The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-15
NO OCCASION FOR
INTERVENING
Situation Seems in Inn
w ay to Affect { 10
Treaty Of Peace.
DUTY OF ARMIES To
PRESERVE ORDEE
Marshal Foch to Hold
Conference With Gem,
manders Of Allied
Armies. No

Washington, March It'll fJx@
new German government lives M III
the statements of Chancellor KGT3
institutes Z regime that Is Wfth4Sx&s
a faint OF the Hohenzollerns and C415;
RIGS out the terms OF the peace tfSGkKa
the allies and the United States N13k
rest easily. ~ sss 1s
Official opinion today showed n
decided inclination to view the GxS
man uprising in a more modGN4&1s
fashion. 1t was declared that thur
far no reason for the necessity uf.
military Intervention in Germany
existed. M
Moreover the general trend ~
opinion among senator's was that th4
situation, In no way, affected th4
peace treaty and that the GertnS
people were entitled to any form 90
government--with the exception Oh
Hohenxoilern monarchy--that the
desired Little new information r&f
Earding the revolt was received ~ I'D
state department 1t issued one shOEf
announcement reading AZ follows:
Department OF state Official Sd
vices received today regards
ing the revolution at Berlin are
confirmatory Of the press reports z
of the arrival Of Friedrich Ebeet l
at Dresden, along with some M
those who were AFFILIATED with
him in the government OF Ger
many Ss ssss
CONFERENCE TO-DAY. I3|$
Tho immediate concern u III
! White House and the war deF
u1ent officials is the object az 31
meeting tomorrow summoned BY Ifs
shall Foch. 1t will be held III 7e<xSs
once and viii be presided over by@x&1s
allied generalissimo and attend14.
Sir Harry III. Wilson, the chief OF IT H
Of the British army and Majorsxso1x*3
eral Henry T. Allen, American EnfKs
mander.
Before any decisive action could k<
taken outside OF the American zo11Asg
of occupation. General Allen NOU&4|
have to communicate with this 81
department.
The purpose Of the conferenc4
morrow is understood By the geleIS
staff TO be a decision on the pa4& b
both the French and British to
heavy achievements to the 0{ II
of the Rhine bridgeheads. which "A
control.
General Allen at Cobienx, the &S5 81
ter of his zone of occupation, Aan4N
thousand men under his cornands Ii
at Mayence there are six t1at11
soldiers in reserve under tn consanr
of Brigadier-G General Sage. The
take part in maintaining order dII3
the Silesian p1ebescite. NJ
These troops may be moved
the city OF Cohienx so a. to 1.Gi
an equal number TO advance tax4
limit of the American. zoffe Of ~
patton i'll accordance. with the f0r&
ed plans OF General Foch.
This action would simply De ri
cautionary move 10 insure ofde&
the regions under the jurisdtct50r
the allied armies, and also ia O.
these forces, il the worst expectx4
are realized, TO strike into the ntG
of Germany. u ~
In this connection, however,
American troops must be conet41&
apart from those OF the HritI1&
French. The president would 61
sole arbiter so far AZ the Actiyt&3 y
tho American soldiers are conc1FG
He is, under the terms OF the afIx
tice, able to not only order the AN3S -
can troops into Germany but III &E1{&
achievements as we'll. unless
strained by congress. ssss 81
TO PRESERVE ORDER sasssz
One of the cardinal duties ~
three armies Of occupations u HI - -
serve order in the zones they e01I gx
and this preservation Or order N0 ia
hold good with either the f0IU@ &@
the kapp government or thuoe IA
fallen Ebert regime. Evcu ies8
bloody civil war broke out In
the allies would, be under M oRI1 4
ton to intervene 50 long ~ the S6S n
Germany and the boundaries eG(
,ished by the allies were not -
lated
onicials here place no faith III & ~
report from Europe that Rtlu&4
Eitel Friedrich Il the .sfair hA