RHINELAND REPUBLIC?
ACTIVE PROPAGANDA LONDON, Sept. 8. The Times special correspondent at Bonn says that propaganda for a Rhine republic is proceeding on intensified lines. Railway stations are placarded and aeroplanes are dropping manifestoes. Separatists are holding demonstrations on Sundav at Dusseldorf, Bonn, and Trier '.Thirty-five trains have been engaged to convey separatists. Many German officials approached the French authorities, announcing themselves separatists and seeking posts vacated by deportees. Many minor officials in the villages are openly cooperating with the French, Among the middle-classes in the cities the remark is constantly heard, "We arc going to be made French anyhow. ' They are convinced that a separate Rhineland is inevitable. Dr. Dor ten prohpesies the proclamation of a Rhineland Republic in a few weeks. Further steps have been taken to introduce separate currency, which is regarded as the most effective practical means of detaching the Rhineland from Gcmany - BERLIN, Sept, 9. A court martial sentenced to death a German student named Raabo for throwing a grenade at French troops.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 10 September 1923, Page 5
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