Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-07
|EUTON CITIES ARE
HELD BY DEGOUTTE
ocrt Government Withdraws
Forces to Avoid Hostile
Clash.
CCUPATI0N Is TEMPORARY
reclamation Says Army Will
Leave When Tcuton Troops
Quit Ruhr District.
CUPATION is TEMPORARY

Fii,NkFoRT-oN-MAIN. Aprn s..
Is ancient "kaiscrstad,." stratcgir
" junction. iina,,c!ai center aud
3lhpiace Of Goethe. passed into the
nus OF French ScneEalcse negro
'ops At > O'Clock this morning with
bloolshcd or disorder
~ Inc same time General DcGou;tc.
inmandei nf the French Rhinc
my. occupied Darmstadt. capital q.
former grand duchy Of Iicsae and
number of smaller intermediate
"as .til will he held until the
rnian government troops gent into
2 revolt ridden industrial sccj
Wcstahalia hav, cleared ont.
The Tricolor nuttcrs from the
cicni town han Or Frankfort. rc-
linz the days of thn Sapoleontc
'asion. The historic Rocmermarkt
oman market. where, in 1906. Ma
icons troops lcyclcd tho gates that
tccd In the famous ghetto. swarms
iay with French colonial troops.
isoncd veterans Of tho great war
under the iron discipline in
l'ncd by their idol. pcgoutt.. who
spent the great part Of hia mill
~ career handling black fighters
who ars' won tamc 10 commandc-
the Moroccan division.
German Troopn Withdraw.
cpon the nrst iiash that the French
re coming. the garrison command
Of the Rcichswchr troops. bo;h
&c and In Darmsthdt. received or
rs from Herim to withdraw their
oops Immediately ten kilomeiers
,orc than six m!les) outside the
y limits. The French found only
,nici2ai police. Thus there was
resistance ri any kind.
immediately after entering. General
Sout;e issund proclamation de-
ring martial law. He announced
purpose Or the occupation was to
: act the guarantee provided for in
e peace treaty and assured the
puiacc his troops would he with
avn as soon as ,hc German gov
npcnt troops had evacuated the
ihr region.
The only incident IN the occupation
North Frankfort by the French
insisted OF fcw shots fired. Ac-
rdinS 10 reports by aviators. Ger
IN gun dctachmen,s fred two or
rec shells on "a French cavalry pa
u before which dctachmcnts OF the
!chswehr and the security police
rc retiring. The latter. although
owing yesterday that occupation
been decided on. refused 10 be-
a, ". IL M
officers saying that :hc British
,uid not lot tho French come in.
At Darmstadt the reception ot
ench troops was almost cordial.
d tire population at Frankfort was
lined 10 he friendly To the French.
rho hulk Of F'ranktorts 100000 in
bitants were dumfounded To find
air city IN French hands when they
okc this morning.
fhc occupation went OF smoothly
ID was complete at 6 o'clock. The
nf tho invaders came by rail.
living at tho Central Railroad Sta
n, one OF the biggest in Europe.
from; o. the main entrance to the
tion arc a number of French tanks.
c station is filled with negro troops.
R.ntcr City In Early Morning.
Ordered forward by Marshal Focn.
ench troops entered Frankfort at
2oclock this morning. finding only
small German force of Siccher-
rtswehr. left there TO afford pro-
tion for the people. These troops
rendered and were disarmed. The
3,upat!on Of the city was "A mere
litary march and was not attended
any fighting.
Darmstadt was entered shortly
erward by the French forces. The
rman government garrison OF that
had loft at midnight to avoid
8,tacl with the French and this
4,rning was six miles east of the
With tho cavalry In tho lead, fol-
red by the infantry and the artil-
y, the occupying forces pressed
idly beyond the city. They met
n no opposition. BY 10 o'clock In
morning the cavalry had reached
kenhcim Uhrcc miles north OF
inkfo.t.
me occupation takes tho form OF
extension OF the French lines
,und the bridgchcad OF Maycnce,
tancc Of about eighteen miles. The
RENE limits Of the advance form
semicirclc similar to. hut larger.
n. the original zone of occupa-
n.
,he French occupying force is be-
een $1,000 and $4,000, composed
gely OF cavalry with detachments
infantry for occupation of tho va
us centers and artillery merely as
precautionary measure.
JIrre Sonrcsfstnnce