Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1929 — Page 3

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I uy Samuel Dashlell (.rK Doc- 21- '(UP) - For? Ufc, th" yoar of 1929 has bee na ; ( liquidation—mainly In world . reparations and in France's tr> rtual obligations to th" Anglo '„ n powers. L i"ii year-old problem of th" 11)a l Empire's* war debt was vlrUy eolvi'tl. ami what was equally Kjrtam. 11 1 " <lt 1a,,0n WUH pl*tabpll between Germany's payments payments of the Allies to ultimate receivers; namely, the | lf il states and Greit Britain. Ithmifh the reparations agree|t embodied In the Voting Plan Lot y t been ratified by the varL parliaments, the first confer- „ which was held at the Hague or( ler to clarify the plan, was Ued as a step forward, and the .finding conference, which w II n p| e te the working machinery .tbe Young Plan, is scheduled for , >i, ginning of 1930. Inasmuch as (Young Plan will run for 52 irs, the full year of negotiation d Intern ilional bargaining requirtog.l Germany's and the Allias' matures, would seem a justifiable ton. No Bourse Reaction dependent of the Young Plan n.--tlatlons, the summer of 1929 saw i ratification of the Mellon-Ber-Debt accord with the United I des and the Caillaux-Churchill lord with Great Britain. This was t of the crowning achievements Poincare's ministry, the cttlminan of a tjetermined plan to put meh finance in a situation of solucy and in so honoring France's pnture, the stabilized franc was ide doubly sure. The ur.pteceden--1 stock panic in Wall Street ised only the slightest sympathereaction on the Paris Bourse. In It toward the close of the year, (Bank of France repotted a gold lerve of 40.539,000,000 francs, licit is 46.25 per cent of the bank's per curency. The law requires it only 35 per cent must be cover. Prices in France have shown an Iward tendencey, consistent with e heavy taxation required to bal ice the annual budget, but various (asures have been recently introiced to aljeviate these conditions, pecially in the agricultural cominities. During the year, several unhealy financial institutions, mainly trifled bucket shops went into Uikruptcy, a few of the leading lures still awaiting trial. Loss -s to'

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Ic ~ — What two debt accords Old trance ratify this year.’ Is the franc stabilized? Who is the present I rench Premier and whom did he succeed? lhese and other questions are answered in this summary of trends and developments in France durini' 1929. Gullible investors Ciused Finance Minister Cheron to rush through parliament a special banking law in which th- French investors will he instn d better protection. No bal king concern can now conduct business without a regular license and frequent inspection, and no nt tnber of the government is allowed to sit on Lie board of banking enterprises. Political Events Although one of the main political events of the year was the fall of the Poincare cabinet of Republican concord, it was due as much to Point- ire's prevailing ill health, i as ta_Xhe tact that the great statesi man had viltually completed his work. Briand took over the reins of government in what h- styled a vacation cabinet, keeping th° same ministerial lineup. His combination was accordingly overthrown, and the traditional opposition of the Radical Socialists spent itself in a fruitless attempt to erect a radical government. Edouard Daladi t failing conspicuously to produce a combination that would stand. Andre Tardieu one of France's mo t thle younger statesmen succeeded in es'ablishin-r a government of Republican Solidarity, which although it h s ignored the collaboration of the radicals, his nevertheless begun an immediat program of important social economic reforms which has won a large liberal majority. The mainst y of Tirdieu's ministry in the issues of the day is Aristide Briand. Briand in the ministry of Foreign Affairs will be enabled to carry on the traditional policy of Franco German rapprochement, begun at Locarno a,nd Thoiry, and continued at Geneva, at Paris and culminating at the Hague. One of I the results of Brian.l's peace policy wtJB the negotiations between

