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ignite. petroleum. electricity and
machinery.
The picturesque quality Of
SHINES has impressed itself
upon the imagination Of the
United States. In Germany,
great constructive bankers like
Urbdg are considered no less I'm.
p0rtant.
CANT SAVE GERMANY"
Tell me3'' asked Urbig,
what do you think Of Stinnes7
In he q builder or q Destroyer
He has been accused Of selling
Germany shortf''
stiffness" replied Urbig, els
not inclined to commit suicide.
To sell Germany short would be
suicidal. He is q business man
Of great vision. One Of his ma
tional aims II to increase pro.
duction."
"Do you think he win be the
savior Of Germany"
mo one can save Germany
while simultaneously destructive
forces from without and within
continue to battle against us.
Present conditions In Germany
would knock tho stuffings out Of
any hero. Even . Bismarck
could not save us unless the muI.
tiple clutch Of the allies is re-
moved from our throat.
II believe In salvation by work.
Europe. not only Germany, is 30
demoralized that 1t will not work
to the limit Of its capacity. We
cannot reform conditions at home,
we cannot administer an antidote
to extreme Socialist doctrines,
while we are compelled to pour
our resources into . kOttomlesa
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Treaty Violated Daily

But since 1920 the treaty
Of Versailles has been vio-
lated daily. French troops
were not to have occupied
the Saar, and they are there
all the same. Upper Silesia
was to be awarded to Ger
many or to Poland, accord
ing to the vote Of the in
habitants, but when the vote
was cast in favor Of Ger
many, Upper Silesia was
nevertheless made Polish by
force. French troops have
occupied the right bank Of
the Rhine since 1921, in spite
of the treaty's prohibition.
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Foch's Demands


"For while a short occu-
patton" says M. Poincare,
"has the inevitable effect
Of irritating and exasperat-
ing the inhabitants, a
lengthy and unlimited occu-
patton is borne far more
willingly; the inhabitants
get used to it and no longer
suffer from it. !"
I believe that Swift never
wrote anything more ex-
quisitely and profoundly hu-
morousl
M. Tardieu's request was
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Germany's alleged unfulfill-
ment has been the cause Of
the occupation Of the Ruhr.
It is rather strange that
the unfulfillment on the part
Of Germany, which has lost
everything, should arouse
such widespread indignation,
while Belgium, Italy and
France, which is much rich
er than Italy and has bene-
fitted enormously from the
war, acquiring wealthy prov
inces, territories, colonies
and coal fields, fail TO pay
to Great Britain and the
United States not only the
capital, but even the interest
on their debts.
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ical1y. You could conceivahly
form an autonomous economic or
ganism. In that case you would
probably continue with o fair
amount Of prosperity, but you
would not increase your riches in
accordance with the growing de-
mands of your population for con-
veniences which were once lux
uries and are now necessities.
TN tho past your economic or"
Ranism received an immense slim
illus from Europe. There In hard
ly ono American railroad Of i'm
portance that was not built part
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Triumph Amid Rusins

. . -
France is indeed carrying
ont . program which can
triumph only amid ruins.
The men who drew up
the Treaty Of Versailles
which, as ! have shown,
was concluded under French
pressure, had IN view two
Well-defined objects not ap-
parent in the treay, but
clearly evident In all the
preparation and executory
acts pertaining to IL.
These two objects are
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ny Universal Service.

ny universal service.
|" HE eyes Of Europe are
turned on Mosul, the little
u Asiatic town which is the
chief obstacle in the way OF the
conclusion of q treaty at Lau-
same. The following description
Of the town, by one who has
lived there, conveys a vivid Inn
preston of the place:
"Mosul! A rambling, unkempt
town of narrow, tortuous streets,
ramshackle houses built Of mud
and straw, with here and there a
moro imposing edifice of Turk
ish stone; dark. evil-looking ba-
xaars, crowded by day with
a multi colored. heterogeneous
throng Of perspiring, jostling hu-
mainly.
"SIy Turks. greasy Jews, fur
tive Armeniapb. s1avo city sheilxs.
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the detachment from Ger
many Of all the left bank
Of the Rhine, wholly Ger
man, in order to annex it to
France, or to form the So
called autonomous state Of
the Rhineland, placed under
French customs and political
control; and, secondly, to
secure for France a monop-
oily Of the metal industry
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BERLIN, March 1.

