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Show LEGION fCopy for This DopHrtnwnt Supplied by the AmorU-an Lofton News iVrvlee.) APPROVES ACTION Br FRANCE Ueflion National Executive Committee 0. K.'s Occupation of Territories In Ruhr Valley. The action of Franco In occupying certain territories In the Kuhr vallcj was given a stamp of approval by the .national executive committee of the American Lejvlon at a recent meeting In Indianapolis attended by representatives represen-tatives from every state. A resolution charged that Uie Germans Ger-mans bad attempted to wreck the tlmineiat system of their country for the purpose of avoiding payment and "by evasion and trickery sought to deprive de-prive France of the awards made by the peace conference." The committee commit-tee voted to send copies of the resolution reso-lution to President Harding, the congress con-gress and the French ambassador to the United States. Brig. Gen. John It. MeQulirs of Cleveland, chairman of the committee commit-tee which formulated the resolution, has issued a statement giving the reasons rea-sons for the Legion's support of France, as follows: First: Because the award was a righteous one rendered by a competent compe-tent court and accepted by Germany. Second : Because Germany has voluntarily vol-untarily defaulted nnd refused to pay and has wrecked her whole financial ystem to avoid payment. Third : Because the course taken by France is the only effective course left to her in dealing with an obstinate debtor. Fourth : Because Germany bus re fused to levy taxes and take othei steps necessary to enable her to pay the debt. We In the United S'ate are paying three times as much national nation-al tax as Germany, and France is jiaylng more than four times as much per capita as Germany. Fifth: Because if Germany is not made to pay the damage caused by tier, some one else will have to pay it. Sixth: Because, if Germany Is not made to pay, the slaughter and expenditure expen-diture of material and effort necessary to win on the battlefield will have been, to a large extent. In vain, and here will be little to deter cations from running amuck In the future and making an assault on civilization whenever they think they are sufficiently suffi-ciently strong to win. |