The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-01
MAY SACRIFICE
 ART TREASURES
Germany Considers Course in Effort to Slave on Bankruptcy--0ther Countries Denuding Hunland
 of Necessities.
lRs 1nternallonal MI serslee.l

tBy International News service.D
 Paris, March 29-Emile Le Sueur, one of the members of the German delegation to the Peace Conference told the international News Service correspondent that Germany is con sidering the sale of all hoi art treas ures to slave off bankruptcy and fl- nanciaI situation in which Germany is at present
 Herr Le Seuer who Is attached to the German delegation as an expert on international trade. declared that when he came to Paris last fall there were questions a settlemen, of which was especially desired by his govern ment They were.
 1. The payment of import taxes in gold at the German frontier
 ?. The dismissal of the German missionaries in the occupied sections
 8. The suppression by the Allied governments of Germany customary regulations in the occupied territories. Two of these questions have been settled to the satisfaction of the Ger man government the first by an agreement covering several months whereby customs dues will be paid n gold, and the second by the reinstate- ment of the German officials. But less importance, is still pending, al view of the German experts, is of no less importance, is still pending al though the American and British army commanders on the Rhine have. Herr Le Sueur said, advised their respec- tive governments of the necessity of acceding to the demand of the German government
 Owing to the fall of the value of the German mark and the absence of measures to prevent exports from Germany detrimental to the economic life of the nation, merchants of all nationalities are buying up at absurd prices in Germany commodities of prime necessity, such as soap match es, cutlery and even foodstuffs. and sending them out to France. Belgium Holland and overseas to be sold at an immense profit
 We Germans" said Herr Le Sueur came into our country and purchased articles, de luxe, such as perfumes iewelry and furs, because we need the money. But what is happening is that foreign traders are taking away articles of the first necessity for our working class. Moreover tc make matters worse, they are buying up onr scanty supply of raw material Belgian agents have purchased tho entire supply of mine cables and cage' in one of our big coal mines. Thc government cannot prevent this w. have regulations against the sale o such materials, but 1t Is impossibl, to control all sales, especially in viey Of the fact that our only raei frontier that is a custom frontier, on the wes is occupied by Allied troops.
 We ask the Entente governments f, permit us to revive our old custom regulations, regarding imports an, exports. so that we may be in a pos ition to close our frontiers agains the import goods which are not O prime necessity and the export of ray materials We are making a fight oi the Preparations Commission on thi question, but we have against us tn fact that France is unwilling to agree The Lyons silk merchants want | sell us their product and the Frenc member of the commission backs then up First 1t was NJ. Jounart. Now is Nj Poincare. and we have no hop at all of getting our view accepted s long as Nj Poincare is the Frenc representative.
 Meanwhile Germany is facing tn same fate as Austria. Our mark i cropping and we are in no condition to export and so bring up the value O our money Germany is facing bank ruptcy unless the allies aid us Wealthy Germans are selling all thei surplus jewelry, furs, etc. and unles a change comes over the economi situation the German Government vii have to consent to the sale to foreigi countries of the treasures of our ar museums"