New Britain herald., 1921-05-02
British Plan Naval Demon
stration BRAND To
Order Advance If Ger
mans Do Not Yield
Paris Expects Class of 1919,
For Occupation of Ruhr
District, to Be Ordered
Modified at Once-Troops
Entrain.

h, way lBy Associated
Press).-M. Jusserand, the French
ambassador in Washington. has tele.
graphed here the outline of a con-
Versation he has had with Secretary
OF State Hughes. The American gov
ernment, said Secretary Hughes in
substance. desires to take no attitude
on the reparatfons question that
would irritate the allied governments
He added. says the ambassadors
message, that the state department
has no further communication to
make 10 Germany. H... E.
Secretary Hughes indicated a pref
erenceA Eat Germany should settle
without the occupation of the Ruhr
valley, as soon occupation suggest
ed kind of war. NJ. Jusserand's tele-
gram said.
The conversation. the ambassador
state. was entirely informaI and sym
pathetic.
Give ~ Days Grace.
Germany must give by May 12
categorical answer-yes or no-to the
allied reparation demands. or suffer
the infiiction OF military and naval
penalties. according to the terms OF
an ultimatum drawn up by the allied
foreign ministers today and submitted
to the supreme council for its ap-
proval
The swift movement OF events in
the reparations issue was shown in
this series of developments.
The allied foreign ministers COM
pleted the draft of the ultimatum
which provided that Germany should
be advised of. the allied terms four
days from today and then would shave
six days within which to answer yes
or no.
British Naval Demonstration.
A British naval demonstration in
the North sea was stated to be one of
the consequences to follow a refusal
by the Germans.
The supreme council did not finally
act on the ultfmatum but adjourned
after an hours consideration OF it,
until s. m.
Premier BRAND said this morning
II would take II days to complete
French military preparations.
TT at the end Of that time Germany
has not fully yielded to the Allies"
he declared. ''the French troops will
march"
ct hope we shall not march alone,''
he added.
French Ready to Strike.
Paris. May 2 tBy the Associated
Press).-The French government.
despite the lack OF final action by the
supreme council in London on tho
reparations issue. is proceeding with
the preliminaries necessary to the oc-
cupation of the Ruhr valley, should
that step be ordered.
A brigade of cavalry was entrain-
ing today at Meaux to join a large
detachment of infantry already on the
4 a.
tillery from Nj Vinnes and other gar
rfsons now on the move. e-.
Mobilization Plans.
Orders for the mobilization of the
class OF 1919 which will take part in
the possible occupation of the Ruhr
district of Germany were expected to
be issued here today. The orders will
be sent to individuals who will be in
structed to report for duty and the
entire class will not be called as for
merly. This procedure was made
possible by the passage of the new
mobilization act
Negroes are not expected to be in
cluded in the forces sent into the
Ruhr district. 1t Is probable also
that the governments orders will ex-
empt students. soldiers living in dew
astated regions. and those who have
served under the colors outside of
French territory.
Press Almost Unanimous.
Newspapers. as a whole, expressed
themselves today as being in favor of
the mobilization. the only discordant
note being struck by Humanite which
in large headlines attacked the order.
It also carried on it's first page an
advertisement by the communist COM
mittee of action. beginning with the
words: Down with war: down with
mobilization