Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-03-11
TROOPS ORDERED
INTO GERMAN CITIES
DRASTIC STEPS TAKEN BY ALLIES
TO FORCE TEUToNS TO
YIELD TO DEMANDS.
Negotiations Broken OFF at London
and Armed Forces March to Seize
Territory in the Heart Of
Great Industrial Region.

London.-Negotiatlo over the Ger.
man indemnity were broken off on
March Z. Allied troops began to march
into German territory on Tuesday,
March s.
The scene of the proposed allied oc-
cupation of Germany is on thu Rhine
in the heart of the great industrial
region of the Ruhr valley, with Essen,
city of steel and munitions, its center.
The three cities announced for oc-
cupation are Dusseldorf, Dusberg
and Ruhrort, lying along the Rhine,
commercial ports into which flow the
traffic of the Ruhr iron region. These
cities adjoin the British zone of occu-
patton ut Cologne. The American zone
is at Coblenz, seventy-five miles far
Their south, and the French zone at
Mayence, another seventy-fve miles
south.
The proposed occupation does not
involve marching inland beyond the
Rhine except in the immediate vicinity
of the occupied cities.
The allied ultimatum was foreclosed
apparently with reluctance by the Brit
ish premier. The French do not APP
pear regretful, while the Germans left
Lancaster house plainly depressed, to
take their train for home.
Two long sittings of the conference
threShed out the final break before
Marshal Foch and Field Marshal VIII
son wrote kilograms ordering comman-
ders at the front to execute orders al
ready given. DR.. Simons, German
foreign secretary, presented an alter
nate plan, whereby Germany agreed to
annuities for the first five years de-
manded in the Paris plan, and also the
equivalent of he.proposed II per cent
tax on exports, But chung to the con-
ditions for the retention of Upper
Silesia and freedom of German trade.
Regret Drastic Step.
Mr.. Lloyd George, delivering judg.
ment for the allies, said they deeply
deplored the necessity of the decision,
While Simons chung to the contention
that the Paris demands were impossi-
bic of fulfillment. The allies regard
ed the German course as strategy for
delay, and the latest plan AS one
whereby the treaty would have to be
reconsidered and debated after five
years, when Germany might hold u
more favorable position. Dr. Simons
was denied further time in which to
consult the German cabinet.
France will furnish the bulk of the
forces for the new march into Ger
many. Great Britains contribution in
men will be only large enough to show
her solidarity with the allies, who wait
with the deepest interest for any sign
ernments attitude.
The general feeling in England APP
pears to be one of relief, without en-
thusiasm. The premier explained the
position In the house of commons
Monday night in speech, in which
there was no note of jubilation.
Allied troops will march into Ger
many in accordance with the decision
of the allies to inflict on Germany the
penalties provided for because of non
fulfillment of her reparations obliga-
lions, il was announced officially.
The first contingent of French
troops assigned to participate in the
occupation of Dusseldorf was report
ed TO have arrived at Benrath, six
miles southeast of Dusseldorf, Mon
day evening
Mr.. Lloyd George informed the Ger
mans on Monday that not only We're
| the proposals. made by Foreign Min
| lister Simons that morning unacceptable
TO the allies, but that, Notwithstanding
! the interval since last weeks con-
ference the Germans had not made
such an advance in their propositions
as would justify postponement of the
imposition of the penalties.
The British premier said he must an
nounce on behalf of the allies failure
to come to even an approximate UNI
Outstanding with the Germans.
HARDlNG's NOTE STOPS ROW