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ard, Germany has offered to pay the
allies on account the equivalent OF
f1O,000.000 in January and f11.O0O. 900
or f12.000,000 in February. or about
half the actual sums due, but there
is no confirmation, either from Paris
or Berlin, that such an offer has been
made. NJ BRAND. however, it is
learned, received the German ambas-
sador at Paris, who made certain ex-
plantations, and it is considered pos
sible the offer was made then.
That there are only two alternatives
| is the common opinion here-either to
grant a moratorium or insist that
! Germany is able to pay. the latter
probably entailing the fall of the Ger
| man government. The reparations
commission, it is pointed out, NAV in
sist under article 234 of the treaty of
Versailles that Germany provide proof
| Of her inability to pay.
Favors AnnulIing Pension Debt.
| Premier BRAND. Minister of Liber-
| eral secr(e2ry of the French foreign
| office. NJ BSrthelot, are expected to
arrive in London Sunday night.
| Pierre CheyssNn. the French financial
expert, will come with them.
Sir John Bradbury, the British rep
| rese ttative in the reparations COM
misLlon, 1t is reported in certain quar-
| terS. favors annulling the debt for
Military pensions. This would be a
J course approved by the liberal and
have contended that it was unjust to
Iemand that Germany pay the allied
| pensions.
| 1t is thought that Mondays meeting
| must result in another converting OF
( the supreme council speedily, because
| some decision to present to Germany
must be made before the middle Of
January, when the installment is due.
British (ny Agree.
| Views. said toVknanate from au-
thoritative quarters. are expressed
| that the British government would
be ready to forego its claim on Ger
man payments already in the hands
| of the reparations commission, the
bulk of which is TO come to England
| under the August agreement. which
| France has not yet ratified, and also
withdraw any objections to the Wies-
| baden agreement if France. on her
| side. is ready to take a course more
in accordance with the ideas of the
British government.
| 1hC cINh EoNc Is sd III ~
be in favor of raid on the Reichs-
banks gold reserve. There have been
reports that Germany is even willing
| to place part of the reserve under
allied control as security Tor an IN
| ternational loan if one can be ar
ranged.
| The report is persistent that Mr.
Lloyd George intends to press for an
international conference, to include
both Germany and Russia, and, if pos
sible, the United States, in order to
get a rearrangement on broad lines
of the whole European financial re-
lations, in the belief it would be the
best means of restoring trade and re-
lievinE unemployment. He also is
! Represented as ready to grant France
| considerable concessions in the shape
of priority in reparations if thereby
he can induce her to meet his views.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
BY ANDRE TARDIEU,
Former French High COnmissiOner
to America.


Former French High Conmissioner
to America.
BY Gable to The Star.
PARIS, December 17.-Inclusion OF
France in the four-power treaty agree
ment concerning the Pacific Islands is,
Of course, welcome news here. but
French opinion does not attach to 1t the
exceptional Importance that seems to be
attributed to it in the United States.
This difference. which is one of degree
only. is quite natural, for Frenchman
thinks of the great Importance of the
French possessions in Indo-China, and
holds that 1t would have been incon-
ceivable to arrive at such an under
standing among three nations only
United States, Great Britain and Japan
without consulting France ana oD-
tanning her adhesion.
AS to the agreement itself. there can
be no objection to 1t in France since II
is founded on the maintenance OF exist
ing right But there is a tendency to
consider 1t rather timid. first because II
applies only to the islands. whereas
China, which is rot covered by the
treaty, is the principal reservoir OF fu-
ture conflicts. And timidity again ap-
pears to characterize the reservations
made on December 13 by the United
States. The view widely taken here is
that it is not the words Of the text. but
the good will and good faith OF the
signatories that constitute the CHEF
value of such agreements.
skeptical Of Treaties.
France unreservedly approves the
spirit behind this treaty. Perhaps be-
cause of her long sufferings. certainly
because of her complex history. France
believes in frank mutual explanations
between nations, AS for formal
texts, the happenings Of the past two
years have rendered her skeptical of
them. France asks only fol. assur-
ance. and Is therefore pleased to see
a. center of important trade routes
and International communications
made the subject of frank, open ex-
plantations.
Evidently the conferees had to
avoid certain essential difficulties. 1t
is the law of these conferences that
they must succeed quickly or not sue
ceed at all. Yet the sincere determi-
Evening star., 1921-12-18
WORLD SOLIDARITY SEEN
IN FOUR-POWER TREATY
7ardieu Declares 1t Step in Right Direction.
France Puts Reliance on Evidences Of
Faith Among Nations Concerned.

