New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Germans IS Think
France Wishes
To Seize Essen
Desire to Control War Ma
terial Center Ascribed to
Fear of Attack Whenever
Paris May Lack Allies
Area Now Under British
Krupp Workers Better Pro-
vided For Than Those i'm
Any Other Big Industry
BY Ralph Courtney
Special Cab,s to Tie Trib.ne

Ccpyrl2ht, lSZl. New York lrlDunc Inc
DUESSELDORF, Germany March Is.
The French are understood to be
very anxious to find an excuse for fur
ther extending their new occupation
tied with the desire TO push on to
Essen at all costs. Presumably the
French wish to have Essen in their
power, not so much to help them in
TO prevent the Germans manufac-
turing arms for future war against
France.
The French are now settling down
IN the occupied areas in manner
which leads one to suppose they will
try to remain until complete paym ent
favors new war against France later.
Would Fight France Alone
The Germans say they cannot hope
TO fight France, England and America,
hut will be able to deal with France
alone. They assert that even German
Communists would forget their COM
munism and join in sucn a war. Un-
exist Il strong hatred OF the French
and Belgians. Germans express little
or no dislike for Americans.
Hitherto the English have considered
Essen in the area especially under
British control, and any move forward
is likely to give rise to certain
amount of rivalry between the British
and the French commands. The British
in particular are now keeping care
ful watch over the Krupp works, for
which members OF the Control Com
mission give the highest praise. They
say that probably In no other works in
the world are the workers SO content
and SO well provided for. They are
we'll housed and well paid and mil
lions are spent yearly providing for
hospitals and other welfare work.
The Control Commission for long
time has been ordering the scrapping
of every machine capable of making
only war material The Krupps are far
from working full capacity. Though
they are reported now to be building
twenty-four locomotives monthly, it is
authortatively stated the krupp plant
IS not turning out as much steel as be-
tore the war. Out of nineteen fur
naces seven are entirely closed.
Labor Crisis by Degrees
The hrupp works probably would
suffer last in the industrial crisis
which the Germans say is bound to
follow the Allied occupation. This
crisis presumably will develop only
gradually, for, depiste cancellations,
many orders are still outstanding, and
every effort is being made, with the
help of the French, to prevent unem-
ployment by shortening hours and en-
oouraging the departure of extra work
men.
Hugo SHINES, Germany's industrial
magnate, is expected to return to the
Rhineland soon in order to attempt
again to bring about the gigantic COM
bine he was working on q few week 8.
ago He is credited with the desire to
amalgamate his own great undertake
tngs with these of Krupp, of Thyssen
and of Ehrhart Stinnes's negotiations
are reported not to have been very sue
cessful thus far, but it is thought
probable he will make another at
tempt.
The great Fhrhart metal works at
Mulhein, which would form another
unit of the SHINES steel combine, is
reported TO have reached a present
production of seventeen locomotives
monthly.
Allied officials say they know that
cometlmes Germans, particularly mill-
tary units, have more arms than they
confess to- but stories about vast
arsenals are said to be without founda-
ton. ...