LATEST MOVE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1923, Page 5

LATEST MOVE.

ARREST OF COAL ‘'KINGS.’

ORDERED BY THE FRENCH.

REFUSAL TO OBEY. By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 19, 7.35 p.m. Berlin, Jan. 19. The French ordered the Lord Mayor of Mannheim to arrest Herr Thyssen and other directors and take them to the French headquarters. The Mayor replied that he was unable to affect the arrests, the directors refusing to obey the orders. Herr Schlutius, president of the District Finance Department, on refusing to produce his books, was arrested and removed to an unknown destination.

The French stopped, and ordered to proceed to Strasburg, a number of barges laden with coal. The Germans are consequently stopping coal movements on the Rhine.

Twenty-three mine-owners of Essen, including Herr Tyssen, will appear before a court-martial charged with refusing to deliver requisitioned coal to France.

A coal tax, calculated in paper marks, will be imposed to-day. Mino owners’ personal fortunes will be confiscated if the tax is not regularly collected. The Lokal Anzeiger says the French will confiscate magnates’ property instead of imprisoning them, as they do not wish to create martyrs for the benefit of national sentiment.

FURTHER GERMAN PROTEST.

OPERATIONS NOT MILITARY.

Received Jan. 19. 11.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. IS. Herr van Hoesch, counsellor at the German Embassy, has lodged a further protest against the occupation of the Ruhr. The French Government replied that the measures must not be regarded as a military operation. The requisitioned cool would be first used for reparations deliveries, then the needs of the Rhineland and the Ruhr, and lastly the needs of Germany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FOOD RESTRICTIONS. DRASTIC ACTION IN GERM .ANY. Received Jan. 19, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Jan. 18. Drastic food control measures are being prepared by the Ministry of Food in anticipation of a shortage at the end of June. The consumption of milk in cafes and restaurants is forbidden, and the use of butter in preparing food i«s prohibited. The number of meat dishes :n all restaurants will be restricted, ana expensive restaurants, where luxurious living was hitherto rampant, will be prosecuted. All restaurants are to be closed at H o’clock at night instead of 1 o’clock in the morning.—Router.

APPEAL TO BRITAIN. GERMAN MISSION’S ERRAND. Received Jan. 19, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 18. The Berlin correspondent of the Times has learned that a confidential German mission is going to London to request intervention in the Ruhr. — Times Service. DANGER FROM BAVARIA. MONARCHIST COUP FEARED. Received Jan. 19, 8.5 p.m. London, Jan. 18. The Pall ‘Mall Gazette states disquieting information comes from Bavaria pointing to a monarchist coup d'etat owing to the disorganisation created in Germany through the French invasion of the Ruhr. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOYCOTT OF FRENCH GOODS. ADOPTED IN GERMANY. Received Jan. 19, 8.5 p.m. Berlin, Jan. IS. The boycott of French goods has been adopted enthusiastically, and women are refusing to purchase French clothing and luxuries. The Press points out that French troops are smuggling luxuries into the occupied regions for the purposes of profit. A boycott of Belgian goods is also being organised. PROPER METHODS SOUGHT. Received Jan. 19. 8.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 18. Official circles state conversations continue between th? Allies regarding the proper measures to be taken to induce the Germans to submit on the reparations question, apd these are having good results. AMERICAN VIEW DENIED. Received Jan. 19, 9.10 p.m. Washington, Jan. 18. The State Department has officially denied the Paris Matin’s statement that the Secretary for State (Mr. C. E. Hughes) had’ informed the French Ambassador (M. Jußserand) that France is absolutely within her rights in occuping the Ruhr.