Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-07
PROTESTS
AGAINST FRANCES
OCCUPYING CITIES
"WouId Shake Republic if
Not Opposed Politically
and Economically"
SHOCK TROOPS ENTER
ESSEN, HAMBURG ALSO
Germans Fire on French Cavalry
Patrol at North
Frankfort.

Patrol at North
Frankfort.
Conversations between the United
States. France. Grent Britain md
Italy ON the Ruhr valley situation
are now i'm progress, IL was said to-
day At the State Department. ON
cfals would not say who had in
ftiated the negotiations nor dis
close Just what was being dis
cussed. They did say. however,
that the conversations were
..naturaI development" OF the
movement OF French troops into
the Ruhr valley neutrnI zone.
jules Jusserand. the French NM
bassadOr, delivered to the State
Department two days agO 81 mes
sage from the French government
regarding the French advance. and
asked for nm expression Of opinion
from President Wilson.
Special Session Of Assembly.
BERLIN. April IA special session
Of the national assembly viii be neld
Saturday. The call for the session was
issued today following conference be-
tween the heads of the political parties
and the government.
0CTmAaaS DuC1BcluOHI
AK LA CHAPELLE. Rhenish. Prus-
STA. April Herman government
troops are marching in Dusseldorf. Oc-
cupation OF the town is expected late
this evening or tomorrow morning.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April S.-The German
charge d'affaires In Paris was instructed
today to hand to the French government
note protesting against the French
occupation Of Frankfort and other terri
tory on the right bank of the Rhine
The note. after referring to the con-
tents Of the French note of April 5, mott
flying Germany that the occupation had
been ordered, asserts that the occupa-
ton OF the towns mentioned in the
French communication. occurred before
the note was presented to the German
government.
Text Of Protest.
I'VE must in the name Of justice. rea-
son and humanity" the German note
continues, make the sharpest protest
against the action Of the French army
1t cannot possibly have been the inten-
ton Of the treaty Of Versailles to prevent
Germany from restoring order as quick
ly as possible in the part OF it's territory
most seriously disturbed by bands OF
robbers.
The movement in the Ruhr region.
il it had not been quickly opposed
would have shaken the republic to it's
foundations both politically and eco
nomically. The German government
would have acted inexcusably If ii had
waited long, in the optimistic hope
that the insurgent movement in the
Ruhr district would end without mill
tary Intervention. and events so far
have shown that it was right.
CelIapses Before Troops.
Everywhere that the troops arrived
the movement quickly collapsed and
the fears expressed by the allies that
the very entry of the troops would
make the disturbances worse and lead
to the destruction Of most important
industrial works has. up to the pres
ent. not proved justified"
The note points out that alleged
violat ions of the treaty must under
the terms of that instrument, be re-
dressed by all the signatories on the
allied side, and not by a single one,
acting independently.
shock Troops Enter Essen.
BERLIN. April Advance troops
of the reichswehr and shock troops
entered the suburbs of Essen yester-
day afternoon. Another detachment
occupied the Essen town hall last
evening. Long columns of the red
army in motor lorries and on foot
passed through Elberfeld yesterday
Most of them surrendered their arms
at Elberfeld. Others marched into
the occupied territory, chiefly to So
lingen. where they were disarmed by
the British. Other insurgent bands.
still armed, are wandering about the
mountains.
Five hundred insurgents were trans
ferred by the British to a camp near
Cologne. Railway traffic in the Es
sen region probably will be resumed
today.
Work was resumed fully Tuesday in
all the mines and works in the Dochum
TYY1
who were arrested at Duiseurs have
mostly been sent for trial by an extra
ordinary courtInartial at Vessel.
Hamburg Occupied.
METZ. April French troops on
the right bank of the Rhine, continu-
ing their advance today. occupied
Homburg. nine miles north of Frank
fort.
FRANKFORT April THE occu-
patton Of Homburg by French troops.
announced today, virtually completes
gouette. in charge of the occupation
movement in his orders from the war
Office The entire plan has been car
ried out without any significant In
cident.
The inhabitants of Frankfort are
accepting the occupation with COM
plete outward indifference. The city
presents no indications that such
notable event Hdu cSSuiIcu, doiue
from the posters bearing the French
proclamation. Business
is going on as usual. the people gen
orally following their customary oc-
cupations without paying much at
tention to the few French uniforms
seen in the streets. The number of
these apparently has been reduced to
a minimum, in order to avoid cause
for irritation.
Plundering In Essen.
ESSEN (via Bern). April THE
latest hours under the communist regime
ln Essen were marked by extensive
some OF the main streets
being blocked by red troops for the pur-
pose of affording protection to organized
ooting.
some Of the large shops We're COM
pletely emptied. 1t is said that among
he red guards there were some genuine
Russian bolsheviki, who were prominent
N the looting. but took only a modest
,art in the fighting There was some
iesuItory shooting in the suburbs to-
law where the reichswehr are clearing
,ut the few remaining reds.
Fired on French Patrol.
MAYENCE. April 6.-The only Incl
lent in the occupation of North Frank
ort by the French consisted Of a few
,hots fired. According to reports by
Lyiators German gun detachments fired
wo or three shells on a French cavalry
,atrol before which detachments Of the
eichswehr and the security police were
etiring. The latter although knowing
yesterday that occupation had been de-
ided on, refused TO believe that II
yould be carried out. one Of the ofacegA