The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-16
GERMANY IN
GRIP OF VAST
WAR MACHINE
French Ready for Any Even
Qualities in Rhur Basin
To Hold Conference
TO ENFORCE DECISIONS
Obstructi0nists Toward Eco
nOmic Control will be Given
Extreme Penalty
TO ENFORCE DECISIONS
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
Essen, Germany, Jan. 16.-
Whatever the outcome of the
conference set for today at
Dusseldorf between the Ger
man industrial magnates and
the French economic commits
sion, the Ruhr valley appears
this morning to be in line for
an uncompromising military
occupation.
eve have tried soft meth
DDS and the Germans have re-
fused to cooperate, the French
correspondent was told at the
French military headquarters
"If they don't come to terms
now they will get a taste OF
what they gave Belgium and
northern France. We will
give them something to whine
for"
Today's meeting to which
the German industrial leg 1s
had been invited under the
threat that if they failed to
appear they would be sent for
was to be presided over by
General Degouette. From
the windows of the confer
ence room in the Duesseldort
city hall, French tanks, arm
ored cars and infantry werc
discerniable as they move
forward to strengthen tn
hold on Germany's rich coas
fields. -.
There was great interest as t.
where the SHINES holdings would
comply with the summons to send
representative to the conference.
Herr SHINES himself was reporte
to have left his villa between Bochlln
and Dortmund last evening bounJ
for Berlin.
French Sanguine'
FreDch economic experts appcare
somewhat less sanguine than tn
military leaders over the 2rospec'
of obtaining practical results f1on'
the occupation. They came here,
is admitted. unprepared for an OF
Grafton Of this magnitude and tht
turn of events has caused M. Cost
head of the mission. to look rathe
depressed although he voiced tn
opinion that today's conferent
would strengthen out the situation
The about face position Of tt
German industralists took tt
French by surprise. They were qui'
convinced Sunday night that ii
Germans had agreed in principle
the coal deliveries; hence yesterday
breakdown in the economic negotia
tions came as q bombshell.
General Degoutte has issued q
proclamation in which he declares
that if the local authorities elther
by their action or by PASSIVE resist
ance cause any impediment whatso
ever to the normal progress of bust
ness all the penalties deemed neces-
sary will be enforced.
Await Action
The Ruhr valley mine OPERATOR
forbidden by the German coal com
missioner to make deliveries to the
entente have decided to wait and SET
what France will do, their spokesmer
said today.
AS one director put it the owners
did not expect the occupation in the
first place and now that it has come
about it only remains for them tc
await further action by the economic.
commission.
In these quarters passive resist
ance is summed up by the expression
"you can lead horse to water but
you can't make it drink" If con5is-
cation is actually effected it Will
still remain for the allies to produoe
engineers capable Of properly oper-
.ating the mines, the operators point
out, and they are highly confideat
that technical personnel of sutti.
GENTLY high calibre cannot be pro.
duced.
Even should the requisite capaci.
ty in the directive machinery be
supplied there will be the question
of manual labor to deal with and
the coal dealers point out the proba-
bility that if the miners balk al
working under French administra-
tion and French and Belgian soldiers
have to stand over the mines with
bayonets fixed the new administ
tion still may not be able to get
desired results.