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Mr. Lloyd George then announced that, unless by Monday Germany

was prepared to accept the Paris terms or their equivalent, the Allies would, by virtue of the Treaty, occupy the towns of Duisburg, Rnhrort, and Dusseldorf, on the right bank of the Rhine. Further, the' Allies would take a pro- portion of all payments due to Germany on German goods sold in Allied countries. Thirdly, the Allies would take the duties paid at German custom-houses on the external frontiers of the occupied territories ; and they would establish custom. houses on the Rhine and at the bridgeheads occupied by the Allies, and collect duties on imported and exported goods.

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