Show t 1 I II I I BAYONETS BAYONET'S DRAWN ON GERMANS S FRENCH PRESS SEES SG SIGN Of i CAPITULATION German Gennan Note Believed Pore Fore runner Fore runner of Surrender To ToI I Demands I I TEMPER IS CHANGING Men Back At Work and Cafes Cease To Discriminate I Z ny n-ny 3 By The Hie so clat I il Ires Ires troops threat Onell b u and anil used the butt bull end mt of or helt 1111 at noon today to break u UI up a d cro or 01 persalL Rhineland Rhine no person U Ot Ix herIC the Rhine Rhine- land high building against I the depol of oZ official lal I I P nr nis leb I i-B i B The Associated I I I 1 lie he council of oC the L League e or of I at n a secret session Jut Just 0 finally adjourning 0 to- to to I d day today Fl to put the or RuIn Ruhr occupation questions que on Its lt it 1 program rIlL nils means that for the present thOr k la is no possibility of or the Ilen c lakin any allY to between iK I ranee and Ger- Ger Germany Ger Germany 1 many PARIS Feb eb 3 S By By The Tho Th The Press Press Tho reparations coma com commissIon mission corn missIon today adopted a resolution IU su sustaining staining Its own of January 26 in refusing Germany a moratorium The rhe resolution was passed as a a replY to yesterdays yesterday's protest note from Ger- Ger German Germany Ger Germany man many Italy and Belgium voted fOr tho resolution Great Britain ab- ab ab shined front from voting a as In recent re- re reparation reParation re reparation commission ballots German s 's note of or yesterday represented eted an nn elf 01 t to renew the discus discus- discussion discussion sion slon with aith th Jo Iranee rance and reopen the tho re- re re reparations OO conti I overly It protested against the of ot January 26 and asked that the tho commission In accordance with the peace treaty re examine the tho capacity of oC Germany to pay SPIED IS S NOTED The TIle speed of oC the commissions commission's ac to action tion Ion on titi this not note l Is pointed to a as em- em em emphasising the thc il Tho The note nas as Jated Th Thursday It Jt was received ed Fyi Fyi- Fri Friday da lay day and anS answered cred toda today Hie ibe r reparation commission SIOn after th tha tho German style on maintains Its decision of oC January 26 I with With its ts consequence the resolution I read The January 26 decision refused i Germany a and put In InI force orce again the schedule of oC payments I Ida May oth th 1921 The co sion today by the same otc ote parsed a resolution to maintain Cor or 1924 the Iho schedule for deli erles of f wood b by Germany arranged last Jul F uly The German o note to The Geman Goman governments government's note to tho he reparation reparations commission protest protest- ing protesting ng against the recent refusal of a aI moratorium is regarded b by a 0 part or of orthe I the lie press as a forerunner of I German erman capitulation and as a a 0 direct I of French action in the Ruhr I Publication of oC the note today causes caUles commentators to remal that thit It r rep rep- rep represents p- p resents Germanys Germany's first attempt to toward ard resumption ot of exchanges It I the he allies As shown In it Its Ita note of oC January 3 th communication sas the the 1 Gt erman government gO go suspended pa pay payments ments tents In kind to France and Belgium because of oC the In Invasion alon which wa as conti ary to the treaty treaty-of treaty of the Ruhr b bv b these tao t 0 pOl e powers and tor or tho the duo allon of or this state of oC affairs and nd its consequences In In thus acting acting- the German roy roy- gov government exercised Ita ha lt right There cannot be a question ot d Cault In tho the sense of paragraph 1 17 anneJo 2 part 8 S of the treaty of Yer Ver- Ver Continued on Page rac 1 0 fRENCH iCH PRESS Rif SEES SIGN Of F CAPITULATION Continued from Page pago One ISI II sailles allies Consequently the German GermanI I go protests protest lI such a det default being belne recorded INCAPACITY CL 1 II The noto note then contains contain the tho con con- con con conclusion that tho German t for tor tora fora fora a moratorium had become null and voId It cites cite the tho reparation commis commission's slon's sion's decision of ot MArch 21 1922 rec roe roe- recognizing that the financial situation of Germany did not permit of her t the It- It e specific payment PIl ments for 1922 laid down by the schedule of o May 6 1921 It cites I also o the tho decisIon of ft August 31 1922 1 2 express express- ly expressly ly recognizing the Tact fuel that Germany had lost oit all h her r credit Internal and l In which tho the commission Considered the question ot of redU the external charges to be b Imposed on Germany continued the note each of ot tile principal allied pow pow- pow er ers