AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.
TROUBLE IN SAAR REGION
PARIS, August 9
A strike among public.service.employees in the Saar district,:,,, accompanied by acts o,| ,sabp£agej ..x^ulted ,in' a sta-te of siege being declare^ at'S&krbruck.j r j. It,, appears that jthe 'Qerman Qovernjpent,,had' a hand in''the"move 1 n>^nt.'. u fy.ociime.nts ,'^fbund in _ posses-->sion. of ja)ci, exrmembea*.' of the Reichstag,' 01\mert,' sKowed. !that the \ Government allotted five, million mark^fpr^a P^n,German propaganda in too Saar^ ..'district, ■ comprising 'mjilitaryj japd,.political espionage^:, wjth. ,tlie object of preyeiit-ing'.-th© teague.of ,\Natiohs adm'inistei:-. -.ing sthe.; Saara-egion, in accordance...with 1 the Ti-eaty,,.o£ Versaillesi _ ,An inquiry has opened into the activities of Ohmert and,.othere. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9290, 11 August 1920, Page 5
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