FRANCE & REPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & REPARATIONS

AUSTRALIAN ANTI N. 7.. CARI.It ASSOCIATION

MORE SERIOUS POSITION. •Received this day :it 10.30 o.'ii ) LONDON, January 2->. Paris messages admit the position m Ruhr has become more serious, ohiefh owing to the declaration of » general strike by German railwayman, which was decided upon by trade t nnm meetings on Wednesday night, hillow v . ing on the court-martial sentences on the coal owners. The strike was declared for midnight, and actually became effective earlier, as the trains reached their destinations. German officials have left Strasslmrg office of compensations, which still owes ton millions sterling to the citizens of **' Alsace Lorraine. The withdrawal itaken to mean a refusal to continue tinpayments. A FRENCH THREAT. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 25th. The “Echo de Paris” says a hign Governmen authority dcrl-ues \\ r wished in the first place to enter Rohr with a peaceful object and counted on Germany being amendable to reason. We cannot longer count on Germany s good faith. The first stage ol om operations has ended. The second will assume large proportions. ’ AMERICANS MAH if V GERMANS. (Received this day at 3.30 a.in., HERRIN, January Jo. The American Flag was removed from Co l/e a/,. Seventy marriages between American soldiers and German women were celebrated on the last day e. tie American’s stay. (o downers have aiqealcd against t..c cm l-martial fines. The “bokal Anzeigcr" states Poland has ordered all co-soldiers with knowledge of postal duties and bank duties to place themselves at I ranee > d.spos.il. MORE COCK I MARTIALS. BERLIN, January 2-3. Di. E.-hluties, ITei-nlcM of Dusseldorf finance district, was court martialled tit Alayome i< i mu permitting the [french to examine his books. H'-s----seissen was also eharged with refusing to deliver coke. Both were sentemed to a year’s imprisonment. 'I «e enr.yiug out of the sentence has heei: poned. Trade Unions at Mannheim loeided to stop all Rhine transport. WILD SCENES. UMTKD SKKVU'K TKMSOK.VMS.

: Received this day at 8.30 a.m.i LONDON, dsiiiuny 2-3 The “Daily .Mail's" eurrespumleiit says wild scenes act ompanied the de-

parture ol I lie lined magnates. Ile ie was a chorus of “Hochs mterspei sod with boohing of French officers. Subsequently a mob of a thousand Germans tried to storm the Hotel de Holland where French officers were qiiarteied. Curses and threats were hurled at uniformed figures, stones were lluug and glass doors ami windows broken. The ■ 1 officers drew revolvers but withdrew from sight, pending the arrival ol French cavalry. Flower pots were then hurled at the hotel. The hotel chef and boots made frantic efforts to persuade the crowd to keep back. The manager appeared and pointed out the presence of French troops in -Mnyenee, and advised the mob to retiie. After the orchestra had complied with t a request to play “Deutsche utter A lies” the crowd dispersed. HARSHER -MEASURES. ißeceived this day nr. a.m.i LONDON, Jalimny 25. The “Times” Essen correspondent says the iron hand of France is closing on Ruhr, and betokens a realisation that harsher methods to force submission must be exercised since mildei methods have tailed. I here are general troop movements of the northern army along the frontier and it is leported a hyge number of sevent.v-iive mounted on lorritjs are moving on Dtisseldorf, through Essen. Ibis regroiipiiieiit of military units for the purp.se ol ensuring complete control of communications. The telegraph offices and exchanges at Bochum. Essen and Dorsund have been occupied by French signallers, in consequence oi German employees refusing to allow Fia ii. H to he spoken on the lines. RUHR FINES. RA it IS, dan 20. The lines of the Ruhr magmilos repnwuit double the value ol the coal demanded. Crowds m Alainz sang pain um son-" ..iid eh. ei oil loudly w hen Hie sentences were known. The collective lines amounted to 31.3 million maims in / sterling at tut* pru.j.nt rates. SUCCESS OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE. PARIS, Jannuly 2-3. q’ce success of German’s policy ‘ i pa-uve resists nee can he judged by the fact that seventy-three thousand tons of coal have gone to France and Belgium during the last eleven days, whereas sixty-seven thousand tons went daily before the occupation of Rohr.