency m !entirely .ontact with exMIn- - dfficultlea. Today Ahe country la not aw much concerned or Hberal or ;ver whether pronreaalvea halve llttla Scon serv stives (names that to fit i the times) are trimn- tkh&nt in .tactics and debate. Us conoern tm almost aipJelv that parliament fwhole shall legislate with a simple what for promises the public must 1. it in Participation UPSET I y$ r r" I I - YOUR Decision by State Supreme Court Hold Proposal to Be Unconstitutional. MENT 10. The IIELBNA, Mont., ooaipensation measure, voted by referendum by' flie? people of Montana last November, vats' held uhconstttutienal by the state supnerae court 1n a decision w a test ease hanifiad down this awmlng. The opinion haiaMed down today, written by Associate JtatUoa Albert J. Oalen, held that the measarre oontraveaed section 1 of article 13 ml the Montana constitution, la that ttl would authorise the state to give or loth its credit ire aid of an Individual, or wake rtenetlo r grants to Individual. eoaJustice Oalen Botraed out? that tJbe atitutton prevldea thht tuxes in Montana shall "be levied and) collected by general laws for public purposes only." Justice Oalen's opinion continued: "There rests no laaal duty a the state to reward those who tbattlad for the pres ervation of the natldn; '.he legal obliga tion runs the other, way. The Individual owes duty to society to come to the defense of his country in time of war, Insurrection or Invasion, whether comf pensated or not. "Nor can this act sustained within the limits of our constitution on the ground that the money authorised ta te paid ts Tor a public purpose, dearly the payment of a bounty to those who served la the military establishment of the linked States during the world war Is not a public purpose of the stats after the termination of the war, within tha The obligapurview of the constitution. tion rests primarily on tha United lit tee government. If anywhere, to make aalta. ble provision arid allowance to those who rendered military serv are, rather than npon the state aa one of the units ef the United States." sol-dle- AT Lowest Mm ta Years SMALL INCOME! C P. f le a. Sets Sail for France Hi Home lO.-K- mlls ti-i- n con-ttnre- nt -- :new hetiioeT . .4 Service to Be Conducted by Scout -- , m -- I1 Srt eoedd , rb. le ANYTHING 1 HEART DESIRES FROM OUR WONDROUS NEW STOCK YOUR a YOU WILL BENEFIT GREATLY BY AN EARLY Week CHOICE. COME IN TOMORROW SURE! PAYS FOR IT! Low Prices and Our EASY TERMS BUY NOW, PAY LATER! Washington Hopes. t . COME IN TOMORROW We may dismiss the notion that the French will abandon their siege in any useful time. That la to say, they are certain to continue on their present lines until euch time as the Oarmana shall surrender, or else the whole German economic fabric la so shaken by tbe results of the siege that it may be counted lire-- ! trievably ruined. Solution, If n Is to come, must come y surrender or by intervention. But surrender Is totally unlikely aa long as the Oermana have anv remote faith In the possibility of intervention, beoauee any terns the French might give must seem to them sure to be worse than those obtainsbio after ta- larvenuon, Whatever the modifications of the Ruhr situation, then. It seems fair te conclude that tha French will . stay In th Ruhr for a very kmc time. Even a German surrender would net lead necessarily to a French withdrawal, for the simple reason that the French troop are In the Ruhr not alone to comoel tlwrma a eurresidar, but te insure Germs com pilar ee with the conditions ef any surrender. , STUNNING BOUGHT IN NEW YORK THE SECRET OF THEIR BEING ABLE TO . DRESS SO WELL ON A CHOOSE OF JUST RECEIVED! IS French to Stay in Ruhr. S. P. IS GRANTED o-- Sk W I NEW SPRING APPAREL NO DOUBT THIS STORE ' - Ib. 0 at, A STUPENDOUS SHIP- PRETTY CLOTHES ONE DAY LONGER! y rRANK rf. 8IMOND8. WASMINaTON, Fob. 10.A week sea In describing the Ruhr situation I termed ii a siege. Events sine that time hav Srattjr well 4emonstrate4 th accuracy of the term, and the alec Itself has been proceeding In u wetrs. The action of Ui Freno in isolating the Huhr and the export of coal from the