The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
German Chancellor Asserts
Occupation Also will Stop
Payments of Reparation
CALLS INVASION PRETExT
Real Object of French Move
Into RhineIand Is to Con-
troll Production, He Declares
By ROBERT DELL,
Former Manchester Guardian
Corraanos1d.nf

1A3~~~-~-@O00--
Correspondent.
Roeelal wireless to Universal Service.
fCopvrirbt. 1929. by Universal Service.
nTnT YAy r. on uxuo go 4.
SoI. ~. 60
xenolng the independence Oh yer
man territory and the nDefGy o.
the German population against thC
designs of aggressive militarisn
shall stand firm, as / know thC
.v4;,.a fSoy-,,o,, ,,oo,la GRO hohinf
Us: "A
Thls statement was mace 20 me
by the German Chancellor, Dr
William Cuno, in an interview
with him today. in which he fur.
fha- so;d.
Oar attituda az outlined in my
last sneech before the Reichstag.
49, ~ chanoad We consider
that the VersaiIIess treaty. has been
s-ss,staS "a -. - s,,aIi co,ti,1,,a To
f,,Ie;IS -. ob,ioa f;ons to those
.;ana.-,-,, $500 Ss,bic,, arc not
4aI-s,,~ ys.rt ~ +bo yioIo+;nn
RESIST MIL1TARISM.
The mine owners and workmen
in the Ruhr are holding out
against the threats of French and
Belgian militarism, and are refus-
ing to supply coal 20 france .nce, anu ra
.s-;s.;r1 nn;,,st sorression and
- rsa,Y,.,, So1Sarnnoey,t means r.,
sannort them nv eyery means in
ite mower
In answer .to a question al to
What he Thought of the statement
~ 1s,a Ereyicb government that nc
onerafions. of a military character
were contemplated. DIR. Cuno said
Nobody in his right senses could
pretend that two army divisions
and additional cavalry divisions
are necessary for the protection
of the Franco-Belgian commits
aion of experts and engineers
arainst the disarmed population
AZ Essen.
other allied commissions have
been sent to other parts of Ger
MANY without military protection
and have remained unframed.
The Commission of engineers
co,1ld have gone tn Essen with
ec,,aI iran,,nitv. Moreover the
S.ec,,I,ot ioT, txl French ana rel
80, $500 1. 1ow axtenSad 70
othe- ,sos,ts In the pub and
: ,,.e ,t;aI Iow ia docIaralI yvIaereve,.
fhev % % ->--
THREATEN COURT-MARTIAL.
The French military officers
are issuing orders to German
officials. and threatening the
mine owners with court.martial
for 5isobeyiua the insfructions of
French generals.
should Iil~e to I,novU in what
nav the French onerations would
haya diffarad ~ fhev bad haor
of an avowed niIifarv character
The whoIe 1vorId nou Sec the
hollownesS of tha French nra-
tert hut II Is sienificant that tha
nretext has been aftemnted, as
fberehv the French coyarnn,e1t
No. iy,crIic;tIv od,,oittad tbot $780,
&C., .e ,S,;Iitor-, N1I,a,.o~"+a, -
= h.ooak - a. .,.aat-, - ".
SaiiIaS
Tn orda, 60 cIool, +k,a,v oo+;o,,
with q sen,hIance of 1eoa1;tv Tia
Eraroh hova hao1, chI;cro5 - 80
1ard +I,o+ a. ree..,'ras tI ~ -
teEer az ,,,,raiI aconon,io IT, ~.
Ssa~r.ao .,oI,a,nSaot toInn -.
800. g., rot;.- It. 80
S;,,d;oa.;nr nS ;ts nne 80 90 -
s.s1i4os', o,,xatSo,S Ne tI d. ILL
~ 40 'ioia'ioh :"
Ie IIeasy1
1891 CnanceAoE Juno "neInel
tnoUs te PURPOSE oL Int
n operdtIons was 70 ootalI
payment Oh PREPARATIONS as ASSERTED
have too high an opinion Of
the intelligence of N. Poincare to
suppose for a moment that he
thinks the occupation will have
that result. Besides, his speech
In the French Chamber Of DepH.
ties shows he has no hopes in
that direction.
Had he wished to make the pay
ment of reparations forever i'm
possible he could have chosen no
more effective course, You no.
ticed that the first announcement
of the intended French action
hardly affected the valno ~ tha
mark for reason which tbinE
is obvious In the heginnins The
world accented the word Of The
French government and believed
that ONLY peacefuI. econonnIc
rnaaaurea wore conta,,,Iatad
Wha,s ., haco ~" a,,Ida,.t e.. 9.
e. - - S5,iI;to-,, 1870. a.
.as,, -. .n IN III, LS@ eio sne
an,S,.o " Laii WIZ" ar alal InI,a
In ., a go aeu INC aoIia :.
a. o,,o.od ~ 90 oon IT, *iaS -
Frsnce and Re1piun, started tb ~.