Trance Farther Into Bog’-Ex-Premier ■ ■■ '• 1 New Peace Pact Being Propounded America and England Not to Be Consulted in Treaty, Says Lloyd George. Ruhr Coal Takes Slump _ i BY THE BIGHT HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, O. M., M. P., (Former British Premier.) Copyright, 1933, by United Feature Syn d'copyri*ht in Great Britain by London ' 'copyright In Australasia by Australian ^.^“worli right, held by United 1 'Reproduction in whole or in part pro hibited. All right, reserved. London, March 10—When you have walked some distance Into a quick- | sand and are sinking deeper and deeper with every step you take, it is always difficult to decide whether you are more likely to reach firm ground j by pressing forward or by going back ward. You must do one or the other. You cannot Just stand fast, for that is inevitable destruction. The French government clearly is of the opinion that safety lies in marching further into the quagmire. So three more German cities have been occupied, more burgomasters and officials expelled, more men and hoys shot In the streets, more black troops Imported, more regulations and more decrees Issued; there are more depressions of French, Belgian and Italian exchanges, more confu sion is everybody’s business, in cen tral Eurppe—in a sentence, every where there is more quaking and less solid coal. Eight Ter Cent Shortage. Had it not been for this fatuous in vasion, France, during the past six or seven weeks would have already received from the Ruhr nearly 3,000, 000 tons in coal and In coke. The total shortage as compared with the promises of Spa was only eight per cent. France has actually received fiO.OOO tons during the whole of this period. A swarm of engineers, rall waymen, barge men, officials of ail kinds and hotel waiters, supported by a formidable army of nearly 150,000 men, have in six weeks produced this ridiculous output. No doubt the amount will later on be Increased by further pressure and by pouring In more railway men, but it will be a long time before France receives its Spa quota minus eight per cent, and then there will be some months’ ar rears to make up. No wonder that M. I.oucheur stated flatly In the French chamber that he did not approve of the Ruhr enter prise. He has one distinct advantage aver the Ruhr plungers—he does know something about business. He can boast also of another gift, pos session of which Is not without sig nificance when you consider his pres ent attitude. He is an admirable judge of tomorrow’s weather. That is a rare endowment amongst politi cians. Any simpleton can tell you which way the wind is blowing to day, but it requires a man of spe cial insight and experience in these matters to forecast the direction of the wind tomorrow. Good Weather Fropliet. M. Loucheur is one of those ex ceptionally well equipped weather prophets. So he satisfies the opinion of today by giving his support to M. Poincare, and he safeguards his posi tion against the tomorrow's change by stating clearly that he does not approve the policy he supports. I have read no declaration from any French statesman of eminence—with the doubtful exception of M. Barthou —indicating belief in the wisdom of the venture. And yet French cour age. French pride, French loyalty, French patriotism—and maybe French blood and treasure—are com mitted irretrievably to a reckless gam ble which most of the responsible statesmen who led France by their wisdom through tier great troubles regard with doubt, anxiety and ap prehension. Will the French government try to extricate itself from the difficulties into which it has precipitated Its country and Europe? I fear not. Heedlessnees rushes a man into danger. It needs courage to get out. And when getting oht involves an admission of blame, there are few men who possess that exalted type of courage. Other Reasons. There are other reasons why the present government of France will flounder further into the quicksand. When governments make mistakes in England the threat of a parlia ments defeat or a couple of adverse hy electfons pulls them out roughly but safely, and the government starts on a new course amid the general satisfaction of friend and foe. The Willesden and Mitchell elections have rescued the British government from one of the most hopeless mud dles into which any administration has ever contrived to get its affairs. Under similar circumstances in France a change of government is negotiated with amaxlng dexterity and celerity. But you cannot arrange the preliminary overthrow of an exist ing government unless there is some one in the background ready and will ing to form the next. There are gen erally two or three outstanding men of high repute prepared to serve their country in any emergency. The trouble today in France is that \ every alternative leader disapproves of this enterprise and believes it must ultimately fall. On the other hand there is no prominent figure in French polities prepared to take upon himself the odium of sounding a retreat. It would always he said that success was in sight and that had It not been for the new minister’s cowardice and perfldity Franco would have emerged triumphantly out of all her financial worries. No French statesman dares faro that deadly accusation. So the present French government Is tied to the saddle of