mines j to nnoccupled Germany Is no more than a urvsu! m to oroinary investment of a "beleagured ' fortress. , What are in for, It would seem, short of aa abrupt German capltula-Woto a protracted affair. French sc. oupatiori of the Ruhr was sut attempt to In all miliaccentpHsh ulck results. tary otierattona before aa army sits down In front f fortress it Invariably tries at least one brusque attack to determine whether the fortifications will hold. Grant bagaa that way before Vlckaburg and waa repulsed. In a degree, the French have suffered a similar initial reverse, but Just aa Vlckaburg fell, ao must every, other besiaced fortress surrender unless it la relieved from the outside or the besiegers give up the operation. Now, In the end, it is certain that besieged Germany anuet surrender, unless the outside nations Intervene or the French abandon their operations. fr heals rupture ENVY n, CONTROL OF of It Dead at Want a Lovely You ACQUAINTANCES' War. It remains unmistakable that if th French are to be moved out of the Ruhr it oaa only be achieved, bv some sort of International action, some ac tion on the eart of the countries which are Interested, but, unlike Helsrtum and France, saw not directly par Urh ting i the military operations. These nations are obviously Great Britain, Italy aad the United States. Moreover. It is a fact that In Washington at tbe moment there exists la administration circles a strong nope inat sooner or inter some joint proposal may be made by those three Meantime, in the United States pre- sureOontinuee to be exerted upon th f Discoverer administration te take scene sort of ac- t roil.--, aad the Borah resolution and the debates npon It have supplied eomclete Munich of this fact. But th difficulty has proof (OeSsleaei fnss lge One.) been, and remains, the Inability of the I BEEUN', Prb. 10. (By the Associated stovarnment to make any pro American William Conrad uatlon Professor Press. ) can hav valu the might find partial remedy, but in posal whkh Roentgen, dlsoeverer of the Roentgen many respects ne remedy weuM be pos French. After all, the French are now' Is dead sible, rays, popularly known as enewged la a military operation ts pro- -, certain result. They have every ;at Munich. "Ths reoerd Justifies 'tits aoncluaioa due believe that In th end their that separate operation of the Central reason toeffort William Conrad Roentgen was born In Pacific will produce the desired Unas routes will military disrupt existing on IT, March 1141, Prussia, I.ennep, result. Te ask them now to give over services In California ass bet his early education in Holland and. and It esIs tveoeasary ta promise tha operation state and adjacent states and heu studied at. Zurich, Switzerland, that' to of tbe result for which the extent that that rupture may tkein attainment take where be took his degree In ISO. After revt their great oasn- imwis Tender be mitigated.) they have under service as professor of physios at Various possible f val much continuance ttie paln. In to 188i, Herman universities he went. uable transportation service now con Wurnbur;, where. In 18t5. he made the ducted over the Centrsi-Patjifaad Guarantees Essential. discovery for hleh his name was chiefly Southern Paclflo lines without rearard to tar. no American proposal known, that of the JRoentgen or audi sjeemrastten haNow.vasobeen ownership, which went sketched, was while experimenting with a oorjmrate will result to an indetermlnaM , ; It extant near the main issue, rne anywhere highly exhausted vacuum tube on the In the increased eost of operation and prwbleta Is net ta fix the sum of reparaInvestment la conduction of electricity through gases duonoation of oapital We tiav )uat been throe gh a that he first produced the raya which, railroad facilities anal iaoreaaed coat af tions. with the British in the matBeoUaa "beeauss of their great penetration and epemttan. ter of aa international debt, hut a suc their power of passing through, various of the necetiattna cesiehanen cessful ' strhstancea which are opaque In ordinary C. P. Earning; Capacity. ehouM not deceive observers. The realight, nave