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The Washington times., 1923-01-14
Crash, No Cash,

and irritation, and might lead to consequences OF
Uery grave character.
IN FACT, THESE PLEDGES ARE NOTHING BUT
PAPER AND PRovocATIoN.
The customs barrier on the Rhine tried before
and complete failure. TWAS tried then sanction
and not Of raising money For the former pur
from the point Of view Of collecting money it ludi
fasco There ct the present moment hundreds
Of millions Of paper marks collected ct these new toll
mission They are admittedly worthless As long as these
tolls lasted they vexatous; they nterfered with
business they dealt lightly with French luxuries working
commodities necessary to industry and the life Of the
people They were ultimately withdrawn by consent M
Poincare now seeks to revive them.
Seizure Of German forests and mines viii inevitably lead
serious consequences The allied control
tabshed in the far interior Of Germany would require
protection Protection military occupation in some
shape ether
Military occupatioR of these remote areas nseons
incidents and incidents quickly ripen into more serious
complications.
Hence the reluctance Of the British Of which
the refusal Of Bonar Laws experiment TO accept rs
.ponsibi for sanCtioning such policy Even logically
It Is indefensble.
There are only two alternative points Of view One
her finances restored, and that moratorium ought to
be granted for period which viii enable that financial
restoration to mature The second i that Germany can pay
and that she only shammng insolvency and that I'll you
have 70 do to firmly apply the humbscrew and cash viii
Logically can understand either Of these two alterna
lives But fail to comprehend the FOR proposal
thst win grant moratorium the ground that Germany
cannot pay and at the time apply the thumbsCrew
until she pays
UisdOna not 10 associate himself NTH proposal wkieh
sUiu bring inevitable scredn upon those SUh0 share
responsibility for enforcing e.
to be retarded by the vain stubbcrnness of some Of
her rulers.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
NEAR EAST STATUS
GROWS ALARMING
Turks Mine Bridge and Sc.
cretIy Enlist Troops by
Thousands.

LONDON, Jan. lathe military
situation in the Near East is ex.
ceedingly grave. Ominous incidents
are happening daily around Chatak,
and the Turks have called UP seven
classes Of recruits, five Of which
were only recently demobilized.
The Turks are secretly enlisting
men In Western Thrace, where there
are now 1000 armed Turks instead
Of the 5000 authorized by the
Mudania conference.
Military apparatus il being con-
tinually transported from the Black
sea port Of Zougouldak, and from
Media and other Thracian ports.
The Turks also have mined the
great bridge spanning the Martha
river near Adrianople.
Suspicious conversations are oc.
curing daily between Angora and
Paris, and between the French and
Constantinople. 1t IL believed a
protest by the French charge d
affalres at Athens against Greek
concentration at KaragAtch is a
camoufIage excuse for the expected
military adventure by the Turks.
This information is given to Uni
Versal Service by one Of the most
| rSIIaBi6 0lptOIIlHI1C Correspondents HI
London, who is In intimate touch
with the embassies OF the great
powers. He declared that in spite
Of the favorable surface outlook al
| the Lausanne peace conference, the
actual Near East situation Is more
critical than IL has been at any
| time for months.
/ Another dispute is looming over
| the employment Of French soldiers
in the Saar Valley, instead of tho
local gendarmerie, as provided by
the peace treaty.
i Al violent controversy Is expected
to arise from the naming OF thu
new high commissioner for Dantzil
by the league Of nations. Th'
i French are bitterly opposed to thu
appointment Of q Briton. Britain
Is determined that no other will do
So Il ID said in high quarters tina
the break at the Paris conference,
will likely be followed by clashes
between Britain and Franco
The Washington times., 1923-01-14

