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The Washington times., 1923-01-21
MEDIATION BY j. S.
CALLED IMPOSSIBLE
Government Cannot Afford to
Take Any Steps In Euro
pean Controversy.
NOT PARTY Te~ TREATY.
Hughes Desirous of Avoiding
Any Action Placing Nation
in False Light.
By GEORGE w. HINNIAN, Jr.
unlHeranl Service.

The United States would be un.
warranted in making any offer Of
mediation for the settlement Of the
Franco-G German struggle, It was as.
serted authoritatively at the State
Department yesterday. AS a be.
nevolent third party interested only
in peace, the American Govern
ment, it was said, can afford to
take no step not In harmony with
its traditional policy and not &C.
ceptable to the nations directly in
volved in the controversy.
Similar statements, it is believed,
were made by Secretary Of State
Hughes successfully to Italian Am
bassador Caetani and German Am
bassador Wiedfeldt, who called at
alton.
NO REQUEST FOR AID.
Officials refused to comment on
reports Of Belgo-Italian proposals
for mediation by the United States
and Great Britain. There is no
call, it was stated, for action by
the United States. Any further
moves looking toward solution OF
the present difficulty must come
from abroad.
The official State Department
view may be summarized as fol-
lows:
First-The United States is not a
party to the treaty of Versailles.
which was formally rejected by the
Senate.
Second-The United States does
not wish to impose definite terms
for the settlement of the European
difficulty. but merely seeks in "a
friendly and helpful way" to aid
in discovering a method by which
satisfactory terms may be reached.
WOULD GAIN NOTHING.
The Administration feels that
nothing would be gained by making
any formal proposal to France,
which already has indicated that
such a proposal would not be &C.
ceptable.
In view of the critical delicacy OF
the present European situation, it
| was asserted yesterday at the State
Department that the American Gov.
ernment is particularly desirous OF
| avoiding any incident which would
place it in a false light.
AS to what developments may be
| expected in the European crisis. the
State Department frankly admits
that 1t can make no forecast.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
District Suffrage Board
Marks Ants of House

Action looking toward the polfti.
cal defeat of members of the
House District Committee who
voted against the District delegate
bill Thursday, will be taken by the
National Press Committee for Dis.
trict Suffrage. it was announced
last night.
Our committee. representing
the veterans, labor, women's and
civic organizations Of the Capital,
hereby serves notice on members
who voted to table the measure,
and thus to continue our political
slavery, that we will do our best
to retire them at the next cleo.
ton, the statement reads.
I'VE are aware of the sinister
influences back of the tabling of
the bill, and the camouflaged cam.
paign Of certain man and his as.
sociates. for a constitutional amend.
ment which is propagated solely for
the purpose of preventing any sort
of suffrage for the District"
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Christmas Opportunities
SWelled by Gift of $3.50

The Associated Charities is in re-
ceipt of a contribution Of $3.50
from the Cosmopolitan Club. This
donation was voted by the club at
Christmas time and is to be de.
voted to keeping together family.
consisting of a widow and several
children. 1t will enable the Asso.
ciated Charities to add another
Christmas Opportunity" to it's pre-.
vious list Of fourteen. and bring the
Christmas fund, with pledges and
prospects, to nearly $4,000.
The attention of the society has
been called to. an error which II
made during the holiday season in
acknowledging gift from Colum
bia Typographical Union, No. 101
the members of which, following
their annual custom, sent a dona
ton to be divided among the Christ
mas Opportunities. This gift of $8C
was credited in the press to &C
O. s." the initials Of one Of the
officers Of the union, instead of Il
the union itself.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
France ThrOus Chances Awav

French statesmen have deliberately thrown both these
chances away The effect on the value Of their
rency must be grave and Frenchmen viii have to pay an
increased cost Of living for the venture dictated by
.shOrt-s sighted and Short tempered statesmanship
When thinks Of the consequences one is driOen
ask tDether French politicians are really seeking
reporntiOns are pursuing another purpose quite
Incompatible GUh the recovery Of money payments
under the treaty.
in exactly the opposite direction.
Whittier, then, does it lead9 There is no doubt its
already dealt with It's disastrous influence
on German currency and with the indirect effect Of
rapidly depreCiating currency upon German foreign
trade Seizure Of the Ruhr mines will have another
serious effect.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Probable Sequel Of EUel.ts

