The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-12
ALLIES IN
FULL CONTROL
Armed Forces Take Pos
session of Rhine Cities
/ Germans Make
No Resistance

About seven thousand French.
Belgian and British soldiers are oc-
! cupying the cities Of Ducsscldorf.
! Duisburg, Ruhrort. No signs of i'm
mediate labor movement as outcome
of the occupation, efforts of agitators
having failed.
| Dusseldorf, March s (By the Asso-
| ciated PresS)-French and British
alplanes flew over Dusseldorf this
afternoon while allied troops with
machine guns were taking positions
ON the bridges and roads in the inn
/ portant factories. The inhabitants of
the city had not been prepared by
the newspapers for the determination
OF the allies to occupy additional Ger
man territory and We're surprised this
morning at daNbreak TO see Rhine
| boats mOOring north and south of
the city, loaded with troops and war
materials.
British tanks and cavalary landed
to the north and French artillery
and engineers landed to the south Of
the city. The AnglO-French forces
| nassed around Dusseldorf while Bel
gian infantry, which has concentrat-
cd yesterday at CrefOld, crossed the
| bridge into the center of the city.
The allied quartermasters have
asked the mayor to give them pos
session of certain schools beside the
| barracks and railway station which
have not yet been occupied.
Tr'ific with Obercassel across the
Rhine has stopped and telephone
! will
been interrupted.
London, March 8 (By the Associat-
ed Iress) The German delegates to
the reparatlonS congress here left
London for Berlin at . O'Clock this
afternoon and seemed pleased to get
away. Their departure was without
incident, number of persons, most
~ German residents of London be-
ing at the station to see them off.
Dr. Walter SimOns, German for
feiSn minister, and head Of the dele
cation, and Major General Won
Seccht, German chief of staff, stood
beside the train to be photographed
The Germans will proceed from Os-
tend, Belgium, to Berlin on a special
nonstop train.
The train, carrying the German
delegates from London had on board
a number of British relief soldiers
proceeding to join the British forces
on the Rhine.
Berlin. March (By the Associated
Press) The Berlin newspapers to-
day discussed quietly the breaking
nj IN I
tiatiOns. They are virtually un-
animous in describing the enforce
mcht o! the penalties as Il violation
of the Versailles peace treaty. At
the same time they advise the popu-
lace to meet coming events with COM
pOsurc.
The Deutsche Aligemeine Zeitung.
organ of Hugo SHINES, the capital
ist, says:
Germany's proposals were reject
ed with cold scOrn before the allies
TOOK the trouble to examine them in
detail The French now have the op-
portunity under pretext of enforcing
the penalties, Of taking possession OF
GcrmanEs coal, settling themselves
IN the Ruhr region and taking the
llrSt steps plans of destruction. But
they soon will learn that these meas
ures are as of little use TO them as
the result of civilization. Germany
can confidently await the tide Of
events, relying in the righteousness
of her cause"
The Germania says: THE confer
ehce placed the true sentiments Of
the entente in the right light, and this
led 10 most ruthless violation of
deienseless Germany for mere
nothing"
Nowaerts and Die Frcihit, both So
ciahst organs, see in the breaking
OH Oh the negotiations "a victory for
the capitalists over reason" and con
Slder the cocrCiVC measures as the
unit Of the allies economic and pol
ltlcal impotence and pcrpleXity. The
NolkS Zcitung expressed the opinion
that the answer OF Premier Lloyd
George to the German proposals
implies that he would like to nego-
tate further while Germany is un-
der the pressure of the penalties.
Ihc Entente would have lost moth
ing in the prestige if il had supported
the oriGinal provisional proposals."
says the Nolks Zeitung.
Theodore Wolf in the Tagcblatt de-
cares that Germany by her last
offer showed even suicidal willing
ness for an understanding. The
BOerSen Courier asks whether the
end has come or whether the notiti-
cation will be continued under the
application of strong cooperative
measures.
Tine Bocrscn Xcitung says perhaps
1T would be a good thing if in the
next few WckCS ii is made clear that
"our billions will not flow more
quickly because GCrmany'S empty
pockets, into which Mr.. Lloyd George
declared he desired to look, are now
: forCibly opened"