BREAKING THE ENEMY.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15273, 25 June 1923, Page 5

BREAKING THE ENEMY.

FRANCE AND GERMANY. SECRET REPORT PUBLISHED. POLICY OF DISMEMBERMENT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, June 24. The Observer .gives prominenco to the translation of a secret report recently submitted by a French representative in the Rhincland, to his Government in Paris. The report deals with the separatist movement in the Rhineland and its leader, Dr. Dorten. The extracts extend over three columns. The Observer, in an introduction, says: "Though the complicity of France in pertinacious attempts which have been and are being made to detach the Rihneland from German Reich has never been seriously disputed, the document which we print is important as an authentic detailed account of French action to that end, and is the clearest possible exposure of its aim and method."

The report, which is dated April IG, 1923, reveals-a hardening of the French dismemberment policy after the invasion of the Ruhr. The writer fully describes Dr. Dorten's methods to secure the support of the agricultural districts and middle classes, and concludes: Dr. Dorten has the command of an organisation which will be useful to us. Putting things at the worst, he could provide us with valuable information, both regarding the people and the way to treat them. The writer advises negotiations with Dr. Dorten, and suggests that the French Government should minister to his self esteem.

TRAGEDY IN RUHR. BELGIAN SENTRIES KILLED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. BERLIN, June 22. A Belgian outpost in the village of Marl, near Buer, stopped two Germans and demanded their passports. The Germans refused and attacked the Belgians, shooting dead two sentries and wounding a third. Afterwards the German assassins fled to the River Lippe, partially undressed, and swam across to a part of the bank which was not patrolled and escaped. They are still at large.

The Belgian authorities have ordered the closing of all public places in Ruhr for three months, and announce that anyone in the streets after six o'clock in the evening will be immediately shot. The tramway service has been stopped, and the telephone system suspended. Armoured cars are patrolling the streets.