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Show TROOPS ORDERED 1 INTO GERMAN CITIES I ill DHASTIC STEPS TAKEN BY ALLIE8 i'l TO FORCE TEUTON8 TO jftM YIELD TO DEMANDS.' ' I NegotiailonsBroken Off at London jfl and Armed Forces March to Sel2e iV Tcritory,ln the, Heart of . H Great Industrial Region. H Ill Loiuion. Negotiations over tho tier- 9 man Indemnity were broken off on M March 7. Allied troops began to march H Into Uerniuit territory on Tuesday, March 8. Jl , The scene of the proposed allied oc- H euputlun of Germany Is on tho lthlno M In tho heart of tho great Industrial M region of tho Huhr valley, with Ksscn, ) city of steel and munitions, Its center. M Tho three cities announced for oc- M cupntlon are Lmesscldorf, Dulshcrg - H und ltuhrort, lying along tho Ithlne, H commercial ports Into which flow, the M truffle of the Ituhr Iron region. These H cities adjoin tho Hrltlsh zone of occti- M putlon at Cologne. Tho Amerlcunonc jH is nt Coblenz, seventy-five miles far- H titer south, nnd tho French zone nt 'J Muy'ence, another seventy-flvo miles ;9 south. ;fl The prdposed. occupation does not - H Involve marching Inland beyond the , H lthlno except in tlto'liiiiuedlate vicinity !ffl of the occupied cities. Jfl The allied, ultimatum was foreclosed M apparently with reluctance by tho Jlrlt- H Ish premier. 1'hu French do not ap- -M penr regretful, while tho Germnns left JH Lancaster house plainly depressed, to ' M lake their train for home. :M Two long sittings of tho conference iM threshed out tho final break before M Murshnl Foch und Field Murshut Wit- sun wrote telegrams ordering commnti- H dcrs nt tho front to cxecuto orders al- H ready, given. Dr. Simons, German H foreign secretary, presented, tin alter- , JH nuto plan, whereby Germany agreed to ! uunulties for tho first five- yenrs de- lfl matided n the l'urls plan, nnd also the H equivalent of the proposed 12 per cent 1H tux ou exports, but clung' to' tho con- M dltlons for tho retention of Upper H Silesia und freedom of German trade. H Regret Drasllc Step. H Mr. Lloyd George, delivering Judg- M incut for tho allies, said they deeply H deplored the necessity of tho decision, M While Hindus' clung to the contention M that tho Paris demands vvcro Impossl- H bid of fulfillment. Tho ulllcs regard- H ed the German courso us strategy for H delay, und tho lntcs( plan as ono M whereby the treaty would bu'vo to be H reconsidered und debated after five H years, when Gormany inlglit" hold a IH more favorable position. Dr. .Simons H a us denied further time in which to H .'onsUit the Genua n cabinet, Jsia Franco will furnish the bulk of tho jH forces for the new march Into Ger- iH many. Greut Urltaln's contribution lu j men will -bo only largo enough to show 9H her solidarity with tho allies, vvho wait H with the deepest Interest for any sign H from Wnshlngton of tho American gov- ernmeut's altitude. IH The general feeling In Kiglnud up- H pears to bo ono of relief, without en- H thuslasin. The, premier explained the H position In tho houso of commons LH Monday night in n specclts in vviilch H there was no note of Jubilation. H Allied troops will march. Into Ger- iH many In accordance with the decision IH pf the allies to Inflict ou Gcruuuty tho jH penalties provided for because of lion- H fulfillment of her reparations oblige- 'M tlons, It wus announced officially. iH The first contingent of French H troops assigned to participate In the B occupation of Duesseldurf was report-. B ed to have arrived nt lleiirulh, six HjJ miles southeast Of Duessehlorf, Mou- H day evening. !HJ Mr. Lloyd Georgo Informed tho Ger- jHJ ,muns on Monday Hint not only were jflj i he proposals, made by Foreign Mln- jHJ Ister Simons that morning unacceptable M to tho allies, but that, notwithstanding JHJ i he Interval slice last week's con- ' jflj fcrencu the Germnns hud not made fflj uch nn advance lu thulr propositions 'jB us would JusUfy postponement of the "JH Imposition of the penalties. jflj The HrltlMi premier said he must an- .9J nounco ou behalf or tho utiles u failure iH to come to even nn approximate uu- jH dcrstumlliig with the Germans, tflj |