finance a public Investigation Of
the charges against him.
They never accepted the offer, -
he added, but they got Ship Pew
IA friend to vouch for me. So
they let me stay" Hostilities be-
tween the khan and an organized
body Of citizens who fought the
khan in self-defense, witness said,
led to such state Of affairs that
public peace conferences" were
held. A. N. Williams, Mer Rouge
merchant. and A. l.. Smith. a
wealthy planter. told Of these meet
ings:
Was any attempt made to dis
cover the perpetrators Of the MUIR
der Of Watt Daniel and Thomas
r. Richards" Smith was asked.
mo sir" he replied "It was gen.
band killed them"
1T was also recognized that the
masked men were klansmen?"
There was difference Of opinion
of that. Some people thought
friends of DIR. Bum M. McKoin did
it and others thought it was the
klan," Smith answered.
McKOIN ACCUSED.
sW. B. Stuckey, a former State
senator, also told of khan outrages
Although he dealt chiefly with the
reported attempt to assassinate DIR,
McKoin, now under arrest as an
alleged leader Of the hooded mob
| which killed Daniel and Richards.
cit is my belief and theory that
the so-called attempt was never
made" StucKey told the court. my
theory is that he shot his own
car"
What for?" he was asked.
ITO get the sympathy of the khan
to help him punish his enemies, .
Stuckey replied, adding that this
was the belief of the entire com
munity except among klansmen.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
ush to Result From French Policy Says Lloyd George

the question The answer was given IN The treaty =
signed BY setting up commission TO enquire and detsrnne
That commission has been weakened and it, character
almost destroyed By detection Of the United States of
America. Is II possible 80 find substituted
afraid reference o. that question 70 new con-
nittea az experts would not advance matters for each
country would demand representative On that
and that would only mean The Preparations commission over
final dooon d 10 secure the presence of Representatives
a. The United atates 81 America the ad1udicn body
whatever may be- z that possiblea need hardly say
an not venturing "a express any opinion Is 4he kmer
can refusal e ratfy the treaty g whole. an only
stating quite frankly my view that unless America taes
until hour Of reparable mischief strikes Tor reasons
az which not competent Judge America cannot
fatetul issues for humanity despair Of any real progress
being made
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
NEW WAR IS limited
BY LORD HARDNNGE
Thinks Ruhr Promenade
May Develop Into Large
Proportions.

LONDON, Jan. 13--France's mill.
tary promenade" into the Ruhr may
become so serious that it will be
necessary for her tn mobilize her
reeervista, as has already been de.
handed by Marshal Foch.
This view was expressed here to.
day by Lord Hardinge, who under
Premier Lloyd Georges administra.
ton was ambassador to France. He
charges the Germans however, with
bad faith in their dealings under
the treaty Of Versailles.
'"The premiers Of the allied pow
ers having agreed to disagree, the
French determined to seize the ma
terial guarantees" said Lord Har
dinge. He continued:
Arms and ammunition which
should have been delivered for
destruction by the allies have been
systematically concealed and mill
tary organizations have been Sec
reilly maintained.
What makes the present Situa-
ton serious Is the fact that Ger
man industrialists have done all
in their power to depreciate the
mark to cheat the allies out Of
indemnity.
The immediate result IL that It
IL beyond the power Of Germany
to pay indemnity without stabii-
| cation Of the mark and some kind
Of control of German finances, to
which the German government
objects on the ground that II
would be an infringement Of SOW
ereignty.
I The German government de-
mands moratorium for some
years, but 1t would be rash to
expect that Germany, grown
strong In the moratorium, would
pay a heavy indemnity to the al.
lies for q long succession of
years.
Since the. conclusion Of peace
the French government has cons
tributed vast sums for recon-
struction. They are unable to
balance their budget without in
creasing the burden Of tRxation,
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: = y
Consequently cash paymemtn eEe
a necessity. The easiest way, An
their opinion. Is the occupation
Of the Ruhr.
1t Is quite possible that this
may develop Into q serious milf
tary operation. France may have
to call additional classes to the
colors, which would produce irri-
tation In France.
Upon several occasions IN the
past two years France urged
occupation of the Ruhr. Britain
resisted on the ground that such
step would create dislOcatiOn OF
German trade and entail the ran
Of the German cabinet, thus lead
ing to anarchy and perhaps q
spread of bolshevism into Ger
many.
1.-THE Germans would have done
the same thing If the situation were
reversed" he concluded.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
GERMAN RUIN IS AIM
Of PARIS, SAYS CUN0
Traditional Hatred Dominates
All French Acts, Ayers
Chancellor.

