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Amer ican Unpreparedness Receives Some Blows ? Dawes Vigorously Con. demns War Management Crit ics ? Latest Cabinet Guesses. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Germany says she neither can nor will pay the total of reparations that was fixed by the supreme council ? 54 billions lu 42 years and u tax of 12 per cent on her exports during the period. Hmlueut financial and eco nomic experts of the allied countries and America agree that Germany will find it impossible to pay that sum and survive. Nevertheless, It is probable that the German representatives in the forthcoming London conference "will sign the agreement laid before them, and that the allies thereafter will get from the defeated country as great a proportion of the 54 billions as they can, modlfylug the terms from time to time. The official protest of Germany was voiced hy Dr. Walter Simons, the for eign minister, and what he said was concurred in by tho relchstag parties through their leader?, with the excep tion of the ultra radicals, who gloried in the painful position of the govern ment. Doctor Simons asserted that tho obligations thus imposed on the Germans would mean the complete economic enslavement of the people, and particularly of the workers. Ho said the government would offer coun ter proposals at the London meeting. Among the people of France there was satisfaction with the reparations plan, especially because it was ex pected that the first effective pay- I menu by Germany wlil make avail able for negotiations or for use as se curity the French share of tho 00,000, 000,000 gold marks in bonds already delivered by Germany to the repara tions commission. Great Britain has ?greed not to utilise her claim on Ger many as a basis for loans during the next five years, and this gives France the opportunity to make use not only of her share of the bonds but also her i part of the 12 per cent taxton Ger many's exportationa, to raise, money to. continue the work of reconstruc tion In northern France. That tax on German exports Is a feature that may cause a lot of trou ble. By many It Is held to be false economics that will react to the In Jury of other countries, and In Wash ington there Is talk that our state de partment may feel called on to make formal protest. Lloyd George says the tax would be easy to collect, and he defends the plan In Its entirety. If Germany should absolutely refuse to it. he asserts, "there is nothing for j us to do but to Hpplv the treaty lit erally." 'J hat opluion favorinu German claims in the matter may be based on false premises is made clear by the report of the conference of finan cinl experts h?ld In Brussels, in which Germany is shown Just how to wipe out the deficit of TC.OOO.OOOjOOO marks in her 1920 budget. The experts found Germauy was deliberately purring on a poor face for the purpose of show ing the w-r>rld h??r precarious financial Condition and her difficult situation. Certain of her expenses were multi plied 75 times ov?*r tho-e of liny. nnd certain of her va?-tfy below those the people ^ Of the allied conn tries are paying. Furthermore, the; budgets of 1010 and 1920 cnrrie/1 n number of credits which were only partly disbursed, such as 10.500.000. 0?X> marks for ibe allied armW of ik nijmtlon expenses, of which only 4 800 OOO.OUO marks was The budget for 1920 corrted 42 noo nori marks for execution of the petco I treaty, while only 17,(M)0.000,0<M , marks had been paid out up to l>e? ' ceinbcr 1 Inst. Disarmament. a small army anil oth er. forms of unprepared no** got sonu? hard knocks last week. In tin- first place the senate naval affairs commit tee put the snuffer on the Horah res olution for a naval . const ruction -holi day, after hearing Admiral Coonlz. chief of naval opera t inns, and Ad-." iniral Taylor, chief constructor of the navy. Hoth opposed the plan for a cessation of naval con st ruction for six months. They said It would cost as much to do this as to continue to hulld, as contractors would he able to collect large (Iain age claims from the government. Furthermore, they see no need for an investigation as to what constitutes a modern navy, being convinced hy in vestigations already made that the capital ship Is not obsolete and that J the present program of the United Stales Is correct. (ieneral 1'ershlng appeared before the house naval committee and gave a warning ? against un preparedness and pacitism. lie expressed approval of a world conference on disarma ment, but said the United States should proceed with Its present army and navy programs until at least five great powers have entered Into a definite agreement. On the other hand, the house for eign affairs committee reported fa vorably w resolution authorizing the President to Invite the nations of the world to send delegates to a confer ence to provide for disarmament. I In the house, the tight to prevent reduction of the regular army below 175,000, was opened by Chairman Knhn of the military affairs commit tee. He said President-elect Harding told him recently at Marion that he favored an army of 175,000 men, but that he hoped 'some day It could be cut down to 150,000. Mr. Kahn also disclosed Mr. Harding's belief that congress should enact legislation pro viding voluntary military training for 150,000 men annually. Meanwhile economy of the most rigid sort Is being forced on our reg ular army by great deficiencies in funds for the remainder of the fiscal year. The shortage In the quarter master corps alone Is said to be $04, 000,000. In order to reduce the pro spective deficits to the lowest possi ble minimum, the War department or dered reduction of 40 to 60 per cent in the number of civilian employees