nation to arrive at really import
decisions was evident. One of them
was the dissolution of the Anglo
Japanese alliance. This was a splen-
did victory for American diplomacy,
a victory that will become definitive
so soon as the causes for the present
groupings Of powers shall disappear.
Step Toward Solidarity.
Whether American adversaries of
the Versailles treaty like 1t or not,
the new pact is return toward the
international solidarity, which the
Senate SO emphatically rejected in
1919. Mr.. Borah has not been slow
in making his complaint as a con-
sequence. But this time Mr.. Lodge
is a party to the contract. 1t Is true
that the new agreement contains no
imperatives and does not commit the
signers to anything very tremendous.
and this fact permits so notorious an
adversary of Wilsonian "entangle-
ments" as Mr.. Lodge to sign it. But
the irreconciliables, as it appears
here. are grouping against it because.
timid as it is, it Is a step toward
international solidarity.
1t is the policy of the French ma
tion. in view of this internal conflict
in America, to maintain friendly but
Frances vital interests have been at
stake she has never been SO indiscreet
as to interfere and try to influence
Americas course. The four powers
have been pleased to sign the Pacific
islands accord. and France sees no
reason to believe that any of them
will refuse to ratify ii.
+. Says France Is Not "NervOus.'
Meanwhile, instead of seeking hy-
pothetical sources of discord among
the allied and associated nations, let
us unitedly turn our eyes toward the
side from which the common menace
comes. Daily the German press pub
fishes aggressive discourses attacking
the territorial. military and financial
clauses of the treaty. Some Of our
good friends call us nervous. They
are wrong. We are not nervous, but
we are not blind or deaf, either.
France is as anxious as any power
to arrive at the government of the
world through peace treaties. but she
sees in Germany's present frame of
mind the principal obstacle to such a
course. This is the view of the man
in the street In France. If anybody
tells you the contrary, refuse to be-
lieve it.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-12-18
DEFENDS FRANCES
BIG MONEY ISSUE
Maurice caseaaye, Secretary
General of Delegation, Says
Bills Are Necessary.
By the Associa ted Press.

NEW YORK. December 1s.-Issu-
ance by the French government OF
$4,000, 100000 francs in treasury bills
was defended today by Maurice Cass-
nave. secretary general of the French
delegation at the Washington confer
ence.
Speaking as guest of honor at II
luncheon at the Lawyers Club, M
Casenave, French high commissioner
in America, said his government had
been reproached for this issue, but
declared 1t WAS necessary to meet
reparations costs and pensions.
"A mobilization of such credits is
proof Of the confidence the French
people have in their own financial
power" he declared
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who intro
duced NJ. Casenave, declared Ameri-
cas- loans to the allies were being
made "a foot ball of politics"
"A bad debt and an intolerable bur
den" could be lifted by the opening
of foreign markets to give American
farmers an outlet for products which
they now were forced to sell below
cost, he said.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
z1TA SAILS DECEMBER %.

FUNCHAL, Island Of Madeira, De-
cember 17.-Announeement as made to-
day that former Empress Zita of Aus
tria-Hungary expects to start for Swift
zerland December 26. She was recently
granted permission by the allied council
Of ambassadors and the Swiss govern
ment to make the trip on account of
the illness Of her son. She will 60 by
way Of Lisbon.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
PAY HONOR TO KING.
Alexander's Birthday Noted in
Service at Cathedral.

In honor Of the birthday of King
Alexander and at the request OF
Slavic Grouitch. minister of the serbs.
Croat1 and Slovenes. special service
OF prayer and thanksgiving was held
yesterday afternoon at the Bethlehem
CHAPEL washington Cathedral. The
service was conducted by Dean Bra
tenahl. Canon De Vrfes, Canon Myer.
Canon Talbot and other clergy Of ths
Washington diocese.
The Serbian flag was carried in the
professional and recessional and the
music, including an anthem. "Mare
nificat," and the Serbian national an.
them. Yesterday was the birthday Of
the Serbian king.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
REASSURES JAMAICANS.
British Agent Says q. s. Will No
Reta1iate for Preferences.

