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Show GERMANS EXACT TRIBUTE FROM THE TOWN OF LILLE AMSTERDAM, Sept. 25, via London. 11:26 a. m. The German military authorities au-thorities at Lille, French Flanders, have again clashed with the populace, this time over the refusal of Lille factories to make sacks for use by the Germans as sandbags for their defense works. Unable to procure the sacks, the German authorities notified the mayor that an amount equivalent to the output of the Lilie factories would be manufactured in Germany and the cost of production assessed as-sessed against the city. This was carried car-ried out, notwithstanding a vigorous protest. pro-test. The strong room of the town was forced and 375,000 francs ($75,000) was deducted from the civic funds. In addition to this. 31,000,000 francs of war taxes were demanded. Pending the payment of this sum the Germans placed seals on the banks, as well as on the strong rooms of individuals, as a guarantee guar-antee that securities would not be removed. re-moved. The Lille authorities insisted that this sum could not be met, whereupon the German's suggested a compromise payment pay-ment of 16,000,000 francs. A penalty of 100,000 francs a day was imposed pending pend-ing this payment. |