flays GERMANY'S
POVfY !N R'J'Mi
(vcucral Drpouilr Urchins
Knouiili Moiji1) V* a- Spi*nl
on Hi-'hluncc l?
Pay Reparation-.
Uanotdort. s i?? "<L?Germany
has spent onouga Money in bolster
ing up 11 ass;v.- : ? ?i?j.i:;ce in the Ruhr
valley sim*- t'ie Kn nch troops tiller
ed las: J isr.Miy to have mado her
regular reparation* payments to tlie
| Allies for tv*o yt ars. declared General
D-goutt-- today to the correspondent
of Til - A.--opiated l*re?s. Moreover,
he aid this reckless expenditure
shou\l l>e calculated entirely apart
from the incalculable loss caased ty
1 the economic stagnation of this one.'
thriving industrial center, the direct
result of the refusal c.f Germauy to
I tooperate with the occupation forces.
??More than 1.000.000 workers."
said the commander of the French
forces, "have now had a nice long
| eight months* vacation with pay, and
naturally they are rather keen to
have the occupation continue; but U
is not difficult to see that tills ecoii-'
omlc fallacy cannot continue indefi
nitely.'1
Judging from the general attitude j
of the German population toward the j
occupying troops. General Degoutte,
said he was fully convinced that if it
had not been for the interference j
from Berlin the problem of making ,
the occupation pay. as well as of
keeping the economic fabric of the;
uhr intact, would have solved Itself j
long before now.
"Some day," he said, "Berlin will i
see, as many sensible people in the!
Ruhr already see, that the German
government made a grave economic ;
mistake in agreeing to pay thousands
of workers for doing nothing. Leav
ing aside the ultimate failure of this
method to frustrate the effects of I
the occupation, as it is .bound to fail,!
the idea of pouring out money to
workers for doing nothing is very
bid psychology. It will have many
disastrous ramifications. Already
other^ workers, such as miners, have
caught the idea of passive resistance ,
to their own employers. These work-'
ers, encouraged by the fact that their j
fellow workers, who have been af
fected-by the occupation, have been!
able to leave their jobs and still re-'
celve full pay, have now adopted the
method of going to their work and
spending the day discussing the
problems of life or playing cards.
The natural consequence has been
that most of them were locked out. J
The same thing should have been ap
plied to all the workers who refused
to work under .,lhe occupation au
thorities. If it had been, passive re
sistance would have melted away and
there would have been no interrup
tion in the normal economic life of
the occupied area."
When asked what his impression
was of the general attitude of the
German population toward the pres-,
. nee of French troops. General I>< -
goutte replied:
"It's too good. It's bad for mili
tary discipline."
When further asked if the seizures
of Increasing amounts of marks, t
which have been prominently pub
lished during the past few days in the
German .press, represented a depar
ture from methods hitherto practiced
by the occupation army, he answered.
"Not at all. We havr boon seizing
money for the expenses of the army
over since we' entered the Ruhr. The
seizures now seem much greater than
at first because the mark now repre
sents only a fraction of what it did
when we came, thanks to Berlin's
policy of paying vast sums for non
production."
"Let me explain about these seiz-j
ures of money," the General con
tinued. "As you know the Treaty of
Versailles provides that Germany
shall pay the expenses of whatever
occupation forces may be considered .
necesssary. When we first came I
wrote n requisition* on the Relchs
bank for the army's expenses for the j
first week. Tho Reichbank refused
honor It, as Germany decided the oc
cupation was illegal. I thereupon (
said. 'All right, we'll Just take what
is necessary for our expenses.' But!
don't forget that for every paper
mark we seized we gave a receipt to
the person from whom It was seized,
and I am reliably Informed that all
holders of receipts have ibeen reim
bursed by the Relchsbank.
"The same thing is true of every
thing else we have requisitioned for
the army. Including automobiles.