powers power in hI plans submitted to the tha ParIs of ot January ry 2 recognized the present Incapacity of Germany to- to garding re considered ord payment In kind and condO consid- ered the question of ef the tho Immediate grant grantor tnt ot or a II moratorium of several years In addition to a II reduction of the total obligations under the tho sChedule ot of payments of May 1 c 6 1921 MIRK um n S n S ED ME the financial and eco eco coo economic situation In Germany has ha grown still n worse owing to the tho occupation of the Ruhr 1 of Its pre pr war alu l oy oyThe considers consider The Th note noto not declares declare Germany consid consid- ers er that the tho reparation commission In returning to the th schedule of ot pa adopted In London In 1921 Is In con oa- oa filet conflict with tho former attitude of bout botn the allied allIod commission lon and nd the th principal at- at al lied powers Tho The action of tho corn corn- missIon cora coniri Germany contends venes the th of ot the th Versailles Vr tren treaty which makes makos Germany Germony s e obligations rations depend upon her hr capacity payment and sots sets i t forth that her hr vital should have preference r nc over her reparations obligatIons WORSE TitAN THAN Now that French alid an Belgian troops Belc have hav Invaded tho the Ruhr antI and the German orthe territory on the loft bank bani o or the Rhino Rhine as well nell ell a as t the e Ruhr hai ha be- be begun begun min be-min I gun to be ba detached economically and nna from the remainder of th the economIc organization of Germany th the German government still loss less thAn before Is In a 8 position to meet me t tho the b ob of ot the London schedule the note adds add It cannot consider the tho th reparatIon commissions Commission decision of ot January 26 as 8 constituting constituting- a II real reply to It Iti not of November 14 1922 and It awaits examination re-examination of German Germanys Germany's capacity for payment In conformity with article of the th treaty of ot TEMPER CHANGING Feb 3 lIy 3 By the theAs As Press Press in temper of ot the In tILe the occupied ara ar a ll op- op pears pur op-pur to be b undergoIng II a a change chance at- at though 1 the th industrialists and tao tin tin- Important Im Important magnate are ar as a unalterably opposed as a ever to any Co wIth co the th French and nd Belgians B ns Not only have the th railway Y Cob ln resumed their Jobs at Cologne Cob Cob- wella lens lenz Treves and as welt well as on some ome of th tile the Ruhr lines but the at t Dues have re fused to obey Berlins Berlin's Berlin order that th t th they ignore lenore the tb French officers and ani con- con continue to salute lute them JU Itt CONSIDER German Grman members member of or the th International slon at Ems Ball In the n area arell who have hav been a with the th allied experts expert In Issuing ex- ex export sport port license quit work but v alien hen Paul rd the tho th Rhineland commissioner accepted their and announced that lie Ir would fill their places place with French and ind Bet Hel- glan gian functionaries the tb Germans Germane re- re to considered and remained r on duts In WItten where the tb restaurant ns r nand and hotel keepers rs have been refusing to serve food or drinks drink to French ot- ot fleer and soldiers the th situation has h changed No discrepancy d Is ii I now now shown toward the tho forces ot or occupation The Th Improvement In the th relations relatione r I bet een tb the foreign authorities mith and the tho population Is confIned to the th work work- working ing Ine and to the tho th small mall n and shop keepers The Th Trench au- au authorities believe they have havo hv II a long and bItter fight ficht to wage wac but hope hop to bring brIne Berlin BorUn to terms and fore orco the der iier surrender of th tho magnates magnate NEED OF OARS CABS Gueral G nral P TO who iu 18 I operating sev- sev sever sev er erat forthe of or the th Important railway line lines lIns for forthe the French pays ays ho Is I in II a x position to feed the th civilian population and wilt wiS wl soon oon b bo be able ablo blo to transport coal to 10 France Food traIns trails are au already moving ing Into the th distrIcts where whre the tho th rAil rAil- rail railway fay ay strike Is sUB still WI effective c 5 L I SpeakIng of ot th the tho shortage of empty m ty coal cOlli cars General said The district e even ven 11 in norms normal 1 times Is the gulf cult Into must continually be ed ad Wh When n the lh coal coat deliveries were wre affect affect- affected affected ed cd accordIng to schedule by thoGer the th Ocr Ocr- Germans Ger Germans mans 70 per cent of the needed to bo be supplied by the French and Belgians Belgians'S 00 |