Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-06

fact the allies are not participants
in the movement.
France will enforce respect OF the
Versailles treaty but the allies win
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 art
Of M. Millerand and his aides to meet
the exigencies Of the situation.
Pertinax, political editor Of Echo
De Paris, says more concrete support
Will be forthcoming as a result Of the
premier's statement issued last night.
He says NJ. Millerand feels capabls
Of convincing President Wilson. him.
self. II he Is still guided by rules of
logic"
Wilson's View Opposed
"Mr. Wilson's memorandum OF
March 29,f the writer continues, sail
dispatch OF more German troops into
kuhr region must, In his opinion, be
Justified by the course Of events. We
do not expect passive acceptance of
an accomplished fact from our allies
hut the confident assistance 10 which
they have accustomed US"
Premier M%ellerand's note on the
subject Of occupying German cities
east OF the Rhine declared the Ber-
lin government had given way to
pressure by the militarlst party" and
that the sending Of government troops
into the neutral zone was not justl,
fled by the situation. II was pointed
out that the movement OF French
forces would be OF a '~'coercive ana
precautionary nature. and could moi
be deferred, and the premier declar-
ed IL Germany had carried out the
disarmament clause Of the Versailles
treaty neither the Kapp revolt nor
The Ruhr revolution would have oc-
Cured.
Berlin Is Notified.
Premier Millerand today formally
notified Or. Won Mayer, the German
charge d'affalrs, Of the action of the
French government IN ordering the
advance and informed him that os
SON as there had been complete eyae.
ua'icn OF the neutral zone BY the Ger
msn troops the French would ~avacuate
The cities they had been ordered to oe-I
eups, The premier's note read.
'hS my letter Of April 2, | asked
you to make insistent representations
% scur government to obtain the i'm
mediate withdrawal OF the Germa.
troops which unduly penetrated the
neutral zone fixed by article 80 of the
freaty ot Versailles.
"Mv request having obtained no re-
suit upto this time, l have the honor
% iDform.ng you that the general COM
mandine IN chief the army Of The
Rhine has received orders 10 occupy
immediately the elites of Frankfort.
Homburp, Hanau, Darmstadt and Die.
burg. Thu occupation will end as o NJ,
as the German troops shall have COM
pietciy evacuated the neutral zone."
Advance Continues
Frankfort, April 6. Frankfort
was occupied without incident by
French troops early today ana with
the cavalry in the lead. followed by
infantry and the artillery. the occupy
ing forces pressed rapidly beyond The
city. They met with no opposition. By
Ten o'clock in the morning the caval-
~ had reached Eekcnhelm fthree
miles north OF Frankfort.) The entire
operation was expected to be complet.
cd during the day.
The occupation takes the form ~
an extension OF the French lines
around the hridgehead OF Maycnce. a
distance Of, about rs miles. The ex.
IRENE limits OF the advance form
eemi-circle similar TO but larger than
that Of the original zone OF occupo-
ton.
The only German troops encounter
ed IN Frankfort by the French were
Sicherhei,swehr or volunteers. who
surrendered They probably viii be
simply dlsarmed and released.