The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-07

IL nao Deen hoped the manner in
which the government troops were exc
cutting police duties in that region
would convince the entente the gov
ernment is not contemplating viola
tion of the peace treaty. The Ger
man government will most energeti-
caily protest against the action.
Mayence, April 6.-The only Incl
dent in the occupation of North
Frankfort by the French consisted of
a few shots fired. At Darmstadt the
Wrench reception was almost cordial
while the people of Frankfort inclined
60 be friendly.
Coblenz April St was learned
Today at the office of Pierpont b
Noyes, American Rhineland commits
sioner, and representative of the State
Department in the occupied area, that
several days ago Noyes formally dis
associated himself from any oction
the High Commission might take in.
wolving it directly or Indirectly in
possible French advance into occupied
herritory. o."~.sNV
Berne, April e.-Advices received
here tonight say there has been plum
dering In Essen and terror prevails
phere. Reports say Reichswehr hope
koatake Essen tonight or today.
IS ia ~
Berlin. April' s.-The progress-c the
German troops into the Ruhr region
FEas chronicied IN the following Off
lcia1 sta tements issued today:
'sThe action of the police forces in
the industrial region is proceeding ac-
Grding TO plan. Regular troops are
DgeSent north OF Bottrop, Westphalia,
which has notxyet been occupied. The
k1eaarfnss action Is also progressing
ssEst OF Oortnund, which the first de-
aaChmeIft alas &5ustsentered and where
Rt advanced against considerably
stronger detachment has just entered
and where It advanced against con-
siderably stronger detachments OF Red
guards ON the Leunen Kamen mine.
In the Hoerde district the wickede
EsElway station has been stormed by
HE'D guards as We're also the Admiral
mnntks xshleckkauff mines.
C0nsi derable plundering occurred In
RGbrfmu nd At Essen the Krupp prcvi-
@tun.. department was robbed"
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Paris. April 6.-French soldiers oc-
cUpy the German cities of Frankfort
Fon-Main and Damstadt, sixteen miles
south Forces commanded by General
De Gouebte, which have been holding
the Mayence bridgehead, were ordered
hurward by Marshal Foch following
the efforts on the part of the French
government yesterday to induce the
Hsexln government to withdraw its
forces from the neutral zone along
the eastern bank OF the Rhine where
they had been ordered to disperse
.commu nistic units that for the past
fortnight have conducted a revolt In
&he Ruhr valley.
Stirring scenes at Mayence yester-
day are described by Henri Bidoux,
Iniiifary critic OF the Journal des de
Eats. ia at elegram to his paper. He
Says that during the afternoon troop
Gscfkuity began and soon auto trucks
lafsrd fiesd kitchens began moving east
twzra, accompanied by Moroccan troops
width machine guns.
~ kC1iec interest in the situation as
esefdenced by newspapers here is
lvFhetner thesalries viii support France
Js<rdS&o whataextent. This query was put
etO Pre- nier Milierand by the Echo de
Paris last night. the premier answer
ing. England was victorious and so
was sSs ance- I am, confident everything
win work out perfectly
ASKED who would pay the EXPENSE
incident to occupation, NJ. Milierand1
replied: why, Germany. obviously,
since il was she that by her acts
Obliged me TO resort to coercion"
Occupation of Frankfort, Damstadt
and other German cities in the neutral
zone is generally endorsed by journals
OF all shades of political opinion. 1t
is recognized the operation will be
risky and burdensome. but unavoid-
able. in view OF the tendencies of the
Berlin government. Criticism OF the
president, however. deplore the fact
the allies are not participants in the
movement.
''Pertinax," political editor of the
Echo de Paris, says more concrete
support will. be forthcoming as a result
OF the premier's statement issued last
night. He says NJ. Millerand feels
capable of convincing President Will
son himself if he is still guided by
x7ales Of logic"