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Show 1 ' " ' ' TANKS ENTER V I FRANKFORT TO - I OCCUPY TOWN fH Army Moves Across Rhine to j Enforce Respect for Terms of Versailles Treaty j CITIZENS MUST GIVE ' ! UP ARMS AT ONCE People of Teuton Towns Feel lB Iron Hand of Military Regime Now - MAYENCE, April G. 10:30 a. ni. (By the Associated Press.) At' 5:20 jH o'clock this morning French tanks en- 'll tered Frankfort. They were followed jH by a battalion of sharpshooters ana a company of engineers, and these H troops occupied strategic points and the railroad station. Half a dozer. JJ tank3 were posted near the station 1 and the barracks, and another forcfe was stationed near police headquar- IH lers and the postoffice. jH These troops held the' important en- jH trances to the city until 0 o'clock, N when a battalion of chasseurs de- jH trained at the station. jf Few Germans Seen. -French troops entered Frankfort at 5 o'clock this morning, finding only a J jH small German force left thereto o,f- ' IH ford police protection for the people. lH The occupation of the city was aniv.e military march and was not attended by any fighting. JJaj'nVitadt was entered shortlyaf-. , ll e?WttraV ty?r&froop HH man government garrison orfthat city IH had left at midnight to avoid contact JH with the French and this morning was six miles east of the city. IH General de Goutte has issued a jH proclamation to the cities and towns IH within the area to be occupied, dc- fH daring French troops have crossed the Rhine to compel the Berlin gov- jH ernmcnt to respect its agreement with jH the allies, and asserting there is no hostile intent toward the people of that region. Rules by French. The proclamation says the French troops will withdraw as soon as tho jH German government forces have evac- IH uated the neutral zone, and declares jH no one will be affected by the pres- fH ence of the French as long as order ia maintained. The proclamation makes IH the following provisions for public or- IH Frankfort, Darmsiadt, Offenbach, IH Hochstadt, Koentgstein and Bieburg, jH as well as all towns and districts with- jH in the circle of Gross Gerau, Lang IH Schwalbach and Wiesbaden, with the lH exception of Blebrlch, are declared under a state of siege. J Strikes Forbidden. jH Gorman authorities and public sei;-vices sei;-vices will continue, to function under French military officials and slriket will not be tolerated. jH People are temporarily forbidden to circulate in tho various communities H from 'J o'clock ul night until 5. o'clock jH in the morning. jH More than five persons must not jH collect in streets or in private or pub- IH lie meetings without authorization. jH Newspapers are temporarily sua N pended and permission must bu given jjl to use the telephone and telegraph. Postal censorship is. temporarily estab- IH lished, wireless installations must be jH dismantled and the uso of carrier pigeons Is forbidden. All arms and grenades must bo de- ll posited in city halls within six houri after the posting of the proclamation, jH but regular police will be allowed to retain sabers and revolvers. Safety guards must disarm. Any Infraction of these rules will j result in court-martial. "The general commanding the army of the Rhine," the proclamation con- K eludes, "counts on the public powers j and tho population to understand the. necessity for the above measures and' . JH hopes repression will not bo neces' jH Von Mayer Notified. IN Premier Millerand today formallj notified Dr. von Mayer, tho German-charge German-charge d'affaires, of the action of the French government in ordering the ad-vanco ad-vanco and informed him that as soon as there bad been complete evacua-tion evacua-tion of the neutral zone by the Gen man troops the French would evacuate the cities they had been ordered tG' occupy. iTho premier's note read: "By my letters of April 2 I asked; you to make" insistent representations IH to your government to obtain the nn-mediate nn-mediate withdrawal of tho German jH troops which unduly penetrated the neutral zone fixed by Article 32 of the , jH treaty of Versailles. "My request .having obtained no re suit up to this time, I have the honor of informing you that the general com-manding com-manding in chief tho army of the , Rhine has received orders to occupy y immediately the cities of Frankfort, v. IH Hamburg, Hansu, Darmstadt and Die burg. This occupation will end as soon ; as the German troops shall have com- , pletely evacuated the neutral zone." , |