BERLIN, March ].
n~ ERMANY 10 stin waglng
war on two fronts.
~ She 10 combating Inn.
perialism in the west and COM
munism in the east. Until she
can free herself from the
strangle-hold Of French MILL
tarigm and the unavoidable peace
treaty abroad and from the
deadly embrace of Socialistio
extremists at home. she cannot
recover. She cannot even draw
breath"
Thus remarks Franz Urbig. Of
the Disconto 0esellschaft. Ger
many's ableSt financial spokes-
man at the international confer.
ences. q man whose word 10 COM
mand to many OF her captains
OF industry. The Discon:o
Gesellschaft 10 one Of the Big
Four. which, Jointly with the
6SS1CubOhIlA1 COA1bIOA LuS AAAA1GA14
destiny Of Central Europe.
Urbig II not merely q director.
He IL also one Of the banks
owners. Closely associated with
him was, until recently. Herr
Cuno. now German chancellor.
as a member Of the board Of
directors.
Founded in 1855. the Disconto
Gesellschaft owns banks not
only in Germany. but in Chile,
Brazil, Holland, Austria. and
even in Asia
The chairman Of Its board Of
directors II at present also chair
man Of the neutrality-suspicious.
IlMe. It's influence extends into
the realm Of shipping, potash.
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'.Interest Of Peace''

ly by European capital. Today
our positions are reversed.
'But America still looks upon
Europe as a market for its ex-
ports. The Old World must needs
disappoint your expectations. be-
cause. unfortunately, dollars are
at q premium, unattainable 70
many who want to buy your TN
-ished products. Your raw ma
tertals we must buy.
EATING Off GOLDEN PLATES
you are rich enough, it IL true
to continue for q long time this
situation. The trade balance IN
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wake OF EEenCn HCL1On.
The commission for repay
rations, which, according to
the treaty Of Versailles,
should have had sovereign
powers to deal with the mat
ter Of Germany's payments
70 the victors, had declared
Germany's voluntary unful-
fillment Of her duties toward
the allies. Germany, it was
claimed, failed to meet her
liabilities, not because she
was unable, but because she
was unwilling to pay.
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Of Europe by cutting of
Germany from her richest
coal fields, after taking from
her eight-tenths Of her iron
and steel ores.
The French deny that
they ever intended or actual
" intend to isolate the
. Rhineland. But even those
who have not taken an
active part in the diplomatic
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French Capitalists Strange Germany Gain Monopoly
Statesman Who Attended Conference as
Head of Italian Government Exposes
All Moves and Denounces Repara-
tion Commission for Uphold
ing Violence and Abuse.

democracy. They now see
Continental Europe the
theater of all forms Of vio-
lence, the field Of all re-
dictionary surprises, where
liberty and democracy have
become vain and meaning
less words.
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BY FRANCISCO NTH,

Former Prime Italy Participated the Versailles
Peace Conference the Head Of His Government.
HWYHE invasion Of the Ruhr produced
guar impression in America. There are both French
and Belgian troops engaged in this operation but
matter Of fact is the acting and directing
power Belgium after the treaty Of alliance has lost all
traces Of autonomy initiative blndy following the
,voLa Ernnnh nntinn
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''It seems likely the franc will
depreciate further in view Of the
militaristic experiments Of M.
Poincare. French currency Is still
sustained by the false hope OF
vast German payments.
"1 consider any amount above
twenty billion gold marks Give
billion gold dollarO beyond our
capacity to pay. If we pay inter-
est at s per cent and amortize
our debt at the rate Of 1 per
cent annually. tho indemnity pro-
prosed would entail an annual
payment of one and a quarter
billion gold marks for thirty-six
years. To enable US to raise the
necessary loans we must have a
moratorium OF at least three to
five years,
'@The indemnity must be taken
out ct the realm % politics. 1t
must be discussed and dctar.
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action which preceded the
present state Of things, as
! did, will agree that there
can be no possible doubt
as to the real aims Of
French policy now.
'sInterest Of Peace"
When still in its pre-
paratory stage, Andre Tar
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ana Industrial impediments.
while threats Of arms interfer-
ence, while insults and blows
from French riding whips upon
US paralyze our vintagers.
FRANCS STARTLING FALL.
France, too. suffers as q result
Of her shortsighted policy. The
story Of the franc tells the tale.
Measured in Swiss gold francs,
the steady deterioration OF
French money is startlingly illus
trated by the following figures:
100 Francs IN Swiss Gold Francs.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
POPE TELLS OF EFFORTS
IN BEHALF OF GERMANS
In Response to Christmas Greet
ings Declares He Sought to
Lessen French Penalties.

