Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-04-06


began moving from Mayence and Wies-
baden on Frankfort this morning. but
the war office refused either to confirm
Or deny the report.
Explains Attitude Only.
The attitude of the French govern
ment in the present German crisis is
defined and explained in a note ISSUED
tonight. After reiterating that the gov
ernment has no hostile designs toward
Germany, desiring on the contrary the
resumption of normal relations with
that country and expressing realiza-
ton Of the difficult situation of the
Berlin government. the note declares
the German government has given way
to pressure by the miitarist party mot
fearing to infringe the imperative and
most solemn stipulations of the Yer
sailles treaty
The note continued:
1.-THE sequence of facts follow:
.The first request for permission for
the entry Of extra troops into the Ruhr
district was made just after the lnsur-
gent movement by the military anthori-
ties on March Is. 1t was renewed from
Berlin on March II, in the name Of the
legitimate government by Won Hanlcl
who had remained in Berlin with the
consent, at least implied, of the lnsur-
gent government.
Holds Germany Action Unnecessary.
"All information from the allied mis-
sions and again the day before yester-
day. from the high commissioners at
Coblenz, does not cease to show that
German military intervention is uncall-
ed for by the situation and it would be
attended with the gravest dangers from
the point of view of security for the
population and the men in the field
The note then points out that if the
German government had carried out the
disarmament clauses of the treaty. there
would have never been the kapp in
surrection nor the red army in the Kuhr
district and remarks that Articles ~
and Al are such an Indispensable safe
guard that Article ] Of the Franco
Anglo American convention defines as
sufficient to assure the protection OF
Europe. 1t concludes:
"The situation created by the abrupt
offensive Of tn. German troops in the
Ruhr obliged the French government to-
day to consider military measures. the
execution of which cannot be deferred.
The sole object 4 these measures is to
bring Grmany to due respect for the
treaty and they are exclusively Of a
coercive and precautionary character
France has -four classes of men--.
those from the 1915 to the 1919 class
still undcrarms. or about 100000 men.
No other class has been recalled and no
effort made to inrease the effectives
besides the cancellation Of all leaves.
French military measures destined to
force the German government to with
draw it's troops fron the Ruhr basin
are now entirely in tn hands Of Marshal
Foch it was said at tfe foreign office.
Four Cities Picked or Occupation.
1t is advanced in sone we'll informed
quarters that occupatin of Frankfort,
Darmstadt, Homburg aid Hanau is un.
likely to exercise sufficient pressure
upon the Germans, sine, they may well
realize that this Occupation is distaste-
full to the French as wal as to them
selves, and cannot contirae indefinitely.
On the other hand. the Expense of the
operation comes up as ayital question
in the present state of Fnnch finances.
The French recall war tributes i'm
posed by German troops upon French
and Belxian. cities and suggest similar
measures being applied to German cities
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