Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-13

bOn OF FRANKFORT and other German
cities, it is learned upon highest au-
fhority. The note is understood TO be
framed in the dearest possible terms.
Mayence, April 7.-French troops en-
tered Frankfort at five O'Clock in the
morning, finding only small German
force, left there TO afford police pro-
lection for the people. The occupa-
ton of the city was a mere military
march and was not attended by any
fighting.
Darnstadt was entered shortly af-
terward by French forces. The Ger
man government garrison of that city
had left at midnight to avoid contact
with the French and this morning was
six miles east of the city.
General .DegOutte has issued a proc
lamatiOn to cities and towns within
the area TO be occupied, declaring
French troops have crossed the Rhine
10 compel the Berlin government to re-
spect its agreement with the allies and
asserting there is no hostile intent to-
ward the people of that region.
Promise to Withdraw.
The proclamation says the French
troops will Withdraw as soon as Ger
man government forces have evacu
sted the neutral zone and declares no
one will be affected by the presence
of the French as long as order is main
tanned.
At 5 20 in the morning French tanks
entered Frankfort. They were follow
ed by a battalion of sharpshOOters and
q company of engineers, 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 post Office. These troops
held the important entrances TO the
city until nine O'Clock, when bat
talon Of chasseurs detrained at the
station.
Stirring Scenes at Mayence.
Paris, April French soldiers Oc-
cupy the German cities of Frankfort
on-Mains and Darmstadt. 1G mile
south. Forces commanded by Gen
eral Degoutte, which have been hold
ing the Mayence bridgehead. were or
dered forward by Marshal Foch fol-
lowing the efforts on the part of the
French government to induce the Ber-
lin government TO withdraw its forces
from the neutral zone along the east
Of hn Hrrhn had
been ordered to dispense communistic
units that for the last fortnight have
conducted a revolt in the Ruhr valley.
Germany Must Pay Bill.
Stirring scenes at Mayence are de-
scribed by Henry Bidou, military crit
ic of the Journal des Debats. in a tele-
gram to his paper. He says that dur
Ing the afternoon troop activity be-
gan and soon auto trucks and field
kitchens began moving eastward, ac-
coInpanied by Moroccan 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 Milleran6 by the Echo
de Paris last night, the premier an
swering:
England was victorious, and so was
France. I am confident everything
will work out perfectly"
Asked who would pay :he expense
incident to occupation, NJ. Milerand
replied:
''Why. Germany, obviously, since ii
was she that by her acts obliged us
10 resort TO coercion"
Notifies Charge d'Affaires.
Premier Millerand formally notified
DR. Won Mayer. the German charge
d'affaircs of the action of the French
government in ordering the. advance
and Informed him that as soon as
there had been complete evacuation
of the neutral zone by the German
troops the French would evacuate the
cities they had been ordered t. occupy.
Marshal FOch had n conference with
Premier Millerand Later the premier
received Hugh C. Wallace. the Amer
lean ambassador.