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The New York herald., 1921-05-02
j. S. FAY0RS DELAY
IN RUHR OCCUPATION
Leans Toward British View
That Further Diplomatic
Efforts Should Be Made.
Special Despatch 10 THE New Sosg HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C.. May I.

Special Despatch to THE NEW Iosg HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. C.. May !.
1t can be stated on the best author
ity that the United States. although in
full sympathy with the desire of France
to enforce a just reparations settlement
upon Germany. leans toward the British
view that military occupation Of the
Ruhr Valley should be delayed pending
further diplomatic efforts to bring Ger
many to terms rather than toward the
French programme Of immediate coer-
Give action.
The sharp difference of opinion on this
subject between the French on the one
hand and the British and Italians on the
other 2t the meeting of the Supreme
Council aroused the keenest interest in
official circles here to-day. Although
this country is not represented in any
way at the Council and is refraining
from making suggestions at this critical
moment no effort Is being made to dis
guise the fact that the Harding Ad-
ministration strongly hopes that France
will agree to wait little longer.
Back OF the Washington viewpoint is
the belief that military occupation of the
industrial heart of Germany, comprised
in the Ruhr district. will not help mat
terS IN the end. Jhere Is feeling, winch
has not been given official expression
but which ia well known here, that
France is assuming a somewhat stiff
backed attitude that is not in accordance
with the American way Of dealing with
n problem OF this sort. In this connec-
ton the editorial in this morning 5
NEW YORK HERALD which calls atten-
tion TO this difference in the American
and French way of handling a ques-
tion of this sort was widely read and
favorably commented on.
Government officials and Senators,
however. consistently declined to COM
ment for publication on the situation at
this time. preferring to await the out
come OF the rapidly developing events on
the other side. Although the attitude Of
the United States and Great Britain Is
fundamentally the same toward the SUBJ
ject at present IL is recognized here that
England has to deal directly with the
French statesmen and is in q delicate po-
sition in her efforts TO bridge over the
irnpasse without disturbing the friendly
relations between the London ann Paris
governments.
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RUMANIAN- CZECH ALLIANCE.
Agreement for Mutual Defence Is
Concluded.

PRAGUE. May 1-Rumenia has con-
cluded n definite political and military
agreement with Czecho-Slovakla. Il is
announced here.
The two countries mutually agree TO
defend their territorial Integrity and to
act together against restoration of tho
Hapsburgs In Hungary
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SAY BRITISH QUIT PERSIA.

RIGA. May IA wireless message
from Moscow to-day announces the With
drawsi ~ the British from Persia.
a Russian diplomatic mission has ar
lsed IA Tehorar the Persian capital,
.ae message aGde.
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NEW PORT IN NICARAGUA,

MANAGUA. May IA new Atlantic
port. which viii be utilized for the ex-
portetion of cattle TO Cuba, has been
opened. There is q large increase In
Nicaragua in the breeding OF cattle for
export.
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New York Herald Bureau,
Berlin, May l.
French diplomatic circles are excited
over printed statement here that Count
de Chambrun. while Charge d'Affaires at
Washington. sent warning from certain
Republican Senator'S that they We're not
satisfied with Mr.. Wilson's negotiations
in Paris, but Georges Clemenceau. for
mer Premier, in an interview with the
correspondent of the Bctdtr, denies hav-
ing received such warning, remark
ing that even If he had he would not
have paid any attention TO 1t inasmuch
as President Wilson was recognized as
the American plenipotentiary to the peace
conference.
Stephane Lausanne. while accompany
ing Rene 'Viviani on his recent trip to
the United States. says he obtained con-
firmatlon that Count de Chambrun had
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FRENCH FACTORIES
SHUT TO GERMANS
Special Permission Required
to Admit Them
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, May I.

Speo,ot Gable to THE NEw YoRE HsEALD.
Copyright, 1891. by THE NEw YORK HEaaip
npr 4
The New York herald., 1921-05-02
GERMANY TOLD TO PAY
IL BILLION MARK DEBT
Reporotions Board Warns
Money Was Due Yesterday.

