Evening star., 1923-02-18
Military Authorities See End
of Passive Tactics in
; Varied Outbreaks.
STINGL'S SECRET VISIT
BRACER TO STRIKERS
Preparations for Emergency Keep
Pace With Expulsion of
Trouble Makers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ESSEN, February 1.-THE French
military authorities in the Ruhr be-
lfeve that the passive resistance of
the Germans is at an end, and that
the work Of obstruction is entering
an active phase.
They reached this conviction as q
result Of the bombing Of the Kaiser
hof Hotel here, the sinking of barges
IN the Rhine Herne canal and the
activity of the nationalists, COM
munists and other political parties
during the last few days.
Secret Meeting Held.
The French intelligence service has
Information to the effect that the
populist party held large secret
meeting in Essen on Wednesday, the
gathering being addressed by numer-
Gus speakers. who urged active op-
position to the French and Belgian
measures. The speakers are said to
have admitted that the policy of pas
sive resistance, inaugurated at the
instigation of the Berlin government.
had failed
ut Muenster last night at which, ac-
cording to the French intelligence
agents, 1t was admitted that passive
resistance had been unsuccessful and
that the time for active resistance
had come.
One OF the speakers is said to have
been a we'll known agitator from
Upper Silesia.
,Stingl Braced Up Strikers.
The secret visit to the Ruhr Of
Herr Stingl, German minister of posts
and telegraphs, in defiance of the
French orders against tho entry Of
cabinet members has had a bracing
effect on the strikers throughout the
district, particularly those under his
ministry.
The French say they are ready for
any emergency that may arise from
the changed attitude of the Germans.
AS a further measure against out
breaks in Gelsenkirchen, where there
has been spasmodic trouble, the city
was occupied today by French in
fantry, cavalry and armored cars.
53 More Expelled.
Meanwhile the work of eliminating
the trouble-makers continues and
fffty-three were expelled from the
Ruhr Thursday and yesterday for dis
regarding French instructions. The
ober- er-burgomaster Of Dortmund and
his assistant, the chief of the rail-
way station there and the district
supervisor, were among those arrest
ed for disobedience.
The eober-burgomaster Of Duisburg,
arrested by the Belgians on a SINH
lar charge, was tried by a Belgian
court-martial at AK La Chapelle and
sentenced to one month in prison and
to pay the costs of the trial.
Essen Situation Tense.
The situation In Essen In Tense.
The city now is policed by French
troops, as the German security po-
lice all went on strike when their
barracks was occupied. Many Of them
now are walking the streets in ci-
william clothes. supposedly trying to
maintain order, but this only COM
plicates tho situation, since the
French are unable to recognize them
out of uniform.
The Bradeney court-martial again
was in session today, sentencing an
Essen police official named Klein, to
a months Imprisonment and a fine
OF 160 francs on the charge of show
ing resistance to the occupation an
thorities.
Recorder Guyens, OF the Essen Re-
tall Dealers Association, was SEN
fenced to two years In Jail and a fine
Of eight million marks. We was chare
ed with disturbing public order by
signing a circular In which merchants
were exhorted, in the interest of
feeding the populace to refrain from
selling to the occupation forces.
GELSENKIRCHEN OCCUPIED.