The Arvada enterprise., 1923-11-15

times last week and received several
long communications from POincnre
Neither has yet made any public state
ment, but II 10 understood the French
are not disposed to press at this time
their contention that reduction Of Ger
man reparations Is impossible unless
the debts of France to America and
Great Britain likewise are scaled
down. Mr.. Hughes was said to be
willing to cOncede that the legality
| Of French occupation Of the Ruhr and
other questions pertaining to 1t should
be declared outside the Jurisdiction
| OF the committee Of experts. though
he cannot see how Germany's ability
! to pay can be explored without tnk.
| Ing into consideration the prOductiv.
lty Of the Ruhr.
London dispatches assert that Bel.
gium and Italy have Joined Great
Britain in the demand that the In
quiry Into Germany's financial and
economic condition shall be free and
unlimited. and that II the United
States and France cannot come to
an agreement. the three nations VIII
probably unite in such nm investiga-
ton. Certain correspondents are In
slstent In their reports that France
Is about to be isolated. but with some
Of them the wish mny be father to
the thought. Belgium officially nd,
mits that she is seeking to act as
mediator and is hopeful OF estnb-
fishing an accord between France and
England"
Ambassador Herrick. Just returned
to France, In an address ut the Nav.
arin farm where the Rainbow division
fought beside General Gouraud's
army, seemingly committed the Unit
ell States TO the duty OF helping re-
establish Europe. Said he:
1--WE put our hands on the plow
and we are ready TO run the furrow
through. for we know II the present
problem Is not solved. and justly and
quickly solved. then truly America will
have fought the war in vain"
This stirred up the "Irreconcll-
ablcs" bit. but In Washington II
was understood that Mr. Hcrrick was
merely expressing his own views.
Paris. however. believes the American
government has mnde up Its mind to
take n hand In European affairs. main
ly because II Is convinced that during
the coming winter America must pro-
vide Germany with hundreds anil
thousands OF bushels OF wheat on long
time credit to prevent wholesale star.
walton.
L demanded the Establishment OF
allied control over German military
equipment, which has been In nhey-
ance since the occupation OF the Ruhr.
and limited that France might be
forced to take military measures for
protection against "reactionary mill
tarixt parties who exercise power In
u considerable part OF Germany"
Strcscmnnn's reply was to the effect
that attempts ~ allied officers, espe-
clnlly French and Belgian. in uniform
TO check up the armed strength OF
WI WVuIu eNlieuS'y
GUS and that the German government
cannot take the responsibility OF
guaranteeing the safety OF members
Of the commission II they insist on
proceeding with the work.
TT THE recommendations OF the I'm.
1 perial economic conference In Lon.
don nre adopted by the British parils-
mcnt. and they probably Will be. the
United States viii be given strong
dose OF the tariff medicine II has been
administering to others for many
years. These recommendations ARE
thu, Great Britain put tax Of fvc
shIlllngs hundrcdwcicht on raw
apples from foreign countries; n duty
OF ten shillings u hundredweixht on
canned salmon: Il duty Of six pence
n gallon on fruit juices. and 81 per
cent duty on foreign tobacco. The
first. second and fourth Of these pro
posals would hit America especially
II was pointed out that the Who'll"
basis In considering these questions
wny whether dominion trade can ex.
pand rapidly enough TO supply all
British needs, and in the case Of ap.
pies Il was stated that the supply
would easily equal the demand.
| A DvANTAGE IN the elections Of
"A last Tuesday was claimed by both
the Republicans and the Democrats.
The former rccaptured the Twenty.
fourth congressional district Of New
York. where Benjamin fairchild was
elected, and won In Vermont. where
Porter Dale was chosen United States
senator. The Democrats elected three
! governors - Richie In Maryland.