The Washington herald., 1922-11-28
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| GERMllE ASSERT
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REPLIES TO clEMENcEAU
Gen. Alien Claims Few French
Troops on Rhine Can Be
Considered "Ilspro."
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BERLIN. Nov. 27.--1n answer to
the charges. Of former French Pre-
mier Ciemenceau, in. Boston. that
Germany is making hundreds Of
cannon" preparing for the mex,
war. and his statement that mot q
single colored French soldier il on
German occupied territory" the
German government today gave me
the following statement:
The former French premier, in
a speech fnnAmerfcA, asserted that
Germany IL building hundreds Of
cannon. secretly, preparing for war.
EVERY STEP. WATCHED
To such charges there need only
be said that provisions of the
Versailles treaty have placed a
veritable network Of inter-allied
military control commissions over
Germany. In a most exact and
painful manner they watch over
every Industrial and manufactur-
ing activity that in any way could
come into consideration for the
production Of arms or munitions.
IL Clemenceau's assertions are
true, then the vast control COM
missions which Germany must
maintain year after year at tre-
'wendous cost and financial sacri-
fices must either be blind or. be
neglecting fheir duty in the worst
possible way.
ARMS FOR GUARDS.
Up to the present time Ger
many has not even been per-
mitted to make such arms for
her 100000 national guard as are
necessary for that force and as
specifically provided for by the
Versailles treaty.
As to-. Clemenceau's statement
that not one black French soldier
is on occupied territory: With.
out wishing to dwell upon a
sophism much indulged in as to
the difference between black and
.colored. attention h called to the
fact that Germany's complaint is
against the occupation by native
African troops. whatever the shad-
ings of their color may be, of
territory the populations of which
are whites.
AFRICANS REMAIN.
The French have made use of
the recent withdrawal Of the
greater part OF their Senegalese
troops TO claim that there are
not now amy blnck troops in the
Rhine region. That alters moth
ing. The fact u that there are
still three. Tunisian. three Mo-
roccin and ,ffye Algerian reei.
ments in the occupied territory.
How terribly the German pop
ulation suffer under such. occu-
patton by colored troops is best
proved by the recent murders of
Germans committed exclusively
by colored troops.
The statement calls attention Z,
the most recent killing Of a German
cafe owner and the dangarou,
wounding OF his daughter by 81,
Moroccan soldiers- because the fo-
mer refused 20 give them liquor.
MESSAGE TO ALLEN.
I sent the following telegram {,
Gen. Henry T. Allen. American
commander-in-chief. at Coblenz:
Are there, or are there not,
French black or colored troops in
occupied territory? Is distinction
made between black and colored?
What particular troops come in
each category? Appreciate mum.
her such troops. II any. As we
want facts and not propaganda.
am putting this question to you