Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
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| today when they tired 10 coIilileh
crate the fifty second birthday OF
the German empire by laying "feaths
on the Bismarck monument in front
of the central railroad station, ana
the monument to Wilhelm l IN a
! downtown square. AS soon as the
military officials spied the floral piece
honoring Bismarck, they ordered II
removed by German policeman.
The only troop advance reported
during the day was the arrival OF
French regiment of infantry at Her
dccke, a few kilometres from Wetter,
which was previously occupied.
! If the amount CT coal mines in
! Rhenish Wcstphalia in the last de-
cade can be taken as standard OF
measurement for the annual demands
upon this region, it still contains SUI,
| ficient deposits to last two Thousand
wears. according to estimates by sci
entific cirles here. The total amount
brought to the surfae up to the pres
| ent is estimated at three billion tons
| Scientists believe that even to
depth of 1900 metres alone coal TO
the amount Of 100000 100000 tons is
awaiting the miners pick and mech
/ anical drill. Below that. if some day
it becomes technically profitable to
exploit it. there are thought to lie an
additional 10000, 100000 tons.
1t is estimated that the deposits
above the 1900 metre level will not
ibc exhasuted for 700 Years at the
rate they have been drawn upon dur
! ing the last decade.
! Essen, Jan. 1S.-Fivc prominent
/ mine directors appeared before the
! French authorities at Brcdeney today
end. after reiteration of their refusal
| to aid in the delivery of coal. were ad-
| viscd to hold themselves in readiness
! to appear before a military court.
| They were Herr Spindlcr of the
| Query Mines. Tenzclmann of the Es-
sen Anthracite Goal Co. Wuestenhocf-
| fer of the Essen Mine Association, and
t two others named kestcn and Ofc.
! They We're informed they would not
be arrested at present, but must keep
! within reach.
| A policeman was arrested today for
not saluting French officer.
Paris. Jan. 1S.-Hcrr Won Hocsch.
German charge d'affaircs at Paris, in a
protest made last evening to the
| French government. it is officially an
| nounced. declared that the extension of
| the Franco-Belgian military occupa-
| tion had gone beyond the neutral zone
established by the Versailles treaty
! and had reached the proximity of terri
| tories occupied by German garXisons.
| The French government replied today
| in effect that the measures taken did
not constitute military operations. but
! were in accordance with the notitica-
| ton given Germany on January 10.
The reply added that the resistance of
| the German industrialists to the orders
Of ha ;nI hnv Iol;
cry of coal had forced the Allies to
| proceed to rcquisitioning.
The reply said the requisitioncd coal
would be employed to fill deliveries due
as reparation and then for the needs
of the occupied territories in the Ruhr
and on the left bank of the Rhine. and
| that consequently only the surplus
could be sent to Germany.
London. Jan. 1S.-The German gov
eminent is sending a confidential mis-
sion to London to request the British
government to mediate between France
and Germany saws a despatch to the
Times from Essen.
Berlin. Jan. 1S.-A Duessendorf de-
spatch says that the French. have ar
rested DR.. Sthlutius, president of the
state finance department. because he re-
fused to hand over the records of his
office to the occupation officials. Schlu-
titus was taken in an automobile to an
unknown destination.
Brussels, Jan. 1S.-(By A. PA
battalion of reinforcements left for
the kuhr today to share in the re-
grouping of the forces nccessitated by
the expansion of the zone of occupa-
ton. The zone will be rounded off by
taking certain canals and roads as sup
ports in such way as to facilitate
execution Of the customs measures.
Berlin, Jan. 1S.-(By A. P.)-The
German government has forbidden
state railroad officials and work.
men to cooperate in any way in
forwarding coal to France and Bel
Coblenz, Jan. 17-(By A. P.)-The
lnter-allied Rhineland commission
THIS afternoon decided in conformity
with instructions from the French.
Belgian and Italian governments to
take over the customs and the for
ests of the Rhineland An order was
issued to seize toni&ht all the re-
ceipts on hand in the customs Of
fees.
French officers will be placed i,
charge OF customs Offices. Publica-
tion of the decision will be made
throughout the Rhineland tomorrow
IL was also decided IN toEo o,.o,