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Show ALLIES III TAKE OIClOPP 1KS City of Essen Reported to De Next Objective of Invasion Inva-sion of Germany IIKRLIN. Marrh It (It United Pre. Occupation of Kaaen. horn of th m( Krupp worke. will bo th nest objective of Ihe allied advance Into Oerwiany. according ta the belief oapriasid in army rlrelee here lower. A I ha result of wewdmg their line along tha leulebera'-F.eeen railway, entente en-tente Ironpe hava approached ta with In lee lhan three milea of I ha latter city and mora than fifteen mi Ira aaal of lha Khlne. Amona tha town entered en-tered were Mulheim, uberhauden, dati and rtpeldorf. FURTHER OCCUPATION. ItKRI.IN. March It (Hy tha AaaoH-ared AaaoH-ared l"reee) Franco-ltelglan troope hava occupied tha waatrrn quarter cf Mulhelm-ltuhr and lb railway station st Hpeldorf. Other small allied forces have occupied Ihe weat railway elation at Oherhauaen and locks In th vicinity vicin-ity of the Kmscher canal. The recent entry of aome armed Iliitlah ahlpa In Or man harbor. It waa announced In tha reichatag. la e-rtouaty e-rtouaty engaging the attention of the Herman government In view of the "gravity of the principle Involved." Chancellor Kehrenhach urged ihe speedy baaaage of the disarmament bill, warning that delay, for which neither he nor the gnverrmenl could take th responsibility, would entail danger. A relrhatag committee la dlecuaalng the meaaure. The central committee of th Herman Her-man wholesale trade organisation adopted reao!utlnn today declaring It to tie the patriotic duly of Herman merchunta to refrain from purchaaing noneeeenilal gnoda from the countries concerned In the Imposition of Ihe economic penalllea on tier-many. Extend Occupied Area Along Railroad rrHHKI.DHKK. March It Hy the Aaaorlated Preaa). The occupation area baa been eitended from Dulaburg to stations sll along the railroad running run-ning from Iiulaburg lo- Kaaen lo within with-in two and half milea of Kaeri. The central freight yard at Wed iu, the largrat In the Ruhr dlairlrt, and Mul-heim Mul-heim alatlon are guarded by French troupe I luesseldorff Is quiet. A numlter of manufacturers and business men are moving their off(ees to llerlln. Hanover and other Interior rltlea of (lermany and some sr trims-ferrinc trims-ferrinc .heir entire planta. Manv wealthy persona also are moving Into the Interior lluatneaa In Dueeseldorf Is extremely dull and the restaurants are empty, but many Frenchmen und their families fam-ilies srs lieglnnlng to crowd th shopping shop-ping districts. Action Necessary to Perfection in Plan PARIS. March It (Ry Assoclsted Press). Ths occupation of ths Mul-heim Mul-heim and Hpeldorf railway atations In th Huhr district of (lermany by French troop was simply a further (tep In Ihe plan adopted by the London Lon-don reparation conference. It waa esnlalned In official circles her today. Th stations command tha approaches ap-proaches to th Khln and their poeaeealon waa neceeaary to make th allied occupation effective. It was aid. If Germany pays, " Frsnr will meres from her financial difficulties, notwlthaiandlng the ooloeaal burdena left by th war: If she does not pay, the problem I Inaoluble. Thla statement was mad In th senate hy Henry Cheron In presenting Continued on psge t.) ALLIES TO TAKE (Continued from page 1.1 Ihe aenale finance committee' report on th list budget. Th Krenrh debt, which In August, 114. atood at t; . tot franc, h ipllned. mounted on March I of thla year to Jt7.0A4.MI. franca, I which must he added In the future pension and war dsmagea estlmstsd at another ill 0 MO 0 franc. franc thus far. said M. Charon, had paid out II 100 . 0 franca an Uermanys account, conaequenily there would he list.. franca more, with Interest, to he added ta her obligation If Oermany d'd not pay. House of Commons Pastes Reparations Bill LONIiON, March It iRy Associated I Press). Th hous of common KYI day paaeed Ihe third reading of the reparation bill. Tha bill provide for a levy of II per rem on Oerman goods but thl nrovlalon will not he effective until Marrh II. J. Auaten Chamberlnln. chancellor nf the etrhequer. replying In Ihe bailee of common to an argument that the Herman reparations bill to he effective must be applied hy all Ihe allies, ssld lh hill might operate either as a penalty or aa a mean of collartlon nf reparation. Whlrh of thee character th meaaure took I on. he aaaerted. deneqded upon the actlrn of the Germane. Kven If tiraat Hritsln atood alona In thla matter. Mr Chamberlain aald. h believed th eirlualon of Oermany from Hrltlah marketa would be sufficient suf-ficient to compel her to give eatla-faction eatla-faction to flntlah demand. Th proceed of lh bill, lh chancellor chan-cellor added. nuld be applied lo th payment of British claim and the il spoaal of anr surplus would be left I over for discussion by the allies. Cologne Merchants Favor Dutch Ports THK HXH'R. My II - Th rham-ber rham-ber of commerce of Cologne and similar bodies In other Oerman town hav derided. In eiortlng goods, lo avoid wherever nnsslhl allied harbor har-bor In favor, of Dutch port. |