Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-09
AMBASSADOR CAMB0N
EXPLAINS ADVANCE
ON FRANKFORT
GERMANS QUIT ZONE
TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN TO
OTHER BANK OF RIVER AFTER
FRENCH SHOW OF STRENGTH
DURING FRANKFORT INCIDENT.
By the Associated Press }

London. April Paul Gambon, the
French ambassador, has formally
given such explanations To Lord Cur
zon. the foreign minister r"gardlnA
the policy to be pursued hy France IN
connection with The German situation
as to lead to the expectation that mat
ters will be speedily smoohcd over
between France and Great Britain, the
Evening Standard says,
French Rap Lloyd George
Frankfort April S-Assertion thore
was no intention to fire a machine
gun into a crowd here "Wednesday and
that the incident was really mishap
is made by a French officer who Wit
messed it, Fear on the part oi a
French soldier that the crowd intcnl-
ed to rush the patrol in the street led
to the tragedy
This man, it is declared put a belt
OF cartridges into the machine gun
for the purpose of firing one shot to
disperse the crowd. The explosion
of the gun, however, caused the soldl-
er in charge of /; to lose his head and
the whole belt was fired 1t was cA,
planned by the officer that every care
had been taken to prevent a repitl
tion of tho accid aAt.
Two French prcc'atla'lou@ appear
ed here today one lAnylI3 yC ;ttl'aNS
rumor that the t,oOr5 " )hld oc with
drawn aud the other fp:hidGihE tn
people to jSer and astlth against th"
troops and instructjng The citizens to
obey all French ordcrs.
Blame for Wednesdays tragedy Is
placed on German studen.t by the
French who declare they tlied to stir
up the people.
Paris, April 9-Great Britian's at
titude relative to the advance of the
French troops into German territory
east of the Rhine as defined In Lon
don dispatches, is viewed by news
papers here as bitter pill for France
and it is considered the action Of Bel
GUM supporting the policy of France
hardly compensates for it.
Pertinax the political editor Of the
Excho de Paris, writes on unusual
savage article attacking Premier
Lloyd George whom he calls a dem
agogue," He says in conclusion:
Mr. Lloyd George never has tnr-
given the policy adopted Nv Franc"
since January of being independent
tithn the entente. He has Dilcl his
time and he thinks it is row come.
We count on the clear sightedncS5 nt
our friends across the channel ana
the deep friends we have found with
them to bring back the chief of the
Downing street cabinet back to an in
terpretatiOn of the Anglo-frcnch Ali
ance from which he should never
have departed Such an evolution
vas to be expected Of him, ie has
taken up and dropped every doctrine
and could the entente cordale es'
cape under this rule? The English
people we'll know how to force him
to make an exception in this case
U. S. An Observer Only
Washington. April 9-America's at,
titude towards and adjustment of the
new situation created by the entry
of French troops into the Ruhr dis
trict of Germany will continue to be
more that OF an observer than an in
terested participant from what can be
learned in official circles here. 1t is
known the state department was in
communication with London and
Italy as well as France up to the
time the French army marched for
ward from the Mayencc bridgehead
and there has been no indication
here of any change in the position
taken more than week ago when the
state department announced this gov
ernment knew no reason why German
troops should not be set into the
troubled district il it were clearly un
derstOOd they would be withdrawn
once order was restored
While recognized the seriousness
of the situation created by the indie
pendent action Iby France officials
here were not inclined to regard it as
delicate" as the British foreign office
indicated last night 1t was regard
ed as one of those situations full O.
potential danger but in which the pro
liabilities Of adjustment was predom
inant.