become or the greatest value Moreover. It Is doubtful whether after son that tha thine succeeded waa that in science, especially to the medical a time at least, the Central Pnciflo, if th British ware w ruins; ts pay and that aa an independent carrier the sol wroblem was on of terms which For Ills discovery he received tue Rum-for- d operated would have the earning oajaadty. credit were both possible and reasonable. medal of the Kuyai aoclety la Hit. and financial stability ts sustain u ths German case, on the contrary, the with Philip Ijenardl, who was heavy burden or Its fixed ohantas ait th first step mist b rindltiar srsm way ' .Jointly honored because of hi previous re- -' provid the osskal for tm Mutnsnwnt and te Insure German payment, when any twrsuad searches with cathode raya. tmprevement neoessary ta tha future ts susn is fixed. You will not now-asl or pubite serv- the Frame t leave the Ruhr meet ttte requirement ice. Indeed, there are reasotis for grave the same is equally true of tii Belgians Coue ntn y are able to prove to thara that doubt whether the Interests of the omncertain for trv as a whole would not be adversely If they retire they can t in affected by the financial probieih and th future that Germany will comply be fixed aa which shall terms with th results consequent upon sues e.- separa to payment, both as to total a urn and NKW TORK. Feb. Coue. tion." To do this you From the lea?! standpoint, the seal- - annual Installments. the Nancy pharmacist, whose own of his Butosunaestion treatments eioH explained, the supreme court de- will have at one time to protect the has created wide interest, sailed for 1 cision dissolving the mersrer was legally Germans against undue pressure and in effect, and to be esnsKSsred Uie guarantee the French and the Belgians bun) today, authority, Bnt the commission It seal nst farther deliberate evasion. rnowarapners on me oo'K iaugnea when ne asurel thstn that "day by self, viewing the two railroads) aa in af Other Hurdles Seen. day they were geltlne: better and bet- fect separated, under powera conferred upon It by the transportation act. aa- ter." There Is the first hurdle to be ne'I am very pieaeei with tbe results tnorisea tne Hsatnera inaute easnttaay gotiated In any International conferthe capital stock of the Central ence. But of my American visit." he said. "J waa to there are tlvsrs oolv less specially surprised at the treatment ac- 1'sHfic. and te ieaae uatll DecemiMr 11, serious. All Rurope agrees that tbe corded me by the Americans. Nor did I I9ti, the lines which the latter comnee tons of reparations and tntoralned anticipate the great success that I pany owns. The authority thus aranted. J linked. The Untisr Inextricably achieved. 1 am heartily grateful to the the order said, may be tersnlnated at edest States cannot propose anv confer-nr- e American public to the doctors, minis- any time by the oemmisakm and is for fixation of reparations the, uewn rbe matntananne of the ters and newspapers who gave me ample oonfrentlng tha unaclmous view time to demonstrate mv ckilms before traffic agreements mentioned, Further, without na.tk.ms of the that such a European ' the unlftnatloa sf the tsjw tines eetteai conference would be at UI horn. ' did It liey aaid anythirur about nte." plated will become null and void attber net ahw iinwo la. Its suremla th subIf the Bouthern Pacific company dlspeeea of debts. of the Central Pad fie stock, or If the ject The British have now asrreed to pay coertmlselon lteeif, before the consummali.tOO.OM.WXl ou luiur distance terms. tion of sreneral slans for qsnseltdatlon as It has been generally assumed that this of railroads, deciarea that the m error is a step la the diroctton vt a general, of ths two ralirsads ia an obstacle te clearing up of th debt uestin. Cm , such ronsoBds tlon. the a I view h, one more contrary, City Doctor's Discovery Makes M added. Now ttsat the BritTruss er Operation Unneoeeaary. . , ish hav bound themselves to pay us, Church la tnor certain than that they nothing R A new discovery whlcn, eiperts agree, will Insist upon obtalirine; from Germany )is no equal for curative effects In all and those of their allies who owe them tuptuie cases, la the latest accomplistoner suffloient paynunt t liquidate hment of Ir. Andrews, tit Koch Bldg., Special is TVs Trlbaa. their debt te ue. ansas ' City, - Mo. - The extraordinary SPANISH PORK. FVe. Obrc ser-y- o of this sew esethod arovea that ...jive at the Second ward church tomor- Germany Must Pay First. lit lioUi ab4 heals a rupture. It weighs row afternoon wtil be conducted by ths r it ly a few ounce. Has) no hard axhxoatlc however thai Jt la seauaUy boy Scoots sf treop Ke. (. H. S, HusTbea Britain debtors win neither pay Britain no elastic belt, ne lee; straps, will bave chart and the follewlns; pro-as- or us save as no steel ands, and Is aa comfortable as Germany pays them. It be irivsn: Patrlotki songa; Is eouaUy beyond hat they will p li t garment It has enabled hundreds mueie will soout band; cornet solo, not pay until th debate the by sum mt Oertnan Payto throw awsy trusses and Ma Thewiaa; aceut demonstration ments to ,f teraurui haa then th coats their of healed, rupture Absolutely first knot aid: saxophone of th reconstruction ef their own (rlre tying aad rains, io, Soeut Mile Adams: edresa, bsd B. '.any of these had serious double rup-- J war. from resulting Frnal'if, everyone which from had suffered for Hinckley; chorus, twelve seam tat. they tree, agrees that Germany cannot pay both ears. It Is It. Andrews ambition to th ooete ef reperatlens and the debts of every ruptured person enjoy the AUFALFA SEED lf DEMAND. ' ' k.'iirop to the United State. tkk relief, comfort and nealing fxwmr ferial ts The Trttiass, P.otrM.v speaking. Ru:op owe a i bit discovery, and he will ami it on 10. There is MATAD, Idaho, a trial to any reader of Ths K&M Xtke ll.iffe,ai,et. Wiiat th allied natiohs demand for common alfalfa ewe ' Britain Is not Important for Ureat rli'une who writes him. He wants one aet-d- , accordinsr to Ray 3. Smith, eminty the strop! reason that tbe British hav Te;trhtrhood to whom he 'f.II n In web He says that good, clean, dadder-free adopt ed th If yon wish to be rid of snip. aent.alfalfa policy of ask J oar from Gerp'r.(fool, seed la very scares. Mr. many and from Britain's allied debtors t.t an operation, take Pmilh ia 'c f w.ihf a. survey t,t only enough to Ta' th maka te srrangiug Catted States. Uia lienor's free offer. the ( ewtsJn tne amount of In a word the British have said: "We 1 uty ,ia louay, (AJv.) alfulfa seed the farmers have for sale. are willing to cancel what our allies X-Ra- DON'T - , The upheavals In Rurope, with their of markets, credit and effects of a fchangee, largely nullified i mnseauence of thli In huwi. f nd noma other things, adversity haa snome upon in larmer. xim sens of contented and tinder a smarting toward the existing- - order. With ,nivanc on a Jiign wvh. wuu Iwagee continuum with transportation ixe iiKreeeod, a burden, with the cost of ever-of level ything fee buy much sbove theesces hrirKrai Anvu that errtmilturlst the iiact that the dollar price of his produce inhelittle higher than before the war, whilea dollar he receive In return haa pi d reduced purchasing (lower ai to former time 1 It la menacing to the dominion that large and so Important a portion of There population ta discontented. be no solid advance In trade and .in industry, offlclala admit, because agrt-ulturai prosperity snd business growth, fund agricultural dopreeslon an business ntagnatlon, run on xtaraiiet tines a tut are 'It weans, largely Intordependent. a aituatlon which lends itaelf to the wile of the demagogue and inritemnts piauedbl figments of the 4nd to the visionary. Already the votcee of .class and sectional the land and ax finding TAKE ELEVATOR-- u. Public Opinion to Force Intervention as It Did MOUIUS DURE Of Courc Hinges on Payment of the German Reparations. t "This Is tbe Vnly fonndatlon I nave seen alleged. Men versed in the subtleties of sohools may understand them; men of trood, sound, practical common aense halt hardly succeed. There may be other foundations pride, Jealousy, ambition, or even mere sentimentality but If they exist they are Isept la the background. "It was a biackiday for Ireland when The revolver rule wins Introduced. raids, robberies,, burnings, Qestrac-tlomurders of recent maiming and years constitute a horrible neoord for our poor country." m ISS FOREICN dept. second .