ROME. December .5.-Tn a speech
to the cardinals who called on him
yesterday TO wish him merry
Christmas. Pope Plus alluded to his
good offices, made with the object OF
mitigating penalties imposed by the
French on Germans who protested
against the occupation of the Ruhr
and to relieve the sufferes. open jail
doors and shorten periods OF exile,
The pontiff also alluded 10 Gen.
Degoutte. the French commander in
the occupied regions. who he said
had done everything possible to ac-
quiesce with the requests made to
him by NJ. Testa the papal repre-
sentative. He told how Gen. Degotte
had remitted the sentences Of thirty
one men condemned by French courts
in the Ruhr.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
BURGLARS GET $4,000 FURs.

NEW YORK, December 25.--Furs
valued at s35.000 were stolen from
the warehouse Of Revfllon Freres, in
West 2Sth street. early yesterday by
four burglars. who sawed the iron
bars guarding first-fioor window,
bound and gagged the watchman and
leisurely collected their loot. They
escaped before the helpless watchman
was found and released by his relief
The thieves selected only the most
valuable furS
Evening star., 1923-12-25
PEACE-PLAN PRIZE
winner IS NAMED
Edward w. Box to Make
$4,000 Payment at Once
in Prize Contest.
By the Associated Press.

bg the ASSOCIATED PTess.
NEW YORK, December 25.-The
prize winning plan in Edward W.
Boks 100000 American peace award
contest was presented to Mr.. Box
yesterday by Elihu Root, chairman
of the jury of award. Mr.. Box came
here from Philadelphia to read the
plan and transmit it to the policy
committee Of the contest.
The author II the plan will re-
ceive so0.0oO at once. but his name
will not be disclosed until his peace
proposal can be submitted to a refer
endum of the American people, which
viii be undertaken through the press.
churches, clubs and post offices of the
nation beginning January the date
the terms of the winning plan will
he made public.
If the plan wins public approval
through the referendum. its author
will receive another 100000 in prize
money. and his name will be made
known. according to provisions of the
contest. The referendum is expect ed
to be completed by February l.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
AIR MAIL PILOT DIES
AFTER WYOMING CRASH
James T. Moore Unable to Control
Plane in Fifty-Mile-an-
Hour Wind.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. December Is
James +. Moore. pilot of an air mail
plane, died in a hospital at Burns.
Wyo.. thirty miles east of this place.
from injuries received when his plane
crashed near Burns. Moore was fly
ing from North Platte, Neb., to
Cheyenne.
Moore was caught In Il fifty mile
an-hour wind, which apparently
caused him to crash 10 the earth.
Members OF q section crew who
Evening star., 1923-12-25