You may be surprised to know that
several Germans have come to us re
questing that we requisition their,
?automobiles, so that they might cash ;
their receipts with the Reichsbank
at a profit/'
Miss Lyna Mason and her sister.
Mrs. H. L. Jones have returned from
Stumpy Point and Manns Harbor
where they have been visiting friends
and relatives. They are now the ?
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Twlford
on Burgess street. I
Princess Pelrolia
Crowned at Tulsa
(>.l liKt'i-fM" tiaih?'r in Oklahoma
t*U> for Mivl iiiii on
OctotM-r H
Tulsa. Okla.. Sept. ?I'Ii-n f ;?
a path* ring lion* of oil im- n??iv t-.
be known as the International- lVtro
l'-uni exposition anil conitres*. at
which discussion of every pha^o of
the petroleum Industry will he inur
yprrscd with exhibits of educational
value anil recreational feature*, art
being rapidly concluded by commit
tee* of local oil men. The exposition
and congress will open October 8
for one week.
Governors of IS oil producing
states, cabinet members and heads
of government departments at Wash
ington have been invited. Oil men
from every state in the union and a
number of foreign countries have In
dicated they will be here. The expo
sition will bring together ten asso
ciations. eight of which are definitely
engaged In various branches of the
oil business. Each association will
hold a convention.
Three full-sized drill rigs, one ca-'
Vie tool, one rotary and one diamond j
"6re will be IZ operation during the
week. The plans cftli al*o for a. coij\. :
plete miniature refinery, a working
model of an absorption gasoline
and a model tube and tank cracking
unit. Model tank steamers, tank
cars and air tight steel tanks have
Leon promised.
Entertainment will Include pa
rades and pageants in the court of
King Petroleum. Concluding with the
coronation of "Princess Petrolla" at
at the end of the expostlon.
Educational and historical phases ,
of the industry will be emphasized
in the display. Equipment used iu
the world's first oil well, drilled in
1S59 by Col. E. L. Drake, will be sent
fro m Brad ford, lVnn. Thomas Oalt y
of Independence, Hans., plans to 1
send tools used In the Md-Contiti v\
fU'iu'M fiist wildcat well n*:ir N. ??.!???
>li?. Kami.
I'Aisis msiior v.ui.
Sl'K-VK AT DKS MOINES
iv< Mniii. . la., s in. Hi h.ij)
KiSitur T. Hlake. ri^idvui liMmp of
IKraiwo. wili adrtr. s? t.1 ? - an
nual general executive meeting of
i!u? Women's Foreign Miwionary
so?*!eiy. to In- ]<? |t| here October IS
10 23. according to an announcement
made by Mr*. Kvelyn Riley Nichol
son. president.
The society lias a total member
ship *?f tils.732 which includes aux
iliaries 377.109; Young People and
Standard Hearer* S3.498; King'*
Heralds C3.0P6. and l.ittle Light
Hearers 75.119.
Bishop Hlake will give some of his
experiences while -attending the
Living Church Conference at Mos
cow. Russia. Other prominent
speakers on the program Include
Miss Anna Gordon, president of the
World's Woman's Christian Tem
perance I'nion; Rishop Thomas j
Nicholson. president of the Anti
Saloon League of America; Prof.
O II Smith. Nankins. Ch a::, ami Pr
V. V. Tmi. w.'Miiy of th?* i Tun
CM Mian aj?*<n*ial ion.
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n*o of :n>-mbvr* of ill" r.i" lii il pro
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building permit* i^ucil by Ashevillo
cliy commissioners'during tin* wv.-k
ending September 20 railed f??r tlu*
erection of homes and business build
ings costing $56,595.
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AT FOOT OF MAIN STREET
Schedule of Plays
Monday?The Last Chapter.
Tuesday?I Child oj the Circuit.
Wednesday Peggie O'Neil.
Thursday?The Moonshiners.
Friday?The llronse (woddess.
Saturday?The Sheriff's Itride.
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