Evening star., 1923-01-10
U. S. TROOPS ON RHINE
RECALLED BY PRESIDENT;
RUHR SEIZURE AT HAND

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| circles here that the American Army
\ would in any way be involved in AM
clashes that might occur between thu
| French and Germans. If any sucf
trouble developed, it is said here. 4
| would almost certainly be centereC
outside the zone of American control
French Troops Confined.
Recently, as precautionary meas
| ure, Gen. Allen has held within theil
barracks the French detachment!
| which are at CobIenz and which tech
| nfcally are under his command as the
| ranking military officer there. Thi.
| step is understood to have been taken
| however, at the request of the French
commanders themselves and has not
been looked upon in Washington as
| directly involving the American Army
| in any of the readjustments accom-.
panying the French advance.
The transport st. Mihiel, on her re.
turn to the United States, will touch
first at Savannah, Ga, where the
headquarters and service companies
| and one battalion of the 8th In.
fantry,. with medical personnel, viii
! be landed.
The second landing of troops will be
at Charleston, s. c., where one bat
| TALON, together with two battalion sec.
| tions or headquarters and service com.
panies, will disembark. From Charles.
ton the st. Mihiel will proceed TO New
| York, where all remaining troops, com
mission and warrant officers of Gen. AL
lens command. will be landed.
1 Those detachments landed at Savan.
| nah will be sent to Fort Screven, Ga.
1 those dtseTnbarked at Charleston will be
! stationed at Fort Moultrie, while orders
/ will be prepared later giving station L
| those landed at New York.
WIFI Turu Rrid~ahaad ny~.
Gen. Allen already has been advised
| that the withdrawal order might bt
/ forthcoming at any moment. and th'
only action necessary today was 4
! send him specific instructions TO begir
1 his movement to fhe embarkation por
| and to dispose of property which will
| not be brought home It is possible
to include even withdrawal of tn
graves registration unit, although
that point still Is unsettled.
| Gen. Allen will turn over the Coblen
bridgehead zone to whatever office
| the French authorities may designat
to receive the command
The decision to bring Gen. AlIeI
and his command pack to the United
states was unheralded, officials botl
at the state and War departments
having indicated previously that th'
| recent developments in connection
| with the reparations tangies woulc
! not affect the status of the troop!
on the Rhine.
When the Senate resolution sug
gesting withdrawal was under de
pate last week the administrator
| leaders pointed out that such a steJ
| at this time might be misunderstood
| and that some European power NIGH
take offense.
u. =. Attitude Made known.
4 "hnfhar ha lnt
draw was due to the injection OF any
| new element into the reparations
situation was not explained, and il
/ omcials had any news of disturb.
| ing character beyond the information
Whlch has come through in press dis
patches they carefully concealed it
II mas been apparent. however
| since the French plan for an advance
! into the Ruhr first was broached that
| II was not received with enthusiasm
here. In his recent speech at New
Haven Secretary Hughes referred in
directly to the serious consequences
which might in the view of the
American government, follow any re-
sort 10 force to collect reparations
from Germany. and the sentiments
| !hen expressed were communicat &c
IN denn1te fashion to the French for.
eign Office before the forward move.
ment OF the French forces was or.
dered.
Since Secretary Hughes delivered
ms new Raven warning il has beer
| matter OF much speculation wheth.
er the United States was prepared
TO go any further with it's attitude
OF protest. Yesterday a formal State
department statement was issued to
oHset the effect of a news dispatch
saying the French foreign Office had
not oeen approached on the subject
! by the United States, but officials here
would not go so far as to say that
any formal protest had been made
| The statement from the department
/ SIMPLY declared there could be nc
! doubt that the attitude of this gov,
ernment was understood fully a
Paris.
| Ends L, S. Participation.
The withdrawal order will bring I,
an end official American participation
IN any of the machinery set I'D a;
! result of the world war.
/ With the troops on the way homo
| the washington government is ex
/ pected to stand completely aloof from
| the French reparation program. An,
enDarrassment that might hayt
! arisen. due to the presence of Ameri
can forces in region through whicl
| French troops must pass, will hayi
| been removed and in addition will
/ serve to give direct point to the dis
\ approval of the French course alread
/ expressed by Secretary Hughes, boti
1 Iii his New Haven address and il
4 conversation with Ambassador Jus
| serand
| 1t is now known that the admins
!; tration policy in keeping the troops OIL
| the Rhine beyond the date originally
set for their withdrawal last yeal
/ was based on considerations remote
! from the Rhineland or reparation.
situations themselves. All the allied
| governments and Germany reqeste(
| that the American contingent remain
| and the State Department held tha
/ this should. be done for a time Al
least. because il would add to tbs
1 good feeling toward the United States
| abroad.
Watch Arms Pacts Course.
4 Meantime officials here are known tC
| have watched the progress of the
l French and Italian governments
! toward ratification of the Washing
| ton conference naval limitation pact
with some concern. 1t is highly prob
/ able that in keeping the reduced
! American Army on the Rhine the in
| fiuence that action might have on
\ fastening French ratification of the
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