The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
TExT OF NOTE

Paris. April 1O--The note sent yesterday by Premier Millerand to the British gov- ernment in reply to the British note with regard to the action of France in sending troops into the neutral zone in Germany says:
 "The French government affirms first ' of all that no doubt can be felt of the 1 loyalty of it's attitude. The allies have { been constantly informed of it's policy. i The French government has always op- II posed the entry of supplementary German ! troops into the Ruhr region, and has added that the authorization for such an entry must have counterpart in the oc- cupation of Frankfort and Darmstadt. N, "On April it's representatives in all lxne allied capitals informed the govern Sb1ents to which they were accredaited Cat .Ehe same time copy being sent to the \ allied representatives in Parisl that Mar shal Foch's measures could no longer be \ postponed Furthermore. the French gov II rnent recalled that the matter concerned \ the violation of one of the most solemn | clauses of the treaty signed by France, N and that the German government had N formally recognized that formal author- II zation, given in advance, was necessary |Efor such a derogation, and that France N had the right to ask for territorial guar \ Iantees.
 II How could the government of France
  lI promise to withdraw the troops when |lorder had been restored? Neither for re- II parations nor for the delivery of the war If guilty. nor for coal, have the allies re- Ii ceived the stipulated satisfaction. \ "Tbe question could be asked when the + British govx -rnent, which. no doubt, has |ameasured the uger of these systematic | violations. woul. step in the path of con l lcessions., France. in any case. was obliged to say: That is enough
 UNITY NECESSARY H -The French government is no less |Iconvinced. than the English govern |Iment of the essential necessities of unity of the allies for the of the treaty with Ger |Hnany. This close concert of France |Band England appears to France eau;-l- |t& indispensable for the equitable so- Tuition of the vast problems which are presented at this moment in the world
 -in Russia, the Balkans, Asia Minor Hand all Islam.
 M .France's position is absolutely |lsimple We were in the presence of |Ia series of German violations of the |jtreaty. the last of which affects pre- |dcisely those articles of the treaty |Awhich were covered by the French |IBritish American agreement, under | which England and America were to ItC0mG .I enumerated to the French cham H Der on March 26 the German violations |i--failure to deliver coal as agreed Iunder the treaty, refusal to surrender |ithose guilty of atrocities. failure to |Icomply with the terms of the articles Hon organizations and refusal to dis Harm. said then that France could |Inot always accept passively violations lof the treaty.
 ff The German government asked to send troops into the EiRuhr. Whyg Because they knew that 1.-the sending of troops into that region |Iwas forbidden by the treaty We re- [lfused to give that permission. Never |ftheless the German government or ! fdered troops into the Ruhr. The only [Ehing possible for us to do was im- Iknediately to occhpy Frankfort and |hfne other German cities.
 H We had given notice 10 our allies
 fthAt we intended to do so, and they khad not objected. Our information Ewas absolutely clear and authorita- l Hive that the sending of troops into 1 4the Ruhr was mot necessary in tho l |IEnterest of public order They were
 <cs.tinued on Psse Three)