The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-08


numbers OF them and have placed
many Of the officers under arrest. They
met with the stubbornest opposition
IN Bochum. Both the French and the
Belglans have seized large sums OF
German money In the occupied regions
on the ground that 1t was sent to help
In the fomenting Of trouble. General
DegOutte announced measures for col.
lecting the 40 per cent tax on Ruhr
coal and said refusal to meet this obli-
CATION would result In the court mar
tial Of the offenders and the seizure
OF coal at the mines. Shipments Of
coal to Holland and Switzerland are
not subject to the assessment.
pOLAND and Lithuania agreed on n
truce In their squabble over the
neutral zone. but 1t was not very
strictly observed during the week. The
Poles claim to be trying to avoid any
clashes and assert that German officers
are leading their opponents. There are
reports that the Germans In East
Prussia are arming to retake Memel,
and other reports that the Poles are
planning to seize East Prussia. The
chances for serious trouble In that
region are still excellent.
ELLIOTT WADSWORTH Is In Paris
II for the American treasury trying
to collect the $250,OOO.OOO due the
United States for the upkeep Of our
army on the Rhine, and reparations
commissioners Of the allies, as fnan-
cial experts, are examining the ques
ton. Really there doesn't seem much
to examine. for 1t was agreed after the
armistice that Germany should pay
the expenses Of the forces Of Occupa-
ton before anything else In the way
Of reparatiOns, and the allies already
have collected these costs
CZECHOSLOVAKIA comes forward
~ as the first OF the cont.
mental European nations 70 plan def
nitely for the payment Of Its war debt
to the United States. In its budget
for 1923 Is an item Of nearly $4,000
600. to apply on that debt. which Is es
timated at about $1OO,OOO.OoO. Foreign
Minister Benes says commission will
come to Washington soon for the pur.
pose Of settling discrepancies. and thai
his country hopes to get rs good terms
as any allied debtor to America.
That Finland also intends to pay tn
United States Is shown by the fact
that DIR. Axel Leonard. the Finnish
minister In Washington. has begun pre-
liminary conversations with Secretar.
of the Treasury Mellon on the matter
of refunding f'inland'ss debt. whicl
amounts to more than $S.0OO.NG witt
$1.l5OOOO Of accrued interest.
DY AN order OF the federal railroad
ID labor board issued "Wednesday.
wage increases Of two cents nm hour
were awarded to O5.OOO railway freight
handlers and laborers And the eight.
hour day was restored to oil Of the
32l 600 members OF the brotherhood Of
Railway and Steamship Clerks. Freight
Handlers. Express md Station Elm.
ployees. The decision disposed " the
Inst Of n batch Of wage cases that
had been pending for months, and
follows one Of several weeks ngo. In
which the board restored the eight.
hour day to 1900 railway signnlmen.
The wage Increase amounts to half OF
the decrease In pny ordered by the
board Inst July.
OVERNOR BLAINE Of Wisconsin
" saved the states National Guard
legislature n special message prnlslng
the efficiency Of the organization md
urging It's continuance nj n strength
TO meet national requirements. II Il
Interesting to note that while Senator
La Toilette declared his opposition 20
Toilette announced that she favored
the measure.
Wy EOrRKE COCHRAN. congress.
w . man from New York. died sud.
denly Thursday Ms the result Of u
stroke Of npoploxy. The previous eve
ming he Ind participated In n lively de-
bn,e on III. farm credits BIN. lie c"le.
br,,,cd his slxiy.nlnth blrthdny Wcdnes-
dny. Mr. Cochran was n famous orator
Of the old school and the Democrats
elected him 10 congress several times.
lie was prominent IN the pnr'y c"in'
ellis and was II familiar and popular
figure IN national conventions. In re-
cent yenrs he gnve the Irish people
valuable help IN their struggle for In