ON THE RHINE

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 5 February 1923, Page 5

ON THE RHINE

(Per Press Association —Copyright) ' -■ '' '' PARIS, Feb. 2. The Ambassadors council has sent an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the removal of her troops irom Memel, and the dissolution of the Citizens’ Committee, within seven days. Otherwise diplomatic relations will be broken off.—A. ana N.Z K Cable. PARIb, Feb. 2. “be(|yetit Parisien’s” Riga correspondent reports that the Lithuanian insurgents have instituted a Counoil of State over which M. Reizis presides, which proclaimed Lithuania’s occupation of Memel, and abolished the frontier between Memel and the Lithuania 0 Republic. Hie Council is creating a military depot, purchasing munitions, and preparing for armed resistance against any Powers that do not recognise the changes.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON, Feb. 3. The "Morning Post’s” Dusseldorf correspondent gives as the quaintest example of French treatment of recalcitrant industrial magnates, one of the minor German coal barons, occupying a fine mansion near his mines. He churlishly refused French so. diers guarding the mines the use of the baths provided for miners. “Very well, monsieur,” replied a French officer, “If that is inconvenient, we will meet your wishes. From to-morrow, my men will use your bathrooms in your private house!” The coal baron now regrets his decision.—A. and N.Z. Gable. BERLIN, Feb. 3. “Der Nachrichton,” published in Dresden, states that French authorities have ordered Museum officials to draw up a list of the best works of are in public private collections. The intention is to confiscate them againstthe payment of Reparations. The Dresden'picture gallery is worldrenowned, and the museum “Jdhanneum” contains the finest porcelain in the world. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Mr Samuel Gompers, in a statement declaring hearty sympathy with German workers, asks for American intervention in Ruhr, and calls on the United States to give serious and sympathetic consideration to the appeal. He says: “I believe our Government should tender its good offices as a medjator.”— A. and N.Z. Cable. BERLIN, Feb. 3. German railwaymen pretending to be willing to resume work were taken in trains, but abandoned them in open country, the drivers disappearing. The French are now sending expert railwaymen to accompany trains which Germans are handling. - BERLIN, Feb. 2. Herr Groener, Minister of Communications, has again ordered railway managers to disobey French orders. Managers are complying by rushing trains out of the Ruhr. French soldiers fired on a number of trains failing to stop when ordered. In several instances, where Germans were unable to get trains out, they have diverted them to sidings and have abandoned them. A mob at Koenigsburg (East Prussia) smashed the windows of the French Consulate. Town authorities have requested Berlin to call on the French to leave the town, as they could not guarantee their safety.—A. and N.Z. Cable. /. LONDON, Feb. 3. Three hundred branches of the Independent Labour Party in England are organising public, meetings for the week-end, advocating the repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, and withdrawal of Allied troops from all the occupied areas, and the summoning of a world conference to establish a lasting democratic peace in Europe and in the Near East. —A. and N.Z. Cable. BRUSSELS, Feb. 3. Two Belgian» soldiers boarded an Oberhaussen tramcar. A refusal by the conductor to accept their passes, led to an altercation in which passengers joined. They attempted to eject the soldiers, who used arms in self defence, killing the conductor and wounding a passenger.—A. and N.Z. Cable.