Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-18
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For the Schools
BY CHARLES P. STEWART

by SI1A1AAAIN2 L. '
France having made good her
threat to try hurrying up payment
of her war claims by a seizure Of
German territory, a state Of affairs
exists in Europe which may end IN
any one Of q good many different
kinds of trouble.
For instance, a revolution il Ger
many wouldn't surprise anybody.
Any government which permits the
country it rules to be invaded by a
foreign powers troops is bound to
be blamed. This furnishes discon-
tented elements with a chance 10
grab at control. On one hand, the
German "reds" might attempt 1t. On
the other hand, the royalists might.
Or the Russians might think it an
opportune time to try to gain some
advantage.
The little entente" consisting Ct
new, war-formed countries Ill cast
ern Europe, is a source of uneasi-
ness. In fact, it's understood their
preniers are about to meet at Bel
grade to adopt a plan, similar to
Frances, against Hungary.
Italy. just on general principles,
is SO uneasy that Premier Mussolinl
has ordered a partial mobilization.
Trouble in western and central
Europe, by distractiug attention
from the turbulent Near East,
makes Turkey very independent.
The very fact that it's impossible
to tell what may happen, or where,
only adds to the feeling Of anxiety.
France Almost Alone
London and Washington disap-
prove strongly Of what France has
done.
1t isn't that there's any sympathy
| at either of these capitals with Ger
| many. They both consider that if
the Germans are able to pay, they
| ought to be compelled to do it. But
they regard it as at least very doubt
| full if Germany is able to do SO. Just
as they were hoping the world was
going to settle down, with some
| prospects of a return to "normalcy,"
| they're much dissatisfied by Frances
! refusal to abandon a policy ~calculat-
ed to upset everything again.
Premier Bonar Law of England
| marked his objections to the French
| course by quitting the conference
| with the French, Italian and Belgian
! premierS when he found he wasn't
| going to be listened to.
1t has been learned that Myron I.
Herrick, United States ambassador to
France, without actually protesting
| against the French advance into the
Ruhr, did tell Premier Poincare
that the Washington administration
i was opposed to it. Roland w. Boy
| den, unofficial American representa-
| tive on the ~reparations commission,
| likewise told the French, Italian and
! Belgian delegates that he didn't be-
lieve Germany could pay Frances
| claims, and said he agreed with Eng
land.
The United States, too, recalled
her few troops still on German sell.
| They didn't mean much in a military
way, but their recall implied a pro-
| test.
1t seems even Premier Mussolini
| protested, though Italy voted with
France on the reparations commits
sion.
Only Belgium is cooperating
whole-heartedly with the French.
Germany Doesn't Resist
France first seized Essen, seat o.
the great krupp factories; then Gel
senkirchen center of the Ruhr Goa
industry: it's expected still more oc
equations will follow.
There was a hostile gathering blu
not much trouble at Essen. Munich
also has been the scene of anti
French gathering and 7avaria gen
orally, which is regarded as royalist
is reported excited. The Memel dis
trist, in East Prussia, is in a state oil
| disorder, reported in some quarters
to mean a desire to join the new re-
public of Lithuania; in others to be
anti-French.
The German government, however,
| sanctioned no resistance to the