The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-06
FRENCH ARMY
TAKES CITIES
OF RH|NELAND
Frankfort Entered at 4: IS a..
m. - Proclamation Says
Troops Will Withdraw
When Germans Evacuate.
In STATE OF SIEGE
(By Associated PresS)

(By Associated PresS)
FRANKFORT, April Carnival Of
French troops here early today found
the streets almost deserted. The peo-
pie watched the passing French uni
forms with Indifference.
Soon after daylight the proclama-
tion issued by General DeGoutte ap-
peared on the principal bill boards of
the city, around which gathered
groups Of people on their way to their
usual occupations. German regular
troops, the presence of whom in the
neutral zone had been tolerated by the
allies, withdrew yesterday.
At 500 o'clock this morning, French
tanks entered Frankfort. They were
followed by battalion Of sharpshoot-
ers and a company Of engineers and
these troops occupied strategic points
and the railroad station. Half a doz-
en- tanks were posted near the station
and the barracks and another force
was stationed near police headquar-
ters and the postoffice.
Will Withdraw, Claim.
General DeGoutte has issued a pro-
clamation to cities and towns within
the area to be occupied declaring
CHILL tIoopo nave SIoSSSu luc 1lu1uC
to compel the Berlin government to
respect it's agreement with the allies
and asserting there is no hostile in
tent toward the people of that region
The proclamation says the French
| troops will withdraw as soon as Ger
man government forces have evacuat-
ed the neutral zone and declares no
one will be affected by the presence
of the French as long as order is main
tanned. The proclamation makes the
following provisions for public order:
| Frankfort, Darmstadt, Offenbach,
j'Hochstadt, Koenigstein and Bieburg
as we'll as all towns and districts with
| in the circle of Gross Gerau, Lang
I Schwalbach and Wiesbaden, with the
the exception of Biebrich are declared
under state Of siege.
! German authorities and public serv-
tices will continue to function under
French military officials and strikes
will not be tolerated.
PARIS, April 6.-French soldiers to-
| day occupy the German cities of Frank.
| for-onM Main and Darmstadt, 16 miles
| south. Forces commanded by General
DeGoutte, which have been holding
the Mayence bridgehead, were ordered
| forward by Marshal Foch following
the efforts on the part of the French
government yesterday to induce the
Berlin government to withdraw its
forces from the neutral zone along the
eastern bank of the Rhine where they
had been ordered to disperse commun-
1stic units that for the past fortnight
have conducted a revolt in the Ruhr
valley.
Move As In War.
Stirring scenes at Mayence yester-
day are described by Henry Bidou,
military critic of the Journal des De
bats, in a telegram to his paper. He
says that during the afternoon troop
activity began and soon automobile
trucks and field kitchens began mov-
ing eastward accompanied by Moroc-
can troops with machine guns.
Chief interest in the situation as
evidenced by newspapers here is
whether the allies will support France
and to what extent. This query was
put to Premier Millerand by the Echo
De Paris last night, the premier
answering:
England was victorious and so was
France. l am confident everything
will work out perfectly"
Up to noon today the French gov.
ernment nad not received reply from
Great Britain and Italy to it's notifica
ton to them Of the occupation OF
Frankfort, Darmstadt and other Ger
man cities in the Rhineland.
ESSEN, April 6.-Reichswehr forces
marched into Essen from two sides OF
the town this morning.
ROME, April g. Populo Romano
says today that at a cabinet meeting
Monday the government decided to ex
tend to France, Italy's moral support
in the French occupation of Frankfort
and other German cities.
The cabinet agrees, however, that
under no circumstances would Italy
be party to any military measures
against Germany, the newspaper adds
DR.. M'Culloch Here; Fires