BERLIN, Jan. 13.-Following q
bitter attack against the French
by Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno, in
which France was charged with
breaking the treaty Of Versailles.
the Cabinet was given an over.
whelming vote of confidence in the
Reischstag this afternoon.
The vote was 283 in support OF
him and only IA against. All the
hostile votes came from conimun-
list members. Sixteen radicals and
social Democrats abstained from
voting.
1.-THE French are concerned more
with their traditional policy against
Germany than with the repara.
TONS" said CHANCELLOR Cuno. "Oc.
cupation has no basis either OF
justice nor economics. The Ger
man people can not defend them
selves but they viii not assist
coercive measures against themi
selves.
France has broken the treaty
Of Versailles. We appeal to all
the German people for common
unity"
Chancellor Cuno said that the
German people had fulfilled to
the fullest extent Of their powers,
adding:
German economic ruin Is the
result. Premier Poincare refused to
bring peace to his generation be-
cause he is devoted to q military
policy. On the other hand, the
policy Of the German government 10
entirely economic"
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
FRANCE MAY MAKE
CONc|LATORY move
Statecraft Students Here Ex.
pect Poincare to Modify
!; Hughes Proposal.
By Universal Service.


France contemplates proposing a
new conference on reparations only
after completing military occupa-
ton of the Ruhr valley.
Meanwhile Franco Belgian troops
will execute a definite program
Tor the seizure of what until last
week was the only one of Ger
nany's four great pre.war indus
trial areas not under French dofni-
nation.
Such was the conclusion reached
IN Washington diplomatic circles
yesterday from dispatches, official
and otherwise. received from
abroad.
Premier Poincare Of France. IL
II believed, feels that some con
ciIiatory gesture is needed to
eounteract q growing world sentl
ment against French militarism. .
This gesture, in the opinion OF
diplomatic Washington, may take
the form OF an acceptance Sin prin
j ciple" of the plan proposed by
Secretary OF State Hughes for ar
international commission Of fnan
eial experts to determine what
separations Germany is able TO pay
Some modification of the idea. Il
r. felt, may be proposed by thu
Poincare ministry.
Washington's hope for q paus,
IN French military activities Il
founded on the theory that tn,
Paris Government will be salts
fled with having comprised tn
economic annihilation of Germany
On the other hand, there is ;
strong feeling In some diplomat
quarters that N. Poincare's polio.
is actuated not merely by the dc
sire for the economic aTlnihiIatiol
OF Germany and the consequen
supremacy Of France in the OIL
World. These diplomats fear tina
the Napoleonic idea OF conques
plays a prominent part in inspiI
ing French military activities.
Napoleon made the Rhine Rive
the eastern frontier OF France an
sought to play the minor Gerua
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
Lloyd George Warns
French Policy Will
Bring Grave Results

81 am glad the British Prime Minister has had the
wisdom not to associate himself with proposal which
will bring inevitable dscTsdit upon those who share
responsibility Tor enforcing IL Meanwhile the prospects
Of Europes recovery are to be retarded by
the vain stubbornness Of some Of her rulers
~ congratulate Bonar Law on having the courage to
face double failure rather than agree to course Of
policy which would in the end prove disappointing and
prchsbly disastrous"
Agreement amongst the Allies il in itself desirable
objective for statesmen to aim at but an accord TO
commit their respective countries to fooshness il worse
than disagreement
"Trancs and Britain must not quarrel, even il they
cannot agree but French ministers persist in thu
Poincare policy the companonsp France and Britain
over this question win be that Of parallel lines which
never meet even Il they never conflict"
allied control established in the far interior Of Ger
many would require protection Protection means military
occupation in ahape other. Military occupation
81 these remote means incidents and Incidents
quickly ripen into more serious complications
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
MOB RULED
VILLAGE BY TERROR
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
the band IS Capt. J. X. Skipwith
Marvin Pickett, Kurd Pickett, Bent
Pratt, Sam Cox and Sam Eldridge
all well-known throughout the
parish.
The crowded court room was not
the least bit feazed by the testimony
A sudden roar Of applause Of one
witness who said he was a klansn1an
and proud Of 1t" revealed the sway
OF public opinion.
Another witness, Fred COBB fac
tory owner, told of his wife .akinG
at night to shrek aloud in the terror
Of dreams induced by the hooded
mob"
KIDNAPPED ON STREET.
Cobb was kidnapped, he said, in
broad daylight from the main street
of Bastrop, carried away into the
woods and his life threatened fol
alleged wrong-doing. He added:
My wife is all shot to pieces.
She has not gotten over my kid
naping yet. She awakes at night
from dreams and shrieks about
hooded mobs. My Oldest girl is
scared to death and my boys are
begging me to leave.
I came from Texas and was
brought up where we did not
think much of men killing each
other. But there we was on with
the square with each other. We
did not have this stuff where
men hide behind masks and jump
you when it's a whole crowd
against one man.
There was a brother against
brother angle In the days testimony
Walter Campbell, town marshal OF
Mer Rouge, declared Thomas F.
Richards. slain by a hooded mob,
had told him OF Identifying two tneE
In an earlier kidnapping.
"Who were they?" the policeman
was asked.
Jim Tisdale and A. b. Campbell.
came the prompt reply.
Who is this Campbell?"
HE 10 my brother-that's all,
the marshal replied.
IORDERED TO EXILE.
Campbell himself. was ordered Il
exile BY the klans. He told o
fighting the deportation order b!
IofferiG to put up $1,000 In cash t
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
Cramer Denies Seeking
WainWright's War Job

