New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Germans Bring
Story Of RuElr
Riots to ariis
Continued from o.ss one

ned and the settlement has been dis.
approved by the trades unions.
The syndicalist leader. Herr 1.oc,on
who thought himself powerful enough
to accept the arrangement on behalf of
the trades unions, discovered that bv
his action he had only caused 81 snl;t
In the union ranks. The central com
mlttee responsible for the strike main
tanned that it was the only authority
capable OF calling the strike off and q
suInclent number OF workinpmen ac-
cepted this view to prevent the success
Oh the proposed COMPROMISED
VI all the solutions proposed in +he
present crisis, Frenchs opinion nrefsrs
tne Let's solution which is now heinz
eerled, because 1T means disarmament
lurther development of democratic as
opposed to militaristic rule and the
W wteake;nlng aS.;! OF the forces opposed to the
r. ttalry!hg out OF the peace treaty. On
~ ne Gtner hand, the movement toward
the the AelI may get too full start and
the hands of the extremists. : ''''o
IN it's plight the Ebert government
IS ISSUING notes, tending to suggest
enag the Allies so strongly disapprove
VI tne antl-governmentf forces that thew
are threatening to cut off food supnIies
LOT the whole country unless thinvs
settle down. The Allies deny the trans
mission to Germany of any communi-
catlon OF the precise nature of the
puollshed threats. The German govern
iHene men OBVIOUSLY is exaggerating the AL
stand. o"n
,; these maneuvers are causing the AL
iles some disquieture because this fish
ing for foreign support by the German
government opens vast problem
winch vii require grave decisions. it is
oelleved here. In some respects, En-
tehte dhclals believe, it might become
as dangerous as the Turkish problem
II the Allies were to decide to support
one. political section of the country
against another. On the other hand,
there is the fear in France that the
present situation will merely serve to
prepare eventual victory for the reac-
tlonary militarist regime and It's ~e-
france wants, above everything. to see
Germany disarmed.
According to good authority Ger
many stlll possesses considerably more
than 1900 guns, and she has more
troops modified than France has. Re-
cent French estimates place the num-
ber of men in Germany possessing
rifles and machine guns as members
of the civil guard at 100000, not to
mention the 10000 Reichswehr (fed-
@al troops), and hundreds of thou
sands of volunteers and irregulars in
other branches, of the army.
lie Temps" says the hour is too
critical for the French to spend time
recriminating the Allies, but that they
ought to be listened to regarding Ger
man affairs, just as they listen to the
English on maritime questions "Le
Temps" advocates reconsideration Of
the German situation by the Allies and
repeats the desire, now often expressed
n France, that the United States take
part in the discussions. The newspaper
says:
"If the Allied governments under
take to deliberate together, shouldn't
they ask America to take part in the
conference? Whether the United
States ratities the treaty or postpones
it, she is directly interested in the
maintenance of peace in Europe. This
peace only the disarmament of Ger
many can assure. The Allies have not
only the opportunity, but the duty to
renew conversations with Washington
and to associate the United States with
their decisions