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iuanriii~n slightest degree affecting ,the truth of
Dflhtllrb the above statement.a
"The F'rench and British positons
SCUS101,Of CRPLIIT on this whle question of reparations
[HLILIIdifer in the following respects: while
(Goltined rom age11) reductions in the amounts they think'
(C*.fxtiuedfromrage11)Germany should pay, the English have
taut, eventually we shall have it. and come to look upon the whole matter
then the French occupation of" the as a defalcation -hich, for purely
lith may appear simply as a phase practical reasons, should not at pre-f
of the long and painful strugge to re- sent be looked upon as a case for the
s o the mutual confidence and sta- 'Bankruptcy Court. They argue that in
bility' which war destroyed. the long run, as in the case of the
Prof'. Frayer. individual bankrupt. results can be
Prof. William A. Frayer of the hi- obtained through the re-establishment
tory department views the situation of German credit. The French, on
in the following manner the other hand, say "No! It is a jwk~
"The French invasion is in no sense debt; the Germans have agreed to
an impulsive action, since it rests py ebleeta apy lr!
utproxna plan which has been long andpa;wbeivthtcnay lr!
carefully considered. The extent to '' " , Problem of Psychologies.
which the expedition might become "One is compelled to chose here be-
punitive in character, in case it 'were tveen two perfectly honest opinions.
ever necesary to go into Germany The English judgment is undoubtedly
to collect reparations, naturally de- the calmer and mrore practcal imm
pended upon circumstances. But the the standpoint of business and pra-
genterl plan of occupying the Ruhr tical administration. The French p-
basin t,3,a means of compelling Ger- sition is the more rigorously logical,
many to pay heer debts, if an extreme though not necessarily the wiser, andf
lnecessity should arise, was openly certainly is the one which appeals
discussed soon after the armistice and more strongly to our sympathies. Iti
bas 'been :brought seriously to the is aparent that this acute problem is
attention of the public several times not solely economic, nor legal, norI
In the course of the past four years, diplomatic, nor one of domestic ,poli-
particularly in 1921. tics; Wit;i not a problem of national
"The ,generally evtsive character psychologies alone, not one of the
of the new and inexperienced German peronalities of leaders. It is all of
governmaent is sutfficiently well known these and more. And' no man "knows
to everyone. 0 Partly because they the resultant of these forces.
wouldn't ' and later because , they "So far as the success of this Ruhr
courldr't, their payments to their chief venture is concerned, It would seem.
cereditor, France, fell far short of their ta n~ nuac ots h
obligations. Af iter a long aeries of weight of probability favors t b e.
International conferences so numer- n+rench to this extent: they probably
ous, that' even the expert has lost have the power to bring Germany to,
count of their number, the French her klnees-at a cst far in exc,^as of
people through their government of the value of the products obtained-
the 'moment decided to act. Then what? Money? Goods? ro
P'oineare to £ nforeos Treaty. mises? No !emngvrmn
. e'.king to the Chamber of Depu- posby cletadhn vranyI
tles op Dece.mber 16 last, Premier large amounts of actual money. No
PoIncare .sad, "Article 248 gives the French government can undertake to
Allies a pr iorty claim against all the receive unlimiited quantities of goods,
property and resources of the German even assuming that they can put their
Jripire and the German tates. Isti hands on them. And promises will be
articeto remain a dead letter? No!"' worthless. This much looks reason-
And '~l onthesam da hepoitedably certain. Our friends the ecoom-
(t tx: " the close of 1922 rance iets pear do agree largely with r-
wuld h ave spent' about one hndredi fessor. Irving Fishe, a friend o f
'bilio frn~s o reoontrcf~on ndFrance, when hesays, "Wosall watch
peISIJ 'I~'wll e mp'sile, e oo"~"ch eeriment with ardent
contirnued "for °.rance to carry on hopes; of success, but with irrelress-
this. palicyv longer-without receiving I ble feas of failure"., Temxrary
& bstantial. payments." 'Iis was, of success, perhaps, followed by ultimate j
conni,# ltfalstaelntoffatis the very painful conclusion
"N'ow thera stillemetoatprson to which many of us are driven.
who ,do it ;semn to understand wvhy "Possibly" the most highly tragicI
Prance undertook that stupendours ex- consideration of all is that rance iWasI
di ueo n ude ilo driven into the :Ruhr valley by the in-
franc ihutolidemnr. exorable force of circustanes"i
1rech g vernnent onr December 22. Den l1tPc.
.l94, stnted "solemnly in ehaslf f its Dean Henry M. ates o the law
pieople that-"'France will restore thiose school,' is, in' substAhtil agrement
rias;"counting cofidently, upon the with the opinions of both Professor
fireds' of, the indemnities which we1 Reeves and Professor Dickinson as to
shalexat anl," inthe mes ntine. up on 'the justice of France's action, and like
the", help af a contributtion whrich the them entertains serious doubts as to
whole; nation, will pay gladly in the I is wisdom:
difstre a of a Thrt of its chidren, to f" T h a t France was grievously t
fulfill'the role of national solidarity."j wronged by Gern y and that legally4
(See MacDonald, "Reconstruction in and morally France is entitled to ad-
Prazce", ,p. 62) On April 17, 1919, a fequiate reparations; that Germany 112,3
Trench law was at length passed. pro not made such reparations and prob-
viding for the reparation of -war dlam- ably is avoiding, to some extent.teak-$
ages." Pursuant to the provisions of ing such payments as she is able toj
3t ldgw,. a ,wtsrk 'so stupendous as make; are simple" propositions which
~~ t t c tagger the Imagination hba,s I most of us would regad as 'tre be-
bec eonlis~ne in Norteastern yond reasnable doubt.
