The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-04-09
FRENCH FIRE
UPON GERMANS
Z ONLY BLUNDER
Officer Lost Head and Turned
Machine Gun Upon
. Crowds. y
BRITISH ARE CRITICIZED
Partisan Press DenOunces Lloyd
George as Demagogue
@ Viewed as Bitter Bill
BRITISH ARE CRITICIZED,

FRANKFORT, Anrl! 9.-ASSert1On CnaL
there was no intention to fire machine
guns, into crowd here "Wednesday
and that the incident was really u
lnishap is made by French officer
who witnessed it. Fear on part Of
a French soldier that the crowd in
tended to rush the patrol in the
streets led to the tragedy. p
Fired Whole Belt. I
This man it is declared put belt
of cartridges into the gun for the pur.
pose of firing one shot to disperse the
crowd. The exposition Of the gun
caused the soldier in charge. of il -
lose his head and the whole belt was
fred.
Inspection of the 30 machine gun:
brought to Frankfort by French
troops has been made and it is said
none of them, was found defective o:
to show a. tendency ID fire upon in
sertion Of the cartridge belt. Accounts
OF the incident have stated the safety
cap of the gun was detective and tlat
it began to fire automatically as SOON
as the belt was placed in position.
Two Proclamations.
Two new French proclamations ap-
peared here today one denying yes
terday's rumor that the troops woIld
be Withdrawn and the other forbid
ding the people to jeer and agita:e
against the troops and instructing the
citizens to obey all French militar,
orders
The ban on the publication of news
papers was removed today and se1.
eral printed editions Of paper will noe
be /subjected to censorship French
officers declare II they refrain from
printing articles pending to incite the
people to disorder. sG
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s'tter P'l'..
Payls'f Apnl S.-Great brltains at
titude q relatlve 'la 70 the advance ot
east OF the Rhine as defined in press
dispatches from London is viewed by
newspapers here a. a. bitter pill for
France and Il is considered the action
Iof Belgium supporting the policy OF
France hardly c0mpensates for It.
'Pertinax." The political editor of
the Echo de. Pasis writes an unusual
~ savage article attacking Premier
Lloyd George, whom he calls q "deD.
agogue." He says in conclusion:
"Mr. Lloyd George never has Tor.
given the policy adopted by France
since January of being independent
within the entente. He has bided HI.
such an evolution was to be exnecte1;
of him. He has taken nm and dronn,, !
every doctrine and could the enter,c
cordiale escape' under this rnle? Tnc
English pe0nle we'll know how ~
force him to make an excention in th,s
case" * a
St. Brsce of the .Journal with other
amu an.o ',ames an ~, inc alnes OF france III
."
Serve Demand on cerm.nv
Paris, April 9-Demands that Ger.
many disband her army and rata,n
only 200 900 men with the colors nre.
sented at Berlin IN Wednesday nv
General Nollet. president Of fhe inter.
allied commission Of control, have
been sent to the government of var,.
Gus German states nv tho minister of
the interior saws Rerlin disnatcn
The minister also asks tho states n,
give assurances that the civil pua1t:;
are dissolved adding that the Pru..
sian minister of war has already de-
cided on such a step.
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To Open Conversation.
Paris, April g. The British attl-
tude regarding the French occupation
or Frnkfort will cause the opening Of
diplomatic conversation between the
sS%,nn TsDs subject j. Of action sss , with Re regard to
circles.
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