PARIS May 1.-The Reparations Conn
mission to-day made public its note to
the German War Burdens Commission
on reparations, an outline or which was
given Saturday. The communication,
which is dated May /, informs the Ger
man commission OF the intention OF the
Preparations Commission to establish
within the shortest time possible the
amount OF damages for which Germany
owes reparations under Article 233 Of
the Treaty of Versailles.
Meanwhile. without prejudice 70 the
foregoing accounting, the Reperations
Commission notifies the War Burdens
Commission that 12.ooO,0oo,0 600 marks
IN gold are due to-day. The note is
signed by Louis Dubois, president of the
Rcparations Commission. and NJ Della
croix. former Premier OF Belgium.
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Under Article 23S Of the Versailles
Treaty tho Reparations Commission was
empowered TO set the amount Of dam
ages suffered by the Allies through the
war, for which compensation must be
made BY Germany. The articles stipu-
lated that the commission should. on or
before May /, 1921. notify the German
Government Of tho extent Of that Cow
ernments obligations.
The New York herald., 1921-05-02
CLEMENCEAU DENIES BEING
WARNED AGAINST WILSON
French Diplomatic Circles Excited Over Statement
That Count de Chambrn Forwarded Message
From Republican Senators to Tiger Dur
ing Peace Negotiations.

special Coble 70 THn NEW YoaK HEnALD.
Copyright, 1921. by THH NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
RerIin MAY j. [
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among his advisers in the Cabinet Sec
retary Fall has urged this action.
G.. o. y. hostility shown.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-10

