The Holly chieftain., 1923-03-29

hard fight in majority of cases and
President Harding's announcement Is
not considered by his friends as being
any too far In advance of the actual
work of the campaign.
nSE of those rare utterances by Sec
~ retary of State Charles E. Hughes
was made the other day, to delega-
tion of women seeking to have this
country recognize the Russian govern-
ment, in which he bluntly stated that
there seemed little immediate chance
for the United States to enter into
friendly relations with those at the
head of the soviet. His statement
was to the effect that Russia would
have to show an honest desire to
accept Its obligations and pay Its debts.
and to cease .antagonizing other gov
ernments by fostering social revolu-
tions outside Of its own borders be-
fore 1t could be admitted to the, con-
cert of nations. He asserted that this
government desired to help Russia to
its feet but that 1t must first see
hasis of helpfulness. Recent changes
by the Lenin regime have been step
IN the right direction. declared Mr..
Hughes. but they have been 80 far
from being adequate that they could
not be considered seriously as the
basis for a friendly approach by the
United States.
Quoting Zinoviev. Lenin and Trotz-
ky's words where they assert the Rus
sian political situation merely is the
beginning Of world revolution, Mr..
Hughes badly stated: II desire to
see evidences of the abandonment of
that policy"
ORANGE rs GETTING DOWN TO
l real business in the Ruhr district
these days. Extensive stores Of coke
were seized at Blumenthal, WesterhOlt
and other places recently, one days
cleanup resulting in 1900 tons being
secured and forwarded to French ter
ritory. German miners now are work
Ing under the guns of the poilus, pill
ing up fuel for the invaders There is
said to be growing spirit of restless
ness among them, due to the fact
their pay has not been increased to
keep pace with the added cost Of liv-
| ing imposed by the French occupation.
An official report by the French shows
that they operated 2sO trains in one
day recently, but the Germans counter
by saying that only ten Of them were
freight Discovery Of eighteen loco
motives hidden away by the Germans
was elso made, while the allies have
seized 20,000.OOO marks, about 81 900
American money. from the city treas
ury Of Dusseldorf, and some 10000, 900
marks from the postoffice administra-
tion building as a reprisal for damage
done to military transport lines by
German subjects.
In addition form of curfew has
been applied In the occupied district
| that forbids people leaving the in
vaded zone between the hours Of p.
m. and a. m. Workers who live In
one district and work In the other
are being put to supreme discomfort
by the new rule. The events of the
week show that France is employing
the mailed fist harder than ever in
order to enforce its demands. one i'm
mediate result being an appeal by the
financial barons at Berlin to their gov
ernment to seek a compromise looking
for the evacuation of the occupied ter
ritory. Some recent heavy failures
among German manufacturers have oc-
Cured, while stocks traded in on the
Bourse In Berlin showed marked de-
cline the past week as result of
the strangling process that Is occur
ring to all German Industry. An off,
cial pronouncement may be expected
any time now from Chancellor Cuno
While many Of the financial giants of
Germany are understood to have trans
ferred vast amounts of gold to other
countries for safe keeping, vet their
losses by the destruction Of the home
factories would be more than they will
ingly will face, according to French
! authorities, who are Strengthening the
pressure nearly every day.
One report from Berlin says that
Frances terms for withdrawal from
the Ruhr district have been made
known, semi-officially, to Secretary of
State Bergman. According to the re-
port 1t is said total Of $4,000, 900 600
gold marks or $11, 1,750, 100000 is de-
manded as basis Of reparation.
France offers, IL an agreement is
reached, to permit moratorium Of
two years. In addition the allies are
said to insist that the Ruhr district
be internationalized with France In.
stalled as the policing" power. The
report emanates from Berlin, which