Charles F. Cramer yesterday def.
nitely and emphatically denied that
he was a candidate to succeed As
sistant Secretary Of War Vain
wright. Mr.. Cramer said that
number of his friends had been
active in his behalf. and, although
greatly approaching their interest,
he has asked them to do nothing
further in this connection.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
MIR. WILLIAM MONROE
IN NnnHDEHn

states against one another to pre-,
vent their union against his EN-.
pire.
NJ. Poincare and his followers
In French politics, 1t is asserted,
have frequently advocated the
splitting up of the German En-
pire as the only adequate guar
anfee to protect France.
Those supporting the view that
France Is determined upon thu
economic and political destruction
Of Germany point particularly K
the articles published In the Hears
newspapers by David Lloyd George
former British emier.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
Sister Fails to Rescue
Child from Burning Home

MARION, Ill, Jan. 1S--Dropped
to the floor by her fifteen.year-old
sister who tried to carry two chill
dren from their burning home, a
three.year-6ld daughter Of John Stan-
ley, q miner, living near here, was
burned to death todays
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
WILSON AT THEATER.

Former President Wilson, accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Boiling
and John Randolph Boiling, attend
ed the vaudeville performance at
Keith's Theater last night.
The Washington times., 1923-01-14
TO-DAY

Continued from First Pags.)
quite 50 gentle with the oil
well owners and for q change
applied oil well methods to
those owners, the results would
be better.
A BONUS OF $500, 900 cash,
"A plus so per cent of the
profits, for pictures made, Is
the price said to be paid a
child in moving pictures, the
biggest price ever paid to any
actor. This sum is paid for
sincerity and simplicity, for
merely showing to the public a
picture of intelligent child life.
1t shows that the public can do
their Gown censoring."
They pay the most for that
which is best, and thus discour-
age what is bad.
MR.. WILLIAM MONROE
M CROKER, negro and
graduate of Harvard, is not
pleased with DR.. Lowell's de-
cision that no negro can sleep
in Harvard's freshman dormi-
tory. He wants to know why
DR.. Lowell, who advocated a
League Of Nations and democ-
racy for all the peoples of the
world, will not permit an edu-
Gated American Of African
descent to sleep in the Harvard
dornitory.
Aristocratic, gentlemen are in
favor Of perfect equality in
Mesopotamia, but they don't
want it to come too close.
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Far-OffFiiii

Alloy, there, DIX! This is the FIJI
Islends, city of Suva, speaking. We
just picked up one of your mage
zines and noticed a serial story
that pictures US as a country rag
ing with man-eating cannibal3.
This is news to us. The widest
thing wee noticed lately are the
FIJI Boy Scouts. They put on
quite a show at Government House
Grounds the other night
In our police court here-ye5, We
have police court-this mcnth's
most exciting case concerns an In
dian woman named Malowa. She
was charged with stealing a can OF
talcum powder shop-lifting -
from the store of Stuart OgilWe,
It'd
As for the wilder parts Of our
country, Leketu and Dreketi re-
port nothing more exciting than
widespread stealing Of cocoanuts
which are disposed of through Chi
nese storekeepers who act as
fences" One owner of a planta-
ton, raided in moonlight by Fijian
boys, writes Indignantly to the 10.
cal newspaper: at may appear in
credible, but it is nevertheless true
that, here in FIJI, property is not
safe. The much coddled Fijian is
completely out of hand"
The famed headhunters in the
island of Luzon now sell picture
postcards instead Of chasing visi-
tors with bolo.
From the Far North came word
recently that the Eskimos prefer
Harry Lauder on their monographs.
Americans are building a chain Of
giant steel towers, for radio, in
China.
Ships get their bearings by ra-
dio. Metal Mike" a gyroscopic
machine which keeps a ship in &
straight line without being touched
after the original adjustment, mas
just completed successfully trip to
Europe on the liner President
Adams.
Goodby, romance! The job Il
making the world dull and none.
tonous is about completed.
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When You Go.

