Show BERLIN DEMANDS OFFICERS REL RELEASE EASE GERMAN GOVERNMENT FILES PROTEST AT PARIS ING RIGHT TO MOVE Contention Raised RaIled That Even Acts Acta Of War Do Not Permit Penalties on Entire Populations The n. The German Gorman government demands the release nt at this time of nil all police officers still under arrest In fn the tho French area of or occupation Ina In Ina Ina a note presented to the tho French KOV gov eminent by the tho German charge daf fairer folres at Paris It was learned learnell hero here Thursday reserves the right to demand full satisfaction for alleged acts act of ot violence In tho the and vigorously protests against such acts In the tho note noto tho the government gives hes Its version of the occurrence occurrences at nt Gelsenkirchen on February 1 2 when two French gendarmes and a German police sergeant were wounded The Tho sergeant died later The Tho note calls attention to the sub sequent measures undertaken by the French occupational authorities re ro erring to the Imposition of ot a fine tine of marks and to tho the arrest of members of ot tho police force torce The communication alleges that tho latter step was wait attended by brutal excesses ex fix ceases on the part of or the mho French troops The German government the note continues states that the clash with the tho officers of the lizet caused by French gendarmes was considered by the tho French occupational forces as reason to proceed against the entire city with forceful measures the severity of ot which could hardly bo be exaggerated Even en In fn case blame had rested with the bo German officers tho the punitive ex ox would have been n a serious violation of ot law as not even oven In war do acts of Individuals permit the im position of ot penalties upon the entire population The Tho French government apparently approves os the action of the local com cont manders as ns those without restraint aro are continuing the maltreatment of ot the city |