Evening star., 1923-02-04
The Story the Week Has Told

been the insuring of food to the Ruhr popu-
sdIom WIN h result that the program OF rusI
venture the opinion that the French will soon
have the transportation situation fairly in
hand.
There have been partial strikes in the tele-
graph. telephone and postal services, but the
strike become general the French make
shift to get along on a reduced basis with
the chief sufferers.
According to an Associated Press report, the
the miners have not struck A probable ex-
planaton is that the dumps at the pit heads
are full, and that mining is, therefore. i'm
possible. One report, however. alleges that
the reason why the miners have not struck
on sody " il that has t not been
or Belgium; that as the French get
coal COAL moving owing they will strike We should soon
whatever the willingness of the miners to
% work from now on employment will be lack
ing for large proportion of them. If only
for the following reasons-refusal of German
Eailwaymen ,a, to handle fuel shipments for
trucks thousands having been kept back in
unoccupied Germany.
1t is reported that martial law has been
proclaimed throughout the occupied areas on
both sides of the Rhine. If so, 1t is being
enforced gently. If. however, sabotage in
creases. sterner measures for enforcement will
be necessary The magnates and functionares
continue defiant and insubordinate. and. in
consequence. a very considerable number Of
those gentlemen have been deported.
The French. in addition to insuring the
efforts Cat the expense of French industries)
to keep f,a the he, German Industries of the Ruhr
supplied with coal. But, owing to lack of raw
materials and whatnot. many of these indus
tries Tss are msrS closing t..n or slowing down
prices ppress keep ,h rising. rising. Business is be
scarce. There's nothing left to do but get
drunk. Wherefore. drunkenness is the ticket
much nnd %srlR Holland
organizations, military mi-milftary-
orgesch, Einwohnerwehr. Iron Brigades."
bellicOSe singing haar
soviet Russia the munitions factories are
working feverishly. turning out ordnance for
Germany ia pinch of salt Is recommended).
AT koenigsberg and Frankfort on the Main
n,y they threaten French members Of the inter
is hurt. At Koenigsberg the patriots break
into the French consulate and smash the fur
nture. In Munich Hitler and his national So
cialists tBavarian "fascisti) demonstrate"
from morn to dewey eve. while "Deutschiand
Ceber Allies" is sung by all the people and
played by orchestras in all the open squares
all all the time. Berlin shows no signs of yield
enough to finance any and all strikes in the
to purchase British coal. To be sure, there's
not enough British coal available for export
to take the place of Ruhr coal If the
bucks one up to pretend that one can do
without Ruhr coal coal; But But when the bins
The issue. of course. is doubtful but | think
It may fairly be said that in the struggle of
the French.
Lausnnne.-On Monday Lord Curzon handed
1smet Pasha the allied terms in treaty form
the formal presentation was on Wednesday,
declaring them, with his most overpowering
jovan air. to be final and unalterable except
for minor technical details, and announcing
that, whatever Ismet might decide he would
be leaving Lausanne not later than Saturday
Che has since changed the date to Sunday
The next day the French government notified
Angora, London and Rome Cor so at least the
dispatches say. though the texts of the French
communications have not been made public)
that it did not regard the allied terms as
final. and that the French delegation would