-floor. :r;iiioi(i)iH"t.jt FLOOS. Collection of DebU by U. S. : proo-Clc- ZULLTKISY ErPT-THI- SD TAKE ELEVATOR. 11, 1123. 'I n, By JOHN GARDINER. (Copyright, IMS," by: fiilt I'Ake Tribune.) MONTREAL. Feb. 10. The Canadian tpurliament ha mtt under political and fftconomlc circumstances that will snake tit present del bora t ions momentous. Canada is not eoeaplnjr the backwash rvf turbulence In Europe,. Although she la ifrem from the dlsauiat lhat threatens the ioiil world with chaos, there haa been no the great war when ;time sine were mora grave or more preesing. in the treat weat there la undoubted DELAY SUNDAY MOKMNU, 1EBKUAK owe tia am) resign our share in German reparations, provided America, wfll cancel our to her. If America refuses, then we will scale down all our cbtlwis so that they just amount to tha oost ef the American obligation.' dtt ADies Claim Eleven Billion. Brit Ihxly, Franc and stobrtum, all of which we Britain large sums. JT.IWO.dOO.OuO, take the stand that they can only pay Britain and the United States mm ieeimany pay them. 8e yen hav th situation simply stated. Great Britain. Franc. Italy aad Bel-- f 'urn owe the United States upwards of Of this aam we hold ur former aaseoiates emtsid of Britain for $7.C,e,wu. and we hold Britain for 4.e9u.ti0,e, while Britain, In torn holds her continental allies for the $t,le.eoa.-00As for the Oewticetttai stares, they bold Germany for the whole sum, saaie-lIn ii,soo.a&,t. addition. France haa spent four billions of dollars m recomrtructtea and must ped w and iuUf ninr. The Belgians' coats. Including discharge ot foroed leans under German ocuupatton and redemption of German mark circulated during the German occupation, will total fj,,00tt,oa. Italy is entitled te 10 per cent of th srmt of Uern-sirepameans rations, and this will not by meet the cost of th reconstruction of Italian ruins. If yon estimate this It per rent aa worth a billion of dollars, you sret the assessable costs of reconstruction ftre-gati- lu.tv,0.v. 6. y. definite proposal on our part, the presennd there la no other tation ef a program prucram which could nucceed save that srhlch envisaged the reduction of allied debts along with that of German repara-Uon- s. Now, the only hope of Mr, Harding' and Mr. Hughes must be that the French and Belgian operations will fall as completely and with such rapidity that the two countries will ftivlt Intervention without torsos, or that the effects of tb Ruhr operation will be so disastrous to Greet Britain and to Italy that they will Invite to Join thetn in protest and preeeure. and that France and Belgium will be coerced by eoch pretest and preaeure inte an evacuation and a Sttbtnisskm of their ' me eeenowiic conference. oas to r uch a calculation, however, Hrnores tw easenttal circumstances. In the first occuiiatloa place, even though French immediate does not produce results, there Is not tbe acnallsH chance that it will be abandoned nntfl It has had ao complete a trial that, if H finally fails, it will only fall when Germany is and Industrially prostrated for decades. ' '- '.'' French Position Strong. In the second t1aca, so far as pro! cut are concerned, tbe British and, are In no position to bring pressure upon ay the French, because this would merely be to Invite Frenim reprisal in the near est and It would need Very little French us;ei(t ion to persuad the Turk to Mosul and provoke a war with Britin tb three countries at $.O6.o,ft0. lt ultimate result, ain, which, whateverwhole would of British Total Reparations Huge. ovempy the for a Ions; ttme and threaten the Te rebuild their' own ruins, then, the very solidarity of the BrltieHi empire continental states hold Germany to pay ae far ae It Mohammedan lands are ,M0, 00,000. To meet their foreign debts concerned. do to the war and owed th United thev have little As for the Itl-an- , they