Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-11
|'OAL BARONS OF
! GERMANY INSULT
ALLIED CONF ERENCE
ptinncs Declares Coerciyc
Measures Will Mean Less
Fuel, Not More.
# RUHR is OCCUPIED
MINERS WILL QUIT WORK
nsolent Attitude Of Big Opera
tor Is Rebukcd by the
Chairman.
.ABOR SPOKESMAN MODERATE
Decided That Allied and German
Experts Shall Consider Coal
Deliveries.
.ABoR SPOKESMAN MoDEHAT
decided That Allied and German
Experts Shall Consider Coal
Deliveries.
tny Assoclated Press.1

rny Associated Prcssl
SPA. BELGIUM. July lO.-Taklng
1p again today the question regarding
coal deliveries from Germany. tho
.llicd conference At the request OF
<onstantin Fehrcnbach, the German
chancellor. agreed TO hear Hugo
shines. the great coal operator. and
otto Hue. president Of the German
Miners National Association.
DR. Walter Simons. the German
'oreign Minister, said a, the open
ms OF the session that these men
I'D not represent the German gov
'rnncnt. but h: thought Il advis-
lb!e TO hear two men 80 intimately
onnected with coal production in
Germany.
1t Is tho custom OF the conference
For speakers 20 remain seated. bu.
Herr SHINES stood up. He said: Il
etand because ! want TO look my adj
versar!es IN the eye" THIS was the
opening een;cnce OF VIVA, the allied
delegates considered n rather often
sivo speech. Premier Dclacro!x. OF
Belgium, who presided. on one occa-
sion reminding SHINES that his Ian
guagc was too forceful.
SHINES Speech Aggressive.
DR.. simons said actcrward 10 tho
correspondent he regretted SHINES
had used such violent and aggressive
language SHINES said in substances:
The military protocol which the
GerHians were required to sign July
w!!i increase discomfort and dis
strdor in Germany. 1t VIII, make /,
moro difficult 10 maintain our coal
production. and VIII not help US 10 In
crease Il.
ut Is all very we'll for you 10 tell
us that unless our coal production
and deliveries to you increase you
will occupy tho Ruhr. may tell You
that II you should expect by occupa-
t!on OF the Ruhr 10 obtain more coal
than you now do. you would md
yourselves mistaken. Not only would
YOU no; get more coal. but less. be-
cause the miners would refuse TO
Work. They are doing now all they
can with the mcagcr food with which
| they arc supplied.
M Mi!lcrand said yesterday that
the Germans were accorded the right
. TO speak as Il matter o! courtesy.
claim to speak as n matter Of right
and whoever Is not afflicted with the
disease oe victory"
DcincrOir Interrupts.
Here NJ. Delacroix Interrupted and
said: The object OF this conference
is TO arrive a. peaceful solution.
and must therefore asst; Herr
SHINES not TO be provocative"
SHINES. rcsuminE. said: This con-
ference is tho ear through which
Europe could hear tho facts That
is why wish TO speak. Without
cooperation nothing can be done.
That Is why ! wish 10 speak as n
matter OF right and not one of priv
ilcgr. cannot dispute 81. Miller
and's figures concerning Franco, bu.
his figures regarding German pro-
duction are quite wrong. Germany
has not produced 20 per cent of her
prcwar coal and 1t is not true that
'65 per cent of the German iron in
dustrics are at work.
.a.0GO.0OO Tons Demanded.
The rcparations commission is
now demanding 29000.O00 tons per
annum. IL is impossible to comply.
Tho Ruhr output in May was 100000
tons per day. 1t has now reached
$4,000 tons: this on tho basis OF 500
working days per annum.
II recognize that Germany may
fear to Drccipitate occupation of the
Ruhr. witch would result were the
allied demands not complied with.
j think that IL black troops as the
instrument OF public authority are
used, the feeling of every white man
will recoil and the allies will get no
coal.
IF tho allies insist upon their de-
mands. tho European coal situation.
which otherwise might be solved
within three years, will become per-
manenuy disorganized and Europe
will bo permanently exhausted"
Herr Hue spoke imprcssivcly and
lengthy upon conditions of miners
lives in Germany. He said:
HUGS Address Impressive.
increasing coal-digging cannot he
done over n green cloth. 1t depends
upon food. upon practical arrange
mcnts of miners hours and upou
stimulating their interest in their
work, and also forming within them
the purpose to do their best The
miners in Germany can do better
work and increase their production
by working six hours a day, rather
than by longer hours.
The question of coal production
is not for Germany alone. 1t Is an
international question and the min
ers. in a perfectly proper way, feel
solidarity upon that question. Tho
miners OF England feel, am sure.
just as tho miners of Germany do.
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