Evening star., 1923-02-08
TAKES j. s. TO TASK
FOR RUHR INVASION
Prince Max of Baden Appeals
to President Harding to
Intervene.
URGES NEUTRAL COURT
Declares Germany Will Agree in
Advance to Accept Its
Finding.
URGES NEUTRAL COURT
BY GEORGE WITTE.


News. Copyright, 1928.
BERLIN, February S.-Prince Max
of Baden, the last imperial chancellor
who accepted President Wilson's four
teen points and Marshal Foch's armis-
tice conditions. took the United States
to task today for refusing to act as
mediator and at the same time ap-
pealed to President Harding on behalf
Of the German people to intervene.
II cannot get over the feeling that
the United States could have prevented
the Ruhr invasion on January IL If she
had wanted to do so," said Prince Max.
Since the signing of the treaty OF Ver-
sailles the United States has been in
different to foreign affairs and for that
reason 1t has been more or less a mat
ter of Indifference to her what happens
TO Europe She Is willing to give ad-
vice and to send her experts over here,
but there is nothing doing when 1t
comes to using her powerful influence
to make Europe listen to her counsels.
Turning Point January IL.
"On January IL the turning point
was reached not only for Germany,
but for the United States, Great Brit
ain and France. Germany. which since
the revolution has been in the throes
of civil warfare. has become united
once more. Party strife and class
hatred have been forgotten In the
present fight for Germans existence.
The world was taken aback by the
totally unexpected national determi-
nation to resist. Only few days
before the Ruhr occupation, and even
a few days after it had been accom-
plished, Anglo Saxon newspapers said.
Germany has no fighting spirit left.
and she will allow the French to do
anything they please Is there any
body now who takes this view?
Influences at Work.
yet the United States Is still OBJ
serving her policy of helpless neu-
trality, But her governments chilly
attitude is not a genuine expression
Of the sentiments of the American
people. without exaggerating, 1 can
assert that powerful influences are
at work in the United States to bring
about Intervention.
Germany so far has held her own
in the bloodless struggle going on in
the Ruhr valley. But this fact and
Germany's righteous indignation over
Frances breach of the treaty of Yer
sailles must not prevent the German
government from taking every possi-
Bile step to reach an understanding
with France. Germany Is READY tor
the sake of peace to make supreme
sacrifice and makes the following Of
fer: If France returns within the
limits of the treaty of Versailles and
evacuates the Ruhr region. then we
shall be willing to resume the repa-
rations payments. But 1t must nc
longer be left to France to decide
whether those payments are ade-
quate.
Agree to Accept Finding.
! "A neutral court of arbitration
should be agreed upon to pass tudg.
ment on all disputes in the repara.
tions question. We appeal to the
! United States to suggest such a cour'
and we agree in advance to accept its
findings"
| Great indignation was aroused
among the masses today by the an.
nouncement that the price of Goa
had been raised another 100 per cent
For the last few weeks the working
people and smaller shops and fac
| tories have all been scraping to
gether as much money as they coult
| to lay in coal before the suppl,
should be cut off by the Ruhr block
ade.
Only a week ago the price Of Goa
went up 80 per cent and this new
raise seems intolerable to the people
The reason given by the council fol
the raise Is that the wages of TIL,
miners had been Increased 80 pei
cent, but the public points out tha
as no coal is coming through from tn,
Ruhr district the dealers supple.
must have been delivered under tn,
old wage scale and that therefor,
the dealers and not the miners woult
get the benefit Of the higher prices.