FRANCE & GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & GERMANY

COMPLETE RAILWAY STRIKE

[by telegraph -rF* PREBS association

PARTS, Feb. S.

There are 4500 volunteer railway men proceeding to tl* **»• ' * Rtnteinent of a number ol who were suspended after the • strike is being considered. The latest reports state the r. . Jk strike is complete in the Rhinolaml.

OCCUPATION PRODUCES CHAOS

LONDON,. I'kb 8. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Paris corbilities of the occupation In.t rather an incitement to the f rwtr severe encrgetic-aIU. " The t Eorci<'n Affairs Commission m the Chamber passed a resolution .lsKM Poincare to appeal >ef S make a statement rgardmg the ir rel ich Government admits that and sas- ion. Disorganisation m Ito linin' i» completn- '”‘p ‘ and telegraph Ouisberg The “Daily Chicle correspondent .a. • Hoc klinghausen. wbeie the i t |ie rioting, squadron, to lloi ’ . cs ,, u lsion of olliwhich was due to t E , , t „„ne cials. Shots woi- ) i. ( , were injured. i \ French man policemen comm riding officer, armed aiD soklie rs with whip, followed . tn) . ( .ar, sought fixed bayonets and a tt . l>rc the policemen. they did not the French asktd . tl German salute, Government lorb, v ‘erc bundled "'to German poheem were thus ca;.Dm cions’ a.'ge. is rising. _ FRENCH I.OSKTHKIK 11 FADS high handed action.

LONDON, February «• “fjailv Chronicle’s” DuisidS correspondent states d™ ing a. crowd sang patriotic so armed witf Whips,‘who visited the cafes and drove everyone into the stiec s. also went to the theatre where Kin Jr was being performed. I ere officers sang the “Marsellaisc to c astonishment of a crowded bm>se. ls changed to panic " oan to use their whips. ' was rung down and any who remained in the auditorium were whipped out of the theatre. It would appear as d the French are losing self-control e,peeiallv in the smaller towns which are isolated. There are many eases ot needlessly harsh treatintent ot shopkeepers and cafe owners which •« strengthening the German determination to hold out. This is the worst policy for the French. Many people are being expelled for singing “Deutseh land iilicr <AUes” and not saluting French officers. Those expelled are told that if they return before two years they will he sent to England. This is a direct encouragement to the extreme form of Gorman nationalism which may be a source of danger to Europe.