Arizona republican., 1920-04-08


 French troops turned a machine
 gun on a crowd in the Schiller
 platz this afternoon, killing a man
 and child, and woundins eight
 women and forty-four men, some
 of them seriously.
 FRANKFORT. April 7.-CBy the As sociated Press)-Affrays with the French troops occurred at different points in the city this afternoon. which resulted in a number of the German population being killed or wounded.
 At o'clock this evening order was restored in the city streets. which were frequently patrolled by troops. At 9 o'clock Frankfort was absolutely tran quil, by reason of the rule prohibit ing the inhabitants to be abroad after that hour.
 The trouble this afternoon had its origin in a rumor which had spread about the e~ty that as result of pres sure on the part of the allies the French troops had received orders to evacuate Frankfort. The feeling was heightened when students in automo- piles harangued the crowds and eX- cited them against the French troops
 Claim Berlin Caused the Trouble
 MAYENCE, April 7-(By the As sociated Press)-Disturbances broke out in Frankfort today, but energetic intervention by the French troops re- stored order. From German sources it is leaned that six Germans were killed and 35 wounded. It is reported that the manifestations which gave rise to these incidents were due to an order originating in Berlin.
 "The first day of the occupation
 of Frankfort passed without inci-
 dent, the reception by the popuIa
 iafW
 eraI Degoutte, the French com
 mander, on his return from a tour
 of inspection. "Then, suddenly, on
 orders from Berlin, a certain fer
 ment seized the population. This
 ferment degenerated into aggres
 sion and our soldiers in self
 defense were obliged to use their
 arms.
 .'So far as I know, we had no losses
 The incident shows how we must watch proceedings in Berlin. and that is why the events in the Ruhr demand my whole attention. You cannot con slider what is going on in the Ruhr and here apart; there Is a close rela ton between the events we are wit messing today. The aggressions at Frankfort and events in the Ruhr are attributable to the same military re- action. Of that we have absolute proof.
 German Troop Movement Unnecessary
 ''The Berlin government allowed the Reichswehr to invade the Ruhr district unnecessarily because 1t was the de sire of Kapp, von Luettwitz and their like The coup d'etat having failed only through the general strike. the military party sought revenge on the working classes and invented the bol shevist peril in the Ruhr- It ought to be known in France and elsewhere that there never was any bolshevist peril in the Ruhr. It was simply a case of a population of workers, which hates Prussian militarism, asking only to be allowed to work in peace That population was still at work in Essen yesterday. What is happening now is the result of the Reichswehr occupa tion.''
 General Degoutte was asked if he did not think Berlin would withdraw the troops from the Ruhr after the French occupation of Frankfort and he re- piled: Most certainly not"
 Speaking of the economic effects Of the movement. General Degoutte de- clared: Here is a. single figure. but an eloquent one. Yesterday the Ruhr delivered us 13,Oo0 tons of coal; today not a single ton crossed the frontier. I leave you to draw your own conclu sions.''