FRANCE & REPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & REPARATIONS

ArsTUAMAN* AND N.Z. CAIST.K ASSOCIATION. GERMAN BOYCOTT. ,’Received Ibis dav at 9.30 a.rn.) ‘BERLIN, January 23. A boycott of French and Belgians is spreading rapidly. A committee has been formed to ensure the boycott is rigidly enforced in hotel and hoardinghouses. At its instigation, shopkeepers arc displaying notices in windows stating no goods will lie supplied to French and Belgians until the tieops are withdrawn In in Ruhr. Many French and Belgians arc preparing to leave Germany at the Imtclkeopeis request . A DEI I (‘ATE I’DSITION. (Received tliis dav at 9.30 a. n.) LONDON. Jan 23. The “Tim. , ” ly-en i orrespomlciit says groat concern '■ Alt in I‘riti-h military liivb- a ! Cologne over possible developm. ills in con.--n,msue of the French orders foi the expulsion of German riHioial* In I 1 ■ Dritish 7,0110. which the Germans igi: red. Hitherto .British military police participated in arrests, hut now they ;ir not permitted to pa rticioa le. The Germans arc asking how the British can allow the expulsions. The prolongation of the situation is regarded as impossible. Kitlioi Britain "ill have to aeqiiii.sce felly in support of tl French plans regarding ti n- ft.tme Ruhr and Rhineland or the infiii lion ni penalties must ceaso, or the British will I it- obliged to withdraw their forces from liliino and give the French a free hand. It is not surprising to learn that under these, circumstances General Ondhv has derided not to permit a further expulsion nr a mists in the llritsh zone. until further instructions have been urgently requested.