books in his home facing on Hyde Park
near Marblehead Arch in London. A few
leet from his door is the grave Of Laurence
sterne, which lends pleasant literary asso-
citation.
After his wife and his two children Mr..
Georges chief interest at home is his two
orange angora cats, Kallikrates and Russet
q 1t is to these two cats that Blind Alley"
was dedicated. 1t was to Ksllikrstes, with
b silky, pale gold coat striped with bronze.
who purs "as a singer humming to him
SELF that the honor went of opening and
closing the story in that earlier novel.
Mr.. Georges friends are his English lit
erary contemporaries. HIS breezy descrip-
tons of them are entertaining.
Arnold Bennett he described as having
never quite got over being awed BY metro
politanism and the gorgeously uniformed bell
boy in the Ritz Carlton, who gives Mr.. Rn.
nett the feeling that he is confronted by
Peruvian general. Mr.. Bennett comes from
the fve towns in the center of England aad
attends London 6rst nights-wheu all Lon
don society arrays itself in resplendent eve
ming dress-himself in a dinner coat, to be
sure, but wearing a bowler which he never
removes during the entire performance. But
1t Is Mr.. Benefits very awe Of everything
in life, in Mr.. Georges opinion, that gives
his work its freshness.
Mr.. Georges fondness for Compton Mae
kenrie is sisnifed BY his way Of addressing
the novelist as The Mackenzie" He be-
walls George Bernard Shaw's growing
benevoience. One still feels, he said, that
Mr.. Shaw would like to put strawberry jam
on ones chair before one sits down, but MIR.
Shaw refrains; he is no longer diaboilcai, rC
longer maehiavellian. Mr.. George can think
Of John Galsworthy only as saint with his
high, dark, domciike forehead, his mouth al
ways ready to weep and his way Of nearly
always understanding and always plying,
whether he understands or not"
But It is Conrad whom Mr.. George ad-
dresses a Master and to whom, he de-
elared significantly, all the younger novelists
Of England look. Strangely enough, he ad:
nits, despite this veneration for Conrad,
the influence until recently seen in the writ
ins Of the younger novelists Is not Conrad,
but Wells.
Although Mr.. George deplores the writing
Of novels which have sex interest alone, he
expressed much interest with all modernists
in love and marriage. But he was a little
surprised to find that there Is still more
interest shown in this subject In America
than in any other upon which he discourses
Mr.. George placed the blame for un-
successful marriages almost entirely upon
the husbands.
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81 must explain" he pointed out, "thst
by unsuccessful marriages / do not mean
marriages which end in tragic crises, but
marriages which go fat as so many do.
"In the first place, husbands do not de-
mand enough of their wives. They expect,
to be sure, that their wives keep themselves
looking as pretty as possible, that they
give them the usual relations Of wifehood,
and that they keep their homes fairly COM
Portable. Husbands do not, as a rule, de-
mand what is far more important-thst their
wives give them mental companionship.
Here in America-and it is just as true iu
England man can announce failure IN
business to his wife's utter surprise. Men
do not take their wives into their business
confidence; they fail to demand that their
wives ideals be sympathetic with their
own"
Furthermore, he declared, husbands do not
make it their duty, 10 be interested in their
wives work, whatever IL may be. 1t is this
lack of mental companionship, this failure
otNparried persons to become absorbed In
each others Affairs, which makes marriage
sordid.
Husbands forget that courtship should
hui uub Oulg bctlhs WIN hUEIloHct NJ
continued The wife endesvors to main
tain the courtship attitude-one Of the pri-
mary. essentials Of a happy married life
after the ceremony. She finds no response
in her husband. He let's romance die out.
The wife makes an effort to appear sttrac-
tive in her husbands eyes. Her husband
does not try to make himself mentally Or
physically attractive in her eyes after mar
riage. The husband Goes not try to enter
tain his wife. OF course, he takes her to
the theatre occasionally. or to the motion
picture theatre, but that is not what mean.
He makes no effort to entertain her day
by day, but blsmes her-and often seeks
another woman's comparionship-f she fails
to amuse him.
"0f course you understand / am q perfect
husband" Mr.. George laughed. he er-
changed an understanding glance with his
wife, and felt that II he were not q per-
feet husband he was, at least, q very salts
factory one.
ITO show you what mean" Mr.. George
explained, IT take my own case, which
have told you Is exemplary. As 20 through
the mail in the morning and find letters
which might interest or smuse my wife
lay them aside. do not show them TO her
Mt that time. when she 10 occupied With
household duties, but wait until evening when
she has nothing to do and bring them out
for her entertainment.
THE husband who works at the ofBce all
day should bring home 10 bis wife sons bit
Of news. some amusing incioent, for her
entertainment.
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eyes are accentuated by rather crisp auburn
hair, which she wears In close coifure.
She has that. rare requirement for. beauty
q small, very red mouth. On this day she
wore chemise gown OF champagne -colored
silk with q rather large mushroom hat Of
grass green straw. Her hose and ankle
strap suede pumps were cinnamon brown.
Mr.. George comes Of family Of French
men who have always gone to England for
their wives. He was educated in France aud
Germany, and did not 90 to England until
be was twenty. Consequently, his English
has Just the faintest suggestion Of a French
influence; his RS have the throsty sound
which gives a charm to the fatter English
words.
Mr.. and Mrs. George are considering send
ing their two children to America for their
education, because Of Mrs. Georges dissp-
proval Of the English public school system.
1.-The English public schools are afro
cious," Mrs. George declared. Here in
America the children at least learn some
thing" -
She has fascinating way Of emphasizing
certain words In her sentences; true Eng
lish pronunciation. Her very red mouth
forms pretty figures hround her words.
Another institution of her country with
which Mrs. George has little patience is the
English gentleman. -.'.
81 like English women; think they are
interesting" she said, but English men
think they are very stupid, don't you"
She Is much interested, too, In the chang
ing Of the English divorce laws, which make
it possible for husband to secure a divorce
BY proving only his wife's infdelity, while
a woman must prove, in addition to inf
deity, some other charge, leading to all kinds
of injustices and evasions Of the law. Mrs.
George Is quite impatient with Lady Astor
for her stand on the divorce question.
but then, you know," she said, Lady
Astor got her seat BY q sort Of fuks. She
really Is q sumter you see" Which is
equivalent to the American way of saying
that she Is playing to the grandstand.
Lady Astor," Mr.. George interjected,
lis like the blind newsboy who can tell a
nickel from q penny in the dark"
They both were extrsvagent in their praise
Of America.
'I remarked to Mr. George the other day
that We really must hit upon something to
criticize or people will think we aren't genu-
ine," Mrs. George said.
When we left England we were quite
upset, having the house torn up and the
children and the cats sent away until orr
return. When we got on board the boat
Mr.. George tried to cheer me up. Isn't 1t
q nice boat! he urged, and I could agree
only half -heartedly. But since our arrival
here We have been very happy"
One Of the things in America that Mr..
George likes best is the ice cream. Mrs.
George whispered that she has known him
to eat siI dishes in one day since his arrival
here.
The only fault Mr.. George finds with
Americans Ii that they are q little prudish.
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Mr.. George considers a sense OF humor
very dangerous in marriage and thinks Z
were better that it did not exist at all.
