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Paris. May 27.--Is CobIens . German
town or an American city!
As Tor ne, when / WAS there lately,
there WAS no doubt whatever, 1t was
An American city. In the streets ]
mot none but American boys In khaki;
! saw only Eneiish inscriptions: / only
heard English spoken; l came across
nothing but grey automobiles circulat-
Ing with tho sanae order and the sasr1e
discipline az on Fifth Avenue. Above
all. and from every street corner OF
the town, / could sen on the other side
OF the Rhine the flag OF the Stars and
Stripes waving proudly over the legen-
dairy fortress of Ehrenbreitstein
But coblcnz is not only town that
America will have marked with her
stamp for many years to come. but 1t
also is the town where the entente be-
tween the four A1ies-Arnerica. France.
England, Belgium will have been the
most frank and the most perfect.
When I called on Mr.. Paul Tirard,
who Is the French Commissioner and
President of the High Tnterallaed Com
mission. he said. laughing:
You know. this is an inter-aiiied COM
missions Of particular kind--everyone
always agrees in II and no one ever
raises dispute therein This is probably
due to the presence of Americans and Of
General Allen. General Allen Is not only
a great soldier but he " also a great adj
ministrator and a great diplomat. With
him all In easy. everything is clear. ana
all is simple. 1t Is not only elbow 10
elbow but heart to heart that we are
working here together. Besides In the
entire Rhineland uniformity OF nea-
sures exists. There is not. according
to the sector occupied, n French sys-
tenn. an American system, q Belgian
system, an English SYSTEM there II
one unique interallied system whicn
we apply In perfect agreement and IN
the came spirit. And that Is mostly due
to General Allen Go and see him.
/ called on General Allen, who re-
ceived me in his cabinet whose VIM
dows overlook the Rhine and from
which one can see the fortress oi
Ehrerbreitatein crowned with a large
American flag. -,
General Allen naturally told me Just
as many nice things about Mr.. IiraTh az
the latter had told me about the Cen
eral -.
II was" he said, beside Mr.. Tirard
,ha othar dav when he was publicly
racefvinsy the official delegations OF the
pb,na,and and / can certify that the
oomnlafnts Of the representatives OF the
German occupied districts oniy dealt
with trffses. such as the billetinE OF the
officers and upon certain reslricllohs
regarding the freedom of the press,
while the language held Try the french
r,,,n nj asfa1er was full OF equity, kinu-
ness and common sense
aT can likewise certify that all the
tales spread both abroad ana IN
America regarding the excesses sup
pased to have been committed py the
rsranrh or the Allied troops on the
ryhsne are but pure inventions ana lies.
F,ach time a complaint Is made TO as
~ tba German delegate, Herr Won
csart we make rapid and Impartial
sv,x.,st,patfon. Up TO now we have
an,v found thirteen cases in which the
complaint was based upon fact and
Zach time we punished the cufprits
80, severely. But what are thirteen
.rr,,nlaints for a corps of occupation
of $4,000 men2
only wish that all the occupations
:, foreign territories be as moderate
ard as humane as ours. l wish that
the occupation troops everywhere nave
the same good conduct as the troops
Of the Allies in Rhineland
told General Allen that the unani-
nous and profound desire OF all the
Ererch was that he would remain still
a long time at Coblenz and that the
American boys also remain there'
To which he replied:
II share this wish. And | believe
that all the boys share 1t likewise. The
life they are leading here is a healthy