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Show GERMAN TROOPS' TO ENTER OH WASHINGTON, April 9.-So far a. ' can he learned here, state department action In regard to the Ruhr Incident has been confined to an expression of opinion to the effect that the German government should be permitted to send into the Ruhr valley any reason-ablo reason-ablo number of troops necessary to restore order in that section and to maintain its supremacy. This position was clearly stated by the department about ten days ago in answer to an Inquiry from the German government as to the willingness of the entente powers and America to allow such a force to go into the dis turbed country. The French go;ern ment Avas fully informed of the American Ameri-can position and so far as can be learned, while there have been somo "conversations" on the subject between be-tween Ambassador Wallace and Premier Pre-mier Millcrand at Paris, there has been no change in the position of the United States. The American view has been that tho whole Issue turns upon the question ques-tion or fact as to the extent of the! disorder in the Ruhr district and thc ability of the Ebert government to maintain Its control there with tho small force of gendarmerie permitted by the terms of the armistice and peace treaty. In the course of the "conversations" between Ambassador Wallace and the French foreign of ficc. it Is understood that the latter set out as the French view that no conditions existed In the valley to justify jus-tify the entry of a large force of German Ger-man regular troops which, in fact, was calculated to add to the disorder. French Government Apprehensive. Moreover, the French government was very apprehensive that, in their desperation, the red forces in the Ruhr valley would effect permanent injury upon the coal mines from which tho French expected to draw heavily for several years. Ambassador Jusserand called at the state department Wednesday, presumably pre-sumably to reinforce the statement which Premier Millerand hnd made to Ambassador Wallace. No announcement announce-ment has been made as to the result of this conference, but it is understood that so far there has been no change , in the attitude of the state department |