RUHR OCCUPATION.
ESSEN STREETS EMPTY | AND SHOPS CLOSED. ‘ FRANCE TO BE THWARTED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received January 12. 12.25 p.m.) PARIS, January 11. When the French troops entered . Essen the streets were empty and shops end restaurants were closed. The executive of the Rhine-West-phalian Labour organisations has decided to proclaim i short strike in the Ruhr district on Monday. France and Belgium, by their control of the Ruhr region, will secure fourfifths of the total German coal producEssen reports state that the' Ruhr I opulation is strong in its determina- . lion to thwart the French occupation * a-; far as possible. Only the lower employees. who have not the slightest ‘ notion of the management of the mines, iuniain in Kssen. They have been {(ordered not to heip the French engineers.
FRENCH RHINE FLOTILLA.
PARTS. January 11. The French Rhine flotilla is participating in the Ruhr movement and is policing the Rhine tributaries and t-snals.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16938, 12 January 1923, Page 8
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