Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-14 | Page 3 | Allies Hold West Bank of Rhine as Security

Allies Hold West I Bank of Rhine As Security CnBLENZ. Saturday. July 12. (By the Associated Pross)--The inter-allied Rhineland commission today is-sued is-sued a notice to civilians in the or CUpied areas that trade would bere 'established immediately between the interior of Cermany and the occupied teas, under eeriain restrictions. This action was taken after official notifi ' anon trom Paris that the blockade had been lifted. Under the orders of the commission' the importation ol arm; into the Rhine-land Rhine-land is forbidden. Shipments of coal aid coke would continue under present pres-ent regulations. The commission announced an-nounced that it would prohibit, except by special permit, the removal of' 20,000 tons of dye stuffs and chemical1 products in the Rhineland These goods will be guarded by allied soldiers. sol-diers. Ninety per cent of all the elves made in Germany were manufactured on the left bank of the Rhine before the war. The export of gold, silver and plat-' mum in coin or bullion and of foreign securities also is forbidden. As the' Rhineland is held in trust as a mort- I gage for the payment of the Indemnity by Germany, nothing that mirh' re", duce the value pf ihe mortgage can' be exported unless ;,nd until the allied powers decide otherwise.