Show GERMAN f l NOTE OF PROTEST RECEIVED T Hr al l Washington t n April S. S The S-The The state de department department department de- de this afternoon received a. a COP of ot the text of the German protest over the French occupation n l of ot German Genna clUes cities The original protest was addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed direct to the French and be be- because cause causo of this circumstance the state department felt that it could not make public the tho contents of or the note All reports reaching Washington today today to today to- to day regarding the situation In the basin indicated that France because because because be be- cause of or the failure of her allies and the United States td respond favorably to her occupation of or German cities oties would soon bring brins the thc expedition to an end Germany German though will first be bc compelled to withdraw her forces from the Ruhr district and this move move- will give France an opportunity to to gracefully grace hrace fully withdraw her C troops from the German cities The belief that the situation would soon oon better Itself was expressed In official of of- tidal quarters Makes Point Senator Hitchcock the leading treaty advocate In the Senate ascribed to the failure of ot the Senate to ratify the treat treaty part of oC the responsibility for the controversy contro between France Francc and Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many over o the occupation of oC the Ruhr fluhr basin He lie said Tho The refusal of the Senate to ratify tho treaty has put France In a position where she has no protection and no guarantee of or safet safety In tho the future It also made Germany feel Ceel that thal the United States would not stand b by Franco France in inthe tho the event ent of or a violation 11 by Germany German of oC the terms o of tho the treat treaty Hence the league lea of nations without the tho membership membership member member- ship of or the United States Stales amounts to little more than an association o of the thc enemies of or Germ Germany ny an and It lacks the moral force which Is needed to make It effective Moral Joral l Foree or In Participation This moral force can ean come como only b by tho time active participation of or the United States I Tho The refusal of or the Senate to act on I tho A French Anglo pact ha has I also tended to create In tho the minds of the thc French officials the impression wholly Justified that France Franco may not expect an any aid from the tho United States in tho the event of ot trouble with Germany German Therefore France nce is compelled to act promptly on such measures as are necessary to insure her future futuro safety |