The Ruhr occupation will, almost certainly, figure very largely in the conference. Meanwhile the French are in possession and are gradually persuading the industrialists to open their factories ...

Both Germans tried to obtain permission to enter into negotiations on a Ruhr settlement; both were rebuffed. Premier Poincaré said afterwards that the visit of Dr. von Hösch was an attempt by ...

The Ruhr, 16 January 1923 - The French army has in recent days moved to take occupation of the Ruhr region of Germany. The French premier, Raymond Poincare, has defended the action in the French ...

Rome, 28 June 1923 - Pope Pius XI has weighed in on the German reparations question and condemned the ongoing French occupation of the Ruhr. In a letter issued on his behalf by his Papal Delegate ...