KINGSTON, Jamaica. December II.
Maj. Wood. replying to a deputa-
tion of Jamaicans relative to his vis-
it OF inquiry into economic and politi-
cal conditions in the West Indies on
behalf Of the British government, de.
clared that Jamaica need fear no re-
taliation by the United States for
giving preference to Canadian and
British products imported here.
Jamaica, he added, was part Of the
British empire and should maintain
the essential unity of the empire. The
colony had perfect right to give
preference to Canadian and United
Kingdom products, as the United
states gave to those of her CONF
ponent states: If the United States
the British government would inter-
v0ne.
Evening star., 1921-12-18

the privilege Of building ten capital
ships in the designated period of ten
years from 1925, he did say that an
error had crept into the public dis
cussion Of the matter. through a mis-
apprehension. France, he explained,
has no intention Of building capital
chips, tomorrow, next week or next
month.
France is looking forward. in her
demands. he said, to the time when
a larger navy may be necessary to
meet the needs of France.
In a way, this statement seems to
be the crux o. the matter from the
French point of view. They are not
asking for the fixing of a naval ratio
of 3.5 with a view to constructing
Immediately a lot OF new vessels. But
they are seeking for the right to
build up naval power. a right which
they may or may not avail them
selves of. They make a distinction
between the actual construction of
these warships and the right to con-
struct them.
Actualltfes Are Preferred.
But the Americans and the British
1t is said, prefer to deal with actual
tiles. The Washington conference
has set about the settlement of the
naval armament question, and in their
view 1t must be settled much as il
was settled in the case of tire United
States. Great Britain and Japan.
AS an evidence of the fact that
France Is not desirous of setting UP
as a great naval power. NJ. Sarraut
called attention to the fact long be-
fore the Washington conference was
called, many years before. France
through it's discussion of naval mat
ters in parliament had made 1T clea!
race among the nations. Since 1915
practically all naval building by
France had been at a standstill, he
said.
Aims I'm Doubt.
If France does not desire to con.
struct these capital ships, what is 1,
she does want? is the question being
asked in some quarters. Two an
sHers TO this question were made by
observers here last night, which may
or may not be correct.
In the first place. IT was said, if
France yields on the matter of capital
ship tonnage. and takes a ratio of 2
or even rs, she may gain concessions
with regard to submarine tonnage
Great Britain has begun a drive in
the conference against submarines
and will ask for their total abolition
May Seek Guarantee.
In the second place. France may seek
to have included within the proposed
treaty for the Limitation of naval
armaments some guaranty against at.
tack. She may ask. it is suggested
that the treaty contain a clause tha,
her rights shall be respected" and
that in the event Of disputes arising
there shall be consultation among the
powers party to the treaty to discuss
the matter and means that should be
taken to settle such disputes, some
thing similar to article Of the Pacific
treaty signed here this week.
The Italian naval ratio will be set.
tied by the conference along with that
of France. of course. The Italians
as they have maintained for weeks
are not desirious of building up a big
navy, in fact they are opposed to it
But they do insist that their ratio
shall be as large as that of France in
any plan for the Limitation of naval
ornaments.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
LIBERALS FREE PRISONERS
Guatema1An Political Offenders
Given Liberty,

All political prisoners under the
liberal administration which recently
overthrew the unionist administration
in Guatemala have been set free with
the exception Of the minister Of public
works, according to a message received
last night by DR.. Julio Bianchf. the
minister Of the former administration
here.
No details beyond the brief announce.
naent were given II The Hn4sBaGex
Evening star., 1921-12-18
FlLIPINOS ADVOCATE
ISLAND INDEPENDENCE
Resident Commissioners Declare
Present Hropitious Time and
See Menace Removed.

mdependence for the Philippines
y1s advocated yesterday by Jaime c.
dent Philippine commissioners who,
in statements forwarded to President
Harding and members Of the Senate
and House, declared that world
events make the present time pro-
pitious" for tina granting. Of inde-
pAndence.
The commissioners contended that
the four-power treaty relating to the
Pacific removes any real cause Of
fear for safety Of a Philippine repub-
tion Of Great Britain in Offering to
make Ireland . free state as marking
the progress ef new freedom to subject
lseQleaS -.-.---------
Evening star., 1921-12-18
PUT IN WHITE HOUSE HEAT.

