The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-15

stiOn bill against 'liN
t. hit are equally as determined
Collect it. More than $4,000 allied
loos crossed the Rhine early the past
+ and occupied Dusseldorf, Duis-
T. Ruhrport, the principal cities of
prbr basin. the center OF Ger
.ry's coal deposits and the hub OF
Vast IRON industry. Essen, next to
Il sbmrg the largest iron city in the
EId is under the command OF allied
Rs.
could Not Agree on Preparations.
H. allied move across the Rhine
5owed the breakdown of the repara-
l. conference in London. To this
Sierence had been summoned the
Imam representatives to answer the
sarations demand set by the allies
4be Paris conference six weeks ago.
Il allies demanded, roughly, $685.
100000, to be paid in annual in
8Iments covering a period OF AZ
rs To this the German delegation
united a counter proposition, offer
4 to pay about $7,500,000,000 within
Deriod OF five years.
inch wide difference between the
#d demands and the German offer
'Alted quickly in an ultimatum by
s. allied council to the Germans to
sErn with a proposition that the allies
lii at least consider, or suffer the
.aaties provided in the allied repara-
d notice. The Germans had nothing
IL to offer, so the conference was
|fuptlv broken off by Premier Lloyd
8rge, OF England, acting as chair
"a. Within an hour orders had been
& ed to the French, British and Bel
forces on the Rhine to occupy
Ill Ruhr basin.
gith the occupation OF Dusseldorf,
d sburg and Ruhrport the allies now
ia in their possession the key OF all
ira Germany, and, in addition,
mand the entire Rhine river trade
Germany, by far the most import
d in the kingdom. Duisburg and
airport lie on either side of the juno
u OF the Ruhr river with the Rhine,
u through these ports move 80 per
q OF Germany's coal and much OF
d mill output OF the Rhine, the most
Easely populated portion of the king
q, and through them also come the
81 materials, food and other supplies
Il industrial Germany.
Aavlng established themselves so as
supervise virtually all the Rhine
"A the allies will now establish a
aNoms barrier along the Rhine, and
Kthls means collect the yearly rep
tons figure they have assessed
sanst Germany. This, it is predicted,
81 will be able to do unless Ger
"a Is willing to halt completely her
'RFe export and import trade, and
considerable part OF her domes-
business.
ne troops which have occupied the
a basin comprise $4,000 French,
~ Belgian and 1000 British. The
|satflcanS at Coblenz took no part in
3 move, The entire force is under the
SRgIae command of Marshal Foch,
french army commandments.
Germans Offered No Resistance.
she Germans offered no resistance
ne allied troops, in fact it was evil
81 LOT several days before the break
up oil the London conference that
TWO sides could scarcely reach an
eneht so the allied advance was
s ouA'ed. Everywhere the Germans
d more or less resigned to this
occupation, merely declaring that
8, H. b.lleS VIII not get one pfennig out
g Nahr towns, and that if they
~ khine customs barrier they
no. collect enough to pay the cost
alntalning it.
r allies moved on the assumption
Urinary must choose between in
ID. Slagnation and paying the al
.'pdrations bill through customs
anu OF these two the first is
~ mean rum Tor any government
"A many which attempts it, for it
amount to a complete industrial
h.. nhaanclal panic, and, finally, a
~ ZOO shortage. If, however, the
8'ts 10 not soon come down off
nlgh horse further coercive
q 5n rgs are promised, including the
rs saGoll OF additional territory.
s'lent Ebert issued a proclama-
= ,,. "I''Ch ne said that, while Ger
was not in position to resist the
ed INVASION the government in
protesting vigorously against
was declared an open violation
peace treaty. The German lead
Is reported, contemplate an ap-
n ~ me league of nations. While
a'y Is not a member of the
u .L government holds. never
e-.s .;,at It's signature to the treaty
ess 's : empowers it to look for
II -or wrongs to the international