Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-13
FRENCH OCCUPY
GERMAN Cities
Frankfort ard Darmstadt En-
tered on Orders From Mar
shall FCGh.
no RESISTANCE IS MET
Government Issues Statement Saying
Drastic Action Was Made Neces-
sary by German Offensive in
Ruhr District.

Mayence, April 6.-French troops
entered Frankfort and Darmstadt al
; O'Clock Tuesday morning, encoun-
tering no resistance from German gov
eminent forces in those two cities.
Paris. April 5.-All officers and sol
diers on Easter holiday leaves have
been ordered to join their units i'm
mcdiately. and the local police in the
various cities of France have been in
structed personally to inform those on
leave TO return without delay.
France has four classes of men
those from 1916 to 1919. inclusive
,Still under arms. or about 100000 men.
mo other class has been recalled and
no effort made to increase the effec-
Atives besides the cancellation of all
jieayes
The British government will decline
ito cooperate in the occupation OF
Frankfort. Darmstadt, and other Ger
imam cities, according TO the London
correspondent of the Petit Parisien.
hut will. he says. ''favOrably follow
the action of France. realizing the
importance of the situation
Paris. April 6-The attitude of the
French government in the present Ger
mar crisis is defined and explained in
a rOte
After reiterating that the govern
ment has no hostile designs towards
Germany. desiring. on the contrary, the
resumption of normal relations with
that country. and expressing realiZa-
tiOn of the difficult situation of the
Berlin government. the note declares
that the German government has Civ
en- way to pressure by the mflitarist
party. mot fearing to infringe the i'm
perative and most solemn stipulatiOns
of the Versailles treaty"
Tie note continues:
"The sequence Of facts follows:
'The first request for permission for
the entry of extra troops into the Ruhr
district was made just after the in
surgent movement by the military au-
thorities on March IL. 1t was renewed
from Berlin on March II. in the name
of the legitimate government by Won
with the consent. at least implied, of
the insurgent government.
GAIL information from the allied mis-
sionS and again, the day before yes
terday, from the high commissioners
at COblenZ. does not cease to show
that German military Intervention is
uncalled for by the situation. and it
would he attended with the gravest
dangers from the point of view of Sc
curity both for the population and the
men in the field"
The note then points out that If the
German government had carried out
this disarmament clauses of the trea-
ty there would have never been the
Kapp inSurrectiOn nor the Red army
ip.the Ruhr district. and remarks that
articles 40 and "A are such an indiS-
penSable safeguard that article l on
the neutrality-suspicious. convention
defines as a casuS fOederis those dis
positions insufficient to assure the pro-
lection of France. 1t concludes:
'The situation created by the abrupt
offensive of the German troops in the
Ruhr Obliges the French government
today to consider military measures
the execution of which cannot he de-
ferred. The sole object of these meas
use is to bring Germany to a due re-
spect of the treaty; they are exclu-
sively of cOercive and precautionary
character"
Fhn sREN h
made known; the various premiers
are now on vacations and have not
answered NJ. Millerand'S telegram.