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Show YANKEES IN COMPLETE COjTfiOLOF French and Doughboys Also Take Over Occupation Occu-pation of Aix-Ia-Cha-pelle From Belgians Order Is Re-established in Cologne Following the Arrival of British Troops as Guards. WASHINGTON, Dec. id. The American Ameri-can army of ttceupation marching into Germany has reached the Rhine. General Gen-eral Pershing under date &t last night reported: "The American Third army continuing its advance into Germany . today reached the Rhine from Rolandseek to BrohJ, and at nightfall was on the general line: Rolandseek - Brohl - Wassenach - Jlun-stermaifcld-Rhembollen." COLOGNE, Dec. 7. l'rench and American Amer-ican troops officially entered Aix-la-Cha-peile today and took over the occupation of that German city from the Belgians. Allied flags were flown in the Frederick William place, where the allied g-inerr-is assembled to take the salute of tiic troops. ESTABLISH ORDER IN COLOGNE AS BRITISH SOLDIERS ARRIVE COLOGNE, Dec. 7. (By the Associated Press.) Order has been re-established in Cologne as the result of the arsival of an advance guard of Bri: iah troops. There had been several days of the keenest keen-est anxiety in the city, caused by e:Uen- sive riots and pillaging on Die part of , I mobs of the lower classes, with attendant bloodshed. The disorders began Wednesday night after the withdrawal of the German troops. They continued the next ignt in various quarters on a large scale. Much damage was done to property and a large quantity of goods was stolen from the stores. According to Burgomaster Adenauer, the rising was due to the inab'.litv of the poor to obtain food and clothing. lie thought there was little reason to doubt, however, that the trouble also was due in part to the freshly Inculcated Bolshevik Bol-shevik idea among the populace that it was noedless to work any longer. Cologne is seething with political ideas, born of the revolution. Various factions are at grips over the future government of tho Rhineland, which, with Westphalia, Westpha-lia, was declared a separate republic :.t a meeting of radical Social -Democrats the other day. The Conservatives are holding out for a united Germany. The Rhineland as a whole was against the old regime, but the people have split on the rock of possible pos-sible separation from Germany. AMERICANS WERE COURTEOUS ON WAY TOWARD COBLENZ AMSTERDAM. Deo. 10. t By the Associated As-sociated Press.) Rhenish newspapcis received re-ceived here contain a dispatch describing the passage of the Forty-second American Ameri-can division toward Cobleuz. It says the Americans were very courteous. They only demanded the surrender of arms, not otherwise interfering with the citizens. citi-zens. The newspapers arc enjoying full liberty of puhlie;i ion. TOWN AUTHORITIES COOPERATE WITH AMERICAN TROOPS COBLENZ, Dec. S, 10 p. m. (By the Associated Prcsf) Coblcnz tonight Is under the complete military control ij" the Americans, with t lie municipal authorities au-thorities co-opera ling. The American fores comprised the Second battalion of the Tmrtv-ninth infantry, in-fantry, which arrived here Ih's afternoon in r.nwcr to a request from German autboriik:-. The rec.'p; ion of tb Americans Ameri-cans was most !');end!y. Tb last "-T-j man troops e?ft ' 'obiens Sunoa ni'cni'i;'. Mhero mu- no tr.-.uble of any ki" 1 ;;njj none is epeete;i. Some eiti-.eiw of w.l,- j lei-., n;ud they feU b--tter . tli.it the I A m erica n.s hn d arrived. The frk-.idly t;m t with wM.-j, the .--j vilimis of I'oblen. (rented the irri- I cans began to cviirv? Ks.elf m VTh.-L'-v nlong the railroad over which vW. Aineri- i cans came to Cohlenz. At manv pb.e-v ! Sunday crowds of children ''Iwreil ;,u w avt 'l their hands a1 t lie Americans ! passed. The spirit displayed becam" more friendly as the. Americans ; p-pmachod p-pmachod ' 'obienz. W L it the Americans arrived tl(; retrained re-trained in an outlymtr section r.! ;he mv thev v.-ere met hv a inrge eroe". i j , - t -: r 1 tug municipal ofi'lmnis. AmonLr th---; nt'i-waiting nt'i-waiting fo s Th" m.-rj,-:. n ; v,-er.. (Continued on Page Three. i IKS IN COMPLETE C0M1L OF CDBLENZ (Continued from Page One.) two professors, with all the pupils, of a boy a' school. The train which transported the Americans Ameri-cans to C0b)en2 was manned by a German Ger-man crew, the American soldiers occupying occupy-ing coaches formerly used by German troops. One coach carried newspaper correspondents. The battalion is commanded by Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel James Locket t. with Major Fred Ilackctt second in command. In addition to their rifles and ammunition, the soldiers carried full packs containing emergency rations and additional .'ood supplies were brought by the train to tide tiie men over until ration trains arrive. ar-rive. When the Americans took up guard of the Coblcnz ends of the Rhine bridges. German soldiers were doing sentry duty on the opposite ends. Tonight the American Ameri-can sentries along the Rhine could see the lights of the fortress of Ehrenbreit-stein, Ehrenbreit-stein, which stands on a rocky promontory promon-tory four hundred feet above the river, where several regiments of German sol diers are still quartered. Tt is said that the fortress can accommodate . 100,000 men. The Americans will not cross the Rhine until further orders, the battalion remaining remain-ing in Coblenz more In the nature of military police until additional forces arrive. |