F~.' o6eor successfully deny "Further, it: may e d tht the
t~ati hi i' thegreuest accomplish- world not yet having established a
3i4*~14 p n in' the history of mlan- satisfactory plan for* enforcing oblg-,
1 nil Itis, ubsolttcly the first{ tions as between, nations, France is 1
t4~, N* people has undertaken legally and morally entitled to enfore
~ rit ure the war losses of a con- payments of adequate reparations by
it bl~fetLion, of its own numbemr Germany, so far as the latter is real-
s al0 unispnuted right of the injured ly; able to pay.
nat on lu rather than 'as an act of 'nforiaton Omiisng.
g neo h {=p'srt 'of the governmlent., "But when, an American citizen is
ta rnck 'tuture 3Tenaced. ;cked if rance .is in every sense:
"Who"forced the rench people to jutified in her present operations in+
tt .dei4u nd ethat law? Whog the Ruhr district, it sems.to m that
xpgnlce their whole future before, realizing that even themost Intelligent
during and since the war? Certainly{ of us in private, life have had access i
not the Vwss We may personally to. very. litne authentic information,
depk N Mbel that Succe sive French that the, material dealing with this
sta4temier have done without in the situation is enorm ous and complex,
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that tMe4 usim novdaeo ia ee s fP e ~ All students interested in the contest "
importance to the whole world, that a~re eligible to compete, excepting.
they are complicated, baffling a u d Costs Dr. 'tam His those who are members of Delta Sig-
more or less concealed or disguised: Tr T v i.pi a Rho. The prizes offered are a sil-'
then such an. American must approach Ui . S .4C tienstp ver loving -cup to the winner and a
art answer to the question with book to the second place speaker.
humility. . Contestants are advised that abun-
"in he bsene o througly et- The unconquerable spirit which has dant newspaper and periodical infor-
} I heasnc ftoruhy e-$enabled Dr. Thomas Lovell, A. W.ain nte ujc iOvilbei
tied rules controlling the questions L., T. N. T., S.. 0. S. and lieutenant col- xtl~ibrarythesuperiodia ailom.i
inovd n nth bec fay- oriel of archery, to triumph over all' The three pesnEh lcdi
thing like ani adjudication of the claim obstacles In the way of producing im- Iproswopae n
for dlamages a M reparatio'nxs, bu't mortal poetry, refuses to be subdued 'whatainmesimlr'sdintstiancthninthiee
insisting, as Prance rightly does, that by Judge George Sample's recent de-whobansmlrdticoni ts
reparations are due, the justification cree that the doctor may no longer in- None are eligible to enter the Charles
for her present policy must be found elude among his numerous distinc- Maurice Atkinson prize contest. Thxis
largely in its eventualities. tibons the letters "U. S. A." Alt;',--h event will occur the second Friday in
AcinEidyJsiid u ntrainlyclbae elw May and each of the contestants will
A~elo Hrdl ,us~if~i or itrnt~ionally celerated fello-be required to write and submit to the
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"Will she secure what is her due in he avows his intention of again taking
this way? Whether she (toes or not 'out papers and relying once more upon
what will be the economic, social and the justice of the Anglo-Saxon court
political effect, not only upon herself system-
'I and Germany, but upon Europe and 1Dr. Lovell's difficulties have been
the world? Sympathetic as Americans prun i ic 99we i a
' i upursuinglhimrsince 1919cwhenihlywah
unobelr n ~ etil h naturalized on condition that hie bring
writer is with F+rance, it is difficult to his wife and family here from England.
believe that the probable results, willl The family never arrived. Pour times (
justify the expense of the Ruhr ac- the Thinker of New Thoughts was hal-M
cupation on the menace to peace ed into court to explain why. ;H{e vol-
-therein involved. jun teered as his reason the fact that
"Apparently there are many people; his wife did not wish to become an
wvho are cocksure one way or another American citizen and that, if he should
about this matter, but it is difficult to' bring her over here, she would prevent
resist the belief that those who are,! his writing any more poetry. The
are guidedl wholly either by sym~path- judge was sensible of the possible loss
ies or p~rejudices, or are not trained in , to humanity involved by such a calam-I
the careful study of political and so- ity, but 'was obdurate in his demands
cial phenomena. upon the doctor. At present, although
I lta~riaeAeicnctzn Dr. Lovell is not an American, he is ,a
c an do is, with sympathy, to hope for =candidate for the honor and like Mr.
ta'b~t Th wolddeserael nedsBryan evidently will not be downed.
the ~t.Theword dspeatey nedsIn poetry and music, however, he is
p~eace and the confidence and hope truly a citizen of the world.
which only a better psychological: ____
state than now exists in the world
can ive. ___ ___- SPEAKING CONTEST MASS 1
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