Let rs follow the probable sequel Of events.
The terrified German mark ID rushing headlong the
bottom Of the pit whore the Austrian krone is already
lost beyond rescue
As>Iong reparaton coal Is dug UOith buyonets
and reparntion timber dogOn by sSOOrds it idle
to talk of restoring the mark by putting German
finance in order.
No tariff, however nimble, can keep pace with Che
runaway mark It would battle the most resOurceful
minister Of finance to adapt his budget currency
which, while he is sitting down to pen his proposals. has
disappeared beyond the horizon before he has risen
from his desk.
n the threat Of force has produced such
plc IUdt IU be the effect Of the actual measures?
It safe predict that the advance of French troops
into Germany won't restore the composme Of the
frightened mark and arrest its flight
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
LODGE SEES HUGHES
on DOYDEN's ACTS
Presents Protest of Senators
Over Conduct of U. S.
Observer at Paris.
ASKS MORE INFORMATION
Detailed Report on Activities of
Envoy and Present Foreign
Policies Sought.

Senate insistence on clearing up
the secrecy surrounding American
participation in Europe brought
hope Of definite results yesterday
Senator Lodge, chairman Of the
Foreign Relations Committee, went
TO the State Department and &C.
quainted Secretary Hughes with
the committees dissatisfaction with
the secretary's letter on the activi-
ties OF Roland w. Boyden. Ameri.
can observer at the reparations
committee, and the instructions
given him to demand of the State
Department full detailed informa,
tion.
SHOCK COMING.
Senator Lodge was closeted with
Mr.. Hughes for some time. On his
return to the Capitol, Lodge re-
ported to some of his colleagues on
the committee that Secretary
Hughes had promised to supply all
information.
It is in this data, If it is com.
plete, that leaders on the Foreign
Relations Committee declare dis.
closures will be made that will
shock the world. The information
the committee desires is not con.
fined strictly TO the conduct Of OBJ
server Boyden. 1t wants to know
what have been the policies and
activftlesN Of the state Department
IN carrying out these policies since
the reparations problem became
NRcute and France marched her
forces into the Ruhr.
HUGHES IS TARGET.
One thing in particular the For.
eign Relations Committee has asked
for, which had not before been re-
Vealed. is a copy of the report made
by Boyden on his economic sur
vey of Germany. Secretary Hughes
told 1enator Lodge he did not
know whether or not this docu.
ment was in the department, but If
It is, he will send it along with the
other data.
There were no efforts to conceal
the fact yesterday that much of the
resentment Of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee Senators is direct
ed at the secretary as well as Mr.
Boyden.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
French Proclamation Onainous

The French proclamation with It's threat Of ssyerest
in Of recalCtrance is Omno Of much that
may happen No people accustomed national ndepend-
ence have ever been able long TO tolerate foreign yoke
ChdncelIOf CunOs action i the first manifestation
Of the spirit 81 reUOlt. II lU certainly 4 m
tensity The lash aDu then fall sooner later and
Germany UO inevitably be driven desperate
communist Germany would infect Europe. European
vitality is lowered and exhausted that II Is in con
tion to resist the plague Would reaConary Germany
be much better-broOding and scheming vengsanCe?
Russia, with her inCalculable resources Of and
material is at hand, needing aI that Germany can
best give and best spare The Boshevik leaders only
require what Germany is well fitted TO supply IN
order to reorganize their country and into
the most formidable state in Europe Asia
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Declares Prince
Is Only w aiting
For Right Girl
BY International Ncws service.

ny AMtefuAtiOMaf N6Ws G0kNiee.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2O.-
4 NSWER to the question
"A which Is agitating England
and arousing d baclkWasIl OF
interested speculation on the
continent and IN America
EssssIsy dOesn;t Che Prince of
Wales marry2sWas given
here today by the Rev. Albert
Victor Baillle, dean of Wind
sor and spiritual adviser to the
British Royal Family.
The Prince will marry only
for love, and IS merely>waiting
for the right girl to come
along, the dean, who is visit.
ing friends in New York, de-
cIared.
That day is past he said,
when governments selected a
princess eligible from the view.
point of statesmen and I'm.
strlcted the prince that mar.
rlage would be advisable. .
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
France Folows Lure That Leads only Ruin Says Lloyd