was flying at low altitude due to
the poor visibility The plane sud
denly nosed downward and crashed
to the earth. they reported.
Air mail officials here were notified
and a plane was sent to aid Moore,
who, however, had been taken to a
hospital at Burns by passing motor
list. Moore suffered a broken back
and his chest was crushed.
Moore. who was regarded as one of
the best pilots in the mail service,
lived at North Platte. Neb. a widow
and one child survive. Moore was
twenty-seyen years old.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
0HI0AN, WHO LEFT HOME
DUE TO FEAR, Returned
Searcher Locates Man Who Disap-
peared After Receiving Let
ters Threatening Death.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, December 20
Fred Thompson, who disappeare
from his home near Medina, Ohio,
October 81, alter receiving threaten
ing letters. was found in Gary, Ind
and brought here last night.
Thompson was found by Patrick
Hutchinson. a former sheriff of Me-
dina county. who had been employed
to search for him.
Thompson was in a state of COL
lapse after nearly two months Of
Evening star., 1923-12-25
ANNUAL K. T. CEREMONY.
Members of Order From Lower
Shenandoah Valley Meet.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, December 20
knights Templar from many Sec
tions of the lower Shena ndoah val
ley and also east of the Blue Ridge
mountains We're here today for their
annual Christmas observance, held
in the asylum Of Winchester Com
mapdery, No. II, with Eminent Com
mander ]. B. Beverly. jr., presiding
over the ceremonies.
After the Christmas sentiments OF
the grand master of the Grand En-
campmcnt Of the United states and
the Virginia reply thereto We're read
the knights drank to the health OF
the grand master.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
D'An1,1rlziO Ciues AU He O,Ur,s
To Italy as altar of Victory

of liberated regions and
former chief of d'Annunzio's cabinet.
representing the government in 4
lengthy deed in which he says:
Not alone my house, but every
object by me chosen during my vari-
Gus periods OF life, | give. They. for
me, are expressions of spiritual
revelations. like my poetry. l offer
all that remains of. me. all ] have
collected. to the Italian people.
LAS death will consign my body to
my beloved land of Italy. so let this
gift be permitted to preserve the best
which my life has offered"
Evening star., 1923-12-25
KILLED BY SAME TRUCK
WHICH GAVE HIM "LIFT"
Man Crushed After He Stenped
From Machine in Which
He Rode.

Special Dispatch to The Star
FROSTBURG, Nd, December g.
After he had been given .lif., on
coal truck at Somerset. AIb.rt
Shaffer, sixty-si1. was killed nv ~.
same truck after he had dismountad
go ahead ishl'
1t is thought his clothing capubt
in some portion Of the truck tbraa
ing him under the rear wheel wbtch
passed over his chest -
Evening star., 1923-12-25

flight. He said he had beer travelling
from city to city, and had gotten as
far as Omaha. Neb. Thompson said
he left home because of fear of
bodily harm, threats of which were
contained In several of the notes he
received.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
BY the Associated Press.

FTVss.
GARDONE, Italy, December 25.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio. soldierpoet, has
bequcathed all his possessions as an
altar of victory" to his country. The
bequest consists of his villa and spa
cious garden, where he has erected
numerous shrines in circular form,
each shrine consisting of rock hewn
from the Alps. where the\fiercest en-
counters OF the war occurred.
D'Annunzio has consigned the gift
to Mai. Giovanni Giuriati, former
Evening star., 1923-12-25
HOME BURNED DOWN.

Special Dispatch to Tie Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. December
25.-The home OF Capt. Ben Evans at
Fleeton, Northumberland county. was
destroyed by fire. No one was home
at the time.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
ALL ROAD WORK IN STATE ENDS

All road work in the state of Ari-
zona has been ordered stopped.
The action was taken, it was de-
clared, following an audit of the state
engineers accounts, which shows that
the department is hopelessly bank
rupt.
A joint legislative committee ap-
pointed to ascertain the condition of
the department up to January /, when
the new democratic administration
went into office, has made a report
showing certain funds have been used
for other purposes than they were
intended.
Attorney General Murphy has in
structed State Engineer Frank Good
man that the state would not honor
any more warrants on the state road
department, thereby necessitating i'm
mediate stoppage of all road work.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
SHORT STATE ITEMS

