Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-28
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Army IA Germany"
President Harding has ordered
Secretary of War Weeks to bring
home the soldiers we have kept on
the Rhine river in Germany since
the end Of the World War,
These soldiers are called THE
American Army of Occupation"
1t has always been the custom OF
victors in wars to send armies to
camp on the land OF the defeated
country to see to 1t that the de-
feated country lived up to its agree
ments.
Great Britain, France, Belgium,
Italy and the United states when
they defeated Germany in the
World War.
The American Army Of 0ccupa-
ton camped in \ region of which
the German city of coblenz was the
center.
Cobienz is a very old city. 1t was
standing in the days when the no,
mans fought the Germanic tribes
shortly before and after the birth OF
christ.
Coblenz has a population of about
Sc, 900. That's IL. 900 more people
than Perth Amboy has.
There are about 1000 soldiers in
the American Army Of Occupation.
| All will be brought home before July
/, Secretary of War Weeks believes.
/ Why are We bringing our soldiers
home? Probably TO save money.
Our government expected the al
| lies to pay the expenses from money
collected from Germany. but the al
| lied commission in charge OF seeing
| that Germany pays its debt to TINS
allies does not seem Wiling.
The Coal Strike
1t now seems probable that tbs
greatest coal strike in the his.
tory Of our country will begin April
l.. =,
The United Mine Workers oil
America, q miners union, has or.
dered 100000 miners in all parts Of
this country and part OF Can
ada to cease work. These miners
are employed both in hard and soft
coal mining fields.
That means that all coal minint
win stop except in fields where
miners do not pelong to the union
The strike, If long enough contin'
ued, may result in shutting doW1
hundreds of factories and throwinf
thousands Of men out Of work fol
factories must have coal to operate
The miners r striking because
they're not satisfied with their pay
They make an agreement ON pal
from time to time and that Wag'
stands until the next meeting. mi
agreement with the employers run
out March 81.
The union miners say:
Our pay is low while the cost o.
living in mining towns 10 high. Oul
| bosses made big profits during thu
war and they can afford to pay VI
well now.
"In 1920 our pay was only $500
year: We need $224S q year to nv'
comfortably in a mining town.
The operators or men who Ful
1--WE can't afford to pay more an
we'll probably have to pay less.
"Our competitors in coal held
where men don't belong to the uniol
are paying lower wages and selHni
coal cheaper than We can, Ihat
running our business
The German Indemnity
The Allied Preparations Commits
sion is meeting at Paris. 1t ha
decided how much Germany mus
pay this year on the indemnify Ia
allies have demanded.
If the amount is excessive, =
some believe it may be, the derma'
cabinet may resign as a protest.
An indemnity is a sum OF none
paid to repair damage. Germany,
indemnity il to pay for the damag
Germany did when she attacked Be
GUM. France and other OF ne
neighbors in the World War n de
stroyed their farm lands, homes an
factories.
The Preparations Commission -
|body of men representing the aits'
I Countries. It's task In to arrange tn
amount and method OF payment o
Germany's indemEities. /,
would prefer to hire . person WI
comes we'll recommended, especlait
. nv some one whom I know ana re