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THE CHAilLOTTE NEWS,- CHARLOTTE, N. O, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1921. 3 3 if a 3 Vs? quently Two At a Tim Open Evenings This Week Until 8 O'clock -1 Tf,rr- mm s Ml Get Yours While You Have This Great Chance Our Two Weeks GIFT SALE 100 OVE Of UITS BERLIN ABLE TO PAY, SAYS PARIS i i Only Lack the Will to Pay, Preferring Rather, to Ask j a Moratorium. i ; BY ANDRE TARDIEU, I Staff Correspondent of The News. Special Cable Dispatch to The Jiewi. Copyright, 1931, by News Publishing? Co. Paris, Dec. 10. French interest has swung away from Washington for the time being and is centered once more on the efforts Germany is making to get out of her financial engagements. As I have said before in reparation affairs, the question of the will to pay comes before the capacity to pay. If Germany wished to pay in gold, sho could. If she refuses, nothing re mains but to force her by a means which will not be difficult to discover. T,nnis Tochfiur. Minister of Recon struction, by his negotiations with Ger many at Wiesbaden setting there by a dangerous precedent of separate ne-p-ntiatinns with Germanv has unfor tunately helped to create an opinion that only payment in goods and ma terial is possible for Germany. This has been fostered by newspaper com ments. The Treaty of Versailles an ticipated that payments in kind also would be necessary, but the Treaty arranged more equitable bases than the accord of Wiesbaden, which, by making French prices a basis, vir :ual:y grants Germany still another debt re duction. Rut fnsh navments are eaually Pos sible if there is a sincere desire to pay. This nrincinle should be followed be fore there is any more talk of a mora torium. France, which, in the past two years, has abandoned so many rights guaran teed by the Treaty, condemns herself to a still darker tuture it sne consema to enter the road toward which cer tain English journals would push her. We ask only our due and base jur horo of just treatment on the spirit f equity and justice of those who have been our comrades on the field of bat tle. WAS COSTLY REDUCTION. fjprmanv atrrepd in 1919 to pay for property and personal damage suffered by the' lands and the victims of her fiwrpssinn At T.,ondon in May of 1921, after 18 months' debate, the principle of a partial instead of integral repara tion was accepted. The total German debt was fixed at 132 milliards of gold marks. The total damage in France was fixed at 13C milliards of gold marks. The London agreement accord ed Fi-ance 68 milliards. This sacrifice was supported by the argument that the debt was thus made payable and that the system of the reparations commission absolutely assured ine ins ularity of these payments. But this second installment has not been met before it is rumored that Ger many asks delay. As I write, the of ficial demand has not been formulated, but dispatches from London and Ber lin indicate it will be made soon. "o appreciate the emotions of the French people, it might be well to remember that the reparations and pensions total almost 80 milliard francs. Tt is Tiprfpc-.tlv true that the Ver sailles Treaty envisaged the posibility j of delays, but it was precisely tnis which stipulated the payment oi milliards before May, 1921. There is also a provsion for a reduction of the annual installments in the two or three vears following, thus safeguard ing all interests. But the accord of last May exempt ed Germany from paying a 12 milliard ballance. Premier Briand excused this concession by claiming that thereby the danger of a moratorium was thenceforth obviated. The French nniiii is rather astounded that, al though last May's milliards are still unpaid, Germany once more taiKS ot a moratorium But that, is not all. There is a gen eral attempt to establish the dogma that Germany is unable to pay in gokl. It is forgotten that German financiers and industrial, leaders gathered in- the last two years many milliards of for eign securities, and, if the Government wfshed, it could use these securities to nov its rights. Plans for transferring thfse securities to the State have even been studied, but today are no longer discussed. It is much simpler, from the Ger man point of View, merely to declare that Germany cannot pay. We shall see. RCOATS 1 Started With a Rush Saturday Morninj Take Your Choice at $30 to $35 Values, All Sizes Men's and Young Men's Models Single Breasted, Double Breasted. Conservative and Sport Styles. BluesTweeds Pin Stripes I .HJB L ii CLOTHING COMPANY MAUDE MOORE IS FREED BY JURY Jury Out Only Fifteen Min utes, Taking Separate Bal . lots on Three Counts. Knoxville. Tenn., Dec. 10. (By the Associated Press) "We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty." This verdict was returned by Knox county criminal court jury trying the case of Maude Moore, charged with the murder of Leroy D. Harth, Sep tember 8, 1919, after having oeen out 15 minutes following, the charge of Judge T. A. R. Nelson, which was completed at 1:15 o'clock this after noon. One ballot on each of the three counts upon which the defendant might have been convicted, were tak en, murder in the first degree, mur der in the second degree, and man slaughter. The result was unanimous for acquittal in each. The jury's ver dict was reported 15 minutes after the charge had been delivered and when read in open court a shout went up from the assembled crowd, which was quickly quelled by court attendants. The defendant received the verdict -rriVi raimnnas. althoush tears coursed down her face as she grasped the hand of each of the jurymen. Directly after leaving the courtroom, she declared she would go to Louisville, Ky., Sunday morning, spending a few days with an aunt and then go on to Tacoma, Wash., where she will make her home with her husband, William H. Stubbs. B. A. LINGLE )3 W. Trade St. D. A. PRESSLY Phone 3113 S3 WORLD WAR VETERAN TRAINING IS COSTLY i . Washington, Dec. 10. Government expenses for vocational training cf World war veterans increased by two Trillion dollars between the months of Septmeber and November, according to a statement issued tonight by Director Forbes, of the Veterans Bureau. On September 1, he said, there were 82,738 men receiving training and their maintenance pay amounted to $10,329,016 while in October the enrollment jumped to 87.208 men and the maintenance cost to $11,554,539, v-hile by November 1, there were 91,805 men in training and the maintenance cost was $12,736 631. PINE ASSOCIATION MEETING. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10. J. 3. Rhodes, secretary-manager of the Southern Pine Association, announced today that a special meetingfi of the as sociation will be held here December 15 to discuss proposed freight rate re ductions and the business outlook for the Spring of 1922, as it will affect the lumber industry. EFIRO'S HIT UU. D v y i i i LADI ES' DRESS SALE Commencing onday Morning 9 O'Clock M WM IS Bought in New York this past week at one-half and less than half prices. Consisting of a hun dred styles in Tricotines, Poiret Twills, French Serges, etc., bead ed, embroidered, braided, etc. If you like good looking dresses at about half price you should come down early Monday morning. 3 V r X Sale Commences at 9 O'Clock Three Prices i D'S DEPARTMENT STORE East Trade and College Streets ! FIRD'S . f ' .V
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