Show ANS ON r FOOTT OT ron FOR REPUBLIC IN RHINELAND AREA Berlin Dispatch Says Belgians Belgians Bel Bel- gians and French Will WillAd WillAid WillAid Aid Ad Agitators in Move Cutting Off Territory FRENCH CLOSE LAST GATEWAY TO RUHR Final inal Step in Isolation F Follows Follows Fol Fol- 01 lows Closely on Assumption tion of Customs Control by Allied Allie Governments BERLIN Feb 1 Separatists Separatists- agents and agitators in the Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Rhine- Rhine land In conference at Coblenz since the departure of the the American troops have been defining plans for tor the proclamation of a Rhineland republic today says a a Coblenz dispatch re received received re- re here last evening The contemplated c coup up is to be carried out with the aid of the French and Belgian military forces who will I promptly proceed to to proclaim martial law aw seize all lines of ot communication co and evict the German officials the dispatch adds Last Rhineland r y- y Exit Ordered Closed DUSSELDORF Feb r By A. A P P. The The closing of the Dortmund gateway gateway gate gate- wa way the only rem exit xit Into unoccupied unoccupied unoccupied un un- un- un occupied Germany was undertaken by bythe the Fren French h early to today ay upon the re receipt receipt receipt re- re of ot Instructions from Paris to complete the isolation n of ot the Ruhr This step which h tr translates i Into t action ac action tion the decision of f the French and Belgian governments to o shut shu off the coal and coke supplies from the rest of ot the he be quickly follows quickly th the theas as assumption as- as of f the the- customs control ol by bythe bythe the allies alUes yesterday and leaves s the Ruhr completely at the disposal of the occupying forces With all the Ruhr cust p posts as well VeIl as many many large warehouses in their possession the French find that coal pr production is be being teng ng considerably reduced ed while the te rail strike is still effective The of cars at the mines may result it Is feared In the suspension of mining operations for fora a few days be because ause of the congestion congestion congestion tion at the pit h heeds heads ds COAL PRODUCTION DROPS T Taking stock of yesterdays yesterday's coal production the occupying experts found that slightly Pre IT than t tons ns w were re taken out T This ls Is less than half halt of the usua usual amount and I was vas the poorest showing for for- any y day I since the occupation began three weeks ago Among the Increasing number of persons deported are twenty five high school students of Alx Aix La Chapelle They hey are ch charged rg d with holding a a adem dem- dem I. I Automobiles are still used to o take ejected civilians across the I I border r Speaking to some labor leaders in I Essen last ast evening the correspondent found greatly divergent opinions re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the French oc occupation The Thereal Thereal real eal labor leaders it Is believed are arenow arenow now ow in Berlin BELGIUM INVASION CITED Several of ot the local leaders aders sp spoke kel kelof I Pr of f the occupation as a violation of i I the he the international nal law as great as the I entrance of the German army Into Belgium Men Olen Xen holding such views jews 1 I I belong t to the nationalist elem elements II which the socialists and communists fear ear more than they do the French i Dr Gruetzner president of l I Prussia in In an an Interview published shed In Inthe inthe in inthe the Cologne Gazette Garette says he be has lias discovered dis- dis I i I I 1 covered reliable information to the the effect that the French wish to annex the Ruhr and th that t the installation of th their ir own customs system Is the 1 first step toward the end When this s statement statement- statement was called to the attention of Fren French h general headquarters headquarters head head- quarters officials replied tat it was for the purpose of ot resisting annexation that a brigade ot of young men escaped from the Ruhr since the occupation organizing at Hanover under the iame Hindenburg Bri Brt- gad gade e. e The French say that this force already numbers several thousand thousand thou thou- housand sand fully armed men j I I I I Stinnes Pays Visit J JT T To Occupied Area 1 I I I I MULHEIM Feb 1 By A. A P Hugo P. P Hugo SUnn Stinnes s came to the occupied Ruhr area yesterday esterday for his first visit since the arrival of the French The magnates magnate's magnates magnate's magnates magnate's mag mag- nates nate's colleagues hero herG and elsewhere have been urging him to remain out- out sido the occupied zone for the present but Herr Stinnes has chaffed under enforced absence His appearance here was entirely unexpected 1 I Export of Ruhr Coal Coal To Germany F Forbidden rb dd DUSSELDORF Feb 1 BV 7 TA A. A P. P The Tho order prohibiting the export of ot coal and Coke froth from the Ruhr to unoccupied Germany has been in force since midnight There has been no reaction from the Germans up to early this afternoon The French announce that l I Germany fall to come coma to lerm term the In Intention in- in upon exports will be extended l I to steel iron and other manufactured I articles articles articles' now permitted to enter GerI Ger- Ger I man many |