Show APPROVES ACTION BY FRANCE eglon ion national executive committee 0 K s occupation of territories in ruhr valley the action of france franca la in occupying certain territories terri torlea in the ruhr buhr valley was given a stamp at aval by the national executive committee of the american L lion legion ion at a recent meeting in indianapolis attended by representatives from every state A resolution charged charge that tile the ger gep mans had attempted to wreck the financial system of their country c tor for the purpose of avold avoiding lai payment and 11 oby by evasion and trickery sought to deprive france of the awards made by the peace conference the committee voted to send coplea copies of the resolution to president harding tile the congress and the french ambassador to the united states brig gen john IL B of cleveland chairman of the committee which formulated the resolution has ha issued a statement giving the reasons for the Leg legions lons support of france as follows tol lowa first because the award was a righteous one rendered by a competent court and accepted by germany second because germany has voluntarily unta rily defaulted and refused to pay and has wrecked her whole financial system to avoid payment third because the course taken by france Is the only effective course left to her ber in dealing with an obstinate debtor fourth because german germany y has refused to levy taxes and take other steps necessary to enable her to pay the debt we in the united states are paying three times as much national tax as germany and france Is paying more than four times as much per capita as aa germany fifth because if germany Is not made to pay the damage caused by ler her some one else els will have to pay it sixth because if germany Is not made to pay the slaughter and expenditure of material and effort necessary to win on art the battlefield will have been to a large extent in vain and there will be little to deter nations from running amuck in the future and making an assault on civilization whenever they think they are sufficiently strong to win wha |