Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-20
RAILWAY STATIONS
IN OCCUPIED AREAS
SEIZED by TROOPS
Ruhr Mines Not ConfiScated,
Coal in Cars and Barges
Taken for Shipment by
French

LONDON.-Germany is sending 8
confidential mission to London to
request the British government to
mediate between France and Ger
many a dispatch says.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-By the Assoc
ciated Press. )-F'rench threats to en-.
force reparation payments by con-
fiscations were made good today by
the seizure of several state mines
in the Ruhr valley and various
reichsbank branches.
ESSEN, Jan. Icy the Asso-
ciated Press.)-The French military
authorities have instituted court
martial proceedings against six Ruhr
coal magnates, whose names were
withheld. They were charged with
refusing to obey the orders of the
military authorities in the territory
under state of siege"
The magnates have not been
taken into custody.
SEIZURE OF RAILWAY
STATIONS EFFECTED
LONDON, Jan. 19.-The French
this morning took possession of all
railroad stations in the Ruhr area,
says Reuters Essen dispatch. It
is reported but unconfirmed, that
the French also seized the offices
of the various coal companies.
FRENCH DELAY PLANS
TO SEIZE RUHR MINES
ESSEN, Jan. 19.-(By the Associ.
ated Press).-Ruhr valley coal OPP
orators, who thought for a time, last
night, that the French were to take
over the mines this morning, found
themselves still in possession of their
properties to-day, and learned that
only coal mined and above ground
came under the revised acquisitions.
ing order Of the French.
The magnates also learned that
they face courtmartial instead Of ac-
tual arrest as result of their re-
fusal to deliver coal to France.
The economic commission, in
reaching its final decision on the
policy to be followed, concluded that,
because of the shortage of technical
experts, it would be better to requi-
sition only coal ready for delivery
and to re-route to France all ship
ments intended for German domestic
consumption.
1t was also said that certain na-
tions, notably the United States and
Great Britain, looked with disfavor
upon the term "confiscation" as 1t
had been applied to the French Ruhr
policy by the Paris press.
Attitude of Labor
What attitude labor would take. in
the event the mines were seized,
also received the commissions seri-
GUS consideration, for it is realized
that the French would be under a
heavy handicap should the German
The mission, today, in addition to
it's troubles with the coal deliveries,
also faced the task of working the
German forests on the left bank Of
the Rhine, as ordered by the French,
Italian and Belgian government.
This step is a penalty for Germany's
default in deliveries of wood.
Whether a third power, perhaps
the United States, will come to the
rescue of France and Germany, in
ducfng the former to withdraw her
troops, and the latter to resume pay.
ment of her obligations, is a subject
of earnest discussion in German cir
cles. 1t is pointed out. however,
that the time for mediation by a
disinterested power does not seem
to be at hand.
German Sentiment
Samples of the German sentiment
in the occupied zone may be seen
in two instances reported last night.
AS a German girl in Steele was leav-
ing a motion picture theater with
two French soldiers some one slip
ped up behind her and bobbed her
hair.
At Kettwlg, a crowd broke tho
window of a barber shop wherein
were displayed post card views of
the entry of the French.