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Seize Ruhr
Area Today
Troops, Supported by Belgium
and 1tatly, Will Begin Sep.
arate Action Against Ger
many This Morning.
Regret u. S. Withdrawal
Coblenz. Jan. 1I.-tBy A. P.-The
French troops will occupy Essen at
2 this tThursday) morning.

Paris, Jan. 10.--(By A. P)-France
will go into the Ruhr Thursday morn
ing: tanks. troops, airplanes and
engineers are ready. Essen will bow
to the French in the early morning
hours and Premier Poincare. when he
appears in parliament Thursday will
tell not what he plans to do, but waht
he has done.
France, with Belgium at its sids
and supported by Italy, will begin tho
long talked of separate action" The
decision of President Harding to
withdraw Immediately the American
torops from the Rhineland came as
a blow to the pride of France and
to the French sense Of right. although
there is no word of official criticism
only regret.
The French people, however. ara
standing behind their government at
what Is frequently described as the
most critical moment since the end OF
the war. Germany was notified today
in identical notes from France and
Belgium that, effective Thursday.
control of the Ruhr coal distribution
would be under a commission which
will go in with a small army as a
guard. Italian hesitation has been
giving some concern, but Italian
engineers will go with the French and
Belgians, which fact NJ. Poincare's
note to Germany mentioned.
Ready to Move.
General Simon, commanding the
Duesseldorf area, is ready to move at
a half hours notice. Marching rations
have been issued and German automo-
biles requsitioned. General Degouttes
in supreme command OF the French,
has already returned to Duesseldorf
and will direct the advance. The Wig.
or OF the newly launched French poll
cy is shown at home, as well as
abroad. Leading communists. headed
by deputy Marcel Cachin, who went
to Essen in an attempt to organize
general strike in the Ruhr, have been
charged by the government with a
plot against the safety OF the state,
and six of them are in jail. four arc
being sought, and parliament has
been asked to cancel M. Cachin's par.
the leader, may be prosecuted.
Little Opposition Expected.
Mr.. Poincare anticipates not the
slightest difficulty in getting parlia.
ment's approval Thursday; it has re.
peatedly endorsed his plan for seiz-
ing productive guarantees" although
then there was no chance for i'm.
mediate action.
The deputies and senator's. IN their
group talks today, voiced the senti.
ment that 1t is every Frenchman'A
duty to support the government-and
only the customary opposition from
the extreme left Is expected.
The premier, after his announce.
inent. will ask that there be no dis.
cussion and that eight pending inter-
pellations on the Ruhr plan be de-
ferred. The chamber leaders have
promised that this would be done. NJ.
Poincare will make 1t a question OF
confidence in the government on his
demand for delay in the discussion of
the interpretations.
The calm firrnness of the French
note to Germany is Indicative Of the
feeling Of the government and people
as revealed by the newspapers and
individual expressions. The French
feel they are going into the Ruhr to
make the Germans do what they
agreed to do, and although great dis
appointments, such as Englands re-
fusai to join with them and Amer
ica's order for the withdrawal Of
troops may amaze, or grieve, or anger
them, they nevertheless are going In.
to the Ruhr Thursday.