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Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 14

Mr. C. Buxton (Labour) in the Bri* tish House of Commons on May 10, has this to say of the reign of terror now prevailing in the Ruhr district: "Vast numbers have been expelled. We talk glibly of people being expelled. What does it mean to be expelled? These people are mostly railwaymen living in. a humble way, and suddenly, without warning, they and their wives and children are turned out of their homes without the slightest preparation for getting away, and this has taken place in thousands of cases. Very often their furniture has been turned out into the street and they are not allowed to carry off their things with them when they leave the Ruhr district. Tha is a reign of terror, and if it happens in thousands of cases it naturally spreads all around-and there is a feeling of anxiety which hangs lik» a cloud over everyone. People dare not speak their opinions in the street, and have fear of getting into trouble. These are only one or two of the factors which are contributing to make the lives of the miners, railway-men. and engineers of the Ruhr district lives of profound misery and. ianxiety." ■-. , .