The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-08
PAGE TWO
BRITISH AND FRENCH
TROOPS ENTER Dt ESSEl.-
D0RF. TAKING OVER CITIES
Continued from page y


refusal to accept the Paris solution
for payment of indemnities \ strip
of land from eight to ten miles deep
on the eastern side of the Rhine will
be occupied by French forces, says
telegram to the journal from May
ence.
General de Gouette who will be in
command of the operations, left May
cnce late last night 10 establish head
quarters at NeusS, a town four miles
west OF Duesseldorf, and on the west
bank OF the Rhine The first French
contingent to advance will be the 77th
division, which has been quartcred at
Bonn and is under command of Gener-
al Gaucher.
Dispatches from Mayence declare
that city was outwardly calm, crowds
Of townspeople contenting themselves
by coming upon groups relating de
tails of the break in negotiations at
London. No special measures were
taken by the occupation troops, and
no resistance has been anticipated, but
belief is expressed here that all mill
tary precautions have been taken.
France did not seek break, but
the break occurred" wrote Jacques
Bainville, an authority on foreign poll
tics. in fSs Excelsior.
ut may be said, however. we do not
regret it, for, after all, we will bring
a solution to the problem.
These words fairly represented the
calm mood in which the Paris papers
presented the news from London.
Journals affiliated with supporters of
former President Poincare openly ex-
ulted
1t is most fortunate" said the
Figaro, that the Germans decided to
break off the negotiations First, be-
cause they avow before the whole
world their unwillingness to expiate
their crimes, and second, because the
allies seemed ready to make further
deplorable concessions"
y Premier Brands newspaper, the
Eclair. said:
Action must be no less energetic
than the decisions the allies have
aken. The allies would have been
lost if they had hcsitated to follow
W their threat with a blow"
E"It was a brilliant diplomatic sue
cess declared lie Rappel, Ito have
thus checkmated German schemes
tending to break up the entente"
Sentiment in the lower classes in
France, was echoed in L'Oeuyre which
declared:
Then, is war going to begin again? ?
Let US nope not. 1t is merely debt
collection and not our fault il the
Germans obige us to send our best
army corps as collectors"
The Communist L'Humanite asked:
care the pan-Germans and the French
chauvinists again going TO plunge the
world into turmoil
London. March S.-Orders for the
advance Of British troops upon Dues
seldorf were issued at the British
war office last night, II was reported
here today. There are at present ~,
600 British soldiers in Germany Of
whom 1000 are on temporary duty in
Upper Silesia. II is believed that
forces along the Rhine will be rein
forced so that they will number 12,-
900 four batt1llions being ready TO
go to the British section of the Ger
man occupied territory. An attempt
on the part Of the Germans to evade
the new customs zone along the
Rhine by divertiug trade through
Rotterdam or other ports on the North
Sea will De promptly countercd by
an allied blockade it is declared by
the Daily Mail.
This mornings newspapers, with
one exception approved the allied de-
cision to penalize Germany for refus.
ing to accedo to the allied plan for
plans for reparauuns. This exception
was the Daily News. which complained
that Premier Lloyd George had brush
ell aside solid German offers making
for a peaceful solution Of the situa-
ton
"Mr. Lloyd George" the newspaper
continued. completely capitulated to
France. The allied decision was a
Triumph for the French policy OF re-
vcnge and all the sinister implica-
lions IL contains"
no legal and scant moral iustifica-
ton FOR the steps projected by the
entente and asked why the allies
could not have waited fortnight
longer for the result Of the Upper
Si.esian plebis0itc. II says three se-
Qucls are almost ineviiablc-Germany
viii lose the picbiscite which will stlll
further reduce her paying capacity
the indemnity will become worthless
rs an economic reality. ana Marshal
Foch army will find convenient
occasion To- take over vast indus
trial region which France has long
coveted" "Thc ultimate consequence
ol this reckless adventure" the news.
paper went on. may boz only gucgscd,
but Marshal Fuch's advance may soon
prove "a march TO perl,uon."
Some misgivings were expressed by
the Daily Express. which urged that
Great Britain limit its participation
In military activities TO the minimum,
N"lf this is "a beginning of lengthy
csmpaign requiring widespread prep
aatious and the creation OF grca,
cncIal staff the newspaper de-
cl,rcd, ut would be opposed. British
uA payers cannot support another
expenditure"
tThc London Times and the Morning
Post rojoiced that the conference had
produced a welding OF the entente.
Tho Times said the German counter.
proposals had been rejected bccaus,
thcy We're net honest. and that th,
allies hy occupying German towns
~would have their hands ON the tap.
through which large amount OF
German wealth passes and would
know how 20 regulate The flow
lGermanys appeal to the league Of