Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-06
FRANKFORT And DARNSTADT ARE
ENTERED BY.FRENCH TROOPS: NO
FIGHTING NOR DISORDER OCCURS

Milerand Is Confident That
Germany Will Have To Pay
Expense. OF Occupation;
Only Enough German
Troop. Found In Cities To
Preserve Order.
. Mayence, April 6.-CBy the Asss-
ciated Press.)-French troops enter
ed Frankfort at o'clock this morn
force, left there to afford police pro-
lection for the people. The occupa-
t1on of the city was mere military
march and was not attended by any
fighting.
Darmstadt was entered at the same
hour by French forces. thef German
government garrison Of that city had
left at midnight to avoid contact with
the French and this morning was six
miles east of the city. & : .s:s
General Degoutte has issued .
within the area to be occupied. de-
clarine French troops have crossed
the Rhine to compel the Berlin gov-
lernment to respect its agreement
with the Allies and asserting there II
no hostile intent toward the people
of that region. The proclamation
says the French troops will withdraw
as soon as German government forces
(! have evacuated the neutral zone and
declares no one will be affected by
the presence of the French as long as
order is maintained. The proclarua-
tion makes the following provisions
] for public order:
! Under State OF Siege. <
! Frankfort, Darmstadt, onenbach,
Hochstadt Koenigstein and Bieburg
; as well as all towns and districts
! within the circle Of Gross Gerau.
: Lang Schwalbach and Wiesbaden,
with the exception of Biebrich, are
declared under a state Of siege.
/! German authorities and public
services will continue to function un-
der French military officials and
strikes will not be tolerated., People
are temporarily forbidden to circulate
in the various communities from 9
O'Clock at night until in tho morn
ing. More than five persons must not
collect in streets or in private or
public meetings without authorize
ton.
Newspapers are temporarily sus-
pended and permission must be given
to use the telephone and telegraph.
Postal censorship is temporarily es-
tablished, wireless installation must
be Nsmantled and the use of carrier
pigeons is forbidden d
Z; AH arms and grenAdes must be de-
posted in city halls within six hours
after the..posting ct the proclamation
retain sabers and revolvera... Safety
guards must dfsarm
l. Any infraction Of these rules will
:; result in court martial.
The general commanding the
army Of the Rhine" the proclamation
concludes. counts on the public pow
ers and the population to understand
the necessity for the above measures
and hopes repression will not be
necessary ...,,.,,.- y. - .,.sls 81,
! Mayence Scenes Described.
: Stirring scenes at Mayence yester-
day are described by Henry Bidou.
military critic of the Journal des De-
bats. in telegram to his paper He
says that during the afternoon troop
activity began and soon auto trucks
and field kitchens began moving east
ward, accompanied by Moroccan
troops with machine guns
Chief interest in the situation was
evidence by newspapers here as
whether the Allies will support
France and to what extent This
query was put to Premier Millerand
4 by the Echo de Paris last night, the
premier answering:
England was victorious and so was
Fra nee. am confident. everything
will work out perfectly
! Germany Must Pay.
Asked who would pay the expense
incident to occupation, NJ. Millerand
replied: sss9@s
i "Why, Germany. obviously. since nee it
was she that by her acts obliged US
to resort to corecion.''
f. Occuption of Frankfort. Damn
stadt and other German cities in the
neutral zone is generally endorsed by
opinion. 1t, Is recognized the opera :
ton will be risky and burdensome but
Fl. unavoidable in view of the tendencies
=. OF the Berlin government Critics. of
the premier. however depiore the
fact the Allies are not participants in
!. the movement.
i France viii enforce respect of ,he
5 rNSt SAaticO' lTeAtS - OuCa the AIileS WILL
not help to do it." Is a caption appear
ing IN today's edition of the Oeuvre.
) the inference. drawn being that the
purely. platonic nature of the Allied
support is due to failure on the part
: Of NJ. MNlerand and his aides !. to
4 meet the exigencies OF the situation. .
/ Pertinax,'. political editor OF the
} Echo de Paris says more concrete
support viii be forthcoming as a re-
suit Of the bremier's statement issued
last night. He says NJ. Millerand
, feels capable Of convincing President
) Wilson. himself. II he .is5 still guided
j, by, rules of logic" T, Z
!, Mr.. Wilson's memorandum ot
March b" the writer continues,
said dispatch OF more German
u troops intos the Ruhr region must in
his opinion be J,istihed BY the course
4 OF events. We do not expect passive
acceptance 0f an accOmplished fact
from our Allies but the confident as
3 statancs 70. which they have accus-
s Ftanhfcrt. xAprll s.(By the Asse-
ctnted Pre- vi SanknOrt was ccfu-
i pied without incident 4 by French
ttroope ear3y today and. with the cav
airy In th6 leAd, followed by the II.
a tApty 0Ad th2s sAxt1 llsry, the occupy1Ae
II fuE,ceG psese1 rapidly Sey0ead IL
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