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RUHR STRIKCH CONTINUE

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BIBE:STEMES CONTINUE.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC UNCERTAIN

"WAIT AND SEE" POMACY AT THE Minze

The passive resistance of the German petal workers is exemplified by the decision of the telephoniste to disc connect the telephones used by the French roiselon, The French occupied the telephone cable room at the Essen Post Offes with the object of preventing tamper ing with the wires in the event of à strike.

The return of the Dortmund strikers to work-har considerably sazad the railway position but traffic instill uncertain. The railway management have forbidden their employes to facilitate the passage of trains operat

MORE RAILWAY STRIKES.

ESSEN, Jabary 23. A Frenoli official statement affirms that a convider-' able movement of troops occurred in "unoccupied territory.

Farther strikes gosurfed siseveral railway stations the appearance of Belgian troops. "The German authorities agiert that not a single truck of coal landed in the Rabr from the date of occupation to January 21 reached France. The banks at Botham and Essen have decided not to serve the French.

PARIS, January 24. The Belgians arrested the burgomaster at Duisburg. French engineers have superesded the telephone.

ed by French drivers "of which a number has been and telegraph-officials who went on strike. drafted to the Ruhr to replace the recalcitrant Germana.

The position on the mines is still one of watchfulness. On only one mine have the men actually quitted work, The others are awaiting the remit of the trial of the mine directo:s at Mayenos on Wedno day;

BERLIN, January 23, Massages from Essen state that the employes in the Stinnes mines have annquaced a strike to-day owing to the French Genersi commanding at Duesseldor! no, reociving a deputation to protest against the arrest o the Manager, Herr Spindler,

100,000 DOWN TOOLS.

RUBBER POSITION.

BIR FRANK SWETTENHAM SPEAKS OUT.

LONDON, January 23,

Interviewed by the Evening Stanturin regard to the rubber manufacturers' objections to restriction, Sir Frank Swettenham said that the Eastern Gaveromante were not in the least likely to alter the scheme to suit manufacturers who during the past two years when they had the opportunity of purchasing rabber below the cost Esaan, January 23.

of production and basa indifferent to the fate of the Telegrams from Hambom state that owing to the producer whom the latter was threatened with roia and failure to the efforts of the Workers' Council of the who were now uatesso ably complaining that the pro- Thyssen mines for the immediate selenso al Thyssen, ducer was at langth abla to work at a váry moderate- officials and workers struck this morning. The Stinns profit. Homphasised that a hundred millions of British employes were similarly unsuccessful at Duesseldorf and capital-investedin rabber threatened to té absolutely lost consequently struck. Over handred thousand men until the restriction was enforced. The question of gam- are affected.

bling did not concern the producer. Anything lika hali a crown a pound was a moderate price for fit genḍe Messages from Duesseldorf stated that there rabber. The comamer had not bum bonchod by the were three arrosta 01. Kray for insultato. fali in price. - occupation troppa population is calm, and normal working of the Redhausen and Mollerechaght-mises has resumed.

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PARIS, January 23:

CUSTOMS OFFICIALAJOGASS WORK.

BERLIN, January 29.

It is understood tha: Germany has informed France! that th: Bavarian Goverment has declared its inability to guarantee the safety of M. Dardy-the-French-Finlater- at Manich.

A message from Mayance states that all the customs officials at Mayence and Gustavburg crased work as a protest against the arrest of the Director of the Customs

Office and other officiale.

• DELICATE SITUATION AT COLOGNE.

LONDON, January 28,

The delicacy of the situstion created at Cologne the French action against the Garmans in the Briti zone is illustrated by Benter's Coloque correspondent reporting that although, be deportation order by the inter-Allied High Commirtion against Von Lanzenaunt, President of the local finance office, for refusing to act. under the recent ordinances was withdrawn on the representations of the British authorities the French authorities arrested him at midnight and conveyed-bim to Bona. British officers were present at the arrest, in sccordance with the customary formality, and Lanzenauer asked them, whether they asssnted to hie arruat. They replied that they were acting in accordance with orders,

FRENCH REPLY TO GERMAN PROTEST. BERLIN, January 23. The French Foreign Offier hay returned the German zoto protesting against the shooting of a German by French bentry at Landgendrust saying it is impossible to accept a note osundhedția nuski térms.

The French reply to the Germid protest against the arrest of the Ruhr industrialiets maintains that all the measures of the occupation authorities are com plat-ly legal, being the result of fofringements of the Versailles Treaty. The French Government reserve the right to take all the sanctions necessitated by the attitide of the German Government, German officials and nationals.

ESSEN, January Franck ate issuing a news sheet' in German Lor distribution to the population.

PARIS, January 15, The French customs officials have arrived on the Rahr and the establishment of a customs cordon has been completed.

GETTING THEIR OWN BACK,

BERLIN, January 24. As a result of a strike bitimstum by the hotel employees in Munich' the Franco-Belgian members of the Allied Control mission were forced to leave their hotel. They departed for Mayence and it is reported that the French Minister a Mucich has joined them French tourists were also arloted from the hotels and left after vainly trying to git food in restaurants, 2

EMPTY PHRASES.

ROME, January 2H At a monating of the Cabinet. Bigner Mussolini, re ferring to the Ruhr, declared that the Government would take very aotive steps to avoid still greater bom plica lope and to prodecs as soon sa possible a agimar atmosphere in order to permit regsgad discusion of the problems of reparstions and debt

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BRITISH-AMERICAN AGREEMENT LIKELY,

WASHINGTON, January 23.

Ocial quarters expect that the conferens be- tween representatives of American and British rabber interests will result in an agreement greatly sating con- ditions in, the industry.

MANCHESTER VIEW.

LONDON, January 23. Mr. P. H. Lackbart, Chairman of the Rabber Man fapturers Association at Manchester, is going to America on Thursday to consult with Amarion manufacturers in regard to restriation. Interviewed by the Manchester Guardian he opined that the rise in the price of rubber was largely due to gambling. The chief concern of the manufacturers was to obtain a stealy-level price; The restriction law ought to be modified and made more elastic and should provide for larger and quicker releases of rubber. There ought to be no restrictions after rubber had reached eighteen pence.

LAST YEAR'S NEW 8HİP3.

LLOYD'S ANNUAL REPORT.

LONDON, January 23.

Lloyds annual report for 1932 shows that Great "Britain and Ireland Isanobed 235 ssel totalling

1,031,081 tons, being 500,071 tons lower than in 1921 · and representing 418 par cent of the world's öntant. Of the total, 762,769 tons were for registration in Great Britain and Ireland and 268 $12 for owners residing abroad including 33,092 for British dominions. 617 vessels, totalling 1,436,003 tons were launched by other copatriae, a decrease of 1,387,624 guder 1921, Germany launched 675,204, tons, the United States 119,138, Japan 83,419 and the Dominions 02,766. -----

A striking feature is the great increase of steam turbines and internal combustion engines and a cor-

sponding decrease in reciprocating engines,

NEW RIFLE BULLET. AMERICAN WAR EXPERTS INVENTION.

New YORK January, 29... Etparts in the War, Department are reported to have invented a rifis bullet with a range of 1400 yards longar than the present belleta. The carve of the trajectory Show deereans of thirty per cent, its-bost-shaped backw helping it to overcome atmospheric resistance and en abling the markeman to make ne many hits on a six- inch target as formerly on a twenty inch target at the age. It is believed that it will place American

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