The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-11-16


Neither has yet made any public state
ment, but ii is understood the French
are not disposed to press at this time
their contention that reduction of Ger
man Preparations is impossible unless
the debts of France to America and
Great Britain likewise are scaled
down. Mr.. Hughes was said to be
willing to concede that the legality
of French occupation of the Ruhr and
other questions pertaining to 1t should
be declared outside the jurisdiction
of the committee of experts, though
he cannot see how Germany's ability
to pay can be explored without TAX
ing into consideration the productiv-
ity of the Ruhr.
London dispatches assert that Bel
GUM and Italy have Joined Great
Britain in the demand that the in
ouiry into Germany's financial and
economic condition shall be free and
unlimited, and that if the United
States and France cannot come to
an agreement, the three nations will
probably unite in such an investiga-
ton. Certain correspondents are in
sistent in their reports that France
is about to be isolated, but with some
of them the wish may be father to
the thought. Belgium officially ad-
mits that she is seeking to act as a
mediator and is hopeful of estab-
fishing an accord between France and
England"
Ambassador Herrick, just returned
to France, in an address at the Nav
arin farm where the Rainbow division
fought beside General Gouraud's
army, seemingly committed the Unit
ed States to the duty of helping re-
establish Europe. Said he:
1--WE put our hands on the pillow,
and we are ready to run the furrow
through, for we know if the present
problem is not solved, and justly and
quickly solved, then truly America will
have fought the war in vain
This stirred up the "irreconcil-
ables" bit, but in Washington 1t
was understood that Mr.. Herrick was
merely expressing his own views.
Paris, however, believes the American
government has made up its mind to
take hand in European affairs, main
Iy because it is convinced that during
the coming winter America must pro-
vide Germany with hundreds and
thousands of bushels of wheat on long
time credit to prevent wholesale star
walton.
THE council of allied ambassadors
Il demanded the establishment of
allied control over German military
equipment, which has been in abey-
ance since the occupation of the Ruhr,
and limited that France might be
forced to take military measures for
protection against "reactionary mill
tarist parties who exercise power in
q considerable part of Germany"
Stresemann's reply was to the effect
that attempts of allied officers, espe-
cially French and Belgian, in uniform
to check up the armed strength OF
Germany would be extremely danger
GUS and that the German government
cannot take the responsibility of
guaranteeing the safety of members
of the commission If they insist on
proceeding with the work.
IF THE recommendations OF the I'M
Il perial economic conference in Lon
don are adopted by the British parlia-
ment, and they probably will be, the
United States will be given a strong
dose of the tariff medicine it has been
administering to others for many
wears. These recommendations are
that Great Britain put tax of five
shillings a hundredweight on raw
apples from foreign countries; duty
of ten shIllings hundredweight on
canned salmon; duty of six pence
a gallon on fruit juices, and % per
cent duty on foreign tobacco. The
first, second and fourth of these pro
posals would hit America especially.
1t was pointed cut that the whole
basis in considering these questions
was whether dominion trade can ex-
pand rapidly enough to supply sll
British needs and in the case of APP
pies it was stated chat the supply
would easily equal the demand.
A DYANTAGE in the elections Of
~ last Tuesday was claimed by both
the Republicans and the Democrats.
The former recaptured the Twenty
fourth congressional district of New
York, where Benjamin Fairchild was
elected, and won in Vermont, where
Porter Dale was chosen United States
senator. The Democrats elected three
governors = Richie in Maryland,
Fields in Kentucky and Whitefeld in