Evening star., 1923-11-04
The Story the Week Has Told

to the United States and the capacity Of the
allies to forego German payments. Therefore.
tion Of the reparations total cleanly OFFSETS
Mr; Hughes taboo on consideration & Of the
that 1t IS impossible to estimate German
ahead. and that 9 it % would % be- absurd to base the
total reparations figure on an estimate OF pres
Poincare's insistance that the committees
findings shall presuppose continuance OF
Franco, Belgian occupation of the Ruhr has
The Ruhr enterprise, says Poincare,. was for
TO reiinauish that guarantee would be, in fact,
to abandon all; the German will to pay would
The developments OF the week within the
reich have been such as to aIlay the worst
dispatches indications Of starvation or Of seri-
GUS outbreaks in the RYhr. The negotiations
Ruhr Industrial magnates are Progressing.
with good promise that soon practically all
French terms. Though there has been no
direct contact between the German govern
derstood % that the magnates who have signed
agreements with the French have done so
and that other agreements. If made as expect
ed. will presuppose Stresemann's approval.
from time to time to hurl defiance in the open,
but behind the scenes he makes the neces-
The Saxon menace has been 'liquidated." at
least for the present The coalition com
resign, and. refusing. was ousted by the
reischswehr general commanding in saxony A
Dresden who reconvened the Saxon diet, per-
suaded 1t to elect a new minister-president of
lin The communists disturbances have been
put down by reichswehr detachments
as firmly with Bavaria he has dealt with
Saxony. but he can't. The Bavarian govern
the authority of the reich defense minister
over the Bavarian reichswehr contingent.
reich. but she proposes to have her own way
within the reich and that her preposterous
The socialist members of the reichstag made
certain demands on Stresemann falling a sat
socialist members of the cabinet would re-
sign They demanded an end to the state of
Saxony and press hard on Bavaria. and that
measures be taken to compel farmers to sell
and Friday the socialist ministers resigned.
This is development of gravest Importance.
What kind Of cabinet or no-cabinet govern
The Palatinate republic IT seems was still
I it. gaspingly. On the day the Industrial
lists have ali given in the submission on that
for for the undertaker News arrives that the
SSsparatistsu I. "a are hghting among themselves
ItaIy.-Mussolini has decreed a reduction by
so per cent of the number OF drinking places
in Italy. besides considerably reducing the
length OF the drinking day. The decree is
much resented, as there is very little drunk
enness in Italy. Perhaps Mussolini did not
reflect how many dictator has come a crop
per In the effort to regulate the habits of%h!s
subjects But Mussolini does not reflect. he
talks and acts.
Mussollinfs attitude toward parliament con-
rinues Cromwellian. PARLIAMENT Is there
says he, as quoted by the Associated Press TT
exists 1 use it whenever necessary" Il am
optimist." he declares. "for old Europe.
1t is capable Of re-establishment, but the
means whereby this will be obtained form
great subject and would occupy much time
in the telling"