The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-12
Embargo Is
Declared on
RuhrCoods
French Prohibit Shipment Of
Manufactured Articles From
Occupied Zone Into In
occupied Germany.
Plan to Sell Products
(opyright. 1923.

Copyright. 1923.
/ Paris, Feb. 1.-Premler Poincare
played Frances trump card today.
i simultaneously the Belgian and
French governments, beginning at
midnight, will prevent the export CT
manufactured products from the
Ruhr Industries into unoccnpied Ger
many. The action is the result Of an
agreement between II. Jaspar Belgian
foreign minister. and Premier Poin-
care Saturday.
General Degoutte. arriving in
Paris this morning. assured Premie-
foincare that tightening the moose
around Gernanys throat BY stopping
the shipments cut OF the Ruhr VII
materially shorten the time necessary
to bring Germany TO its knees.
Lord Crewe, British ambassador,
. called az Quai D'Orsay before noon.
after hearing Of the new measure, ard
i is understood that ne made reser-
Yations in behalf Of the British gog-
ernment. insisting that the rights Ct
tngland's commercial and financial ir-
terests IN Germany be protected J,
they were found compromised through
+ the measure.
Plan TO Sell Products.
The Franco Belgian plan Is TO SCI
The Ruhr products wherever pnr-
ehasers can be found. applying the
funds received. after deductiag tho
Costs. 70 the reparations account.
The French expect Germany vii
be forced 10 purchase q certain amount
q Ruhr products. and they aim to
sell certain products direct 10 for
eign pBrehasers-railxay material.
machines and tools in South Amer
iea the far east and the Balkans =
ard earrg out existing contracts
wherever possible.
L u estimated that the Ruhr pro-
daees ooal and manufactured goods
t. a value of 3 3.ooo. 900. ooo god marks
about 10000 COO annually, Of which
coal il valued a. one-third. and manu-.
faetured goods al two-thirds, or about
500. Doc, ,0oo a year
Closing UP the Ruhr leaves Ger
many minus the three most irnpo--
fant eenters. as the Rhineland chen.i-
cal works are in the occupied terri
tory. and upper SIlesia and half OF
Poland, leaving only the Saxony tex-
tie works. which canno. be operated
without fuel. A total siagnafion of
German trade and industry and con-
uiete paralysis Of exports is thu re-
suit a. today's decision.
France Will use some os the RUIZ
products. chiefly bridge material. for
the devastated area.
Cuno Facing Prison,
Berlin. Feb. 1.-THE prospect Q,
seeing President Fritz Ebert ar Char
eellor Cuno occupying French prison
cells doomed over an enraged Berlin
today. when i became known tha.
Premier Poineare had issued an order
that TO representative OF the German
government must set foot IN The nev
occupied Ruhrlani
President Ebert had planned = tr.n
u Karlsruhe ard othe- Baden towns
before TIE French ediet IN tire form
ef Il note n Germany arrived. Pres
dent Eber, did not plan an inspection
Z the newly occupied Baden villages.
hat nov that with one accord TIE
press aud public demand test e ths
legality Of the French action. many
hope that he WI offer himself as 4
martyr.
Cuno May Play Role.
II Pres!den; Ebert does 10: there
p the sreatesi Hklihned that Chance,-
lor Cuno gladly VII play the role
Chancellor Cano IS a different tyre
from Fuehhaeh simons and wlrth.
al q whom were of the pedagosue
type. Chancellor Cuno Is a strong
chancellor. a man 81 personality. n
Gividuali,y, ard wha; may be roughly
termed sutss He Is the fsst
chancellor 70 openly figh; the entente
policy and his trip 70 the Risr Is
regarded as brave thing
Today official aaa parliamentary
circles are determined that in defiance
of the edict. Chancellor Cuao and
practically all cabinet members and
numerous f9elehstag members ard
other representatives Of thu govern-
ment should fleek enmasse 10 Essen.
Dusseldorf and ether occupied towns.
Naturally the German diplomats sx-
peet that 4 they are arrested sym.
pathy would With certain exceptions.
shower upon Germany.
Meanwhile the French nots VII b
returned With a protest