Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-08
Six Germans Are Killed. And
Scores Injured Before The 4
French Bring Order; Ma
chine Gun Brought, Into t J
Action When Orders, From
Officer Are iDisre egarded.

has been restored at Frankfort, the
authorities having succeeded in quiet
ing the students. Il
The municipality has posted bills
requesting the people to keep calm.
The security. police who were made
prisoners at Frankfort will be remov-
ed from the occupied territory by rail
today.s
Frankfort. April 7.-(By the Assoc
ciated Press. )-This afternoons
clash I'M the. Schillerplatz between
FRENCH troops and the population, re-
sulting in the killing of six Germans
and the wounding Of some two score
others, was followed by a strong dis
play of French military force which
brought the restoration Of order by
the time darkness had set in.
1t was rumor that the French
had been forced by the pressure of
the Allies and the United States to-
withdraw from the city that started
the trouble. The crowd jeered and
tainted the troops, yelling you've
got to get out" at the Senegalese who
were patrolling in front of the guard
house on the square. y
Machine Gun Used. @
A Trench officer, ordered the crowd
,os disperse and when the order was
ignored machine gun was brought
into play Disturbances also occur
rcd in other parts Of the city.
The firing. attracted great crowd
to the square, encircling the. troops.
The French then began to bring up
,reipforcements, four tanks between
solid columns. of soldiers rolling in
ready for action.
The .reinfpscements went up the
main street toward the scene. Troops
with fixed bayonets cleared the way.
and rear guard followed, the Of
ficers directing the movement from
the center of the group. One of the
tanks was stationed before 4: the
Frankfurterhof, where General Sus-,
cd. $500 -.
The German police aided in the ac-
tion taken to restore quiet, quickly
stationing groups at strategic points
in% order to control the crowds.
"A French staff officer deplored the
happening in cony ersation with the
correspondent tonight. |, e5.,
THE French authorities extremely
* reg,sss this. < he s.ss
The earlier part be the day was
passed by the French lin completing
their occupancy OF Frankfort Fresh
detachm ents Of troops marched In
this morning, taking possession of the
railway station, the post Office and
other public buildings. It is under
stood that an entire division Is em-
ployed in Frankfort and its vicinity,
but the plans were to reduce this
force later to the size jof regiment
Continues Normal Life. a
The city appeared to be continuing
it's normal life up to the time the dis
turbances occurred, although the
~ tod rYa
pear. At a meeting of the editors of
the daily journals this noon it was
decided, that the newspapers would
not be published even if permission
were. granted, so long as, the French
maintained their censorship. &.
'aThe use of the telegraph and the
telephone was forbidden to the pub
SO far as wire communications were
concerned. Trains were continuing
to run this afternoon but as no one
was allowed to leave the city without
the permission Of the French there
was little outgoing passenger traf-
tic.
1t could be noticed early in the aft
dercurrent of excitem ent among the
population and hostility to the. "in-
vaders' as they are called here, it is
believed plainly observed on every
hand, French uniforms were con-
spicuous in the downtown district and
wherever the troops were stationed
they attracted large crowds. Intense
galese and the Chinese troops, which
arrived today, one detachment foc-
cupying the Schillerplatz. in the part
of the city where the trouble later oc'
cured. 4. stSs S} =,
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