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TO-DAY'S CABLES.

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ROHR OCCUPATION.

COAL DELIVERIES RESUMED.

ANTI FRENCH DEMONSTRATIONA.

THE DOLLAR,

To-day's closing rate 2/3 1/16.)

To-day's opening rate 2/3 1/16

RUNR OCCUPATION.

ANOTHER DEFAULT PROBABLE.

ESSEN, January 14, Following a meeting of inter-Allied engineers yes- PARIS, January 14. terday, it is believed that the Allies will declare a further According to the newspapere the German decision, default of Germany, regarding cost deliveries and de- to resume deliveries of coal followed the assurance of the mand that farther pressure should be extended against Allied engineers that deliveries would be paid for by. Germany. means of a tax on cost in the Rahr which amounts, to forty per cent whilst deliveries to the Allies would not exceed twenty per cent of the satgut. Thus the pay.¦ ment will only absorb balf the tax.

The correspondent of the Echo de Paris in Dagsseldorf states that in no case will the coal be paid for with French money.

"DOWN WITH FRANCE!"

BERLIN, January 14.

A number of protest inectings against the French occupation of the Rohr, including a great demonstration

BOCHUM TO BE OCCUPIED.

PARIS, January 14.

A statement issued last night says that the French troops will probably occupy Bochum to-day.

IRELAND'S TROUBL IS.

SITUATION SERIOUS.

'London, January 14,

The seriousness of the situation in Ireland is

on the Konigsplatz opposite the Reichstag passed off emphasized by Mr. Stephen Gwynn, writing to the without disturbance and without necessitating the, Observer from Dublia, Ho says that the Goverment is intervention of the strong police forces mobilized as a relying on the army which does not exceed 30,000 men and lacks skilled direction to crash the rebels. The army précaution. The Resolutions submitted were 13- animously adopted. The occasion was marked by the recrudescence of outrages like the burning of "mansions, is not supported by the population; hence the half-masting of the flags on all the Government building attacke on railways, daring hold ups of meetings of and the display of the Republican colours for the Arst authorities and inattempts to kidnap publio men. Mr. time from several fashionabla hotels. Patriotis songs Gwynn hopes for better results from the appointment of were repeatedly snug and there were frequent cries General Murphy as director of operations, bat expresses

Down with France!"

the opinion that any reorganisation should be accom- panied by measures to arm trustworthy civilians to enable them to defend their own rights against the increasingly aggressiva rebalo,

of

GERMAN TO SUSPEND PAYMENTS.

PARIS, January 14. The Reparatione Commission has received a note from the German Government intimating its intention to suspend cash payments also deliveries in kind in view of the occupation of the Ruhr which it considers a violation of the tresty of Versailles,

MINERS CONDEMN OCCUPATION.

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ESSEN, January 15.

A meeting of 1500 officials and members of the 'German Miners' Union carried a resolution condemning _the_Frenob__occupation se a violation of German freedom. A fiery epeech by the President was warmly applauded.

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An incident is reported from the small town of Buar where the French soldiers on arrival were greeted with shower of stoner. There were to injurias inflicted but the French General announced that the German police superintendent would ba ponisted.

FRENCH DECREE 193UED.

ESSEN, January 15

A decree has been isased relieving the French troops of the obligation to pay the laxary tax and ordering the notification of all meetings three days previously together with the names of the organisers, the time and place and probable attendance, forbidding strikes and processions of uniformat persons, compelling the posting | up of price lists in German currency in all shops and prohibiting German soldiers to cross from unoccupied iato occupied territory.

FRANCO-GERMAN RUPTURE LIKELY. Essex, January 11. It is authoritatively learned that an obvious dia- crepancy, between the France-German viewpoints was disclosed at yesterday's inter-Allied meeting. The Germans declare that under the new arrangements France becomes a customer of the mines on a purely business basis exactly corresponding to any ordinary purchaser. The Breach assert that their payments to the miner should simply be sufficient to cover salaries and working costs “ood to enable the mines to continue

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OBITUARY.

MR. FREDERIC- HARRISON.

LONDON, January 14 The death has occurred of Mr. Frederic Harriton, The well known Philosopher and author,

Frederic Harrison was born in 1831. He held the degrees of M. A.. Hon. D. C.-L. Oxford. Hon. Litt. D. Cambridge and Hun. LL. D. Aberda:n. He was a member of the Royal Commission of Trades Unions from 1887 to 1869, sacretary of the Royal Commition

for Digesting the Law from 1869 to 1870 and Pro- fessor of Jurisprudence and International Law to the Inns of Court from 1977 t 1820. He was on alderman- of the L0.0. for four years, held various lectureships in England and America sad was Vice Prezident of the Royal Historical Society and the London Library, ` He' wrote many books on philosophical and historical. aubjects.

EX PREMIER OF FRANCE.

PARIS, January 14. M. Ribot, ex Premier of Frauce, has died.

AT LAUSANNE.

RUSSIA WANTS GENERAL AGREEMENT.

LAUSANNE January 11."

The Russian note to the President of the Confer enca advocating the admission of the Persians says that the Russian Ukrainian-Georgian delegation desires tá. Teach a general agreement and not a rupture conscions that only unanimous conclusions will lead to a stable situation in the Near East.

RELIGION AL FARHCO.

MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANNOYED.

Mexico City, January 14.

to produce. The discrepancy will undoubtedly be the

It is announced that President Obregon has ordered main theme of to-day's meeting of the joint Franco- the expulsion of the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor German commissiou. It is conceivable that it may lead Filippi, owing to his participation in an open sir to a rapture very early,

THE COAL TAX,

Pariz, January 14.

A telegram from Essou deales the report that French experts have decided to pay for coal deliveries in gold currency.

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BRALIN · January 14. La Tempaya payment for reparation cost may be Messages from Hoyd-krug state that Lithuanian made by the proceeds of the coal tax which, owing to "Raiders have established & now Govemment there with the occupation, now being extended to almost every Simonaitis as Prezident. It is reported that Simonaitis coalfield, it will be levied by the Allies upon the entire", has requested the High Commissioner to withdraw the outpat of the Rohr.

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