The Raymer enterprise., 1923-06-28

confscate and requisition q force Of
Germans to operate all the Ruhr valley
industries, the output Of which may bs
turned to the account Of reparations.
Germans who refuse to do this work
will receive Jail sentences up to Is
years, and sabotage may be punished
with death sentences on conviction By
court-martial.
Passive resistance d steadily weak
ening, and this 10 due In large meas
ure to the food situation. One Of the
German government orders already
has been repealed and firms are now
permitted to pay freight rates on food
transported on lines operated BY the
French. One Of the latest seizures BY
the French was that Of the sugar fac.
tories at Frankenthal and nelghboring
villages.
This serious food situation 10 af-
fecting all Of Germany. especially be.
cause Of the further decline Of the
mark. which is rapidly approaching
the worthlessness Of the Russian
ruble. Flour imports from the United
States at Hamburg have stopped, and
importers there have lost heavily be-
cause buyers refuse to take shipments
they ordered. There 10 shortage Of
fish, too. and the German high seas
fishing industry is about to suspend
because Of labor and financial troubles.
INSISTENCE by the Turks that their
country's bonds be paid In Turkish
paper money 10 expected. at this writ
ing, to result In the breaking up Of
the peace conference at Lausanne.
This, however. does not mean resump.
ton Of warfare. The. negotiations will
be carried on through the Legations,
and It ID taken for granted a separate
peace treaty will be slgned BY Turkey
and Greece permitting rehabilitation
In Thrace. The French, who would
be the main sufferers by the Turkish
plan Of payment. will not agree to It.
and presumably will have the luke.
warm support Of Great Britain and
Italy.
u ULGARIA'S civil war seems to bo
- petering out, though the "Yellow
Guards" Of the peasantry have not yet
given up the fight. In Sofia It Is as
serted that when the little entente
meets to determine Its policy toward
Bulgaria, Poland and Rumania will de.
clare In favor Of the new regime, TAX
Ing the position that the revolution
was purely an internal affair. This
attitude. presumably. will be due large
ly to the belief that the Zankoff gov.
ernment will not make any alliance
with the Bolshevlsts.
THE British, through their repre-
! sentatiyes In the house Of com.
mons, are again fussing about condl-
tions on Ellis island, asserting that at
times as many as $50 persons Of varl.
ous races are housed In the same
sleeping quarters and that English
subjects are subjected to this indIg-
nifty. Ellis island officials admit the
truth Of the charge but can see no way
Of remedying the situation unless a
gigantic building Is erected. They say
the policy Is to treat all alike, but that
the British seem to expect special con.
sideration.
ND OOZD news" Of the week was
- rather slim. The Wisconsin
senate killed the bill passed by the
lower house repeating the states en-.
forcement act, the vote being 10 to IL.
This had been expected The British
liner Beregaria sailed from South.
ampton with . new plan to foil
our prohibition regulations. Besides
enough liquor in her bar for the trip
westward, she had In her hold, under
Quadruplicate British customs seal,
enough liquor for the voyage home, to
be opened only after getting beyond
the three-mile limit II was argued that
this liquor technically was in British
bonded warehouse, and therefore not
liable to the laws Of the United States
10 long 40 the seals were not broken In
United States port. American gov
ernment oficials. however, said they
would seize the liquor az soon az the
vessel arrived.
pRESIDENT HARDING has com.
: muted the sentences Of "A Of the
4S political prisoners" still In prison
for conspiracy to obstruct the conduct
OF the war. Clemency Is denied the
others because their offenses were
vicious In the extreme" In the words
OF the attorney general