Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-07
RHINE CROSSED
BY THE FRENCH
AS WARNING To
! s. J [;R!NAN REGIME
Move - ~ tile One, But
Is Inteh1oS % Compel the
Berlin Government to Re-
SpeCt Its Agreement,
FRANKFORT OCCUPIED
WITHOUT FIGHTING
DarmStadt, Too, In Charge
of Allied ForCeSi Strikes
VIII Not Be Tolerated,
SAYS Commander.
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| tsr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wITE
| Mayence, April (by the Asso-
| ciatsd press) ---French troops en-
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morning ilhGlng ohly sn'u'l 80
man lorce 'ttl lhere 10 a'io,"
police protection Tor the people
The occupation Oh the city was "
mere hll'aIE lhaTcn auu WAS nus
attended ny any tlghtlhg., Il.
Darmstadt was entered at me
same hour by trench torces' ms
German government gdrrlsoh t
| that city had leit az mluhlsht 70
iaVold contact wilh the ffeheh ene
this morning was SIX miles cast OF
lthe city.
General DE Goutte mas issued
| proclamation 10 lhe cltles anu
towns withlh the area TO ne occu-
| pied declaring French troops nave
| crossed the khine 10 compel tne
| Berlin government TO respect It's
| agreement with the allles ana as
sertng there Is no hosule intent
toward the people OF that region
| The proclamation says the
soon as the German government
| forces nave evacuated the neutral
zone, and declared no one VIII oe
aftected by the presence OF lne
| French as long as order Is main
| tained, The amation makes
| the following provisions Tor pup-
lie order:
| Frankfort, Darmstadt, otfen-
bach, Hochstadt koenigstein anu
Bieburg, as well as all towns and
district within the circle OF Gross
Gerau, and Wlesbaden, wlth the
exception of Biebrich, are declared
under state or siege.
! German authorities and puhlle
services Will continue to function
strikes will not he tolerated
People are temporarily forbid
den TO circulate in the various
communities from O'Clock at
night until in the morning. More
than five persons must not col
lect In streets or in private or pun-
lie meetings without authorization.
Newspapers are suspended ana
permission must be given to use
the telephone and telegraph.
Mayence, April 8 tlO:3O a, m,
by the Associated Press) AT o.Z9
O'Clock this morning French tanks
entered Frankfort, They were
shooters and a company OF en-
gineers and these troops occupied
strategic points and the railroad
station. Half a dozen tanks were
posted near the station and the
barracks and another force was
stationed near police headquarters
and the postoffice.
These troops held the important
entrances to the city until o'clock
when a battalion of Chasseurs de-
trained at the station.
-
Berlin, April 6,-The German
forces in the Ruhr district, accord
ing to information from the minis
ter OF war to the inter-allled COM
mission of control, comprise the
following:
Twenty six battalions of infant
ry, nine squadrons of cavalry,
twenty three batteries, four conf
of mine throwers, three armored
trains. one armored automobile,
ore squadron of airplanes. four
liaison sections, one searehlight
section, four supply autombilss
and one repair section.
Berlin, April 6.-Accounts OF the
French advance into the neutral
zone east of the Rhine began
reaching the Berlin newspapers
this morning. A dispatch to the
Zwoelfuhr Blatt from Frankfort
says that the first building 10 be
occupied there was the main rail-
way station, in front of which a
tank was placed. The same news
paper reports that the French oc-
cupied all the public buildings IN
Darmstadt, including the paiace,
but that no incidents occurred,
most of the inhabitants being yet
in bed when the troops entered the
town. 81
The newspaper adviccs also re-
port the occupation of Hanau by
, the French. The French Rhine
flotilla, it is added, left for HanAu
, during the night.
Berlin, April 6,-The text of the
4 note sent, by the German govern
e ment to France on April 2, pub
lished today, shows that Germany.
: after recounting the negotiations
[ concarnine tho Ruhr region, aIpued
t % IN, /, e vas imnossihle 10 delay an