FRANCE & REPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & REPARATIONS

.jpn, . AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, j RUHR REPORTS. A FRENCH VIKW. (Received tiii ; (!iiv at 0..‘!0 si. n.'i I LONDON. Jii n 24. ! Tho Morning Post’s Paris eom*“|>oii- j clout savs tlio latest reports ooiifiriii ilio view that a general strike in Ruhr ia fiasco. Tin- only serious stoppages are at two on tliree pits. Ruhr miners an? not comparable with the miners of other countries. They work on an individualistic output basis am! therefore are less prone to yield to agitators or political inline nee. The railwaynicn struck in some places. Inn the trains are now running freely. Some are in charge of French rail way men and soldiers. The French are facing the (lerinan resistance in Ruhr with the same intrepid patience as shown by Franco during the worst days of the war. Official quart 1 , rs arc of opinion that Germany will tire of passive- resistance before Franee will. I lie latter intends to hang on to Ruhr and even to separate it from the rest of Germany, if necessary, which would min German coal and iron owners. BRITISH LIBERAL RFADKRS. LONDON. .lan :M. Sir John Simon, speaking at Oxford, urged that the Ruhr e-risi. should he referred to the League o! V'tiuns. lie said British Liberals do not Inrget that Fra nee has been twice invaded and devastated in fifty years, and is entitled to security which cumuilx Insecured hy joint action l.y all the nations in the world. AN OPPOSITE VIKW. 'Received this dav at f’JF) a. n.f I ON DON. Jan -!•

Mr Renv.dck. the Hail*. Chronicle correspondent at t olopm- denies the statement that a general -trike hahern att'-inp'. (I and lailed in Ruhr. ILsay- the workers are playing a wait ing game.* 'inch will O'-pem! upon me eourtmartial to-nvn-r: of Thyssen lind fj,vc industrial t: , y-" arc now confined in Mayeiire prison, each in a separate cell. Berlin telegrams st to 10(1.00(1 workers are now .striking in Ruhr.

MKPfATION OFFKRS. BFIIL! N. Jan 24. With reference to reported efiorlat mediaii'-ii in Ruhr which are helii-i----cd to li-ive been mad h. Italy, it w scmi-oHiiiaily stated that negotiation'aro impossiljk’ wlitl'* I* troops are illegally occupying the vital economic cent re of Germany. Nobody knows what, a heap of nuns will remain in Germany when (intcrprisc terminates. Therefore, it is impossible to estimate her capacity alterwards. COURTMA RTIA L. HKRLIN. January *2l

The court martial of German industrial employers and officials has opened at .Mayenee. The press ol all the nations is represented. French troops with fixed bayonets are stationed inside and outside tin- Court. Grimm, counsel for the accused challenged tluCourt’s competence, arguing that the occupation of Ruin was mom-mi-rather than military. Ihe I‘iesident overruled the objection and proceeded to interrogate Frit/. '1 liysecii, Chief Director of his father’s works. Thyseen answered smartly and exclaimed—“l am a German, and can only obey German law.” Other defendants made similar statements.

The prosecuting counsel admitted there were extenuating circumstances as the real culprits were to he found in Berlin. He asked the court to impose fines. The Court adjourned lill afternoon. FINKS INFLICT KB. PARIS. Jan 2-1. The Court ma rtial fined tlu- linin' magnates sum ranging from u.OOO to 224.000 francs. DIAMOND CT’TS DIAMOND. (■Received this day at O.fiO n.m.) PARIS. Jan. 2-1. As a German troupe took the stage at the Olympia Music Hal!, one hundred persons from the audience advanced to the stage and protested against the employment of Germans when eighty per cent of French music hull artists were unemployed. NO TNTF. i 1 V EXTI'ON. (■Received this dav at O.JO u., BERLIN. Jan. 21. The press states Italy lias made repcated oilers for intervention at Rum. hut both London and Washington rejected the suggestions. Germany rcp|'..j that so long as the French and B: h.'.iaus remain'd in Ruhr, intervention was impossible. French and Lelrrici, Commissioners at .Munich have gone to Mayenee in consequence ol hostile demonstrations. H ELP FOR RFIIR WORKERS. AMSTERDAM. ‘Jan 24. Tlie National Trade Union Federation voted 150.01 KT florins representing to and a-haU par cent, of the Date.' Union/Is capital to assist the Ruin worker \