Yuma-Yuma Chapter of American
Association Of Engineers becomes per-
manent organization.
Tombstone ~ Tombstone ships out
twelve carloads of calves to California
points.
Bisbee - C. & A. mine to start
work on $750,000 improvement cam
paign
Holbrook - Asbestos properties on
Apache Indian reservation to be con.
solidated under one head.
Yuma Yuma Valley sends out
first lettuce shipment of season.
st. David - Rich fossil bed discov-
cred south of town proving valuable
data.
Clarkdale - Copper Chief Mining
company to operate mill within two
weeks.
Prescott - Thirty new bridges to
be built in district by Santa Fe sys-
tenn.
jerome - Five thousand dollars per
month to be spent for five years de-
veloping Jerome Bisbee property.
Oracle - Selected as possible site
for big Masonic sanatorium.
Globe - Contracts totaling $119,S50
let for school construction.
Miami = J. C. Penney to add $751;
900 addition to store.
Douglas - Construction Of 100000
convent announced.
Phoenix - Arizona's 1929 let
tuce acreage approximately 1850 acres
compared with, 900 last season.
Glendale - Santa Fe to spend $780,
900 improving local shipping facili-
ties.
Tucson to start construction Of
$750,O00 school building within 60
days.
Improvements contemplated at this
time on Arizona lines of the Santa Fe
both main and branch lines, represent
an expenditure of approximately $10,-
100000. Last year the Santa Fe op-
Grated and maintained 552 miles of
main line track and 470 miles of
branch lines in the state, not includ-
ing side tracks. All main line track
is laid with heavy 90-pound rails.
Salt River Valley cotton growers
handled II 900 bales of long staple
cotton for 750 growers this season.
Public and business buildings, be-
sides apartments and residences put
up in Phoenix during 1922 amounted
to two million dollars.
Arizona sheep owners ship 100000
puounds of wool annually. More than
half the sheep of the state are owned
in Coconino county.
Phoenix has 40 churches, AZ miles
of paved streets, 10 amusement parks,
6 high school and junior college build
ings and II grade and grammar
schools. The population is $4,000.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
STORMS IMPROVE
RANGE CONDITIONS

With an abundance of sunshine and
day temperatures averaging Is de-
grees warmer and night temperatures
IL degrees warmer than the previous
week, conditions have been most fa-
vorable for the stock industry in all
parts of the district. Snow disap-
peared rapidly from range pastures
except in the Grand Canyon section,
where depth of six inches covers the
ground. An average of two inches
remains on the ground in the vicinity
of Flagstaff, but elsewhere patches
only are reported or the ground is en-
tirely bare. Favorable conditions are
reported in western New Mexico and
on the Fort Apache Indian reservation
and improved conditions in the Pine
dale section and southeastern Arizona
On the 18th eleven cars of sheep were
shipped from Seligman to southern
Arizona for lambing. Sheep pastures
in the Congress Junction and southern
sections are improving.
During the week temperatures in
most southern valleys have run about
eight degrees above average. Such
warm weather following the precipi-
tation of fortnight ago has been
highly favorable to most phases of
agriculture The outstanding feature
is the rather unusual progress made
in stack cutting, plowing and working
down of the soil. Seldom before have
farmers been so well up with this
phase Of their work. The warm days
have started alfalfa to growing; the
best fields are nearly knee deep. Lo-
cal asparagus appeared in marketable
quantities for the first time, while
increasing acres of melons and other
truck were set out. The spring like
days gave home gardening its first
real impetus of the season. Lettuce
and early pea harvest beginning in
Yuma section; much agricultural act
ivity. Three carloads Acala cotton
seed being fumigated at Yuma pre-
paratory to planting in Gila Bend
section.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23

Martin Buggeln and Bill Sauder
were up from Williams on Monday.
The former Leader office is being
renovated and will soon be occupied
as Spanish-American pool hall.
Billy O'Brien, who helps ''Nevvy''
Smith out at the Sunset trading post,
came into town the last of last week
on short visit.
Frances Decker, who left here last
fall to sell insurance in Phoenix, is
now connected with the advertising
staff of the Phoenix Gazette.
R. B. Corbett drifted in through the
snow the latter part of last week to
get the latest city news to carry back
to his cattlemen on the north coun-
try range.
L. W. Moore, the tall, good-looking
Garland Prairie rancher, horse backed
it up to Maine Sunday and came in
from there by train, to spend day
or so the first part of this week in
town.