Evening star., 1923-08-23
FRENCH RUHR STEP
DECLARED FATAL
Finn Ex-0fficiaI Says. Paris
Erred in Seeking to Collect
Reparations by Occupation.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. August
o3.-Germany has not tried to meet
her war obligations, but the French
method of collecting reparations is
fatal" declared Baron Sergius A.
Korf. former deputy governor of
Finland, in an address at the in
stitute of politics today.
There is great need for England
TO prove that she does not want a
rupture with France" the speaker
said. Il think there Is sufficient mar
gin for the French to be able to meet
the English without losing their
face. France had ample justifica tion
for her action, because since 1922,
to put it charitably, Germany has
not made the slightest effort to meet
her obligations.
But the methods that France chose
TO use were fatal. deplorable and hor-
rIble, and at the present day she
Seems to have against her the whole
OF the rest of the world"
He said that although there was no
sign of English tenderness toward
Germany. the former country did
NOT wish to see the killing of the
goose that laid the golden egg"
Urges Economic Lengue.
The German democracy was pro-
posed as the basis of an economic
league of nations b., Count Harry
kessler of Berlin. in a lecture last
night before the institute of poll
claring the fundamental fault of the
present league to be It's political
rather than economic construction.
the lecturer said the German national
by which both labor and industry can
express themselves. could be given
international application:
The German. like the Russian.
n mol tnsl NJ x1-ff
nomic control was hardly worth hav-
ing" Count Kessler said. The idea
Of responsibility. direct and inalien-
able. OF every man and woman for the
welfare of the community. and. grow
ing out of this the aim OF securing
10 every one the direct and permanent
control of all the affairs of the COM
munity, including production and dis
tribution. remained the very essence
of German democracy after the revo-
luton of 1918.
Sees Economic Tyranny.
The economic ideas behind the
German democracy pave the way for
international organization. II is thus
seemed the chief defect of the league
of nations to Germany when the
covenant was first published-tts lack
of economic ideas, its conception of
political organization. The weakness
of the league is greatly owing to its
lack of economic functions"
Count kessler said he saw danger
corrupt politics If not brought into
some form of constitutional organiza-
tion with them, as he said had been
done in Germany.
Take the great combine" he said.
between French iron and GermS II
coal which, if it materialiZes. will
certainly extend further. Who Is to
prevent its economic tyranny over
Europe?
We have had in the supreme eco
nomic council of the allies a great
experiment in international control
is there. should an organization with
similar aims for the peace needs of
man conception of the league of ma
tionS is therefore that Of an ins ,itu-
tion adapted to be an instrument of
economic cooperation between ma
tions, not by the arbitrary rule of
great International trusts. but by a
system starting from the humble
work of factories and leading thence,
step by step. on democratic lines to a
world wide organization of the essen
tial needs of production and distrbu-
tion under the auspices of a league of
democratic nations"
Sees War Menace.
Economic questions will become in.
creasingly acute as every nation tends
to increase its foreign trade and Its
demand that it's food and raw ma.
terial supply be under it's own control
Philip H. Kerr of London, said at his
round table conference
Unless something is done to sub
stitute the overwhelming force behind
international right for the present
competitive system we shall inevi-
tably drift back into world war" he
said.
He gave az the alternatives the
1a1f of ha -nrlH lrf ~ mr.
outlawry of war None of these. he
said, would of itself solve the prob.
lem, but each would perform a func.
ton.
Rear Admiral H. p. NJ. Huse, said the
Washington conference resolutions re,
stricting submarines were impossible
of execution and should be supplanteC
by the rules now applicab BILE to surface
warships.