New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-29
France to Lift
Tax Penalties
I'm Rhineland
Premier BRAND, After Cabi-
net Meeting, Announces
That Economic Sanctions
Terminate To morrow
To Quit Occupied Towns
Berlin Will Be Allowed 10
Collect Customs Duties;
Meets Demand of Britain
BY Wilbur Forrest
SpeciUl Cable to Tho Trtbure

Copyright 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS Sept. 28.-The economic sane.
lions which France has been imposing
in the. Rhineland in the form of the
collection of German customs duties as
penalty for Germany's trade discrimi.
nation against France, in violation OF
the Versailles Treaty, will be aban-
doncd on Friday Premier BRAND an
nounced to-day, after Cabinet meet
ing at tho Elysce. The Premier also
advised the German government Of this
decision through the German Embassy
here.
The decision is in line with France s
yielding to the British demand in the
Supreme Council on August 10, when
Lord Curzon, British Foreign Secretary
not only insisted on Frances lifting
the economic sanctions against Ger
many but the military as we'll, on the
ground that they we're responsible for
strrlng up continual bitterness be-
tween the two countries.
Charge German Propaganda
lengthy official statement from
government sources this afternoon
charged that the Germans again had
against France in the matter of the
sanctions, and at the same time ex-
planned why France had not abandoned
the penalties on September 10, the date
tentatively set at the Supreme Council
session, at which she refused to lift
the military sanctions, but agreed to
abandon the economic penalties, pro-
vided Germany yielded to strict inter
allied supervision of her export and
import figures, by which the Allies
could determine whether she was con-
tinuing to violate the treaty
1t developed to-day that during the
many contended that Allied examina-
ton of the customs books before the
goods actually had been imported or
exported would constitute an affront
to German sovereignty, Germany at
tempting at the same time to enlist
the support of Great Britain in this
claim. Contrary to Germanys expec-
tatons, Great Britain upheld the
French thesis, snd Germany was forced
to accede.
Will Evacuate Towns
France established the customs cor
don on the Rhine last March, when
she gained the consent of the other
Allies to occupy the towns of Duessel-
dorf, Ruhrort and Duisberg after the
government had shown that German
customs authorities were carrying on
fragrant discrimination against French
trade in spirit OF revenge. These
towns will now be evacuated and Ger
many will again be permitted to col
lect her own customs funds, but under
the eye of the later-Allied Commits
sion.
Englands adherence to the French
viewpoint in establishing this commits
sion is regarded here as hopeful
sign that the British may not press
for the carrying out of their insistent
demands at the August meeting of the
Supreme Council that France in the
near future should also abandon her
military sanctions.
The French realize, however, that the
question may be introduced at the
Washington conference on armament
limitation at the instance of the Brit.
ish, when the question of Frances
land armament is discussed. France
also is aware Of the prospect that she
may again be called on to defend the
continued exercise Of the military sane.
tiors in much the same way that Pre-
mier BRAND defended them at the Su.
preme Council meeting in August.
At that time Lord Curzon maintaina I'd
that the continuation Of the Inter
Allied Commissions supervision am
control of German disarmament was
unnecessary as we'll as Of aggravatio
to the former enemy by which hatred
was engendered against the Allied ma.