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The French troops are now occupying two districts in Germany—the Rhine and the Ruhr. Seizures were made last week of the railway yards at Darmstadt, the towns of Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Lorch, Knielingen. The German Ambassador in Paris was informed by the French Government that these occupations are the result of acts of sabotage. A fine of 1,000,000 marks is being collected from the inhabitants of Kettwig for an untraceable act of sabotage. Essen station was seized and all the rolling stock confiscated. For violently attacking newspaper vendors who were selling papers to the French the town of Bochum was fined 35,000,000 marks. Brigadier General Koch of the late Essen Security Police Force is to be tried for espionage.

The Germans blew up locks on the Rhine-Hoerne canal, thus blocking an important waterway. After the French had patiently cleared away the debris, the Germans promptly sank a number of coal barges, thereby reblocking the canal.

Chancellor Cuno has declared his decision of visiting South Germany. A secret society has been established to ensure the patriotism of Germans under French control.