John Ponder, seventy-two, chief en-
gineer at a local hospital for the
past fifty-one years and who super
vised the installation of the first
steam heating system in the White
House at Washington in the early
Evening star., 1921-12-18
NEW POST FOR DIR. E. D. BALL

DR.. E. d. Ball has been appointed
by Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
as the representative of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture on the research
information service to take the place
of Carl L. A1sberg. The Secretary
has also named DR.. Frederick B.
Power, for many years director of the
welcome Research Laboratory Of
London, and now in charge of the
phytochemical laboratory Of the BIZ
reau Of chemistry, as a representative
Of the bureau in the division Of fed.
eral relations in place Of DR.. A1sberg.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
LIKELY TO REACH
RATIO AGREEMENT
FOR FRENCH NAVY

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Evening star., 1921-12-18
FRANCE is WILLING
TO GRANT GERMANY
EXTENSION ON DEBT

Continued from First Page.D
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
The HERO

Matthew Holmes is al author with al imagination TN"
never legs When the story opens he is III financial as
tress because he spent all the money he made with first
successful book and play and failing success in those that
followed is faced with big income tax payment ana n"
way of paving it, In this situation he to appeal TO
Uncle Jerry who was supposed die and leave his money
to Matt He didn't and learning that Matt had already
made plans for spending his money he cuts hm OH wig
out cent and marries his pretty nurse At Uncle Jerry
door Matt meets
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
The EXTINGUISHER

is next in Importance to hero and heroine 1t Is
new contrapton in which Matt hopes to interest Uncle
Jerry in order TO rccoup his fortunes. 1t was intended
originally to put fires, but in MATHS hands 1t becomes
weapon of defense and ofensc with which he sprays
savage dogs hostile men, and by mistake, even Nancy
herself Then Nancy sprays Matt when he is in the midst
of bood-strring fight. In the end after Mats i'm
pulses and the cxngusher have led him into all sorts
of amusing situations, Uncle Jerry takes 1t up, ana
brichtens Matt s future. -uu.----A..---
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
Complete Short Stories

THE MAGAZINE SECTION contains every week COM
pletc short stories and serial all by famous authors
In this section will be found to suit every literary
taste from Of the Old West by such famous authors
as Bret Harte and Steward Edward White and the cleyery
hencd and written Of Fanny Heasp Lea and al
cnne Williams the ncOmparably funny stories or lne3
and Tribv May which carry laugh in every line The lnez
and Trby May stories written by that famous hu1or
Gus writer, Sewcll Ford.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
The HEROINE

Nmcv who is the sister of Uncle Jcrrys wife. She knows
that Matt opposed Uncle Jerry marriage 10 hGr SsGl'
and sharks start 70 flv the minute they meet. Through
out the story they clash with uniailng regularity, and
these clashes constitute Of the most amusing pas
sagcs in the serial When Matt starts out on his career
If tracking the kidnappcls and reScuing the warmlon-
aires daghter Nancy insists going wherever ne goes
and thew adventure and fight together until at the end
they discover that they are IN love despite all dlcaols
TO the contrary.
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The twop of printed in colors
the front rank and girls but the majority o" adults
better and have good laugh
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
For Boys and Girls yd }7!E r4 F6E 59f is il

For Boys and GIFTS YOUNG FOLKS is just
chuck full the kind of and puzzles that keep the kid
dies cnrnlccd for hours time
There are stories Boys and Girls Dogs and Birds and all
the other little ANIMAL folks that ourselves used to like to
read of well and that little enjoy just as much
as did
older great deal ouI or TINS page
for as we read the stories puzzles for the little
perhaps we will again obtain glimpse Ct childhood,
which we are altogether in the hurry and crowd
ing of our work-aday grown up lives
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Ribbon SERIAL This means it's
TneeW
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"AMONN1 OO MON AID WHICH

ana yhne Mo ana
the supplement And
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und in the SUNDAY NEWS Supplement

THAT CLEVER CARTOON PAGE
ILLUSTRATORS W.
that isn't just iko Ii you haven
nd il s ,rlvo lcof many
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-12-08
CITY Council Receive Bill Eo[ UnDaid
Services From State Examiner Office