There can only be greatness through dsvel-
opment in the marriage relations where the
humorous attitude is absent, he believes
And, above all, my advice TO married
people is to be a little subtle. The court
ship attitude, which has been defined as a
succession Of lies, is nevertheless a succession
Of very sincere lies, and should be kept up. =
Probably 1t is Mr.. Georges championship
Of women that has won for him the name
Of being England's leading feminist. But,
although he believes in equality for women
in all walks Of life, his attitude in hardly
that Of the feminist, who is for the advance
ment Of women above all.
''Feminism will not do the women Of this
country as much good as il will their sis-
tiers in Europe" be said. ''I would VAN
against women Of this country srrsyins
themselves against men the sexes must no
forward together"
he rejoices in the entranchisement Of Ii.
women Of America, but thinks that Il ID not
significant az a revolutionary measure
The attainment Of the ballot BY Amer
ican women is not the gaining OF q much
sought end 1t is the gaining Of q mechanism
for other ends. 1t does not marx their smsn-
cipation. American women were emsnei-
pated long before they had the vote. Their
enfranchisement is q recognition Of their
equality with men rather than an actual
gaining Of that equality"
He refuses to see any woman Prob
lem" in America. BE does not believe
that Q woman problem has been brousht
about by the war. Women have striven foc
Advancement for too many centuries fof
their status to be greatly affected By tAs
war, he says.
of course, the war has quicfened the
woman movement throughout the world"
Mr.. George said. But it can hardly Be-
thought Of a. having o dramatic eject upon
women after al they have gone through -
FORE"
LIE WOULD have women siven equal o.
IL portunities for development with nen IN
all fslds Of activity.
There Is no difference between man and
woman" he said. Woman % q mentality
housed In q vomsn's body; man Is q man
tality housed In q msn's BODY. wcnsn
should not be thought Of In her physical
aspect any more than man 10. The eoptin-
uance Of the race IL but one Of the fune-
lions Of man and woman and a. Q duty
should not be considered more incunbsst
upon one than upon the other. We should
not have more children-there is no reason
fer alarm over . decreaSns birthrsts; vhsa
~s need Is better childrtn-"
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''On your streets your women wear very
short skirts, Mr.. George declared, but In
your drawing rooms you hesitate to scknowl.
= edge that woman .is biped."
But Mr.. George Is very agile at making
mental comparisons ns--comparative history IL
one Of the most Interesting studies In the
world to him. And so, when he returns to
England, he hints that his. Discoveries about
American idiosyncrasies may appear on
paper. In the meantime America Is going to
enjoy him. 25o
> Mr.. George confessed, voluntarily, that
be began writing By accident.
II have always been great lover Of
music" he said as we chatted on. 80 when
I went to England wanted to attend the
concerts, but didn't have money for tickets.
I began writing criticisms for two small
French newspapers In order 10 set concert
tickets" tE -
He explained that his 6rst. book Just ''hap-
pened," and that he had no intsntion Of
writing q book. He began preparing an
article Of an economic nature which. soon led
him to the study Of housing and labor con-
ditions in order to make II more complete.
He kept adding to the article and before hs
realized It he had written an entire book.
II think got about SIS for that book
when 1t was all over" Mr.. George said with
a reminiscent laugh.
He prefers to write either novels or short
essays such as have appeared Of late In
American magazines.
The novel 10 the showhouse Of litera-
ture," he said. II Ike these little essays,
too, because in them one can set forth ones
ideas in concise, compact style"
There is a continual srrpriss in Mr..
Georges ready flow Of English. Unlike most
writers he converses As easily as he COM
poses and consequently he is a delirhtful
lecturer and a pleasing raconteur in q room.
full Of people.
The novel with q purpose Is q bad
novel;" he declared, but the novel without
a purpose were much better not written q,
all. Let me explsin: the novel written with
a conscious purpose, TO show, for instspce.
that smoking cigarettes is bad for the health
is not artistic; but the novel which IN writ.
ten without purposefrl view Of life is not
worth reading. You see the author should
have thoughtful, enlightened views upon all
general subjects with which life Is concerned,
so that in telling his story he may give these
purposeful views to his readers
He does not agree with those writer, who
believe that novel is inspired and should
be written helter -skelter. He believe, that
book should be planned before il in written
In this you see the systematic idea OF m.
French novelist" he said. My last nov.l
'Caliban,' divided into 40 parts in NV n,,n
and knew just what was going to be In CSC,
part. Every incident was clear and din.
mond cut before I began to tell 1t; each
part dovetaiied into the next"
He does not find the actual writing of
q novel hard work; he enjoys it, he
told me; and he described how he writes M,
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0NE's charm of personality depends, to q
" large extent, upon the originality Of
sne's likes and disikes. Perhaps that Is
one Of the chief reasons that w. L. George
Is 90 interesting.
For instance, Mr.. George likes. Joseph
Conrad, whom he considers the greatest
English novelist of the century; he likes
orange Angora cats, of which he has two !;
and he likes his wife, truly beautiful
woman of the finest English type, whose
personality justifes the application. Of the
much abused term cultured" Then Mr..
George dislikes Gilbert Canaan, especially
his profile, although he admits that Canaan
has written one great novel; he dislikes
poetry In any form and American prudish-
ness. -.
Mr.. George has come to the United States,
accompanied BY his wife, ostensibly to give
two series Of lectures In various parts Of the
country. One feels that he has another pur-
pose far more fundamental to him, how
ever, although he likes to deliver lectures,
and that Is the studying Of the American
people. After talking with Mr.. George,
was convinced that he would return to Eng
land and write q book about American
women as 1banez intends 10 do, with this
diference-Mr. George admits that he has
learned very little about American women
during the time he has already spent here,
and that he doesn't expect TO know them
great deal better after his six months
visit.
Upon meeting Mr.. George one thinks me
" dunn stature; high brow accentuated BY
a tendency toward badness remarkable eyes !;
a close clipped, dark brown mustache above
a pleasant mouth; a lean, clean cut face
with a fne color; a typical Englishman Of
the intellectual type"
But that first summing up does not satisfy.
There is a certain expression in Mr.. Georges
eyes, at once humorously contemplative and
questioning, and a flashing brilliancy about
his smile which are altogether foreign TO
the conclusion "typically English" Then
one learns that Mr.. George Is not English
by birth, but French, and that partly ex-
plains It.
And when he begins to unfold his ideas,
they seem strangely un English, like those
Of an American who has lived much abroad,
and has studied the English from the stand
point Of an outsider. His viewpoint Is sus-
gested BY his own words, "A novelist should
be a little god sitting on Olympus looking
down on the mortals below" Just 30 Mr..
George has contemplated his adopted coun
trymen.
THESE were some of the thoughts that
i rushed in on me as began my-shal
say cozy-little chat with Mr.. and Mrs.
George on our first meeting in their hotel
in Washington.
Mrs. George receives her husbands guests,
greeting them with charming cordiality. Shs
Is little more than medium height, with a
full figure and 4 gracefully poised head. The
delicacy Of her skin and the gray blue Of her
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WE LIKE YOUR SCHOOLS YOUR ICE CREAM AND You

