RAILWAY BLOCKADE
NOT ACT OF POLICY. FRENCH EXPLANATION. Published In "Tha Time. - LONDON, January 22. Regarding the railway blockade in the Cologne Area by the French authorities, which is said to be engaging the attention of the British Government, the Paris correspondent of “The Times” is authorised to state that the decision to restrict traffic between the French and British zones was taken by the authorities on the spot. It was not an act of high policy, and the French Foreign Office ordered it as a measure with ro other object than, that of alloying time for clearing the Neussdueren Tine, which is intolerably congested. It is apparently intended to keep the restrictions in force as long as the transport difficulties continue. The suggestion that the measure was taken in order to deprive Cologne of trade facilities and bring pressure to bear on the British occupation authorities is strongly deprecated.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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150RAILWAY BLOCKADE New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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