FINED FOR FATAL RIOT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 7

FINED FOR FATAL RIOT.

TOWN TO PAY 100,000,000 M. MORE STRIKE . PAY SEIZED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 11.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 13. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Dusseldorf, who is taking stock of the political effect of the French occupation, points out that the workers in the Ruhr take a different view from Berlin Socialists. While the former dislike the presence of foreign troops, they do not approve of Herr Curio's policy, believing that Herr Cuna is impelled thereto by the interests of capitalists. At the same time, the workers' leaders have not lost sight of the moral causes of the occupation, and point out that Herr Cuno has done absolutely nothing to help Germany to meet her obligations, whereas Dr. Wirth, the previous Chancellor, made sincere efforts in that direction. They argue that there is no reason why coal deliveries should not have been maintained, as at the normal rate of output the Ruhr supplies will last for six centuries. Many German trade union leaders readily agree that the Ruhr should compensate for the destruction of French mines. It would be assuming overmuch, however, to imagine that opponents , of Cuno's Ruhr policy would be able to influence a change; that depends whether the coal and steel kings can resist the blockade.