purchasing capacity abroad This loss borne by
the French consumer There may be rally but shall
be surprised the Improvement is than temporary
ALI that obvious for the moment to the unframed eye
way wherein the mark il dragging the French and
Belgian franc slowly along s downward As
the distance them enghens and tie invisible cord
which ties them together becomes and more At
tenuated It may ultimately snap and the franc win be
released from the dangerous association. That doubt
for bankrupt Germany country which the
most hopeful cannot look to IS means Of redeeming
French deficits.
Once that Is clear to the French peasant he won't
readily part with his savings and the real difficulties Of
French finance will begin at that stage policy there
FORE which demoraizes the Germany currency which
Is also fatal to the solvency Of French finance
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Gernsany Nay Look to the East

Nations hard pressed on the east have in the past
moved forward rresstbly to the In obedience
the law pespe hard pressed the west win look
to the east
When French troops nlarclaed on Essen they began
movement the most farFeGcin0 and probably most
sinister IN its Consequences thg has been Witnessed for
many centuriesi in Europe.
And these are the people who after fifty years Of
patient and laborious waiting have demonstrated TO the
world in 1918 the stupidity Of abusing victory in 1911
the teacher forgets his special lesson
the pupil il not likely to remember when fury over
comes terror
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The Washington times., 1923-01-21
GERMANS PROTEST
SEIZURE Of MIE|NEL
Lithuanian Legation Sees
Virtual Break In Diplo-
matte Relations.

Germany has sent a note of
vigorous protest to Lithuania
against the seizure Of Mcneil by
rebel forces. it was announced at
the Lithuaniau legation here last
night.
Attaches of the legation said the
action of the German foreign office
constituted a virtual breaking off
of diplomatic relations between. the
two countries, as Germany stimuli
taneously broke off negotiations
for commercial treaty with
Lithuania. and informed the newly
appointed German minister to
Lithuania not to present his Gre
dentials.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
FOREIGN OBSERVERS
|. OPPOSED BY HARVEY
Ambassador and Hughes Are
Reported In. Split Over
Foreign Policy.
~ universal vice

With Ambassador George Harvey
out upon the Atlantic returning to
London, washington was stirred
yesterday by reports of q widening
breach between his views on Europe
and those of Secretary Of State
Hughes.
Harvey stands for action, either
in the direction of going into
Europe in an official way or stay
ing out altogether. He prefers the
latter, but it is known that ne
opposes the Hughes policy OF main
tanning unofficial observers over
seas.
Harvey is known to agree with
the position taken by Great Britain
in opposing the French invasion OF
the Ruhr district. Secretary
Hughes is understood to hold the
view that France acted entirely
within her rights, and there mas
been no protest from the state
Department aguinst Frances action.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Senate in Tribute
to Senator Watson

Memorial services for the late
Senator Thomas e. Watson, of
Georgia, who died September 26,
1922, will be held in the Senate
today.
Because Mrs. Watson is unable
to be present, the Senate will break
a long.standing rule,-by decorating
with flowers the desk which Sena.
tor Watson occupied on the floor.
The following Senators will speak
at the services: Harris, Georgia;
George, Georgia. Spencer, Missouri:
Cameron, Arizona; Willis, Ohjo.
Ladd, North Dakota; TrannoeIl
Florida; Heflin, Alabama: Dial
South Carolina; Caraway, Arka nsas:
Harrison. Mississippi, and Shields
Tennessee.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Nobody Gains; Everybody Is Loser

The influence Of this added mudde on world trade il
incalculable Nobody gans everybody is loser by the
move How is Germany whose embarrassed finances
made still more involved-how is Germany whose
industry becomes more and more dffcult-how is
Germany reduced to despair to be Of the Slightest
France, Belgium, Italy anybody else?
The featheT-headed scribes ho hdUe ADVOCATED this
rash policy assume France wM Be helped because
Germany wM thus be reduced to impotence. For
hoD long? DisntegrnfOn OF Germany Is not an ur.
likely consequences Of this
know that Is the expectation Frenchmen still banker
after the days when the Saxons and Bavarans and
tembWgers allies and almost vassaIs OF France
against Prussia That the lure that led the third
Napoleon to his ruin It is the attraction which is
drawing France once more toward sure doom
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Policy to Bring No. Security

