FRANCE & REPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & REPARATIONS

reports I'iio.M urnii. LONDON. .lan is. Tlic “Times” Berlin currespondent siiys h<* Ims learned tlmt n cenfiileiii ml German mission is going to London to rc(|tii>sl British intervention in the Ruhr. KBKNCH REPLY TO GERMAN PROTEST. PARIS. .Inn IS. At. Pirn's, Herr Von Hoesch. Counsellor fit the German Emba.ssay. lodged i. further protest against the oee:i|)ntion of the Ruhr. The l''reneh Government replied thnt thti measures must nut he regarded ns n military opernlion. The re<|uisitione<l coal would lie first used for Repn nil ions deliveries, and then For the. needs of the Rhineland mid Ruhr, and lastly for the needs of Germany. In Paris the ollieial circles state that conversations continue between the Allies regarding the proper measures to he taken to induce the Germans to submit on the Reparations rpiestion. These tire having; a good result. Twenty three mine owners id I'issen. including Thyssen. will appear before a Court Martin I charged with refusing to deliver the rei|uisilion:'d coal to the French. A coal ta.x. calculated in paper markwill hr imposed to-day. Ihe mine owners’ personal fortunes will be conliscatod if this tax is not regularly collected. BIG! I.IN. dan lb. The “Eoknl Anzeiger” says the French will confiscate tli ■ coal magnates' property, instead ol imprisoning: them, as they do not wish to create martyrs for the benefit. of national ,ciitiincut. The French ordered toe I.ord Mayor of Mannheim to ar tot T hvv* i and other directors, and take then, to the French heaihinartcrs. He Mayor replied he was nitabl I to ellect Dm arrests, the directors refusing to obey orders. Here Schlntius. President of the District Finance' Department, on relusing to produce the hooks, was arrested and removed to an unknown destination. The French stopped and ordered to proceed to Slrnshtiig a number of barges laden with coal. The Germans are conse(|Ueutly stopping coal movements on the Rhine.

BAVARIAN COUP. LONDON, dan 18. The "Pull Mall Gazette” states:— Dist|uietening information comes from Bavaria, pointing to a monarchist coup d’etat, owing to disorganisation created in Germany tlirugh the French invasion of Ruhr. COAL BOOM JN BRITAIN. LONDON, dan 18. Glasgow reports show that all the available export coal for Germany in Scotland has been hooked for immediate shipment to Germany. This boom lias caused prices to be increased. Certain elasKti, have gone up 2s (id per toil. t GORMAN FOOD RESTRICT lONS BIG? lIN dim 18. Drastic food control measures are being prepared by the German Mini.--try lII' Food, in anticipation of a shortage at the end of dune. The eonsumption of milk in the cafes and restaurants is lining forbidden. The use of butter in preparing food is also prohibited. The* number of meat dislitP in all restaurants will be restricted., and the expensive restaurants where luxurious living luts hitherto been rampant, will be prosecuted. All the restaurants will he closed at. eleven in the evening, instead of out l o clock in the morning. A GERMAN ORDER. (Received this day at 9.30 a.in.) BERLIN, Jan. I!) Government have forbidden rnilw" men to . carry coal to France or B >l- - BELGIAN REPORT. (Received this dav at 9.30 w. u.) PARIS, dan. 19 Belgian despatches report infantry and machine gun detachments were sent to Ruhr. The French arranged to ensure an adequate food supply it Ruhr, and is negotiating with a big Danish house to supply meat. 1 lie Allies are prepared to sustain supplies or rolling stock.

AT MK.MKL. Deceived this dnv at 10.30 n.in.l LONDON. •lan 10. Tin- Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent states there is danger of a renclival of the coniliet between I.itnnnninn Irregulars and the h rench gairison at Meinel. The Allied Commissioner is practically a prisoner at his headquarters. .Meanwhile the Lithuanian Government is massing troops on the frontier under the pretext that the situation demands precautions, though the Government at Kovno disclaims responsibility for the Irregulnis raid. Tt has I icon established that the captors of the city are mainly Lithuanian Irregulars who became Irregulars by the thin device of removing badges and wearing tunics inside out. Ihe I'rench Government regards the invasion as a coup de main organised by Germany as a counter to the inlir occupntiim. Poland is ready "‘ilb a eonsidcrnlile army to support the Allies attempts to eject the iuvadfirs. Ihe situation is most dangerous to 'Me peace of ICurope and mav light the p., ~w of wrer, eventually involving) t I '.uauia. Germany. Poland and I’ussia. ~ i