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Show Occupation Now Virtually Complete ALLIED MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, HEADQUAR-TERS, NEUHS, March 10 (By Associated Asso-ciated Press). Allied forces nave virtually vir-tually completed the occupation of the Rhine ports of the Ruhr region. All that remains to be done Is the selzurel of a few villages and important crossroads. cross-roads. As yet commanding officers have not arranged for a division of the occupied zone between the British, Belgian Bel-gian and French units. SOLDIERS DELIGHTED. The soldiers engaged In the operation were delighted with their "military I promenade," which was favored by unusually un-usually fine weather. Tbey draw comparisons com-parisons between the reception given them here and In Frankfort last year and there seems to be a sort of friendly friend-ly atmosphere in the occupied district. A Duesseldorf newspaper said yesterday yes-terday that if the allied authorities followed out the lines laid down in the proclaamtlon by General Degou-ette. Degou-ette. the occupation of the city would be "supportable." v BEGIN TO WORRY. While the presence of allied troops has been accepted in good grace by most of the people, business men In the occupied district are worried over the consequences of the new customs system. Reports are current that certain factories have canceled orders amounting to 60,000,000 marks, but these rumors have not been confirmed. People of the middle and working classes fesr there will be an Increase in the -cost of living. They are laying lay-ing In stocks of provisions and are besieging stores. In some cases, fear Is expressed that stocks of food will be rapidly exhausted. |