Word: bochum
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Events show a marked tendency to violence, but on the whole nothing disastrous has occurred-accepting the situation as it stands. The French and Belgians have been very active. Prosecutions have been carried out on a large scale. Almost the whole of the Bochum Municipal Council was arrested for disobedience to French orders, but with certain exceptions they have been released. More than a thousand people have been arrested, and in most cases sentenced or fined for boycotting the troops...