Show r j. j ESSEN EN EXCITED I IBY BY REPORT TOE Of OFf f PARlEY BREAK Ruhr Forgets Troubles as Papers Proclaim Final R Rupture r Between France and England at Lausanne NEWSPAPERS PUBLISH WAR THREAT STORIES Germans Openly Taunt French Soldiers in Streets as s Throngs Cheer Over J Possible Allies Allies' Breakup t t f ESSEN Feb 1 By A. A P. P The r.-The The forgot Its Ita own o troubles last evening eve eve- ning nimg upon receipt of ot Lausanne die die- patt ea from German sources anI an an- I nj to the final break between Enand En- En Ii and France rance over the Near East war between England and ilan eS' eS screamed the headlines headlines- on onono dire ono of ot the newspaper nw extras Great ds gathered ath red in front of ot the buller bulle- bulle r Un et rda In Essen and Dusseldorf to toj Ithe the reports from Lausanne For Tor It 4 mat fist time In three weeks there was WS I. I j g In th tho Ruhr 7 If gr boi ho o population has been waiting In r 11 J. J of the newspaper offices office in the atlon that the French ultimatum i jermany ermany would be published Then y U Vs t ra of a 0 break at Lausanne was anI anS an- an S I rr t II UI edo the people were greatly re relieved re- re Jev eved d and greeted the bulletins with cheers Extra edition of ofa the e a Westphalen Gazette Guette and the Duess Dues- Dues s IJ lort dorf were snapped up promptly at marks a copy Officers on dut duty at French headquarters headquarters head head- I quarters volunteered the Information that no official advice as to a a. Franco- Franco British break had been received from f f r Pans and that the Joy pf Qt the Germans Germane la Is likely to prove premature We will defeat the French was the tile cry heard again and again as patrols patrols pa patrols pa- pa of ot soldiers dispersed the crowd The population was in good humor and taunted ti tho the Fr French soldiers without Offering any resistance Be careful you ou dont don't bre break k your our neck a a. German youth shouted to a French horseman as the latter's tetter's mount slipped on the wet pavement and nearly nearh fell tell be needed to des de ie- defend fend tend Calais In the absence of ot an any official news new tr from m Lausanne the population of ot and Essen went to bed confident that the Near East Imbroglio would prove proe the Ruhr's salvation |