The policy will bring no security to France in the
future Il deprves her Of all hope Of reparations in the
immediate present. There will be no longer Germany
to pay. It would be too hopeless a task to attempt
recovery from each Of the severed states
But what of the increased security? Nothing keep
Germans permanently apart. They viii the suitable
moment reunite under favorable conditions freed
from external well internal debt.
France Uiu haze lost her reparafiOns and only
tanned the hatred Of mspdcable foe uuho has be-
yedO1btabLe than
How would Europe have Jared in the interval whilst
France was learning from events what every other country
can see nowq There is knowing what will happen
when brave people Of sixty millions find themselves
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
RkineIand Strike
Set for Monday.

LONDON. Jan: 20.-A general
strike. has been called for Monday
of ali employees of the .Prussian
state-owned. coal mines seized by
the French in the Rhineland, said
q Central News dispatch from Ber.
lin this evening. Five thousand Of
the German miners quit work Fri
day after the French requisitioned
the mines. but returned to work this
morning,
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Dynamite in Chimney
ExplOdes; Man Dying

DANVILLE, Va. Jan. 20.-One
man is dying tonight as the result
of an explosion of two sticks OF
dynamite which had been hidden in
the chimney, Of partially con.
structed house.
The explosion occurred a short
time after John Dix, a plasterer,
had started q fire in the open fire.
place preparatory to completing the
interior decorations.
After the blast. which wrecked
the house, Dix was found lying un.
der the wreckage, blind and mutt.
lated. His clothing had been blown
completely from his body.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Father Gets Jail Term
for Burning His Child

Robert Wright, colored. who
applied the fire treatment" to his
three -year-old daughter because OF
a childish prank, yesterday was
sentenced to serve two years by
Justice Stafford in criminal court
No. 1 on a charge of cruelty to
children.
The child was discovered at her
home, 1857 Fourth street northwest.
by Patricia Moss, of the Board of
Children's Guardians. An examina-
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
SHINES Prepared
To Raise Huge Sum.

PARIS, Jan. 20.-Hugo SHINES,
multi-millionaire German Industrial
and financier, has agreed to raise a
consortium of $4,000, 100000 gold
marks about $4,320, 600. .000) for the
Berlin government, on condition the
monopolies handed over for collateral
include the German railroads, ic was
reported from Amsterdam today.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Pp.sUNDAY,

Britain proposed . voluntary moratorium for Short
term Of years in order to place Germany in a position
where she could at the end Of that term nav reasonable
annuity The French government has, in effect sub
suted compulsory moratorium for an indefinite period
with no prospect of payment in sight.
The only chance Of securing early instament Of
reparatOn payments was by pressing Germany put her
finances IN order and giving her fair time in which
do The only chance Of negotiating loan on German
security to assist France to pay for the repair Of her
devastated provinces and enable her put her finances
IN order was by restoring the stability Of German
currency.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Royal Family Goes
Over Wedding Plans

International News Service.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The Duke of
York. second son Of King George
and Queen Mary, IL betrothed,
Lady Elizabeth Bow gs.Lyon, and
the parents Of the bride .to-be, Earl
Of Strathmore and the Countess, all
went to Sandringham Castle today
to discuss wedding plans with the
King and Queen.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
rs Hurt in Cleveland
AS Three Cars Crash

CLEVELAND, Jan. 20.-Half@ a
dozen passengers were injured,
three seriously, and twenty others
slightly hurt and cut by flying glass
when three cars crashed together
here this afternoon after a motor
man lost control of his car climbing
q hill.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Diminished German Production

