Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-08

cialist leaders. are declared to be in
| Berlin.
General Dcgoutte. commander in
| chief of French forces along the Rhine.
received orders from Marshal FoCh al s
o'clock last night to advance upon cities
| the Allies have Announced they will take
over as result of Gcrmany's refusal
| to accept the Paris plan for payment
Of indcmnitics.
A strip Of land from eight to ten miles
deep on the eastern side of the Rhine
viii bc occupied by French forces, says
n telegram to the journal from May
cnce.
Mayencc Calm on the Surface
Dispatches from Maycnce declare that
city was outwardly calm, crowds Of
townspcople contcnting themselves by
commenting upon nNwspaper dispatches
relating details Of The break in ncgo
tiations at London.
No special measures we're taken by the
occupation troops, and no resistance to
their advance had been apprehension
hut belief ia expressed here that all
military precautions have been taken.
The Iiavns correspondent at London.
in dispatCh timed at | O'Clock this
morning. SAYS that tho German experts
rontinnr to study new proposals. which
will probably bc presented to the Allies
this morning.
An earlier dispatch indicated that
the departure of the German delegates
from London today was by no means
certain.
There seems to be n belief" the
dispatch said, that new instructions
from Berlin could reach Or. Simons.
and it ia even assured that tho German
experts have not severed all contact
with allied circles
Heart of Great Industrial Area.
The scene of the allied occupation
in Germany Is on the river Rhine in
the heart of the great industrial region
of the Ruhr Valley, with Essen, home
of the Krupp munition works. its center.
Dusseldorf. Duisbcrg and Ruhrort. to
be occupied. arc Rhine ports into which
flow the vast traffic of the Ruhr iron
region. These cities adjoin the British
zone Of occupation at Cologne The
American zone is at Coblenz. seventy
five miles farther south, and the French
zone at MnyCnCe, another seventy five
miles south.
The occupation does not involve
marching beyond the Rhine. except in
the immediate vicinity Of the occupied
cities
Marshal Foch has assigned a zone to
each Allies contingent, the number of
whose cffcCtivcs will be only of suffi
Cicnt number strictly necessary TO carry
out orders and not neccssitate the re-
tcntion of the French class Of 1919 with
the coors. The holding of this class
will be considered only IL the measures
undertaken result in untoward Incl
dents. which it is believed are unlikely.
Sentiment in the lower classes in
France was echoed in L'Oeuvre, which
declared
Then is war going to begin again ?
Let us hope not. 1t is merely debt col .
lccting and not our fault. if the Ger
mans Oblige us to send our best army
corps as collectors"
The Communist I'Humanite asked ::
Are the pan Germans and the
French Chauvinists again going to
plunge the world into turmoil?"
France did not seek a break. but
the break occurred. wrote Jacques
| tics, in the Excelsior. 1T may be said
| however. We do not regret It. for. after
all, il will bring a solution to the
problem.
Thes" words fairly represented the
calm mood in which French newspapers
received the news from London. Jour
mails affiliated with supporters of for
mer President PoinCure openly e1
ultod.
1T i most fortunate. said the
| Figaro. that the Germans decided to
| break off thc negotiations. First, be-
cause they avow before the whole world
their unwilIingncss 10 cxpate their
crimes; and, second. because the Allies
seemed ready to make further deplorable
! concessions.
Premier Briands newspaper. the
Eclair. said.
"Action must be no less energetic
than the decisions the Allies have taken.
! The Allies would have been lost if they
had hesitatcd to follow mp their threat
with n blow.
1T was brilliant diplomats sue
Coss declared lie Rappcl "to have
| thus rh""kmat"d German schemes tend
! ing 10 break up the Entente