SteinmetZ is gone from the news
and almost forgotten by the pub
lie. Scientists, of course, will re-
member him and speak his name
with reverence long after all the
politicians of our generation win
be as forgotten as King Tut's I'M
dertaker.
Gone from the news, yes. But
we cannot forget him edltorially
Especially we cannot forget that
the intellect of Steinmetz-a far
more useful and helpful intellect
than that of Socrates-was taken
from a three-dimensional world
that badly needed it, when Stein
metz was only So years old.
Only! You may wonder why we
use the only" Principally be-
cause very few men become really
worth white" before they are so
Intellect-genius - requires aging
like wine.
The career of Steinmetz includ-
ed SIS years, in which he was reach
ing toward goal He made val
liable discoveries, of course, but he
never reached his goal.
That is the way of life. Nature
seems to be jealous, in a sense. At
least, she removes us from the stage
when we begin to know too much.
We seem to be destined To live ia
confusion and ignorance of the
Real Purpose of Life. Get toe
close to the answer, and well
it's like Steinmetz: sudden and un,
expected death.
You read about the theatrical
scientists trying to make nonen.
titles live to extremely old age by
gland transplanting and so on. The
nonentities can pay for it.
Did you ever stop to consider
what it would mean to make man
like Steinmetz live to be, say, 500
years old?
Nature, Of course, will no. stand
for it. We live in confusion, in be,
wilderment, and there's no escap-
irg
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NEW ERA.

Friday afternoon, Nov. 9, at New
Era program was rendered in
honor of Armistice day. Several
appropriate songs and readings
were given, followed by a splendid
address by J. f. Mathis, superin-
tendent Of the city schools of
Americas. Mr.. Mathis is a very
able speaker and his address was
greatly enjoyed. The people of the
New Era district appreciate the
interest which Mr.. Mathis has shown
in New Era school. One interesting
feature Of the program was a de-
hate, the subject Of which was, "Re-
solved, That the Salvation Army
Did More for the Soldiers During
the War Than Did the Red Cross. :"
The decision of the judges was in
favor of the affirmative side. A
number of visitors were present.
After the program the Parent
Teacher association was organized.
The farmers are taking advan-
tage of the fair weather and are
very busy making syrup and turn
ing land.
The churches and Sunday schools
are progressing nicely. The B. Y.
P. u. at Bethel and the Epworth
League at Salem are doing SPLEEN
did work and are having a large
number of visitors.
Misses Annie Ruth Ray, Thel1na
Hogg, Sara Ruth Stripping and
BERTHA Lee Brewton attended the
Epworth League conference at
Dawson.
B. H. Brown attended the Peach
Growers association meeting at
Macon.
c. S. Hogg has gone to Ohio ,on
a hunting trip.
Mrs. E. W. Parker spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Alex Harden.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Kitchens had
delightful time at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Bray Tuesday
evening.
Prof. Burk spent the weekend
in Triton.
had a delightful time together en-
DR.. McCurdy and wife from
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fornia. The oil from these wells
is exceptionally high in gasoline.
California now is producing 40
per cent - two-ffths-of the oil
produced in the United States.
Very fine for the owner of the
California we'll But the owner Of
the well in other states is in tight
corner. His prices, on oil yielding
less gasoline to the barrel, have
been slashed time after time. The
result is that the producing end Of
the oil business in general is in
worse shape, as far as profits are
concerned. than any other big
basic industry - probably worse
off than general farming.
AS you probably know. oil pro-
ducticn is, in the main, separate
and distinct from refining. The
pipe line companies and refiners
let the small man take the chances
at finding oil, then buy his oil
if he finds any-and set prices
without consulting him.
There are about 100000 oil wells
in America, and new wells are
drilled constantly: So the oil in
dustry consumes enormous quaint
ties of iron and steel, especially
pipe, also wire and manila cables
and a great variet. of manufacture
ed goods.
Prices always are about as high
as the buyer can pay An oil in
dustry, operating on a losing basis
can't pay former high prices Tor
supplies.