Evening star., 1923-01-21
BY HENRY W. BUNN.

THE following is brief summary OF
the most important news of the world
/ for the seven days ended January 2o
Great Dritain.-The negotiations between
the British and American debt-funding COM
missions have ceased and the British conf
mission has sailed for home. 1t is under-
stood that the British cabinet as whole Is
not satisfied with the terms tentatively Offer
ed by the American commission (subJect to
Congressional approval involving modification
of the act creating that commission and dc,
fining its powers) but that Bonar Law and
Mr. Baldwin advise accepting them. WhateveT
they De 1t Is has beea out by
the British cabinet in the light OF the infor-
nian 1here wi be resumpton Of negotia-
tions in some form. -:--
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The Ruhr.-Adequate treatment Of this COM
piicated theme in the space at my commapd
is obviously impossible. II my winged rect
touch the most important high spots l shall
do well.
On the 1lth the industrial commission TO
the Ruhr" was installed at Essen and 10000
protecting troops (mosty French but some
Belgian) were posted. Shipments of coal and
coke to France and Belgium upon the repa-
rations account ceased on the morning OF the
Nth in compliance with orders from Berlin
Shipments to Italy, however. continued. the
object OF the discrimination being sufficiently
obvious. On the 11th and 18th allied ofhclals
circulated quietly among the coal operators
and owners and labor chiefs, trying with
sweet reasonableness" to win their cooper
alton.
The response cold On the 18th the
German government formally notified the
reparationS commits ssion of suspension of repa-
rations payments in cash and in kind TO the
treaty breaking powers SO long as the Ruhr
cupation a violation of the Versailles treaty;
SBut apparently private instructions issued
On the 18th the French authorities q say
French for convenience, for the Ruhr opera
tion is mostly French affair. though Belgian
Italian technical experts included in the
industrial commisson) summoned representa-
meet them. The latter Complied and finally
agreed to resume shipments to France and
the 18th on condition of payments in advance.
Agreed" said the French. But the 18th
they sent word that they had changed their
Berlin Therefore. according to program
18TH, the occupation was extended to include
the Bochum district, and the 18th it was
further extended to include practically the
entire Ruhr coal basin. guards being posted
to control the railroads and canals The
face of the recalcitrant attitude of the Ger
man owners and operators-of complete
On the 18th Gen. Degoutte issued an ulti-
matum to the mine owners and operators
France and Belgium on the 18th pain of
their arrest and imprisonment. They did
comply Pursuant to the utimatum, several
arrests have been made and trial by military
comm ission is expected to follow. 1t is un-
derstood, however, that the French do
propose to make martyrs by giving prison
sentences
There are about 100000 French and Belgian
troops in the Ruhr basin. The allied line runs
from wesel. at the junction Of the Rhine and
Lppe. eastward along the Lippe to Lunen,
thence southwesterly. east of Dortmund to
Herdecke on the Ruhr. thence in an irregular
line south of the Ruhr, southwesterly TO Dues
seldorf the Rhine 1t is understood that
the French do not propose further extension