FRENCH IN RUHR.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 5

FRENCH IN RUHR.

A COUP BY THIEVES.

EXTENDING THE CONTROL.

APPEAL TO LEAGUE URGED. {Bj Cable.-Tress Associatiuu.—Copyright.) (Received 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, February 27. The "Matin Dusseldorf correspondent reports that, two men, one s]>eaking fluent French, entered a li.ink and represented themselves ns French financial airentf- They demanded that all the florins held by the bunk bo handed over, otherwise they would call in the French troops. They were {riven seven million marks' worth of florins, and left a receipt nvitli the bank manager, who presented the receipt an hour later at the French Office. He was then informed that he had been clcverlv hoaxed by two thieves. (A and N.Z. Cable.) BERLIN, February 27. Besides Koenigsw inter, the' French military control the railway station at Limburg, on the Lahn, _3 miles northvest of Wiesbaden. The "Frankfurter Zcitung" reports that Jrench troops have occupied Montabaur, 12 miles eastward of Coblentz. A message from Mayence says the German authorities refused to place at the disposal of the British Railway Commission at Cologne offices which were required for housing flip French Commission.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

THE COMMANDEERED CASH. PARIS, February 27. Twelve thousand million marks, seized oy the French from the Berlin-Cologne express, has arrived at Dusseldorf. A small portion is intended for the British authorities in the Rhineland, but the bulk is for the Ruhr branches of the Eeichsbank. BERLIN, February 27. A strong cordon of French troops surrounded Bochum. All traffic was suspended, the shops were closed, and the ■municipal authorities were arrested IA and N.Z. Cable.)

BRITISH LABOUR ACT*.

SUES FOR A CONFERENCE,

(Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 27

The Labour party has tabled the following motion in the House of Commons: "This House, believing that the peoples of Europe wish to maintain peace and pursue a policy which will secure it, agrees to invite in the first •instance the French and Belgian Chambers to each appoint a committee rep««enting an parties in order to exchange information and views with a similar committee of this House regarding the occupation of the Ruhr in relation to •ecurity for reparations.''

' The party is endeavouring to have a similar motion debated in the Paris and jßrttsscls Chambers.—{A. and N.Z.)