The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-22


Investigated by congress.
against Intervention In European mat
tiers. Is closely and Accordingly inter
ested In this question. We have had
Indications from time to time that she
may move.
Il should be hopeful As regards the
value Of her Intervention. and II
Intervention does not take place OF
cannot through the league. or II 1t ID
impossible to invoke the league at this
stage. do not let 1t be thought that I
for a moment deprecate the idea Of
international action to solve the prob
lem. think 1t only can be solved by
international action sooner or later"
That Secretary Hughes plan for q
commission Of experts to report on
reparations II not dead, was shown
by the action Of the two wings Of the
Liberal party In parliament. They
agreed on an amendment to the adj
dress from the throne reading In part ::
"And humbly represent to your
AAdJCoty Nhat Aho6LoSb uo thC AuNot c
peace Of Europe cannot be safeguard
ed nor the recovery Of reparatiOns by
the operations of the French and Bel
gian governments In the Ruhr, 1t Is
urgently necessary to seek effective
securities against aggression by in
ternational guarantees under the
League Of Nations and to invite the
council Of the league without delay
to appoint n commission of experts
to report upon the capacity Of Ger.
many to pny reparatlons and upon
the best method Of eifecting such pay
ments. and that in view Of the recent
Indications Of willingness on the part
of the government of the United States
Of America to participate In a confer
ence to this end. the British repre-
sentative on the council Of the league
should be instructed to urge that an
Invitation be extended to the American
government to appoint experts to
serve upon the commission"
CCUPATION Of more German
~ towns BY the French, the prohi-
billion Of shipments Of manufactured
products from the Ruhr to other parts
of Germany. arrests Of many odicials
for defiance Of French orders and de-
cisive steps toward the operation Of
trains by French crews marked the
week In the occupied region. First
Recklinghause and then Gelsenkir-
chen declared complete strikes against
the French. and the latter town was
fined one hundred million marks for
violation Of military orders and be-
cause Of q clash In which two French
soldiers were wounded. Refusal to
pay the fine resulted In the arrest Of
the leading bankers Of the place. The
boycott Of the French all over the
Ruhr grew more effective daily. and
the retallatory measures increased In
severity. The French ordered all
reich and state ofhcials to stay out
Of the Ruhr because the visits Of
some had resulted In stirring up more
trouble. The Berlin government do
cided to test this order BY sending
two cabinet members into the terri
tory. The outcome 10 not known at
this writing.
One Of the latest OF General De-
goutte's orders was that the 10000
German security police In the occupied
REGION should be disarmed.
TURKEY insists that her decision
L to close the ports Of Smyrna and
lsmld to allied warships Is irrevoc'
able and that the vessels there must
leave ut once, ind the harbors are
being thickly sown with mines. But
up to date the warships have not de-
parted, nor have they been Hred on
Constantinople Is still optimistic. be.
lieving an agreement will be reached
soon, though each side IL waiting fol
the other to take the initiative fol
renewal OF the peace negotiations
Turkey has called out more clnsse,
and II Is said the authorities ut Adrian
ople have ordered all the old men
women and children to vucate the cit!
| as u precautionary measure. Mustnph'
Renal and lsmct Pasha presumabl!
are In Ansora by this time. and II 4
believed they would exert pncifyinl
influence on the National nssembl
and that the danger Of hostilities wa
growing more remote. The Britisl
government has agreed to make tn
concessions which the French dclegnt
offered TO Ismct after Lord Curzo,
left Lausanne. and the allies nre will
ing to yield on certain other points. 8
the signing Of peace treaty may no
be very long deferred.
THE United States senate passe
1 the British debt funding bill O.
Friday after several days OF NOR