hold Germany far IU.ee. (wo.. temptation te cnn with ue and with the see directly to JMth while both f us insist that Italy 09, four and ens-ba- ll Britain, but due by Britain to as. fto shall pay the seven billions of dollars th sum of reparations frosn the conti- she owes n, and the main purpose of a nental point of view atnonata t conference weuld he to reduce what GeriKKi.eeO. whfea is almost twice What the many te to pay te aU of her creditors. world ew esttsnat caa Included. The only way Italy could Germany Bay. Yea may, state the thing etit accu- faItalybrought Into such an operation would rately, then, if you eay that Europe holds he by means of separate bargain: that soma debtor to haa what for reduction f X3.00.o00,o00, is, by temtaay Italy th cost of restoring the ruina resulting pay Britain and ourselves. But this from German Invasion and evatailn, would be no more than the first atap in and Jll.oOO.OuO.OOw, th eum borrowed by that very cancellation which we seek to Kurope from the Untied State to carry on vetd. th war against Uersaeny. No. a lens; aa the I'nited tatea in; te fix the total sf sists that there is no possibility of JoinNow, ff yea are Germs a reparations la any kBternattooal ing tha questions of aUied debts and conference, you wilt at one be faced by German reparation there tat not the email -th very frank statement ea ths part of st hop of useful American Inter If at any time we formalry sugKest th British that they Intend to make Germany, France, Italy and Belgium pay a conference we shall be asked to agree them in the aggregate enough to discharge to submit the question of debts alone; Meant im that debt lo im. which they hav Juet with that of reparation funded. Tb rest of what Europe owe French occepation of th Ruhr will cen- and either Germany will them they will cancel. Next Belgium. or eventually be ruined, if ItaJv and Frano will any that they mean it will he on French to hold tlertaany for the coats of their she does surrender, reconstriK'tlea and af their debts directly and Belgian terms and then, however saver bs will term. Just, and indirectly to the United States. n le . tta. ven-Uo- a. present-surrend- Sentiment Changing. Sttuatioa Complex. This la tit aituatlon which makes It Impossible for Mr, Harding or Mr. Hughe to intrvn In the Ruhr. An economic conference, If it were railed, would not. fix under any conceivable jelecumstane German capacity for payment aa above a capital sum of ll,8(X.0O0.o6; that la, rouchly speaking, a sum jttmt sufficient lo meet Europe's debt to us. But such a Sum would leave France. Belgium and Italy without a cent of reparations to pay for their ruins. Thus an economic tsrmerne would benefit no on but tbe United ftste. for w should are reparation there fixed at a sum hist large enough te discharge our claims Kurope, and, in addition, Wei should hav the Boropean markets restored. If peace followed. Accordingly. In any conference , th European would Insist that the cost ef reconstruction should hav priority evwr these ef Debt. Bat that wonld wipe out nseat, if not all, ef our claims against Surea. aant tit Conference Useless Now. As long aa tfaer er ts a deadlock between ths American and European tuoint ef rain WW. 'no Amertoaa Interveeitica amoant to anrthina;. fcven K a eenfer-ess- e were oalled, the ssm deadlock wuid Immediately appear. Moreover, while the conference waa debating the French Would remain in the Huhr and the systematic sucon. would ruin of U te clear that In ofcircles Washington disapprocourse rebation of th Franco-Belgia- n mains constant, a subtle chance is takcountry. A ing; place throughout the reek ago" I remarked here; that th sentiment Id Washington ana In the country wa hostile to th French poUcy. But sine that tlshe I hare had several s gnlflcsnt letters, ra'ncina; from Boston to St. liouis, all of which have declared that I waa In error and that public sentiment held with the French, This ISTpresatow, I happen to knew, to hssdanina; to reach official oircles. enator Reed's speech aad the national response eras in tha nature of an and if thle nation-wt- d feeling be ooatlnuea