tcopyrisht. 1890. by. Puzzle Ledssr Cal
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-22
HON. SENNETT CON-
NER TO MAkEADDRESS
Accepts Invitation Of School Super
intendent to Deliver Public School
Commencement Address May 81

The Sentinel is advised by Prof
John Rumble, Superintendent of the
City Schools, that he has secured
| Hon. Sennett Conner, of Seminary,
Speaker of the lower house of the
State Legislature, to deliver the COM
mencement address for the high
school in Grenada, Tuesday, May 81.
Mr.. Conner is very scholarly young
man, perhaps the youngest man who
ever presided over the house of rep
reSentativeS. Owing to his age,
there were many misgivings about
his ability to properly meet the try
ing duties of the position when he
was chosen, but he has met the ex-
acting duties of Speaker in a man.
ner that has most highly commended
him to the best thought of the State.
He is a pleasing speaker and this
paper feels that it should congratu-
late Prof. Rumble on his wise selec-
ton. It might be stated that Mr..
Conner was invited last year to de-
liver the address at the school but
owing 10 the fact that there was a
scare about some minor epidemic
among the children of the school, the
was called off.
The annual sermon will be deliver
ed by Rev. f. A. DeMiler at the
Episcopal church. In this respect the
school is again fortunate. Mr. De- |
Miller is a student and very aDle |
and conscientious thinker and ne may
be counted on to deliver sermon |
hi%hly appropriate to the occasion.