The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-13
Strike of nsugent Switchmen Still Dem0ralizes Commerce
Germans Wax Indignant when French
Officers Demand the Best Suites at the
Hotels at Frankfort; May Withdraw All
Hun Troops from the Ruhr District; the
PremierS of France and England to Meet

Berlin, Ap,n 13.-"Mllitary action
IN the Ruhr basin Is about to come
TO an end" said Chancellor Mueller
In the course Of a declaration before
the national assembly today. IAN
troops not Indispensable will be with.
drawn. Negotiations are going on with
the allies for q three months exten.
sion Of the convention Of August,
1919. The occupation OF the main
Cities will end shortly"
Premier Mueller spoke strongly
against the action Of the Freenoh in
the Rhine region, saying. "Senegalese
are quartered in Frankfort and are
guarding Goethes House" then review
ing the events In the Ruhr region, he
said that in the confusion following
the Kapp uprising the Ruhr workers
weere unable to recognize whether
they were faced by loya! or dis.
loyal troops.
This atmosphere Of dstrust," he
added, was exploited by communist
wire pullers, and instead of an i'm.
pressive workers movement there
gradually came into existence red"
army.
In protecting a population Of five
m'lons from robbery and worse" ne
declared eve were not guilty of any
hostile act against the signatory pow.
ers. We did not disturb the peace
of the world but showed a loftier
and moro rational loyalty to the
treaty
I'VE raise against France the ac
cusation that she has broken the
Versailles treaty and discredited the
league of nations before it has come
into operation"
Referring to the British premier's
disapproval Of Frances action, Herr
Mueller declared that it would be
childish to imagine that the termi.
nation OF the entente was foreshad
owed By It,
French Have Come 10 Stay.
Frankfort, April 12--After nearly .
weeks occupation Of this district, the
French. in the opinion OF observant
Germans, appear TO be settling down
for protracted stay, They have talk
en over numerous offices here and
ara attlng them Up carefully with
requisitioned furniture and have also
taken over a handsome villa, form
erly occupied by banker.
The French officers are complaining
,nf the hotel accommodations and are
inspecting private houses. probably
with q view to occupying them.
The Germans assert that a French
general, who is making his head
quarters IN a principal hotel, protest
ell TO the management that the Persian
rugs in his room were not genuine.
They say also that other officers
went through the hotel. picking out
the most comfortable furniture and
the best pictures for their suites.
'"rhe French are telling the people
Of Darmstadt," a German official said,
"that If the populace is good the
French will remain q long time
and give the residents security from
the Prussians."
VIII Discuss Situation.
Paris, April l3.-Premier Millerand
and Lloyd George will meet TO dis
cuss the controversy between France
and Great Britain relative to the
advance Of French troops east of the
Rhine before the supreme allied
council convenes at San Reno, Italy.
according to the Matin.
Italy, although in sccord with
England in principle, did not ap-
prove Of her protest TO France
and refused to associate herself with
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