to develop- it hi going administradifficult for tb increasingly tion to attempt any intervention which is unwelcome to the French. That is why tooth from tha aeparunent af state and the White Home we hav bad recent Intimations that the edmlniarratioa was waiting en France. But the French are and will remain wail lug on Meantime,-whil- ficial eve-Pttn- er - y. tlr Two Courses Open. Aa I see it. th 1'nlted .States nan only follow on f two course. It can stay resokitsty oat of the situation, lett'nf Germany and Franc fight it oirt. with th certainty that in Ihe erfj Germany Te go Ucrwtaax, will be ruined ami we shall lne not only ceed. American Intervention would have all of the debts due us from .the Conti lo be accompanied by a specific and nental nations, but also suffer as a re' suit of a tremendone restriction ot the purchasing power of Europe as weil. Thit e tbe policy of real isolation, of Isolation at any price, with a clear prevision of what the cost must be. The other pornrible 'course is to Invito an ttitemattonsl conference 1o discuss both reparations . and Interallied debts, with the foreknowledge that this means the reduction of the sum ef German rer ration 'to a total, which. would being1 Jtossibie and reasonable, provide just sufficient payments to enable the continental nations to rebuild their ruins and the British to repay us their debt. Ruoh total would be around fourteen billions of dollars, ef which Germany ha already paid two billions, leaving- twelve to be paid. In this fashion We should reduce our debt otaims from oleven billions and a half of dollars to four billions and a half, the British would- - cancel the ten billions and a half which their former allies owe them, Frane would eanoei the two birMojis which her former allies owe her and the creditors of Germany would bilwipe out nineteen of the thirty-thre- e lions of dollars owed them by Germany by the terms of the settlement of 1921. in conformity with the provisions of the treaty of Versailles. .f BILL IS FAVORED ' -- : U;S.BghtIKctater But in iwtkrnit-ewc- Insist that France prurwse-l- r -c- arrying evacte' Ger- many and we mb?ht undertake to share with the other allied nations In a joint blockade of German porta, if Gorman? wilfully evaded the terms of the new settlement. Such a settlement would give us a substantial payment on account of ouf loans. 49 per cant, to b exact: In addition, ft would reopen for var exports th European marknts, now likely to be It would abolparalyzed Indefinitely. ish th menace of lasUwr Kuropean more nowhere keenly felt then In Great Britain. It would do oway with the danger of later French military operations acalnot Germany, and It would meet the French Abimusrl lhat there be some sort of aruaraatoe of German performance. , LottS Wait Assared. If we wait until th day conies when France ask us to intervene, we shall hav to alt idly by while Germany Is ruined, our European markets abolished and even British payment rendered difficult if not Impossible, for. wtth every purpose of paying, Britain wlH be powerless If th European market sroee to smash. lf we wait until Britain and Italy ask us to Join In ft hostile move against France, we shall accomplish no more, for Brttatn ts not fckety to be in a position to Invite French reprisal In the near east for many a day to come and Italy twee th debt Question as doe France, as does Belgium, s does au ef Europe for that matter. Tbe difficulty with American policy new, as I see It. lies in the fact that Mr. Hughes ts equally anxious to avoid the risks of intervention and th losses incident to isolation. He wants to protect our claims upon Kurope and at the same time he, desires to prevent a European collapse, which would abolish our foreign trade. But given European fart aa tbey are. it is almost unbelievable that we en save both th octet and the markets and there la at least coed reason for believing that If w Insist of th debts w shall upon the tnteffi-ttIn th end lose both debts and mary kets. froa Fags One.) tee, while Senator T,a Follett sought to summon BtltoU Wadsworth. assistant secretary of the treasury