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Show 1DBHS SIPS OF B1ES Profiteering on Yank Cause French to De-j stroy Property; Allies Now on German Soil iiikIiIi Pnn PARIS, Dec. 2 (Ifavas). KighT dav remain for the Germans ; . to evacuate the left bank, of the Rhine fronv lower Alsace to Holland. Hol-land. French and allied forces eroaned th Oerman frontier yesterday. yester-day. Franca will he represented by contingents in all enemy territory, according to an announcement. , A meritran t roops crossed the f ron -tier Into Prussia at daylight yesterday yester-day behind the German rear guards. Ti..H la Mm H tun mm sfy thus far occupied. American soldiers dispersed a mob f thousands at Esch, after it had wrecked twenty-eight shops in re- - - venga or tha overcharging of Amri- cans. Most of these establishments vre raniiuricl trj tlei ni.niv Tmr loes is estimated at between 4.00.0OM and 7,000,000 francs. ifio Demonstration for : Gen. Dickman's Army t- By Associated Presss - AMUfUCAX AUMV OF OCCL'l'A- TlON, Iec. 1. No demonstrations, - either friendly or hostile, marked the .' entry of Major Oeneral Hickman's army -tlnto Germany yesterday. The frontier as crossed early In the day and by " nightfall the Americans had moved for war .1 twelve mtte. reaching Hag-den Hag-den on the left and Saarholzbuch - on - tha right. The line extended along the Z Soar river and through Saarburg and Treves. The reception given the Americana - differed from that encountered In Lux- i ' ejmburg and parte of Belgium and France. There they were welcomed as i deliverers by almost all of tha popula- J tlon. The attitude of the population f Rhenish Prussia was different. Not -m single act of open antagonism was ' reported, but it wag evident th U even t ie children had been schooled care- j fully In th role they must pl')'-. SOLDIERS NOT SURPRISED. . . Officers and men were not surprised j 'fcy the lack of display of flas nnd the absence nf the cheer! ig crowds to " which they had been accustomed, but they did not expect the calm silence with which the advance pitrols and the columns of marchers were reset re-set ved. j On the Luxemburg aide of the Mo- ; sells rher the streets of the villages were filled with people to say goodbye to the departing troops. Across the Moselle the streets of the 7 Tillages were almost deeerted. Per- haps 15 per cent of the population re- ; malned within their homes and In a i majority of cases the blinds were! drawn. Here and there a (ierrnan stood ' In the doorway watching the troops 1 nse and occasionally groups sssem- pled at street corners, but there were ' no signs of either pleasure or dlsap- J roval. -CROWDS AT TREVES. Larger crowds were encountered In Treves, the largest place occupied later in the day, but even there most . of the people kept moving, maintaining " alwsys a studied air of indifference. So far a possible the men in khskl ..were Ignored. Once In a while the youngsters under years of age were . carried away by the excitement and displayed enthuninsm over the march -" Jng troops, but their forget fu I nena was -corrected promptly by some older per- on. , Rrigadier General Preaton Brown. the military governor for occupied ter-' ter-' titory, baa established his headquar- , ers at Treves, which also ha been ; VmIi .f" headquarters. |