Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-18
GERMANY DECLARED
IN WILFUL DEFAULT
OF DEBT PAYMENT
French Threat to Arrest Coal
Directors Causes Panic in
BerIin-PoiIus Enter Town
of DOrtnund

DORTMUND, Jan. 17.-(By the
Associated Press.)-French general
headquarters has information that
5000 men of the German reichs-
wehr are concentrated south OF
Muenster, less than twenty-five miles
north of Luenen to the north of
Dortmund.
The French have advanced to both
Dortmund and Luenen, and the out
posts of the French and German
forces at some points are only from
eight to ten miles apart.
The French, by advancing to bort
mund and Luehen, passed out of the
neutral zone fixed by the Versailles
treaty on the right bank of the
| Rhine, from which German regular
troops are barred, into the territory
where the Reichswehr holds sway.
The French are continuing to send
up reserves which are taking up
positions behind the River Lippe.
The occupation of the Ruhr basin
is now complete, and the French
declare that nota single pound OF
coal can get out of the Ruhr into
the unoccupied territory without
their checking it up for the coal
tax.
PANIC HITS BERLIN AS
FRENCH THREATEN ARRESTS
r 10 Aacn
ciated Press)-The French threat
to arrest the German coal directors
in the Ruhr valley has caused Q
panic in Berlin, says a Central
News dispatch from the German
capital this afternoon.
On the Berlin exchange this morn-
ing the dollar rate was around 49,
900 marks.
ALLIED PREPARATIONS BODY
VOTES WILFULL DEFAII3N
PARIS, Jan. 16.-(By the Assoc
ciated Press.)-The Preparations COM
mission today decided that Germany
had wilfully defaulted in deliveries
in kind for 1923. Frances, Belgium
ana Italy SO NOlGUs NSIAOelA1 OOOhS
representing Great Britain in place
of Sir John Bradbury, who was re-
ported as indisposed. abstained from
voting.
The order requisitioning the Ruhr
valley imnes has been suspended for
twenty-four hours. This was taken
here s. an indication that the mine
owners are ready to adopt a more
reasonable attitude toward the coal
deliveries which ahve been forbidden
~ the Berlin government.
Only this modification in Premier
Poin ares plans in, going ahead
with his policy of selling guarantees
was evident this morning.
1t was thought here that the mega
tive Of Chancellor Cuno might in
volve the fall of the cabinet, inas-
much as the application of progress.
i've pressure is in opposition to the
immediate needs OF the manufac-
turers.
The default, it was explained by
Louis Barthou, president OF the
commission, resulted from the re.
fusal of the German government
to make deliveries in kind while
the French were in the Runr.
The French high commissioners
were anxious to obtain the vote
of the Preparations commission, de-
claring this default as an aathori-
cation for the French policy of
acquisitions which, it is believed,
will be enforced Immediately.
FRENCH THREATEN FORCE
IN OCCUPIED ZONES
ESSEN, Jan. 16-By the Asso.
ciated ress.)-Whatever the out
come of the conference set for today
at Dusseldorf between the German
industrial magnates and the French
economic mission, the Ruhr valley
appeared this morning to be in line
for an uncompromising military &C.
cupation.
We've tried soft methods and the
Germans have refused to cooperate"
the correspondent was told at the
French military headquarters. eff
they don't come to terms now they
will get a taste of what they gave
Belgium and northern France. We
will give them something to whine
for"
Today's meeting to which the Ger
man industrial leaders had been in
vited under the threat that if they
failed to appear they would be sent
for, was to be presided over by Gen
eraI deGcutte. From the windows of
the conference room in the Dusse1.
dorf city hall, the French tanks,
tarmored cars and infantry were dis
cernible as they moved forward to
strengthen the hold of the French
upon Germany's rich coal fields.
There was great interest as to
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