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Show I COAL DEMANDS REJECTED Having destroyed the coal mines of Belgium and nuthern France, (he Germans are called upon to supply France and Belgium with fuel in quantities sufficient to make up for the damage they have done The Germans claim the) are not capable of meeting Tin- demands. Therefore there is a possibility of the allied forces onder General VYch again reaching beyond the bridgeheads on the Rhine and occupying occupy-ing more German territory, including the Ruhr district, which is the center of the German coal industry If it is within the power of the Hermans to cOHtplv, they Should do so. As invaders of northern France, thej reduced the great coal properties of the Lens district to a scrap head. Having inflicted a disaster of that kind, thej are morally obliged to carry the burden of keeping Prance in fuel until such time as the mines of Lens can he reopened. |