The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23

against Intervention in European mat
tiers, is closely and absorbingly inter-
ested in this question. We have had
indications from time to time that she
may move.
II should be hopeful as regards the
value of her Intervention, and if
Intervention does not take place or
cannot through the league, or if it is
impossible to invoke the league at this
stage, do not let it be thought that l
for moment deprecate the idea of
international action to solve the prob
lem. think it only can be solved by
international action sooner or later"
That Secretary Hughes plan for a
commission of experts to report on
reparations Is not dead, was shown
by the action of the two wings of the
Liberal party In parliament. They
agreed on an amendment to the ad-
dress from the throne reading in part:
"And humbly represent to your
majesty that inasmuch as the future
peace Of Europe cannot be safeguard
ed nor the recovery Of PREPARATIONS by
the operations of the French and Bel
gian governments in the Ruhr, 1t is
urgently necessary to seek effective
securities against aggression by in
ternational guarantees under the
League Of Nations and to invite the
council of the league without delay
to appoint commission of experts
to report upon the capacity of Ger
many to pay reparatlons and upon
the best method Of effecting such pay
ments, and that in view of the recent
Indications of willingness on the part
of the government of the United States
of America to participate in confer
ence to this end, the British repre-
sentative on the council of the league
should be instructed to urge that an
invitation be extended to the American
government to appoint experts to
serve upon the commission"
CCUPATION Of more German
" towns by the French, the prohi
bition Of shipments of manufactured
products from the Ruhr to other parts
of Germany, arrests Of many officials
for defiance of French orders, and de-
cisive steps toward the operation of
trains by French crews marked the
week in the occupied region. First
Recklinghause and then Gelsenkir-
chen declared complete strikes against
the French, and the latter town was
fined one hundred million marks for
violation of military orders and be-
cause of clash in which two French
soldiers were wounded. Refusal to
pay the fine resulted in the arrest of
the leading bankers of the place. The
boycott of the French all over the
Ruhr grew more effective daily, and
the retaliatory measures increased in
severity. The French ordered all
reich and state officials to stay out
of the Ruhr because the visits of
some had resulted In stirring up more
trouble. The Berlin government de-
cided to test this order by sending
two cabinet members into the terri
tory. The outcome is not known at
this writing.
One of the latest of General De-
goutte's orders was that the 10000
German security police in the occupied
region should be disarmed.
TURKEY insists that her decision
i to close the ports of Smyrna and
Ismid to allied warships is irrevoc-
able and that the vessels there must
leave at once, and the harbors are
being thickly sown with mines. But
up to date the warships have not de-
parted, nor have they been fired on.
Constantinople is still optimistic, be-
lieving an agreement will be reached
soon, though each side is waiting for
the other to take the initiative for
renewal of the peace negotiations.
Turkey has called out more classes
and it is said the authorities at Adrian
women and children TO vacate the city
as a precautionary measure. Mustapha
Renal and Ismet Pasha presumably
are in Angora by this time, and it is
believed they would exert a pacifying
influence on the National assembly
and that the danger of hostillties was
growing more remote. The British
government has agreed to make the
concessions which the French delegate
offered to Ismet after Lord Curzon
left Lausanne, and the allies are will
ing to yield on certain other points, so
the signing of peace treaty may not
be very long deferred.
THE United States senate passed
i the British debt funding bill on
Friday after several days of more