Word: rhineland
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...account of future payments from Germany, complete modification of the Ruhr occupation as soon as Germany ceases passive resistance, which she is expected to do after joint Allied pressure is brought to bear, a partial evacuation of the Ruhr territory after France has secured her loan, demilitarization of the Rhineland under the auspices of the League of Nations...
...greatest factor in the news about the Ruhr is a movement for a Rhineland Republic. The French have long encouraged the formation of such a republic, which would consititute a buffer state between them and Germany. The movement became active, however, at Coblenz last week when the Rhenish People's Party for Rhenish Independence decided to unite the actions of the whole Rhineland towards the forming of an independent republic. According to French experts, the creation of the republic is only a matter of days. But the matter is not so simple. The Berlin Government is violently opposed...
...rioting on the part of the striking shipyard workers. Fights, resulting in fatal casualties, occurred between the strikers and the police. Lubeck. Communists seized the town and forced the Senate* to retire. Reichswehr troops tried unsuccessfully to restore order. Crefeld. Several Germans wounded during demonstration in favor of Rhineland Republic. Zeitz, Saxony. Sanguinary fighting between Communists and the militia. Nine Communists were killed and 30 wounded. The casualties among the troops are unknown. Langen. Revolutionary Committee of unemployed clashed on several occasions with the security police. Many casualties resulted. In addition to these places minor disturbances occurred in places...
...Ruhr at all costs. He will, however, strive to open negotiations with France and will make a new offer of reparations, which, it is said, will be larger than any yet made. Other points in his program are financial and economic stabilization in Germany; no separation from the Rhineland; economic and political liberty of the Ruhr...
...Ruhr, including all the Rhineland territory under Franco-Belgian occupation, has had thrust upon it a semi-mythical character. It is the land of unreality staging futurity. The entire world speaks of the Ruhr, not as the comparatively small industrial area in Western Germany, but as a separate territory wherein the evil potions of the world are being stirred to potency by the wicked witch of hate. And the garb of the witch is draped of many flags...