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ALLIES Seize 3
GERMAN C|T| ES
Tanks and Cavalry Rumbled
Across the Rhine.
AMERICANS TAKE No PART
Remain at Old Positions in CobIentz
Area, Upon Orders From Washing
tcn--Germans Not to Strike.

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Ducssoldorf, March 9.-Frcnch and
! british airpIanes flew over DueSS1l-
Gorf while allied troops With machine
guns were taking Positions Oh the
bridges and roads and in the Important
factories.
The inhabitants OF the city had not
been prepared by the newspapers lof
the determination of the allies to &c
cU,y additional German territory ANA
were SURPRISED to see Rhine beats
Eooring north and south OF the city
loaded with troops and war ll;!tri2iliS'
i:ritish tanks and cavalry i1Iiird I"
the north. and French artillery ana
engineers landed to the south "1 the
CITY. The Anglo-Frrnch forces nElSStd
around DueSSeldorf, while Belgian IN
fantrv Which had concentrated ut Gre
field. crossed the bridge int" the center
of the city.
The allied QuartermaSter$ have ASK
ed the mayor to give them possession
OF certain schools, besides the b3rrlci>S
and railway station. which lave BOT
YET been occupied.
Traffic with OhercaSSCl. a"r"Ss the
Rhine. has stopped and telephone com
mUnication with the town has been m
terrupted.
The Rhineland commission is apply
inc the economic penalties determined
uron by the allies by utilizing the Ger
man customs administration AMI EN-
rlnvps in the collection of the German
tariffs. turning the proceeds into
speciaI fund for re}rarati"nS The ar
rancclneTfts have not yet been coniplet-
cd. however, for the application OF the
customs along the Rhine on goods COM
ing from other parts of Germany into
the Rhineland
The RhineIand commission is con-
sulting the various governments OH
this latter question.
The economic penalties were put into
effect on an order received from Pre-
rIier Lloyd George, as president OF the
SiInrenlP council.
The American troops in the CohlenZ
area are remaining at their old posi-
tons. on orders from Washington.
The Rhine customs frontier prob
ally will he established at The limit
of the neutral zone, so Eilometers
(about 49, mileS) east of the Rhine
Inhabitants of this city We're warn
Cd in Il proclamation issued by tn"
ravor against taking provocative at
t;,ndp toward allied forces occunyin"
| the town They were asked to he di"
ntied and quiet. to refrain from de
demonstrations and to keep off tie
streets. Women and children were eS
pecially warned to remain at home.
Report Occupation Completed.
French Military Headquarters, May
ence. Germany. March 9.-AdviceS from
the area of allied action show the Bel
| gfans and French reached Duishurg
! and RuhrOrt. General Beaurein Of
the Belgian army, it was announced
would assume command as soon as the
occupation of these towns vas &
tpleted
| The French contingent of occupation
| Is Il battalion of chasseurs that ar
rived in river craft. disembarking at
| the Ruhrort docks.
The military experience no difficult
| ties with the German railroads, traffic
on which moved smoothly without ey
| Cepti0n.
British, Belgian and French troops
| entered Dusseldorf. French and Bel
| gian troops occupied Duisburg.
| The allied Rhine fiotilla took posses
| sion of RuhrOrt.
| This completes the occupation of tn,.
additional German territory which the
| allies had announced they would take
| possession Of as one of the penalties
| for Germany's failure to meet the al
| lied PREPARATIONS demands.
No untoward incident marked the
eas: ward move of the allied troops, so
| far as reports up to ii late hour show
| ed The entire movement was effect
cd in Il way to obviate. so far as pos
| sihln. Il show of force. but the French
| ard the British Rhine flotillaS were
| nrenared for eventualities. The troops
| moved forward afOOt and in camions
| and on board French and British riv-