Even now the result Of the compulsory alienation Of
much Of Germanys coal supply In the Ruhr in Sesia
and the saar from German industry il diinishsd Ger
man produCtveess The fuel deficiency thereby created
Of coal from outside The necessity for providing
gold to pay for foreign coal has added considerably
0ermanys financial diffCulties
st larger foreign purchase viii be the inevitable
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

result of fOrcibe diversion Of large quantities Ruhr
coal to France and Italy, with further financial
barrassments as consequence
That is bad enough. But fear worse. Will the Ger
man miner work with the regularity and efficiency
for foreign master he does for German employer?
Il there the least possibility of production being
maintained at its present level?
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
SEIZE MORE
GERMAN MAG|VATES
Fritz ThysSen, Head of Great
String of Mines, Among
Those Held.
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picks, refusing to work under
French bayonets." Operations were
resumed when the soldiers were
withdrawn.
All the Essen banks remained
closed during the day, notifying
the French that they would remain
closed as long as the French con-
tinued supervision Of the branches
of the Reichsbank.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

won't stifle the art of the stage.
It will give the big men, if
they choose, a chance to do
something worth while, and
peace of mind in which to do it.
Nothing is more wasteful and
disturbing than the unnecessary
fighting Of competition. John
d. Rockefeller proved that.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
What Becomes Of Hope Of Annuity

What then becomes of the hope of renewed payments
of the annuity? At best Germany could only be ex-
pected to pay when her foreign trade improved
that she could provide margin out Of her exports to
pay her annuiies Her foreign trade largely dependent
on her foreign exchanges. These are now destroyed
beyond prospect Of recovery for years.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

faced with utter ruin Whether they turn to the left Or
to the right will depend questions personal leader
ship which not Yet determined. All we can BE-
SURE Of that they hardly as they maintain
ing an honest struggle for ordered freedom and demo
cratic self government.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
FOUR LOSE LIVES IN RIVER

By international News Service
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20.--F'Our lives
were lost when a tugboat collided
with a grain elevator in the Merry
River today.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

arms and neck. When discovered
she was tied to a sewing machine
in room which reeked with foul
air.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
TODAY

Continued from First Page.)
would have been burned alive
with many fancy trimmings,
with a great crowd enjoying the
fire. How We change!
uERE is another sign of
IA progress, more important
than the fact that DIR. Grant
will never be tied to q stake.
His home city, New York, sup
plies proof of the fact that
thanks to vaccination and to
"Schick immunizing," diphtheria
has not only been completely
conquered, but promises soon
TO disappear entirely.
Children immunized ten years
ago are absolutely safe against
disease. Vaccination in time
means cure. Let the enemies
OF vaccination think that over.
Mark now, how a plain tale
shall put you down."
NEWS not so good from
~ Athens. DIR: Elliott, a lady,
head of the American Woman's
Hospital, says that refugees
are dying. at the rate Of q
thousand a day from smallpox,
typhus, and other diseases. A
good chance for vaccination
there. Epidemics are raging in
all parts Of Greece.
A ND still Europe plans moro
"A war. Greeks are sending
their soldiers against Turkey
in Thracc, and the Turks, Curl
ously enough, are complaining
to the League Of Nations.
The Russian Soviet army is
reported "ready to attack Po-
land" Germany's condition of
disarmed helplessness' alone pre-
vents a gigantic war from
breaking out now. There is no
telling when it will break out.
At this moment bad news
comes for the French. The
birth rate in France is lower
than it has ever been, lowest in
all Europe, the births Of chill
dren per family averaging less
than two. French authorities
blame the high. cost Of living,
the lack of apartments for
young married couples, and
Glove of pleasure" for the lack
of family.
THAT condition in France
l. offers an argument TO those
that oppose general spreading
of birth control knowledge.
That knowledge is open to every
body in France. A family has
as many children as it chooses,
no more. And France 10 IN
danger and knO1Os 1t.
Hard, you may say, on
mothers, compelled first to
have children without limit,
and then to see them killed in
war. 1t is hard, but that Is
how Providence arranges it.
GONE theatrical gentlemen are
~ afraid Of the proposed great
combination Of theaters. They
think it may "stifle art" When
men began using letters instead
of hieroglyphics, the hero
glyphic users thought it would
stifle literature. When the print
ing press took the place Of
books written by hand, old
fashioned people were sure that
literature was dead. It wasn't
dead, and making many little
fighting theatrical enterprises
into one big united enterprise
The Washington times., 1923-01-21
Turkey Willing
To Sign Peace
Pact With u. S.

LAUSANNE, dan. 20.
TURKEY Is willing to sign q
4 SepaEHte treaty with the
United States granting all the
demands made by Richard
Washbuln Child, head Of the
American delegation Of OBJ
servers, II the Near East peace
conference breaks down, Il was
anthOritatively reported IN
Turkish circles this afternoon.