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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1923)
France, Germany Tired of Mixup v in Ruhr Valley Lloyd George Sees Historic Embers Smoldering in Area and Possibility of New Republic. (Contlnned From Tag* One.) note, where he gays that the con ferences and ultimatums of the past four years got nothing out of Ger many. What are the facts? During the three and a half years that pre ceded the Ruhr Invasion, Germany paid to the allies In cash and in kind over 10 milliards of gold marks—590, 000,000 pounds in sterling, 2,000,000, 000 in dollars—a considerable effort for a country which had just emerged out of the most exhausting of wars, and whose foreign trade was down 60 to 70 per cent. You might imagine that the man who had taken the grave stop of ordering the armies of France to In vade a neighbor’s territory would have taken the trouble to ascertain the elementary facta of hts case. Part of this gigantic sum went for the armies of occupation; part for reparations. But It all came out ° German assets. Will the next three end a half years bring anything ap proximating that figure to the allied coffers? German Resistance underestimate... It is a safe statement to make that no one In charge of the French movements anticipated a resistance approaching in its stubbornness that •which they have encountered. The friendlv press, both in France and here, foretold the speedy collapse of German opposition. All the French plans were based on that assumption. An Englishman who was there when ♦.he occupation began asked a French ifllcer how long he thought it would lake. The answer is indicative of the jpirlt in which the venture started. "Optimists think it will take a fortnight,” he said. "Pessimists think it may take three weeks.” Reference back to the January telegrams from Paris and Dusseldorf will show that this officer accurately expressed the general sentiment of those who were responsible for the Ruhr invasion. Soldiers estimate chances of resistance in terms of ma terial and trained men, and states men too often build their hopes on the same shallow foundations. They never allow for the indomitable re serves of the human heart which do not figure in army lists or in states men’s annuals. The resistance of Paris in 1870 was as great a surprise to Bismarck as the stubborness of the Ruhr miners is to Poincare today. The last reg ular army had been destroyed, all docketted food stores had been ex hausted, and still the struggle of in domitable citizens went on for months. There were few men In England who thought the Boer peasants could continue their re sistance for over three months after our armies reached South Africa. They held out for three years, and »• only then capitulated on honorable terms. The northern states of America never contemplated the possibility o* a five years’ struggle with a blockad ed. starved and overwhelmed con federacy. The war of 1914-19 Is lit tered with miscalculations attribut able to the blind refusal of rulers and their advisers to recognize the normal element as a factor in reck oning. Pigeonhole Strategists. The Ruhr tragedy is not tne nrsi, nor will it be the last, to be Initiated by faifle memoranda framed by gen^ eral staffs and civilian functionaries drawing inspiration from pigeon holes. Whatever becomes of this epi sode. it is already clear that the esti mates of military men, of transport officials, of intelligence departmegts and of presiding ministers have been hopelessly falsified. Many more sol diers have been sent into the Ruhr than had been thought necessary, much less coal has come out of the Ruhr than had been confidently ex pected. There are already as many French men In the Ruhr as Napoleon com manded at Waterloo. As to the coal they have aucceeded in sending across the frontier In six months, it is about equal to a month's delivery by the , Germans during the period of "de fault" which provoked the invasion. Desperate efforts have been made at great cost to increase the yield so as to satisfy French and foreign opinion that resistance is gradually breaking down. Rubbish Is shoveled into railway cars in orddr anyhow to swell the quota. Coal Is seized anywhere, even in the streets. And General Trocquer, bluff and genial Breton, who is In charge of transport arrangements, breezily chal lenges all critics to look at the mount ing pyramids of his .dust cart col lection and rejoice with him In the triumph of French organization un der his control. Alas, the Celtic fire of Monsieur Trocquez, even when fed by the sweepings of the Ruhr, cannot keep going the blast furnaces of Lorraine. So there Is much dis appointment and discontent amongst the forge masters of France. One Nation Must Is»se. All the same, there must be a limit to human endurance. Either France or Germany must give way In the end. Which will It be, and when will It come—and how? In answering these quest Ions, one muRt begin by remembering that for France the honor of her bag Is Involved In suc cess. Failure would Irretrievably da mag'.- her prestige. Every French man knows that. That is why states men who disapprove Invasion support the government in all their proposals for 'bringing It to a successful end. And here France has legitimate com plaint against her allies. It Is all very well for Italy now-to counsel wisdom. Signor Mussolini was present at the hush conference which sanctioned the Invasion. Ho fixed the price of assent In coal ton nage. That price has been regularly paid. Belgium Is now gelling scared at the swelling magnitude of the ven ture. But she committed her own honor as well as that of France to carrying It through. I am sorry to think that Britain la not free from such responsibility In (he matter. It la true that her representatives disapproved of the enterprise, but not on grounds of right or Justice. On the contrary, whilst expressing grave doubt as to the ultimate success of the Invasion, Nebraska’s Poet Laureate to Hear Own Works Broadcast bv Radio * wmSm i . ■ • cJohn Q.ffieihardi . Emm "When Station WO AW at Omaha broadcasts a program of John G. Neihardt's poems, many of them set to music, on the night of April 13, Mr. Neihardt himself will listen in at Branson, Mo. Rev. G. P. Patterson of Walthill, Neb., who lias set many of the verses of the Nebraska poet laureate to music, and who is a tenor of ability, will sing some of his compositions, including “Hark the Music,” “Cry of the People,” “Battle