its charger and is forced to go on. Increasing Fury. Another explanation of the diffi culty of withdrawing is to be found in the increasing fury of the original fomenters of this rashness. The more Rudy Valentino to Judge Dancing Contest in Omaha Rudolph Valentina Fair hearts are due to flutter at the Auditorium next Saturday night. For Rudolph Valent'no, the Idol of flapperdom, Is going to judge a danc ing contest between Omaha followers of the terpslchorean art. Valentino Is now making a per sonal transcontinental tour. He Is scheduled to appear at the Auditorium next Saturday night as the principal attraction at a big Rudolph Valentino ball. Yesterday Ernie Holmes, who Is In charge of the affair, received the con sent of the film favorite to personal ly judge a dancing contest, which will be open to Omaha dancers. Plans for the contest will be completed later. Valentino Is coming to Omaha In his own private car with his wife, Mrs. Winifred Hudnut Valentino, and Argentine orchestra. The famous "Shlek" will dance with his wife and the Argentine band will play. One of the exhibition dances Rudy and his wife will give ts the "Four Horse men” tango which hrf danced in the moving picture of that name. It was really this dancing of the tango In the "Four Horsemen ’ that brought Valentino In the public eye. 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Last week I gave a summary of the ambitious plans they had conceived for syndicating European resources under French control. The industries of Europe eon trolled from Paris— that is their magnificent dream. This week they propound a new treaty which is to supersede the treaty of ! Versailles. Boundaries are to be re vised, rich provinces and towns prac tically annexed; Huhr coal Is to he harnessed to Lorraine coal, and Ger many, having been further mutilated and bound, Is to be reduced to a state of complete economic subjection. There has been nothing comparable to these Ideas since the Norman con quest where the Saxons, having first of all been disarmed, were reduced to a condition of economic thraldom for the enrichment and glorification of their new masters. Needless to “;iy. Britain and America are not ot be in vlted to attend this new peace con ference. They are to be graciously Informed of the conditions of the new peace when it Is finally estab lished by French tins. Tic- British empire, which rob I millions of men to liberate French soil from the Ger man invaders, and which lost hun dreds of thousands of its best young lives in the effort, is not even to be consulted as to the settlement which its losses alone makes possible. America I.eft Out. America, who came to the rescue with millions of its bravest, is barely worth a sentence in these ravings of brains intoxicated with an _unwhole some mixture of hatred, greed and military arrogance. The French gov ernment is not committed by any overt declarations to these schemes, but it is ominous that they issue from pens whoso insistent prodding has driven this government on to its present action. Up to the present no repudiation has come from the head of the government or from any of his subordinates. The very vague ness of his published aims would leave him free to adopt any plans. Pledges for reparation and security will cover a multitude of aggressions. The British government has Just Issued as a parliamentary paper a full report of the proceedings of the Paris conference. It is an amazing document. So far as I can see no i real endeavor was made by any of its members to prevent the break-up. At the first failure to secure an agree ment the delegates threw up their hands In despair and sought no alter natives, They agreed about nothing except that It was not worth while spending another day in trying to agree. Kven M. Theuuthe re sourceful Belgian premier, had noth ing to suggest. A blight of sterility seems to have swept over the confer ence. On this aspect of the fateful and fatal conference of Paris I do not now propose to dwell. I wish to call attention to it for another purpose. I have perused the Blue Book with great care. I was anxious to find out exactly what M. Poincare pro posed to demand of Germany as the condition of submission to French will. What was Germany to do if she was anxious to avert the fall of the ax'.' I have read his speeches and annexes in vain for any exposition of these terms. It. is true he was never asked the question. That sounds incompre hensible. But everyone engaged was in such a hurry to break up the con ference and thus put an end to dis agreeable disagreements that it never seems to have occurred to them to ask this essential question. And tlx party principally concerned was not represented. The result Is that no one knows the terms upon which the French army 1* prepared to evacuate the Ruhr. Mr. Iionar I.aw could not explain when questioned in the house of commons. X am not surprised, for no one has ever told him. and he never asked. I am sure that by this time M. Poin care has quite forgotten why he ever went into the Ruhr. For that, amongst other reasons, he will remains there until something happens that will provide us with an answer. Moat human tragedy is fortuitou*. .... cMTHON 1 Tbi» wjjLkr Pm* \ jar-sSsr;^ fl**'** *° „( in^t**00 optbF*. 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