Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-28

~ Nootii0. eoudy. - plan
tor direct action thru
seizure of the Ruhr dis
trict and absolute con-
troll Of the French section of the
0h'neand which was considered and
ooroVed yesterd1y by military and
vii authorities at Elysee palace,
vas submitted for final approval.
here is not much faith acre in any
lterallied solution OF the reparations
question. Marshal foch and Major
en- Buat, chief of staff, are under
stood to have told President Miller.
7nd and Premier Poincare yesterday
at plan for expanding the mill
cary occupation of the right bank of
'r Rhine he'd been prepared and
hat Il could be executed within twen.
i'iour hours Nj Tiora,j the French
high commissioner for the Rhineland
said ci'il administration Of the terri.
'o'. Fccuriad Jy "isrce on the left
'aEa al the Rhine aould be immedi-
H"iF taken over by competent
raQrh authorities. This program
would he applicable only after Jan.
IVY 10 for Germany has a morator.
1H Gari the end oi December and
He FIRST pjymoHt would be due in
p" middle Of JanuaN Germany's
azure to nee, this payment would
bc French believe give them the
rit to agt.
Members Of the cahret after the
ing icfu.ot to discuss the action
..l ~.
ldD. Was approx "a without opposition.
Explains Poincare Statement.
Premier Poincare's purpose in his
appeal to the nation last Sunday to
ubmerge party feelings in sacred
p on "a support Of the government
rJw is acCn. This drastic program
II action hinges on outcome of the
rlssels conference but there is such
doubt that tlat meeting wiz reach a
satisfactory settlement on repara-
tons that theFreuch think it wise to
1ra are fer al CyCatuality. France
is ready TO so alone acting on the
he0ry that ii she ever expects to
sat anything Grom Germany she
must hit Germany hard in the Ruhr
r. most vulnerable spot
French newspapers, explain that
action in the Ruhr would be design
d to strike the hardest blow at Ger
man mining and metal industries as
we'll as to obtain for France the full
luota Of reparaton coal and coke
hich she needs for the full develop
Urrt of the lorraine iron industries.
Fear Plot Is On Foot.
Complete control of the French
tor Of the Rhineland would accom-
D8sh the much desired expulsion of
afman officials, many of whom the
r@uch believe are Prussians, recent
come into the region with the in
antion Of strangthing resistance to
e. allied occupation.
Premier p0iucare saw MARQUIS
salvage Ragri, Italian member Of the
operations commission yesterday
nd it was taken for granted that it
vas to supplement the outline NJ
Noincare already had given Premier
Nusselini at Lauzanne Of the French
ntertons toward Germany. France
= any case, it is reported, will out
inc making it the rule to keep the
lilies informed of her reparations
0olicy. The cabinet had before it to-
ny the goyeruments calculations on
birds Of the Huhr would Yield These
Nfiicial figures show among other re-
rourcos the German governments
mines in the Ruhr produce 9,0o0,000
ons Of coal about half the amount
annually delivered France. This re-
aouycc was discussed in London last
Nugust by Premier Poincare with the
'iod ministers and its acGuisjtion
vas tentatively approved il is under
stood as a last resort measure.
The French experts calculated
last summer before the big drop in
orman exchange that the Ruhr
metal industries sent ont products
valued at 572,00o,00OO00 paper
marks, so that if customs barrier
were thrown around the Ruhr and
even a small export tax imposed it
would weld several hundred million
~nld marks annually.