New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Reply TO British Note
Contends Germany Sent
Troops With Definite
Aim to Discredit Treaty.
Three Additional
Violations Charged
Fact Is Emphasized That
France and Belgium
Occupy Danger Point

PARIS, April 10 (By The Associated
Press).-Premier Millerand, in a state
ment to-day to The Associated Press.
declared that Germany's request for
permission to send troops into the Ruhr
region was merely for the purpose Of
violating the terms Of the peace treaty.
lie said France felt the danger of her
position in way it could not be felt
IN America, and pointed to the fact
that Belgium had assumed a position
identical with that of France because
Belgium, like France, felt the danger
of her proximity to Germany. NJ. Mil
lerand said:
Frances position s absolutely sim
pie. We were in the presence Of a
series of German violations of the
treaty, the last of which affects pre-
clsely those articles of the treaty
which were covered by the French
British American agreement under
which England and America were to
come to cur assistance.
II enumerated to the French Cham
Der on March 26 the German violations
failure to deliver coal as agreed un-
der the treaty, refusal to surrender
those guilty Of atrocities, failure to
comply with the terms of the articles
on Preparations and refusal to dsarm
l said then that France could not al
ways accept passively violations Of the
treaty.
Violation Declared Intentional
The German government asked per-
mission to send troops into the Ruhr
Why? Because they knew that the
cf i,fo
forbidden by the treaty. We refused
to give that permission. Nevertheless
the German government ordered troops
into the Ruhr. The only thing pos
slble for US to do was Immediately to
occupy Frankfort and the other Ger
man cities.
eve had given notice to our Allies
that we intended to do SO and they had
not objected. Our information was
absolutely clear and authoritative that
the sending of troops into the Ruhr
public order. They were being sent
there simply as an infraction of the
treaty.
Frances position is quite different
from that of America and England.
We are living next door to Germany
and we feel the danger of our position
in way in which America could not
feel it. Why has Belgium taken an
identical position with France? Be
cause the Belgian people are in the
same dangerous situation. They are
living next door to Germany and are
obliged to protect themselves"
The German Charge. Dr.. Won Mayer,
to-day addressed a note to Premier
Millerand, asking whether it was the
intention of the French gove rnment to
extend further occupation of the right
bank of the Rhine. The Premier re
piled that the French government did
not anticipate any such eventuality
No further development in the
Franco-British situation is expected,
it was indicated to-day at the Foreign
Office, until the meeting of the Su
premc Council at San Reno Mean
while the French are maintaining their
position, with TO tendency to take the
situation too seriously, there being
nothing new, except for the general
public, in the state of affairs disclosed
by the British note.
The French reply, sent yesterday by
Premier Mllcrand to the British gov
ernment, says:
"Thc French government affirms
first of all that no doubt can be felt
of the loyalty of its attitude. The
Allies have been constantly informed
of its policy. The French government
has always opposed the entry Of sup
Elementary German troops into the
Ruhr region and has added that the
authorization for such an entry must
of Frankfort and Darmstadt.
"On April 9 its representatives in all
the Allied capitals informed the gov
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