Cry," “April, the Maiden" and “Lullaby." Mrs. Kvelyn Minier of Oakland, Neb., will give some readings from Neihardt’* volume of poems, "Quest.” Including "Let Me Live Out My Years," "April Theology," "Break o’ Day,” "O, Lyric Master,” and a son net. "John Neihardt,” written by Eu gene Konecky of Omaha. Dr. Julius T. House of the state normal school at Wayne. Neb., will deliver a lecture on "The Genius of John Neihardt." Mrs. Evelyn Vore will play the piano accompaniments and Mrs. Er nest A. Reese will play the violin ob bligato. they wished the French government well in the enterprise on which they were about to embark. Not one of the allies is in a position, with a clean conscience, to urge France to haul down her flag. French Honor at Stake. There is only one course which could be urged on the French govern ment as being consistent with French honor, and that is the reference of the dispute to the league of nations. That would be an enforcement of the treaty of Versailles. That sug gestion the British government re fused to press on France. The strug gle must therefore proceed to Its des tined end. It may be assumed that the British government will not Intervene ef fectively. What about the ministerial declarations? Surely these strong words must be followed by strong ac tions! Those who rely on that In ference know nothing of the men who used the words, or of the forces upon which they depend for their ministerial existence. It is true that some weeks ago Mr. Snodgrass took off his coat and pro claimed cryptically and fearlessly that unless peace was restored on his terms something would happen. The French government replied calmly that they meant to pursue their course. So last week Mr. Snodgrass takes off his waistcoat. But don't be alarmed: there will be no blows; his friends will hold him back. Meanwhile Mr. Winkle has gone to Paris to lunch with one of the combatants. Next week he will be followed by Mr. Pickwick, who will call on another, and week after next Mr. Tupmad propose* to pay another propitiatory visit. The French have accurately taken the measure of the mind and the muscle of those who indulged In these spectacular exhibitions of ball punching In Westminster with re freshments at Ramboulllet. We may therefore assume that whatever con versations take place at these genial gatherings or issue from them, the French won’t be talked out of the Ruhr. France Makes Two Demands. After the emphatic declarations made by the head of the French gov ernment, It may be assumed that France will Insist at all costs on en forcing her will. She has put forward two demands. The first Is that Ger many shall abandon passive resist ance as an essential preliminary to negotiations. The second Is that her forces should remain In the Ruhr un til the last payment Is made. Will the German government accept those conditions? A settlement on these terms Is only possible on two assumptions. The first is that a German government can be found strong enough to accept them and to survive their acceptance. The second Is that there Is a French gov ernment wise enough to give liberal interpretation to these demands. The first depends to a large extent on the second. Events of the past few months add ed immeasurably to the difficulties of negotiation. Incidents which are in separable from a foreign occupation In any land have exasperated Ger man opinion and reached depths of hatred which had never been stirred, even by the grent war. Consider the deportation of 75,000 Germans from their homes in the Ruhr area, the re pression, the shooting, the starving, the holding up of food trains until essential supplies rot. The myriad In solences of unchallengeable force. The passions which make the French poli cy so intractable are entirely attribu table to the German occupation of France. Frenchmen are now sowing the same angers In the Oerrpan breast. Hatreds are had negotiators. That Is why I despair of a real set tlement. Ilavarlan Monarchy Possible. But Germany may collapse. She might even break up temporarily. The authority of the central government has already largely disappeared. It has praetically ceased to collect taxes. Berlin has no Influence in Bavaria, and the monarchy might he restored In that province at no distant date. There Is a movement In the Rhineland to set up a republic freed from the do minion of Prussia. This move ment Is fostered by French agencies and financed by French subventions. If it Is declared, Prussia will not he allowed to suppress It. We may, therefore, soon witness a Rhineland republic whose glorious freedom and Independence will he Jealously guarded by colored warriors of Senegal and Cochin China. Sax ony might he captured by commu nists and Prussia be torn between monarchist snd communist. These are not unllksly happenings la It too much to say that they are not altogether out of the computation of French statesmanship? If Germany dissolves, then the Rhineland and Ruhr would remain under the do minion of France. France would not secure reparations. But ahe would enjoy security, and she would, so it is conjectured, enormously enhance her power in the world. An old French dream would be realized. The work of Bismarck woulud be undone and the achievement of Napoleon would be restored and perpetuated. There Is an old Welsh saying that It is easy to kindle a fire on an old hearthstsone. This idea of a Rhine land under French domination is the old hearthstone of Charlemagne. Maz arine sought to relight Its flames. Napoleon the First kindled on It a blaze that scorched Europe. Napo leon the Third had hopes of warm ing his chilling fortunes at the glow of Its embers, artd now the great victory of 1918 has set French ambi tions once more reviving the fires on the old hearthstone. It Is a bad lookout for Europe. Nebraska Political Pot Boiling Merrily (Confirmed From Fare One.) Harding, would have returned a sub stantial republican majority In 1914. “The effect of the pn-sldent'e death is to make open fighting ground, politically speaking, of Nebraska There will be many contenders for the republican nomlnat'on for presi dent, and not only will Nebraska be open fighting ground, but this atso will be true of every state in the union which chooses its delegates to national conventions In party prima ries. There are many states, however, who choose their delegates to these conventions In caucuses or conven tions usually controlled by the party machine. 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