Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-09-01
WASHINGTON
BAY BY DAY
isaac Gregg

-v--,-~~-,n. Sept. IA member
., mt Harding's official fam
ilv declared that the President
win veto the bonus bill when was |
passed by the Senate late yester-
Aav bv vote of AZ to 22.
This cabinet member stated that
the measure contains the same tunda,,
mental objection as when 1t passed
the House. He pointed out that the
Simmons amendment providing Tor
payment of the bonus through the m
terest payments on the foreign debt
does not provide revenue for the
meeting of expenditures that would
be necessary to pay the bonus. just
how much money is to be derived
from the foreign governments OWING
money to the United States is prob
iematical, this cabinet official deelar-
ed, and with the exception OF IN
terests payments on the part OF Great
Britain there is no assurance what
ever that any money viii be coming
IN from such sources within the near
future. 1t was stated in this connec-
ton that in the end the Treasury
Department would be compelled TO
raise the money for the bonus and
the President is not willing that any
additional burdens should be placed
upon that Department. TINS CAB
met member made it very plain that
in the circumstances the President
will veto the bonus measure when
II is sent to him.
Major General James G. Harbord,
deputy Chief of Staff, is back at his
desk in the War Department, after
an absence of several months in Eu-
rope. Germany presents, at least to
outward appearance, an air OF pros
perity the General stated.
The fields are all under cultiYa-
ton, with the prospect of excellent
crops, though it is said that there
will likely be a shortage of wheat.
On every hand one sees smoking
factory chimney's, trains are run
ming regularly, both for passengers
and freight; there is a great deal
of traffic on the Rhine. and in gen.
eral the country presents a picture
of industry and labor.
Germany appears to be living up
TO her agreement with the Allies to
supply "a million tons of coal annual
", Hartford said, and apparently is
doing this at the risk of serious coal
shortage herself during the coming
winter. To offset the shortage of coal
the Germans are using Ignite, or
brown coal" to a considerable eX-
tent.
Of the three classes of people, the
General said, the middle or salaried
class apparently is suffering most.
The working classes, for the most
part, are successful by means of their
labor unions, in making wages fol-
low the fluctuations in the value of
the mark. The ariStocratic class and
the wealthier class. such as manu-
facturers, are apparently making
some money, the General said.
General Hartford also stated that
good deal Of seemingly reckless
spending especially in the larger
cities Of Germany is due to several
causes. one explanation commonly
given that the people are afraid
to accumulate money for fear that
it viii be taken away from them
through confiscation or taxation in
paym Mt of PREPARATIONS. Another
explanation is the general let-dOwn
FOLLOWING the war, when the people
had .t .'tr'e pleasure. Still a third
oNr.5' is that there has been
q, on incident to the change
Il 'u mOnarchical government to
thai u republic.
The American forces on the Rhine
get along extremely we'll with the
German population, General Mar
bord said. The Germans show a dis
position to be fair and to cooperate
in every way possible with the Anne
rican authorities, though naturally
the German people would prefer to
have no foreign army upon their soil.
AS an example of the fairness of the
German people, the General cited the
fact that in some instances Germans
are allowed to sit upon the courts in
the occupied region. In one instance
an American soldier was murdered,
and the case was turned over to q
court composed entirely of Germans.
The court convicted the murderers
who were Germans, and sentenced
them to death. American soldiers in
Germany are very well satisfied, the
General said, there being instances
where soldiers who had been brought
back to the United States had paid
their own passage to Germany in or
der to re-enlist.
The General paid a tribute to Major
General Henry T. Allen, command
ing the American forces in Germany.
Il don't know of anyone on the list
Of general officers of the American
Army who could have done better
work IN that position than General
Alien, said General Hartford.