The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-04-08
FRENCH TROOPS TROOPS ornrAnv
~, Force to Demand That Trea-
ty of Versailles Be
Observed.

NAY way will occupy F'rankfor'
r.Ir troops tomorrow morning Some !
cary esallllyebments have already started
delasah tluanch troops entered Frank
fort T and Darmstadt at > o,cl9cS e.; :, !,
Tuesday 1S,s morning, encoun'erlns ,t
lu'Se y sos;stence from German gov
no lr0ment re forces in those two cities
frl1ltlet mhe altitude of the French gov
.,,,rnent rne in the present German
erii9 er;s;s Is defined and explained in
cf,slS .snta issued tonight. After re-
;,erating that the government mas
l'o' no f hostile designs toward Ger
nu l',nv ,0 on the contrary seeking
tba thaAr resumption of normal rela-
IONS .il0 with that country and ex- J.
.'uas .'ressing realization of the diff
ipa1t situation Of the German gov
sra, epnment. it declares the Germans
have given way to pressure from
f tha militarists, not fearing to IN
tr;npe the imperative and most
solemn solemn stipulations of the Yer
sailles treaty.
Paris. April 5.-The utmost Sc
crecy is being maintained IN Of
fetal circles concerning the ma.
ture of military precautions
which Premier Millerand instruc-
Ted Marshal Foch to take in the
Rhine occupation zone. A run,or
was current in Paris this afternoon
that General De Goutte's army
hegan moving from Mayence and
Weisbaden upon Frankfort this
morning, but the war office re-
fused either to confirm or deny
the report.
AN officers and soldiers on
Easter holiday leaves Lave been
ordered to join their units ilnmed-
lately.
France has four classes Of men
those of from 1916 to 1919 in
clusive-still under arms, or
about 100000 men. No other
class has been recalled and no ef-
fort made to increase the effec-
tives besides the cancellation OF all
leaves.
The British government will dc
cline to cooperate in the occupa-
ton of Frankfort, Darnlstadt and
other German cities, according to
the London correspondent Of the
Petit Parisien, but will, he says,
favorably follow the action OF
France, realizing the Importance
Of the situation.
sm-mSuGmpo fo,pumeaaugan m
The situation creating an often
sive of the Germans in the Ruhr,
obliges the French government to
consider military measures the ex-
petition of which cannot be de-
ferred; the object of-these meas
ures is to bring Germany to re-
spect of the treaty and they are
exclusively of a coercive and pre-
cautionary character.
Dr. Goeppert, president OF the
German peace commission, called
on Premier Millerand this evening
with the object of trying once
more to reassure him as to the
character Of the German opera
tions in the Ruhr, which it is said
In German circles, will be finished
within a week, and seek to per-
suade the premier to forego the
application of the guarantee mea-
sures. DR.. Goeppert, it is under
stood, made no impression on nj.
Millerand.
London, April 6.-No cabinet
council was possible today on the
french occupation of the Rhine
towns as Premier Lloyd George
IS Is IN Wales, Winston Spencer
Uhurchill, secretary of war, is in
france, and the other ministers
nave dispersed for the Easter holi-
day.
N Nor is it possible to obtain any
offlcial pronouncement condern-
ing the view of the British gov
eernment. e n 1t is generally assumed
o.y the British Press that France
Is Is acting alone in the matter and
mat the British government does
not approve of her action, and the
newspapers ~ are asking why
france + Is acting alone and why,
force.
There is no disposition in the
paeSs Pa here to deny that Germany
nas no; violated the treaty or to mini
n,ile n, the possibility that the Ger
a; aian Junkers entertain the de-
sTlgns Tg attributed to them by
fthrance. But the newspapers fear
~ tl,at ,!sol Isolated action may increase
Ae uiI1lculties Of the position.
rr,,;. according . to the Standard, the
united States government strong