Arizona republican., 1920-04-07
OCCUPATION IF
 GERMAN CITIES
 MADE EPEACEABLY
No Resistance Offered
 French Troops-Germans Explain Altitude and Rea- sons for Ruhr Advance Action Came as Surprise

PARIS, April 6.-(Havas,. An of ficiaI communication issued this even- inc says:
 "The military operation contem plated against Frankfort and Darmstadt was begun today in the early hours. The troops Of the thirtieth corps took part in the operation and met with no re- sistance. The encircIing Of the two towns and the occupation of impor tant points of the circle were com pIeted at ii o'clock by our cavalry which in the afternoon occupied Hanau, previously evacuated by the German troops, police was taken over in the Frankfort barracks and disarmed.'
 MAYENCE. April 6.-The only incl dent in the occupation of North Frank fort by the French consisted of few shots fired According to reports by aviators, German gun attachments fired two or three shells on a French cavalry patrol before which detach- ments of the reichswehr and the se- curity police were retiring.
 The latter, although knowing yes terday that occupation had been Ge- cided on, refused to believe that it would be carried out one of the officers saying that the British would not let the French come in
 At Darmstadt, the reception of the French troops was almost cordial and the population at Frankfort was in- clined to be friendly with the French.
 coBLENZ. April 6-(By the Asso- ciated Press.l-It was learned today at the office of Pierpont B. Moves. Ameri- can Rhineiand commissioner and rep resentative of the state department in eraI days ago Mir. Moves formally dis associated himself from any action the high commiss:on might take, involving t directly or indirectly in a possible French advance into unoccupied ter ritory. # was also stated at the office that Mir. Noyeo had notified Washing ton of his action.
 Berlin Is Surprised
 BERLIN, April 6.z(By the Asso- ciated Press)--The French action in sending troops to the Ruhr district came as a complete surprise, according to German official circles, as it had been hoped that the manner in which the government troops were executing police duties in that region would con- vince the entente that the government was not contemplating violation of the peace treaty.
 An official communication says that the attitude of the other allied govern ments toward French occupation is not known. only Germany received note from France on the matter.
 '.The German government will most energetically protest against this measure, which renders all possibility of establishing moduS viyidendi be- tween France and Germany hopeless, says the communique, and can only strengthen those elements in Germany which are entirely opposed to the ex ecution of the peace treaty.
 We hope, however, that the rapid and smooth progress of the measures taken in the Ruhr region will shorten
 
 But there can be no room for doubt that the French action, which is justi- fled by no real interest and which is contrary even to J French interests, again endangers the republic arc sets us back m0,ths in the establishment of orderly conditions"
 Germans Announcement BERLIN, April 6.-(By the Asso- ciated Press) ).-The German note deal | ing with conditions in the Ruhr dis trict which was handed to the re- spective charges de'affaires in Berlin. 1 begins by stating that grave reports received of sanguinary fighting in the Rhenish -Westphalian region in the i middle of March caused the German government to request permission of 1 the allies to send a limited number of l troops to the temporarily menaced | zone. The German note at the same l time offered guarantees for the due | withdrawal of these troops.
 The French government replied that | 1t could comply only if allied troops | occupied Frankfort, Hanau, Homberg, | Dieburg and Darmstadt for the same | period and in equal strength, as the German troops were in excess of the limit already permitted
 Setting aside the serious objections ] to further occupation of German ter ritory" the German government de-
 
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