Evening star., 1923-02-18
The Story the Week Has Told

the world today. but some attention must be
given to other matters
relations between the occupying forces and
the Germans That these incidents reflect the
is doubtful. After clash at Gelsenkirchen
between French military and German securi-
policeman and the wounding of two French
officers; Gen. Degoutte wisely decided to de-
But the affair In a beer hall at Essen on the
18TH. In which a security policeman fired on
themselves to beer since the proprietor re-
fused to serve them. seems to indicate that
in execution. 1t should be remarked here that
the French and Belgian military In helping
refused them under the rigid boycott. have
always deposited the purchase price or what
they estimated to be the value of things taken
Information being refused as to purchase
OF all the towns Gelsenkirchen and Essen
have been the most uncompromisng in their
passive resistance to the French occupation
sen. where. in addition to a complete boycott
of the French and numerous acts Of sabotage
a crowd smashed the windows of a restaurant
where allied officers were eating and on more
than one occasion the French were compelled
point. 1t is averred that Chancellor Cuno's
visit to the Ruhr gave marked encouragement
the extremists therein have got the upper
hand and are urging active instead of pas
BILE as has arisen was due TO these agitators
1t Is averred on the other hand that these
Iation. and more especially by the miners as
:ools OF the nattonalists. whom they hate as
much Of the danger that these agitators NAV
tsmuggling in arms) bring about armed re-
model. Such reports may be discounted when
it is considered that the mass of people dis
gin and as Calculated" to further nationalist
aims.
been the recovery of the mark ONLY a few,
days ago IT took 10000 marks to purchase
Clever manipulation. no doubt. Prussian black
magic doubtless the main object in forcing
whatever means) was to facilitate imnortag
uons or coal and raw materials just as prevf-
at least regarded with coinplacency, because
tne debaSement of the mark facilitated expor-
me. I'll call it black magic and let it eo a. a.
that It's pity SHINES and Company are not
the stake. Sterilization of the marx Would
foliow f and the world would again be oriented
,i SPOKE last week OF tho dreadful possibili-
lIes opened up by the strikes of the Sarre
1sa E, lorraine s ne coal miners toSether deprivng
lance OF ~ per cent of her coal supply and
by the frantic efforts being made by com
mqn,st rai leaders (already successful in Lor-
a.ne, 70 prins on general strike the 18th
throughout the French coal mining industry
,h me er1rts succeeded to this extent: That on
the 18TH between 10000 and 10000 miners
scattered over France went out. 1t is prob-
na ao,e' .noash by no means certain. that those
men men ana the Lorrainers who struck last week
Will soon return to work but no prosnect sn
pears of an end to the Sarre strike of IS 600
miners. - ''''0'
Surely the troubles of Poincare are lerion
and stu multiplying. A dispatch received
since the above was written indicates the fol-
lowing: An extraordinary increase of sa-
ootage, increasing recalcitrance of German
functionaries with resultant arrests trials
expulsions and other punishments; evidence
that the secret organizations noticed above
have planned a campaign of individual assas-
sinations on the Irish model. attempts of that
character, having 1t would seem, already been
made. The food situation is becoming alarm
ing. owing in large part to the ghoulish be-
havior Of The German food Spectators
The French are fetching considerable food
supplies from France and will no doubt pre-