A bill from the state examiners Of
flee for fees amounting to 5000 COW
ering the years 1918-19-2O-21 was the
first topic to come before the city
council at it's regular session last
Thursday evening. A hurried search
of the records by the mayor failed to
reveal the fact of payment for the
services claimed in the bill, and the
matter rests until detailed Search of
the records can be made. The mayor
was under the impression that war
rants had been issued in payment of
the examiners fees for the first three
years specified in the bill, but was not
positive in the matter.
All councilmen were present at the
meeting except Remington, who was
absent from the city
G. G. Nohl appeared before the body
with the statement that charge for
sidewalk construction in 1919 appear
ed in the city tax list of Ethel Nohl,
and cited the fact that the said side
walk was constructed in 1915 and the
cost of same paid in full in 1877 Mr.
Nohl stated that he realized the COR
rection to be properly made would
entail a rewriting of the assessment
roll and complete checkup of the sur
veyor's work, but desired the council
to pass some sort Of resolution in
order TO protect the title to the pro-
perty in future and to show clearly
and officially the error existed. On
motion the city clerk was instructed to
write Engineer c. Wells of Great
Falls, who was in charge of the work
of sidewalk construction in Belt in
1919, and request him to correct the
error, and also instruct the city treas
urer to correct the same in his records.
Mr.. Nohl thanked the council and re-
tired.
The city wateroverseer reported
pumping 100000 gallons of water in
November, a drop of nearly million
gallons from that pumped during the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-12-08
Garnet Junkermier
Welded Yesterday

At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Junkermeier of
Armington coulee, Miss Garnet junk
crmeier was joined in wedlock TO Linz
coin +. Wegner of Great Falls, Rev.
Christoph kellar Of Great Falls Off
ciating. The wedding took place yes.
terday morning at 10 o'clock, the
young people leaving on the o'clock
train for Los Angeles via Salt Lake,
and after visiting other coast cities
will return via Seattle. They will be
at home at the Lexington Apartments,
Great Falls, after January l5.
The ceremony was performed in the
living room of the Junkermeier home,
which was prettily and appropriately
decorated for the occasion. Mrs. H.
II. Sauers, sister of the bride, acted as
maid of honor, and Oscar Jnnkeraeiery
brother of the bride, as best man, and
Ruth Junkermeier, niece of the bride,
as flower girl. Mrs. Oscar Junker-
meier presided at the piano, perform
ing appropriately TO the occasion. The
bride was beautifully gowned In ROM
aine silk, with streamers of white
satin. Her veil of tuile was entwined
with lilies Of the valley, and is dis
tinguished as having been worn by
her mother at her own wedding. The
bride also carried large bouquet Of
-ophelia roses and lilies of the valley
A wedding breakfast was served inn
mediately after the ceremony to the
bridal party and guests, the table be-
ing beautifully decorated with pink as
the predominating color.
The bride is a widely known young
lady of this locality. having grown to
womanhood in the Environments of
Belt. She is extremely popular
among her many friends and alto
gether charming in appearance and
manner. For the past two years she
has been engaged in secretarial work
in the Great Northern offices in Great
Falls.
Mr.. Wagner Is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota and holds q
responsible position with the Great
Northern Railway company in Great
Falls.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-12-08
Central Grocery Assigns
for Benefit Of Creditors

Monday morning II NJ McCue, rep
resenting the firm of Mccue & stsph-
enson, adjusters of Great Falls, took
charge of the store known as the Gen.
trial Grocery. which has been operxted
for the past several months by Percy
l.. Engdahl. The assignment for the
benefit of the creditors was made last
week, the reason being given MS due to
general conditions The stock has
been inventoried by Mr.. McCue, who
states that in his opinion 1t is suffi-
cient, il quickly closed out, to make a
fair settlement of all claims. The
stock is remarkably clean and sale
able one, and at the prices named
should be closed out at an arIy date.
VIII Lester In assisting Mr.. McCue in
disposing of the stock.
The Central Grocery has been oper-
ated under that name for the past 10
years, opening first In the McShane
building near the auditorium, remov-
ing to the Waldo Hotel building on the
completion Of that building eight
years ago. The business was ergan-
ICED and operated by Blomqnisf Bros
until sold to May Il Sampson in 1916.
Mr.. Sampson sold his interest to Percy
Engdahl in 1919, and in 1920 MIR. Eng
iahl purchased the interest Of Mr..
May. Last July J. A. Taylor took an
interest in the business, but sold out
again to Mr. Engdahl about month