FRANCE & REPARATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1923, Page 3

FRANCE & REPARATIONS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FRENCH MOVE. LONDON, M.t roll 1. The “Sunday Times’s” Paris correspondent refers to tlie possibility of the occupation of Frankfurt. A semi-official note states that the rail and river transport is being satisfactorily organised. Commercial lines for tho utilisation of tell riches accumulated in the Ruhr are imminent. The wealth will he exploited to secure results approximately equal to deliveries due according to the reparations schedules. HERMAN PROTEST. BERLIN, March -i. Tho Herman Cabinet, has decided not to protest against the occupation ol Mannheim, Darmstadt, and Karlsruhe. Chancellor C'niio said that a statement would he made in tho Reichstag on Tuesday. In an interview, ho said : --‘ I ratlee wants to become 'master ut Europe on Germany’* ruins, and to keep me richer of the Ruhr. Germany is now fighting on behalf of Europe, and will never give in until the injustice of the court martial is removed and Germany is compensated for the damages sustained through the occupation.” HERMAN PROTESTS. ■’l?.ceivecl this ilav at 0.30 a. n..BERLIN, February A. France’s further occupation has created much excitement. The p c--s comments are very violent. Seme demands the* breaking oil nl diplomatic relations and expulsion of all french and Belgian citizens. Herr Chino in a further interview said we must, persevere with the hitter, perhaps long, offensive light unless wo wish to lose everything. We want a free, united Germany that will not accept any solution not leaving the whole Rhineland territorially and politically unimpaired. France had systematically planned the invasion not through fear of < Herman attack, hut craving for control of Lorraine ore and Ruhr coal, to reduce Germany to n powerless vassal state.

THE REASON WHY. (Received this (lav at 9.30 a.mi.) PARIS, March .1. (•Hvcrnnient lias informed Berlin that Ike new occupations are due to Herman sabotage in Ruhr especially tho sinking of barges in order to block the canals. Well informed men declare France will offer a progresive evacuation in return for actual fulfilment of reparation demands. The “Liberate” comments that it should be noted in Berlin, London, Berne, Hague, as an important political roality that we now control the whole Rhine. A WAR REPORT. BERLIN, March 5. Tho "Deutsche Zeitung” publishes a sensational report that the Czech Army is drawn up on the Bavarian and Saxon frontiers, and is daily manoeuvring under a French generalissimo. FEELING THE PINCH. ;Received this dnv at 10.30 a.m ) LONDON. March A. The “Daily Mail's” Dusscldorf correspondent states steel and coal magnates are faced with the closing down of t.lieir works, and are mating a more insistent demand on Herr Cuno to open negotiations. One important plant at Dnildiirg has exhausted its steel reserve and has dismissed its employees. Even the great Thyssen and Stinnes works are approaching the end of their resources, with the prospect of one hundred thousand workmen being idle.