In the army; reduction of the consump tion of gasoline and lubricants by 50 per cent; allowance of clothing, equi page and supplies cut to the lowest pos sible limit, repaired shoes and sal vaged uniforms to be Issued wher ever possible; substitution of canned food for fresh wherever possible, nnd< expenses for transportation, commu nication and fuel cut t? the bone. Much of the vocational training, upon which the recruiting campaign wa9 based, must now be abandoned, as all the teaching will have to be done by army officers. Gen. Charles G. l>awes of Chicago, former chief of supply procurement for the American army in France, made lively and Interesting two ses sions of the house war investigating committee. Severely condemning what he characterized as political at tempts to discredit the people who won the war, he defended the work of his department tind of the army In general, and denied that there wns waste and extravagance in ihe liqui dation of American accounts In France and the sale of surplus stocks to the French government. As to the al leged payment of excessive prices for equipment and material, be said this was necessary t ??? jjef fbe Jt?t> done quickly and was Justified by the fact that the array did the job. General Oawes did not mince bis language, and what be had to say of our "pink tea" diplomats in Fnrope who delayed matters with their red ta[>e was tonic In Its harshness. The discussion at one time turned on Great Britain and the enteral shouted: "1 am no more n?h?nted to stilted up here for Great Britain than for the United State*. It serins to be fashion able In Airerlcau politics to attack Grout Britain. I nm not in politics, and I inn not going to ho. And I tlmnk O'oil that in a crisis like we had there were, n.o hlckovbigs betw'oen the Knglish speaking people. Great Brit ain took over 10 per cent ot our troops. Of course General Perching gu ve thorn five divisions, hut it had to In* done to save The allies' line," In these fvmarks Mr. Dawes, wlvo has been a hading probability for the place of secretary of the treasury In the Harding cnhiiict, seemed to re move himself from the lists. Certain ly what lie said so frankly will not are mainly responsible for the anti British propaganda. However, at this waiting he is still a|noitg the cabinet possibilities. The latest list, as report ed by the correspondents with Mr. 1 Harding in Florida, is: Secretary of Stale ? Charles K. Hughes of Now "York. Secretary of the Treasury ? Charles G. Dawes of Illinois or A. W. Mellon of Pennsyl vania. Secretary of War ? John W. Weeks of Massachusetts'. Secretary of the Navy ? Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Attorney General ? Harry M. Daugh ertv of Ohio. Postmaster General ? Will H. Hhvs of/ Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture ? Henry C. Wallace of Iowa. Secretary of Labor ? - John J. Davis of Pennsylvania. * Secretary of the Interior ? Albert D. Fall of New Mexldb. Secretary of Commerce ? Still ?li ra nt. Mr. Davis, slated for the labor port*' folio, was formerly a steel worker and Is now director general of the Loyal Order of Moose. The tight over wages, between tha railway executives and the railroad brotherhoods, Is on before the rallvay labor board, and accusations have been flying thick and fast. The execu tives asked permission to abrogate the national wage agreements entered into during the war, which would mean the lowering of the present wage scale. The brotherhood leaders immediately entered vigorous protest, asserting that the rail chiefs have conspired to overthrow the railroad labor board and to crush, once for all, the existing labor organizations. They suid they could show that if the bankers wha arc responsible for the tlscal needs of the railroads ?incc their return ta pri vate ownership would perform their duty, the roads could bo adequately financed and their solvency n^aln talned. A veiled threat was found In the statement of Grand President Grable of the maintenance of way employees, who said: "The whole thing simmers down to a question of whether the employees are to secure tneir rights by Justice and the proper legal ave nues or by the use of economic force. This Is the question wl/ch Is now up for answer, as much as that of wheth er wages are to stay up or go down." President Wilson was appealed ta by both sides, but decided, it was said, to take no hand in the fleht. , * The Fordney emergency tariff bill took up a lot of the senate's time, but there was little prospect of getting It to a final vote An attempt to apply cloture wss defeated by the I ) ? si ? crats, who then embarrassed the Re publicans by consenting to hare a showdown on the measure about Feb ruary 16. The Democrats asserted the Republican leaders had been Muffing about their d?*?dre to pa?"< the bill and were buncoing the f.irmers. Prohibition Commissioner Kramer put an awful dent In the Illicit booze Industry last week by an order for bidding further withdrawal* from bonded warehouses of any liquor ex cept Industrial alcohol, win** for sac ramental purposes, and liquor for r? tn.ll druggists, who will be permitted to withdraw not more than five ra**s under csrh authorisation. He al?* ceased Issuing permits for \rholcsal* liquor dealer*. Having clamped do* n this lid. certain of the chiefs leading aids were sent to the Canadian har der ?o try to stop the smuggling af tlqu<>* POLA NE^R I 'PASSION' AT Tl|K MA.IKSTIC MVIUII ??! *?;>. IWNIlTT ( II AMI1KK Or COM.MIIIUJR Attractive Home For Sale . O Nine room dwelling on Green Street. Lot 1 10x530 feet. Garage and barn on premises. I his property is fiicely situated and can be bought at a reasonable price. C. P. 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