and secretary of the commission. Senator fimoot was reported to hav told the committee that tbe agreement entered into was a modification of the original American proposal, which contemplated a flat Interest rale of 8V& pV cent over the entire jiertod the loan waa to run. This wa unacceptable to the British fwersrun and the terms TtnaHy agreed upon a per rent for th first ten thcxi years and ih tier cent thereaf'At' ' were .proposed. jl ", i." Await Red's Return. with it apparent sacrifice on our part f they seem to me only apparent, for the billions owed us by the continental nations are lust as unlikely to be paid a the other bllliim owed by Oemiatty) we should be la a position to mak We certain ; other conditions. nrtsrht (Oeatlassd " At the reo4iet of Sena tor Heed. Democrat, Missouri, Senator Walnh requestetl that the committee vole be deferred until next Thursday, when Senator Reed expect to return to Washington, but Republican leaders wanted to get the measure n the senate calendar immediately. They did agree, however, not to call it up In the senate until Senator-Reereturned. ' Committee Democrats opposing the legislation agreed not to resort to oh. structlv tactics during senate' considers tlon of the bill, and Republican leaders were hopeful of (retting a vote after of one or two days. There were some indication, however, that the discussion would be rather general and that several senators would Insist upon more Information regarding the debt negotiations tha has been made public. Only one minor change wan made in the house bill. This is an alteration of th text, and the exportation was that if K should be approved toy the enat the house would accept it without a ruling the measure to conferee and thus delaying Anal congressional action. -- de-b- at bnt they are prepared to "consider Inter- allied debts along with German reparaprovided such consideration leads tion, to th restoration of peace and economic prosperity. Politically, Borah, Is in the stronger position, because in the end those who have something to sell and can't sell it are going to demand action by the government and held the administration responsible for Josses Incident to the closing of the Furopean markets. Borah la, too, reinforced by the large number of people who regard It as selfish and worse to ait passively by and sea Kurope ruined. - Waiting Safe Opening. Bnt the administration's chief difficulty is that It la neither convinced of the wisdom of Isolation nor ready to risk th present perils of participation. tilef among which la the certain break with tha Irreconcilable group 1t th senate. Mr, Hughes's New Haven speech was a venture toward participation; ills present policy Is a return to isolation" pending safe opening for renewed but anodyne action. Meantime events In Rurope march. Jut as they did eight years ago when Mr. Wilson waa struggling with a problem by no means dissimilar. Then, dccpiie his obvious reluctance. American public opinion finally compelled him to Intervene. In th end American Interests were too visibly Imperiled to permit continued isolation. My own judgment Is that in th end Mr. Harding and Mr. Hughes will hav also to submit to the same coercion ' of evnnts. Tet delay In action m 191S and prolonged tb world war for two and led to ait enormous Increase Inyears the ruin. Delay now ia imilarly,promoting European ruin. We Just missed comics; too 1st tb last time; this time we may not escape. Senator Johnson and th irreconcilawhs march with, hint are perfectly willing to pay tbe coats of f vol tlon. Tbey are willing to toe both debts and market rather than run any risk of entangled In Kuroooan affairs. Isolation at aar price is shetr Idea; It is knairal amd staple. Whether it I Possible notlttoally or defeasible ethically Is quit another suestlon. Dorah WeH FortiSed. Senator Borah and those who stand with him ar not terrtned by riak nf getting Involved in European politics, because they believe it is possible to separate economic from political Involvmontn. (Copyright. 132!!, by the Mcciure News, They oppo.se alliances and guarantees, paper Syndicate.) ble .i |