Evening star., 1923-03-11

Apparently shipment of fuel to France and
Belgium has practically ceased.
road r, yards of Darmstadt in Hesse, and the
Risae Rhine ports 9r pf Mannheim and karlsruhe in
toms control
During the week ended March 8 the Ger
stands at about 10000 to the pound sterling.
1t appears to be the aim of the German gov
ernment to maintain it during the immediate
future at about that level. To this end
o. good deal of maneuvering will doubtless be
600 is proposed by the government Yet the
emission of paper money continues at un-
ended March 3 was about 100000, 600 900
marks. Ths rntas It is "a mystery Insster M or =, ,,
relations between the occupying authorities
and and tn the & German population have been few on
penalty for acts of sabotage by railway en-
to have declined. thought it has by no means
ceased g, ss 1.-Two, Two attempts at sabotage resulted
Germans by French guards.
The German government ordered the munich
in their efforts Ss to organze Civilian viii ei poiies
force to take the place of the semi-military
tically without police Reusu two: certain
increase of or me- but not as great as was
band of twenty armed men made an audience
Of several hundred in an Essen amusement
being disburdened of their money And in
Essen again, on the 4th, food stores were
Despite the INCIDENTS above cited and
number of others, the Ruhr seems more quiet
than it was a week ago; the tension seems
less, the resistance seems be dwindlng.
the attitude of the population seems less
hostile. The new Berlin order to make no
sales to the French is apparently ignored
Yet it does not follow that detonating mate
rial is not accommodating.
The news from unoccupied Germany is most
meager. The German minister of industry
announces that unoccupied Germany is in
good economic plight and is obtaining and
will continue to obtain all needful importa-
tions of coal. food and raw materials. The
en- to be rateF
makes Il speech to the reichstag in which
he does little more than reiterate his well
extreme brutality toward the Ruhr popula-
ton. Gen. De Goutte in statement to
correspondents gives him the lie direct and
circumstancial.
Austria and HunKnry-Some weeks ago
Premier Bethen of Hungary visited Vienna.
and time thereafter Chancellor Seipel
visited Budapest. This interchange Of visits
had happy results. Arrangements were made
for negotiating L commercial treaty between
Hungary and Austria and it agreed to
submit to court of arbitration. headed by
the burgomaster of Rotterdam all important
matters in controversy between the two coun-
tries. The court has accomplished its man
date. Perhaps its most important decision
was TO award reparation in the amount of
100000 Swiss francs for damage done i'll
Austrian Burgenland by Magyar irregulars.
Londons quota of the preliminary Austrian
Ioan autnorizso pE the league or nations was
up to Austria. If she carries out the reforms
she has promised there will be difficulty
about the larger loan which she will try to
float this summer.
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Russfa-Col. Haskell cables Secretary
Hoover from Moscow stating that Russia needs
no assistance from US for the relief of famine
beyond that for which provision has already
been made q :. the feeding of 100000 chill
dren until the next harvesO. that the soviet
authorities able to provide for the hungry
adults. This seems to contradict reports from
other sources; but Co. Haskell should know.
The colonel further cables (going perhaps