Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-20
Seizure Receipts
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Reichsbank and private banking in
situations tomorrow after half day
shutdown and failure by the railroad
men to strike this afternoon as they
had been ordered to do by the Berlin
government, are the days successes
which a French communique might
record were commune issued.
The directors of the Bermandsgleuck
Westernhold and Rhine and Baden
works in the region of BOchum. ana
the director and sub director OF the
Mellerschechte mine in th9 region OF
Gladbach, who refused to obey
French orders to turn over their rec
ords and assist the French in oper--
ating their plants, were arrested ana
Joined DR.. Schlutinus, president OF
the Dusseldorf state finance depart
ment, and the mine director Roch-
stein in the Dusseldorf central jail,
where the French say they Will pc
treated as political prisoners. French
troops occupied the Pits and COKE
ovens which the directors refused 70
hand over to them and tomorrow
F'renh engineers Will take charge U
their explorations.
General Degoutte, the French COM
mandcr has lost no time extending
the inner Allied commissions Rhine
land penalties to the Ruhr The de-
cree promulgated tonight goes into
effect at midnight This evening
French, Belgian and italian customs
officers began arriving in Duessel-
dorf, ready to proceed with the col
lection of coal and other taxes. En-
cineers working directly under NJ.
Coste, head of the industrial mission
are taking charge of state forests.
The German workers express
willingness to continue on their jobs.
but the German customs officers are
meeting this evening in Dusseldorf
to decide whether or not to accept
French supervision. Court martial
and imprisonment face the customs
officials if they abandon their work.
The French today continued to re-
quisition coal wherever they found it
in cars or bargcs in the occupied
area.
Prompt action was taken today to
meet the situation created by the
closing of the doors of the Reichs
bank in Duesscldorf and the con-
sequent shutting down of all other
banking institutions in the city.
General Denvignes summoned DR..
Guppermann. director of the Reichs
bank, and issued an ultimatum to
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spend the evening in Jail. DIR. Cup
permann agreed to reopen the insti-
tuition, which will resume operations
tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. 1t
is probable that all the other banks
will follow the suit of the Reichs
bank as tho reason given by them for
closing today was failure, of RcichS
bank to deliver them currency.
Berlin, Jan. 19.-OBy A. P.)-Ac-
cording to a semi official statement
this evening. the seizure of the
Keichsbanll branches by the inter-
allied Rhineland high commission
at Ma.ence, Wiesbaden. Worms.
Bingen and Bonn today was later
rcScindcd. Deposits in the customs
and finances offices. however, were
held.
The Frankfort ZcitunG declares
that the branch of the Reiclfsbank at
TreveS also was seized.
Teicklinghausen. Jan. 10.-By A.
P.)-The workers council for all the
state mines in the Ruhr has drafted
a protest to General Denvignes. an
nouncing that all the men under it's
jurisdiction will cease work unless
the properties are released from
seizure. the troops removed. and
those persons arrested released