New-York tribune., 1921-03-11
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to Tho Tribune

Copyright 1921. New York Tribune inc.
DUSSELDORF, Germany, March 10.
The Allied occupation of this indus
trial city has evoked more curiosity
than resentment. Though some of the
inhabitants may be secretly reused by
the action Of the Entente soldiers in
bringing the memories Of a long war
so deep into Germany. have vet TO
hear, after two days among the people
here, single angry or jcering remark.
While the Allies may be enforcing
sanctions (penalties) on Germany, these
hhIneland folks see this invasion as
nothing more than a pleasurable break
IN their monotonous life.
From Tuesday morning, when the
long marching lines of French and
British and Belgians pushed forward
onto this soil that no horrors of war
rad ever touched in modern times,
bringing with them their guns and
camions, their giant tanks overslung
with tarpaulins and their other i'm
plements of battle, the German people
Of the valley looked on with awed in
terest. Every inhabitant was in the
streets to watch the Allied patrols, the
marching troops and the dispatch
riders hurrying through the streets and
exciting wonder regarding the nature
OF the mission each had to carry out.
The children and even grown-ups
raised their fingers to point at this
or that Allied soldier in his uniform
of horizon blue or khaki, and to specu-
late on whether each was Frenchman
or Belgian or q Briton and what
his rank might be.
Crossing Is Undisputed
These are the scenes that General De
Goutte crossed the Rhine to find. In
perfect order and complete tranquility
these forces crossed from Meuss, on
the left bank, TO Dusseldorf, on this
side, and established De Goutte's
headquarters in the city itself. AS the
troops marched in Dusseldorf seems
not to realize that this was manifes-
tation of force.
At the railroad station. when the
soldiers came, crowds of interested
spectators had to be roped off to pre-
vent their coming too close TO the
string Of monster tanks that stood
ready for use. It was plain enough
that the Allied troops had come pre-
pared to meet any resistance that any
one might offer. Nothing had been left
to chance.
The British took possession Of the
Hotel Hanset, establishing their head
quarters there. In front stands a sin
gle, uncomfortable British Tommy
wearing TIN hat, surrounded by a
hundred or more staring urchins who
never have had any taste of war and
whose young eyes read in this peace
full occupation the story of four years
Of battles that are only hearsay to
them.
The Allied soldiers stroll through
the streets as + this was a country
in which they naturally belong. The
French have taken over the principal
hotel, and outside stand sentries with
their fixed bayonets beside newly paint
ed red white and blue sentry boxes.
On the corner IS proclamation by
General Degoutte. Crowds surround
1t to read that d state OF siege has
been proclaimed and that all arms
must be surrendered at once They
see notification there that strict CEN
sorshlp has beer Instituted and that
control of radio, telegraph and mails is
IN Degoutte's hands.
| passed today along the road where
first the French and British and Bel
gian detachments closed in on Dussel-
dorf al dawn Tuesday, At either end
of the great bridge that here spans the