The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-01

| mines, smelling works and postal serv-
Ices to hold themselves At the disposal
Of the French government
DOLAND has assured the German
i foreign Office that II IL preserving
the strictest neutrality regarding the
Huhr occupation. that 1t has no belli.
cOse Intentions and that q recent move
n,ent Of troops from the Lithuanian
frontier has NO significance. Great
Britain seems somewhat ut loss on
what attitude to take. She has no In
tention Of abandoning her ally. but Is
skeptical OF Frunce's success. Some
public men and some newspapers there
are demanding that the British army
Of occupation be withdrawn, and 1t
was decided that 4 cabinet meeting
should be held to discuss this question.
Italy is still hoping that the whole
affair Gun be settled by mediation and
1t WAS reported In Rome that Premier
Muss0lini would ask the United States
to issue 4 call for q world conference.
Premier BrantIng Of Sweden notified
France thnt he would suggest to the
League Of Nations that 1t intervene.
at the meeting Of the league council on
January %. So far Germany has con.
sistently refused to take part In any
mediation parley 40 long ~ French
troops are in the Ituhr.
THAT the United States will inter-
1 fere In the esnbrogilo 10 any way II
said In Washington to be quite i'm.
probable. at least for the present. Un-
der the situation that has now devel.
Oped the administratiea believes that
II II does snything. II must do some
thing that win b helpful and not
harmful, and up to the present mo-
ment odicials hold that there u no op-
portunlty for anything more than has
been done without making the situa.
ti0n worse.
II the United States should make .
.esture toward France. the French
would claim that the Germans had
thereby been stiffened In their resist.
ance and II the Ruhr expedition falls,
they would blame the United States
for its failure. On the other hand. II
tho United States sl,Ould assume Q
course which the French could inter
pret - sncouragement, the feeling Of
exaspesatioa In Germany would be
heightened. Either way no good would
he done and the United States would
he incaractated for helpfulness In the
future.
|0N WEDNESDAY, with simple. dig.
~ nifisd ceremony. the American haR
which had bsso flying over Ehrenb,eIt.
stein for four years was lowered a.
American and Preach hands played
The Star 6pansied banner: Major
General Allsa turned the old fortress
over to the Preach, and the little Amer.
lean army ee occupation. with team
In its eyss, took train for Antwerp
where Il WAS given . rousinx welcome
BY the BelEianA Thea the boys board.
I'd the transport 81. Mlhisi and sailed
for home. In the Rhlneland there re-
mains only small detachment to com.
plete the details Of the evacuation.
Secretary Of War Weeks has orleretl
that there shall be no American Oh.
GERS with the French or Belgian forces
Of occupation - observers.
nISPATC'HES from the Near Fast
- aud from Lausanne we're not ~
reaxsuring last week. II seems tbs
Mosul question WAS not settled outside
Of the peace conference and yet re.
mains the chief obstacle In the way oi
an amicablS settlement. Great Brit
nin insists that the dispute must b<
referred to the League Of Nations. and
the Turks are equally insistent tha
the matter b. settled BY = piebiscite
Lord Cur.oo gave the world q xoo<
laugh by stating that England wss no.
interested In Mosul because Of Its al
legged oil richness, but only In keepln;
her pledge to the Arabs Of lrak thu
they should not again be placed unde
Turkish rule. Most Of the other Ques
lions arising At Lausanne have beeI
! settled and the conference. II 10 said
J Will 20 ahead with the drafting OF tn,
treaty. In this will be q clause re
? ferring the Mosul matter to the league
This will give the Turks an excuse {,
} refuse to siGn. and then. according Z,
. Curson. there may be q renewal Of Va
, In the Near East. II was announce,
, that France and Italy would not asso
ciats with Great Britain In foecin,
, Turkey to ACCEPT the treaty.
The AAson government. afooe pes
} teseing b tAs allied hish eooaiaslea
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