Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-12
BITTER
ON ALLIED PLAN
Say Customs Frontier Will
Cause Industrial Trade to
Stagnate- Also on Exports

ESSEN, March 12-In this center
of the great industrial region of
Germany bitter hostilities prevail
against the allied plan for establish
ing a customs frontier and taxing
German exports. The feeling is ex-
pressed against Lloyd George and
French authorities and to some ex-
tent also against those Americans
who participated in the reparations
work. The heads of industrial houses
are outspoken in this criticism. They
say already huge contracts have
been cancelled and that prospects
are that trade will stagnate. They
declare the workmen will be the
ones TO suffer and that the entire
Ruhr basin if not all Germany will
be irreparably damaged if the en-
tentes carry out a heavy taxation of
Rhineland exports.
They are also particularly bitter
against establishment of an allied
customs frontier within Germany
which they say will make the Ruhr
industrial region practically a sepa-
rate customs district. Feeling is
running high but they have taken
no outward expression Of violence.
DUSSELDORF, March 12:-Bel-
( gian patrols which took control of
{ the Ruhrort commune of Hamborn.
/ Wednesday night. have been re-
moved and this action on the part
OF the allies command has tended
TO ease the situation at Duisburg.
! Officials declare the patrols were
thrown out merely to protect the
/ town of Duisburg, but the advance
I of the Belgians inspired belief on
| the part of the Germans that the al
| lied lines might be extended imme-
| diately. Assertion is made that such
| a movement is not planned.
Cooperation between the German
| security police and allied troops has
| been effected as the result of Ger
/ man initiatives. Two officers called
at French headquarters and made
| formal apology for refusal on the
part of a German policeman to sal
ute an allied officer. For a time
this incident threatened considerable
| tension. The security police, how
| ever, appeared to be willing 10 sal
ute, but seemed not to know officers
from privates.
The two officers promised to
promptly punish disobedience of the
! order to salute. The security police
/ are being depended upon TO preserve
| order, but reports said that no trou-
4 BILE is possible.
On virtually all of the streets the
security police are more numerous
than allied soldiers. who remain in
I their barracks. Restaurants, cafes,
/ cabarets. wine rooms and theatres of
/ Dusseldorf are cheerfully catering to
a record patronage. which is not par
/ ticularly affected by the ringing Of
/ the curfew at 10 o'clock. Crowds
/ throng the streets until midnight
/ and are apparently in the best of
Z spirits.
The population OF the occupied
district is gradually coming 10 be-
/ lieve that no further advance is in
tended by the allies. and the only
agitation noticea BILE is in commercial
+ circles over uncertainty of allied de-
/ cisions on customs exports and i'm
ports regarding which widest rum
ors are IN circulation.
I Members OF the Rhineland high
I commission and two American hal-
son officers from Coblenz, have ar
rived here, but it is declared their
visit is without official importance.