The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-09
GERMANS ARE
INDIFFERENT
To SEIZURE
People Of Cities Occupied by
Allied Troops Proceed
About Usual Affairs
Strike Effort Fails.
MILITARY FORCE QUIET
(By Associated PressD

DUESSELDORF. March s.--Al
though 1000 French, British and Bel.
gian soldiers were TO-DAY occupying
Dusseldorf. Duisburg and Ruhrort,
the people of those cities were pro-
ceeding about their usual affairs in
apparent utter Indifference to the
presence of the allied forces.
There were no signs today of any
immediate labor movement by Ger
man workmen as an outcome of the
| occupation, the effort of agitators to
| bring on the long threatened general
strike in protest against the imposi-
/ ton of the allied penalties having
! failed. This refusal of the workmen
to strike at least for the time being.
! is attributed by the leaders to the
! poverty of the men, which would not
admit of their existence without their
daily wage. However, the temper of
the laborers in the Esson district Is
reported such that it is feared the
| agitation may develop a rnenacing SIT
uation there.
Military Quiet.
! Allied troops to the number OF 5000
with four tanks and three river flo
/ tillas are stationed here but the mill
| tary are not in evidence except that
1 q
corners with machine guns
Along side the order of the French
general of occupation which was post
ed in public places, was the proclama-
ton by President Ebert calling the
PEOPLE to bear up peaceably under the
entente's slavery" General De
goutte's order places the miners "and
other functionaries of the public
utilities" under military control 1t
! likewise forbids passenger train serv-
/ ice except for workmen and interna-
tional travellers. There has, however.
been no cancellation so far of trains
or other changes in service.
General Gaucher. commanding the
French troops in Dusseldorf visited
| the burgomaster today and told him
General Degoutte had no objection of
the meeting of the Rhine provincial
landstag, called for Sunday, provided
no speeches we're made in regard to
the occupation. .--..-.-s.-. s,a--
Police on Duty.
The communal police are remaining
on duty, the security police force,
which was disarmed yesterday. receiv-
ed its arms back. The men on duty
were reduced to the smallest number
consistent To the preservation OF
order
All theatres, moving picture houses
and concerts We're ordered closed yes
terday by General Degoutte, comma n
der of French forces occupying the
city. but he promised this order might
be modified in few days.
Provincial authorities were invited
yesterday 10 meet the commanders of
the allied troops here and a state of
seige was declared.
BERLIN. March 9.-Protests voiced
before the supreme allied council In
London by DR.. Walter Simons. foreign
minister, and head of the German dele
cation at the reparations conference.
were emphatically endorsed by Chan
cellor Konstantine Fehrenbach. who
spoke before the Reichstag yesterday.
After announcing that negotiations
at London had been broken of and
that the German delegation was re-
turning to Berlin. the chancellor said:
This violation of law and justice can
not be defended on any judicial
grounds. 1t assumes doubly pernici-
Gus aspects when directed against a
people from whom the last defense
has been taken. The events OF the
past week have convinced the govern
ment the methods pursued by the
allies cannot possibly accomplish the
rehabilitation of Europe nor bring
about liquidation of the war"
Shifts Responsibility.
''In the course of the London nego-
tiations foreign minister Simons ap-
pealed to history" said the chancellor
in discussing the question of respon-
sibility for the war. 81 feel permitted
to declare the judgment of history is
already established and that the ma
ture of the verdict is such that any
, attempt to fasten responsibility sole
ly upon Germany must fail because it
is false"
! VIENNA, March 9.-Sympathy with
, Germany in the developments which
followed the breaking up of the ne
gotiations at London is expressed by
, newspapers here. The German atti-
. tude is generally praised, and long
excerpts from Berlin newspapers are
! printed here.
, The Neue Free Presse, called the
, allied action war in the midst of
, peace" while the Miuags Post, main
! tains the advance of allied forces on
, German cities will serve to knit the
, German people SO closely that they
will rise above all party strife"
The Acht Uhr Blatt and the Abend-
blatt both predict general strikes in
! Germany and the Mittags Zeitung
saws lit may be assumed the German
, people will bear their sad fate with
dignity and will do nothing to render
the task of the enemy easier. The
German giant may be momentarily
down, but he never will forget tor.
lures to which he was subjected"