The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-12-29
Premier
Will Not Attend
Paris Meeting
Mussolini Sees Little Hope for
Agreement Regarding Ger
many-Francc Ready
to Act Alone.

Rome, Dec. 2S.--tBy A. P)-Premiel
Mussolini Informed his cabinet today
that he would not attend the confer.
ence of allied prcmiers in Paris next
week.
The premicr's decision produced 4
profound impression. 1t was inter
preted as meaning that he had 10 con
fidence that the gathering woulo
reach a satisfactory result
s. Among the reasons given the coun
Gil of ministers for not making the
journey were that no settled policy
had been decided upon, and that the
question of timber deliveries by Ger.
many would create new difficulties
between Great Britain and France.
Too Much Work ut Home.
The premier also told the ministers
that he had too much work to do at
home to go abroad. unless there was
reaching results which would warrant
his absence from Italy.
Reviewing the internal situation,
Mussolini said it was improving. 1t
was the governments intention to put
an end, once for all time, to the con-
flicts between the fascist and COM
munists. 70 that end the projects
throughout the country had been or
dered to keep their police forces mo-
bilized every Saturday from midnight
to the following Sunday at midnight
in readiness to suppress outbreaks.
France Prepared to Act.
Paris, Dec. 2S.-(By A. P.l-The
French government has practically
completed It's plan for the seizure of
certain German state forests as re-
suit of the formal action of the rep
arations commission last Tuesday in
declaring Germany in voluntary de-
fault for failure to deliver the spe-
cific amount OF timber during the
present year.
Some of these government.owned
forests are in the occupied territory
of Germany and others in Bavaria.
1t was authoritatively stated tonight
that, apart from any general settle
ment that may be reached at next
weeks conference here of allied pre-.
miers, Poincare has made up his mind
to take these forests in economic re-
prisal for Germany's wilful default
even though the other allies refuse to
participate in the operation.
The French premier will insist that
his plan of seizure be the first item
on the agenda of the remiers, meet
ing. lie will ask the approval of the
allied powers, but if this is not forth.
coming. he is prepared to act alone.
Germans Ask More Time.
Berlin, Dec. 2S.-Germany delay in
meeting the entente's demands for
timber was due mainly to the late
date on which the government re-
ceived specific notification OF the al
lies requirements. according to an
explanation issued by the German
war burdens commission. The com.
mission asks an extension of time to
the first of April.
The majority of the demands, the
commission declares, were received
only on March 81, and thqee for
England on April 90 This resulted
in a delay in the contract deliveries
and compelled purchases in the open
market. Moreover the sudden depre-
citation of the mark in June upset the
governments calculations.
| Nevertheless. up to November Is,
the demands for Belgium and France
were completely fulfilled and promises
are made that England will receive
large delivery before the end of the
present year. The chief technical diff
ficulty encountered was in' connection
with the demand for telegraph poles,
owing to the unusual sizes required.