Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

times last week and received several
long communications from Poincare
Neither has yet made any public state
ment. but it is understood the French
are not disposed to press at this time
their contention that reduction of Ger
man PREPARATIONS 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 it 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 TAX
ing into consideration the product1v-
ity Of the Ruhr.
London dispatches assert that Bel
GUM 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 If the United
States and France cannot come to
an agreement, the three nations Will
probably unite in such an investiga-
ton. Certain correspondents are in
sistent in their reports that France
is about to be isolated, but with some
of them the wish may be father to
the thought Belgium officially adj
mits that she is seeking to act as
mediator and is hopeful of estab-
fishing an accord between France and
England"
Ambassador Herrick, just returned
to France, in an address at the Nav
arin farm where the Rainbow division
fought beside General Gouraud's
army, seemingly committed the Unit
ed 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 if 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 ''irreconcil-
ables" a bit, but in Washington it
was understood that Mr.. Herrick was
merely expressing his own views.
Paris, however, believes the American
government has made up its mind to
take a hand in European affairs, main
" because it is convinced that during
the coming winter America must pro-
vide Germany with hundreds and
IL. e,I,o1cy Of LONG,
time credit to prevent wholesale star
walton.
T>HE council of allied ambassadors
4 demanded the establishment of
allied control over German military
equipment, which has been in a5ey-
ance since the occupation of the Ruhr,
and limited that France might be
forced to take military measures for
protection against "reactionary mill
tarist parties who exercise power in
considerable part of Germany"
Stresemann's reply was to the effect
that attempts of allied officers, espe-
cially French and Belgian, in uniform
to check up the armed strength of
Germany would be extremely danger
Gus and that the German government
cannot take the responsibility OF
guaranteeing the safety Of members
of the commission if they insist en-
proceeding with the work.
TT THE recommendations of the i'm
i perial economic conference in Lon
don are adopted by the British parlia-
ment, and they probably will be, the
United States will be given strong
dose of the tariff medicine it has been
administering to others for many
years. These recommendations are
that Great Britain put a tax of five
shillings a nundredweight on raw
| apples from foreign countries; a duty
of ten shillings a hundredweight on
canned salmon; duty of six pence
gallon on fruit juices, and 20 per
cent duty on foreign tobacco. The
first. second and fourth of these pro
posals would hit America especially
It was pointed out that the whole
basis in considering these questions
was whether dominion trade can ex-
pand rapidly enough to supply all
British needs, and in the case of ap,
pies it 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 recaptured 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
The deep blue Of the night clouds has