, 1923-02-25

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with an iron hand.
Between 500 and a thousand more
Germans, including the town fathers
" "chum. were taken into cu4yoIy
t"uAy nj the bayOnet point and Score.
herded into trains for deportation Tba
frenoh no longer maintained the
hloot dignity with which the sanc-
IONS OF the cary days Of
were effected. Sabotage is being met
with stern repression and both the
french and German observers fear a
crisis.
More than $4,000, 0OO,o 900 rnarts
were scizcd by the invaders today, A
sum estimated by the French as a.,
ooo, 900. 900 marks being taken in A
holdup Of the Berlin-C Cologne express
near MagGn.
a state Of intensified soiso was dc.
cfare1 in virtually every important
city OF the newly occupied zone, New
trwns falling under this ban today
were BoChUm, Hsrns and wRnna.
Against increasing repression Ger.
man resistance was at a low. abb.
hut union workers In the vicinity Of
BCchum Immediately declared a gen.
oral strike at noon In protest against
arrest Of the town councillors and Il
great flood or propaganda was un.
lOoscd in which additional charges Of
atrocities by French troops were
mAde.
The earliest available version Il the
great train robbery" Mt Hagen, in
which the French made their great.
est single haul OF the occupation. was
from German sources.
French announcement confirmed
the seizure, however. and added that
besides nearly 1000. 900 Ceven at the
present rate or exchanged the occu-
piers captured a quantity OF plates
which were being sent to Cologne for
the manufacture of fifty thousand
mark notes.
There Were Of thu pot,,,,
stag abroad the Berlin Cologne cx.
press when its wheels ground to n
hait on n waste stretch outside of
Hagen as the engineer found him.
SER threatened by blue clad poIl,Is
who held him up in Jess .James
style while others with machine guns
lined the tracks.
Heads went out OF windows 10 Ms
c;rthin the cause OF the sudden halt
n many deputies found themselves
looking into cooked rifles and heard
sharp commands to ret their heads
in before they were shot.
windows were ordered closed. The
poilus took possession OF tho train.
In a third class compartment the
"scarcners found what they were seek.
ing a diminutlvo safe from the
= R~elschbank containing thirteen bill
lion marks. Two Roischbnnk en-.
ployes guarded It. They were cover
cd and held at the bayonet point
while s%tralnlng troopers Erunted and
heaved ms they removed the safe from
the compartment and eased 1t to tho
ground. The money had been intend
cd pay for workers. many Of whom
are striking on orders from the Ger
man government.
The Reischtag deputies were ont.
spoken both Mt what they termed
train robbery" and at the govern.
ment's Carelcssness In permitting
such n large sum to be transported
without adequate guard on n line to
which the French had access.
This seizure was not undertaken hv
French without due p~recautiGn Il de.
veloped when blue clad cavalry and
n fantry occupied ihe railroad .ntio,
at Wanne, near the scene Of the hold.
up, surrounded tho depot at South
ReckiInghausen and Mt Harne. and
kept n close military grip on the en-.
tire region. occupying the inhabitants
minds with frequent raids and ar
rests. Employees on tho Berlln-C Cologne
d lima nTnF fhann n,Nrf- n-H ...--
tive passengers driven away until he
French had the captured safe spirit,
ed away towards Paris.
Other h8uls made by the French to-
day included one Of Go. 900 900 marks
IN government funds at Coblens.
taken after four French civilian s
toms officials had picked n fight with
German rnilroad officials. according
to tho latter's version.
It was disclosed that two. alleged
French spies are hold by the Ger.
man authorities. Tho French ar.
rested fifteen school teachers 40
Dortmund and he'd them as hostages
until tho alleged spies are released.
/ The French are planning even
moro severe penalties.
Berlin Is firmly persuaded that
Mannheim Is to 10 occupied and re.
ports here are to that effect, but the
French refuse 70 affirm or deny
them. It Is believed new acquisitions
OF coal ain and locomotives ars
scheduled. Sharper martial law II
Ruhr towns will DO tho next step,
French officials indicated, Tho city
hall Mt ITcrno was seized and the
chamber Of commerce Mt RUchuHN
p~lundNr,-1.
NJ the .uttor town. Tho CORNING