Evening star., 1923-02-25
The Story the Week Has Told

lack Of fuel. especially coke; but the French
end for the losses @ % thus incurred. re pA' M 'n'
The reduced railway service under Franco
meet the reducsd denands Of trahie. ana the he
same seems to be true Of other services
r.iwsy mem are returning TO- work IN
considerable numbers. accepting allied condi-
tions OF service. I do not quite know what to
Reports greatly differ as to the general at
tory toward the occupyne foTces ese'Ps Essen and
Gelsenktrchen have been the chief centers of
to have BEEN fairly coWed desenkirchen G@ Sse Was
strongly occupied and given taste OF strict
boycott was broken by the falling Of Boycott
ting shopkeepers. and a high city official was
ference with the execution Of allied orders.
At Bochum an unfortunate incident occurred.
fired into 1t. killing one German and wounding
two Others; an act attributable to youthful
Of the activities Of the secret resistance
ganizations." with their alleged plans for
guerrilla warfare and individual assassina-
Apparently sabotage has somewhat de-
cially on the telephone and telegraph systems
The most important act Of sabotage to date
was the sinking of two barges in the Rhine
Herne canal completely blocking. it;
Disasming and dis disbanSment sS en- OF the security
dered and has been almost completed. This
body Of men numbering about 1000 composed mp ss
army. was not to be trusted either by the
French by the Ruhr population.
from 10000 to 10000 to the dollar. seems to
not what Of dexterous manipulation. it is be-
ing at least temporarily stabilized at the new
IN the he COST o
the occupation is greatly Increased by tho
as they Intend to be Reimbursed by Gernans
The dispatches say little about the food
ferred that it has not grown appre ciably worse.
Though doubtless the general situation ?. has has
done almost tmperceptibly.
ItaIy-Tne italian chamber OF deputies
and senate have ratified tho treaty OF Santa
Margherita, which proposes to complete the
settlement of the Dalmatian question Gas be-
tween Italy and Jugoslavia). But that Pre-
nlier Mussolini does not regard the settlement
as eternal is proved by his following charac-
teristic statement on the occasion Of ratiflca-
tion Of the treaty by the senate:
irreparable. Ancient Rome did not believe
that the defeat at Came was irreparable
prepare her spirit and her strength to domi-
nate her future destiny"
Whatever may be the other qualities of
Mussolini, he is nothing if not candid
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Poland and Lithuanin--The perennial bor-
der controversy between Poland and Lithu-
ania has fared up violently again. Space is
lacking for details. There seems little doubt
that on this occasion Lithuania is the aggres-
sor and entirely in the wrong. Her behavior
Is so strange. inconsistent and absurd that one
is inclined to accept the Paris explanation that
Moscow is at the bottom Of it: Moscow wish
ing keep Poland amused" at no expense to
herself Poor little foolish. gullible Lithuania
is preparing to come a cropper, 1t seems.
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Soviet Ruxsfn.-A report recently rendered
BY the Commission on Russian Relief" to the
National Information Bureau. Inc. is very
interesting document, and apparently trust
worthy. The following statements are eA-
tracted from It:
Last year moro than I4.o00.o0O Russians