Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-08
TROOPS ADVANCING
ON NEW OBJECTIVE
IN DUCHY Of BADEN
PoiIuS Now Twenty-Five
Miles Beyond Frontier,
Germans Express Fear for
City of Frankfurt
BY WILLIAM NASH

PARIS, Feb. 6.-Seizure by the
French of territory in the Duchy of
Baden as a measure of reprisal
against German interference with
railway traffic between Paris and
Prague may be followed by penalties
of a similar nature elsewhere, in
Guiding perhaps the occupation of
Frankfurt, and a march up the val
ley Of the Main to separate Bavaria
from northern Germany.
Now, more than ever, it is clear
that France is prepared to use mill
tary means to the limit of her abil-
ity in the economic war she is wag-
ing against Germany.
From Italian sources it is learned
that one Of the reasons for the seiz-
ure in Baden was desire to insure
coal deliveries to Italy, which sup
posedly had been interrupted in
Baden.
This, however, scarcely holds
water, since little coal passes over
this particular railway.
''The seizure of Appenweier and
Offenburg forms part Of a long
worked-out plan whose execution
comes as a surprise to nobody"
said an Italian diplomat today. 1--WE
shall be grateful, of course, if
France by this means can speed up
our supplies of industrial fuel.
though, in general, we do not APP
indeed is trying to exercise the role
of moderator.
"From other sources I learn that
the seizures in Baden may be in
tended as a concession to Italy in
return for her moral support in ac-
cordance with Premier Mussolinis
political doctrine of nothing for
nothing in Italy's foreign affairs. -
GERMANS EXPECT
TAKING OF MANNHEIM
LONDON, Feb. 6.-(By the Asso-
slated Press.)-No details have fol-
lowed the reported advance Of the
French in a new area rs miles be-
yond the German frontier into Hesse,
where they were said to have occu.
pied Goddelau.
The move was in the direction Of
Mannheim which the Germans mo-
mentarily expected the French would
occupy, the advices said.
The policy of resistance to the
French occupation of the Ruhr val
ley has not been modified, but is
growing steadily stronger, the Ger
man government declared today
throgh it's embassy in Washington.
Managers of big industries in the
valley express confidence in their
ability to carry on and at the same
time prevent the French from get
ting anything worth while out Of
the district, however, effectively they
might occupy it militarily.
The immense Thyssen plants in
the Ruhr and vicinity, employing
some $4,000 men, are declared by the
management not to have been af-
fected by either the railroad or coal
strikes. The plants are working
full time, mining their own fuel, as
do many other big industries in the
valley.
The railroad strike seems again
largely effective in the Ruhr and inn
portant districts in the Rhineland.
Navigation on the Rhine from Ruhr
valley points is reported at a com
plete standStill.
Chancellor Cuno, head of the Der
lin government is on a visit to the
occupied area where he has been
holding conferences and informing
himself on the situation from person
al observation.
Hugo SHINES, seen by intervieWers
at Essen, would not reveal whether
the conferences he is holding on his
surprise visit to the Ruhr are with
view to negotiations for settlement
of the reparations differences.
Several persons were injured IN
demonstration at Dorsten, broken up
bv the German police.