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Show ALLIES WILL TAKE BIG KRUPP IRKS CITY OF ESSEN REPORTED TO BE NEXT OBJECTIVE OF INVASION OF GERMANY. Recent Entry of Armed British Ships in German Harbors Is Seriously Engaging Attention of German Ger-man Government i Berlin. Occupation of Essen, home qf the great Krupp works, will bo the next objective of tho allied advance Into Germany, according to tho belief expressed in nrmy circles here. As tho result of extending their lines along tho Dulsberg-Usscn railway, rail-way, entente troops hnvo approached to within less than threo miles of the latter city and inoro than fifteen miles cast of tho Ilhlne. Among tho towns entered wero Muluclm, Oberhaudcn, Wednu and Spendorf. Franco-Uclglnn troops have occupied oc-cupied the western quarter of Mul-llclm-Iluhr and tho railway station at Spcldorf. Other small allied forces havo occupied tho wesj railway station sta-tion at Obcrhnusen nnd locks in the vicinity of tho Emschcr canal. Tho recent entry of some armed Ilrltlsh ships In Gerronn harbors, It was announced In tho relchstug, Is seriously se-riously engaging the attention of the German government t view -of the "gravity of tho prlnclplo Involved." Chancellor Fnhrenbnch urged the speedy paswigo of tho disarmament bill, warning thnt delay, for which neither ho nor tho government could take tho responsibility, would entail danger. Tho central committee of the German Ger-man wholesalo tiudo organization has adopted a resolution declaring It to be the patriotic duty of German merchants to refrain from purchasing tion-essentlnl goods from the countries concerned In the ' Imposition of the economic penalties on Germany. Tho occupntlon r.f tho Mulhelm nnd Spcldorf railway stations lu the Ituhr district of Germany by French troops wns simply u further step In tho plan adopted by tho London reparations conference, It was explained lu official circles at Paris. |