The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-02
OF FINAL TERMS
OF ALLIED uLT|MATuM
SETS STRICT time LIMIT
Military and Naval Penal
ties to Be Enforced
viii Occupy Ruhr. 4

LONDON. may S-(By the As.
sociAted ss)-Germany must
give BY May II categorical
answer-yes or n0-tO the n.
lied rcparatiOns demands, or
suffer the infilction 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
approval.
The swift movement Of events
In the reparations issue between
the allied powers and Germany
was shown In this series of de.
velOpnents:
The allied foreign ministers
first met and completed the
draft Of the ultimatum which
provided that Germany should
be advised Of the allied terms
four days from today, and then
would have six days, or until
Nay y, within which to give IN
answer, yes, or no, without con.
ditions, the negotiations being
considered at an end.
A British naval demonstrs.
ton In the North Sea was stat
ed to be one Of the coase.
quences to follow q refusal BY
the Germans to yield to the nj.
lied demands.
Council Adjomns.
The supreme council did not fin-
ally act on the ultimatum, but ad-
journed, after an hours considera-
ton Of it. until S p. m.
Word from Paris showed that the
French militery forces we're max
ing preliminary moves looking to
the occupation OF the Ruhr In an
tcipation of official quarters there
that Germany would not give the
guarantees the allies were expected
to demand and that the occupation
subsequently would have to be car
ried out 1t was indicated the mo-
bilization of 100000 men of the 1919
class was imminent.
Hughes Silent
Washington, May I'm the ab-
sence of official Information. all
comment on the decision of the al
lied supreme council at London
with regard to German reparations
was withheld today at the state ae-
partment.
1t was said that so far as the
United States was concerned, the
situation was where it was Satur-
day night. when it was made clear
that the American government
would determine its course after
learning officially of the action Of
the council.
Reports in London that the Unit
ed States might be requested to
communicate the findings Of the
council to Germany was declared
to be unsupported by any official
advices. II also was said that there
had been no communication be-
tween the American government
and the supreme council, and that
no communication had been sent
to Berlin. Sir Auckland Geddes,
the British ambassador, called on
Secretary Hughes today at the
state department but it was said
tha: the reparations question was
not discussed.
1t was regarded as unlikely that
any official reports regarding the
meeting of the supreme council
would be received here until COM
plete agreement had been reached
and the details worked out.
France to Mobilize.
Paris. May 2.-Orders for the
mobilization OF the class Of 1919,
which take part in the possible oc-
cupation of the Ruhr district Of
Germany, were expected to be is
sued here today.
Negroes are not expected to be
included in the forces sent into
the Ruhr.
The mobilization orders will be
sent to individuals. who will be in
structed to report for duty, and the
entire class will not be called as
formerly. This procedure was
made possible by the passage OF
the new mobilization act. 1t ii
probable that the governments or.
ders will exempt students, soldiers
living in devastated regions and
those who have served under the
colors outside OF French territory
Newspapers, as whole, express
ed themselves today as being il
.avor Of the mobilization.
The French government Is pro
ceeding with the preliminaries nee
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