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'France ,ind Germany for the noetic-? tifiti of t!i<> Saar Coal Basin, five years before the stipulated date in ths Versalles Treaty. Briand also inaugurated the first negotiations letween France and Italy on the thorny question of l-atin naval purtlly. Inasmuch as France lias had difficulty In obtaining a Treaty of Amity with It ily, the cultnin Itlou Os a naval accord, probably will contribute largely to further diplomatic action on the treaty. Couv- rsatlons started with Count Minzotti, the Italian Amliasador to Paris, and will continue until in agreement is leached on Medlteranean sen policy and on submarine and destroyer ratios, prior to tlie London Conference. Sea Policy Stiffened In view of tlie N ival I.imitations Cons ence, France also -stiffened its sea policy, preparing a thesis of equal rights for colonial powers which may lie hard to compromise at London. Launched on a building program of 50.000 tons annuilly France i dete. mined to maintain her position as the most Important ■ submarine power, uml In fast crul-J sers. d stroyets and small units, ■ France has become tlie le thing coni! tlnen'al power, In cruisers she has , 1 nine of tlie fastest in the world, and lias just launched the world's biggest subm trine. France still is one of the main sponsors of the League of Nations, and despite the form ility of the Ixtndon Conference, France contends that such naval disarmament must be con idered merely contributory to , the disarmament n got'Jtions al I Geneva. The l eague meetings were mainly responsible for the calling if the Young Conference, and for tlie ultimate withdrawal of the Army of Occupation from the i Rhineland, although th" third zone will not be vacated until Germany hat shown her willingness to put ' the plan in effect. Evidences of France’s good faith in Rhineland evicnation were mani- . fest, however, in Premier Tardiett's recent conversation with tlie German Ambassador von Hoesch, when -he Reich was informed that troop withdrawal might be accompl'shed even earlier than the fttipiiMed -late of June 30th, provided Germany will have ratified the Young Plan and started on the retroactive schedule which is figured from September 1. 1929. Although Diplomatic exchanges stli continue between Paris and i Moscow, little progress has been i

Dt hutante to Wed New York Clubman ' -tv ** / it * Anne G. Colby, debutante daughter of the Everett Colbys of West Orange, N. J., who is reported engaged to marry William H. Vanderbilt. direct descendant of Commodore Correiius Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, who was considered the matrimonial catch of the season, is reported to have said, “Yes, I’m the lucky man,” when qu»stioned regarding the report. • Inter national Newsreel noted in the relationship between France ami the Soviets. A second and final instalment of his review will be carried tomorrow. MONROE NEWS Rev. ami Mrs. V. I). Williams visited relatives in Warsaw for a few days. James A. Hendricks was a business caller in Decatur on Wednesday. W. D. Taylor of Chicago, 111., called on Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hacker on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Perry Johnson of Decatur called on Mrs. J. F. Crist on Tuesday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Riley and family spent Monday in Fort Wayne with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sells of Detroit, Mich., arrived Wednesday for a visit with their daughter Chrystal Sells and Mrs. Hattie

Sells. The Foreign Missionary sm-lety • of the Monroe M. E. church, met I nt the home of Mrs. E. W. Busche on Thursday afternoon. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. S. Smith wus I shopping In Decatur on Thursday | evening. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Springer i ami family of Berne spent Thun- 1 day evening In Monroe with I friends. t-ong Eyelashes Called Signs of 111 Health Long eyelashes always have been considered a murk of bounty but It remains for u Japanese physician to Hike the |oy nut of life by point Ing out that they are also a sign of poor health Doctor Tumnokl <>f 'he peilhitlc department of the Kyushu Imperl.-il university has made n two-year study of nlioui T.ooo children and has concluded that most children with long eye lushes are In poor health. It hits been reported to the American Med Icnl association. The lushes of consumptive t'hll •Iren grow twice ns long as those ol healthy children Sickly children have longer nnd prettier lashes than those m good health The lashes of healthy children will grow about an eighth of an Inch during the first year of life, while those • of children suffering from scrofula ’ i grow nearly a quarter of an inch. ■ Doctor Tnmaokl Ims found. No ex | planation of the cause of this con illllott has la-eii made, tier has it been accepted ns a definite criterion of the state of a child's health —Kansas City Star's Science Service. Forgotten anything? Hurry to Vance & Linn's for goo ((selections of Mens and Boys Gifts. '

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