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Show mm DEMANDS OFFICERS RELEASE GERMAN GOVERNMENT FILES PROTEST AT PARIS, RESERV. ING RIGHT TO MOVE Contention Raised That Even Acta Of War Do Not Permit Penalties on Entire Populations Berlin. The German government demands tiie release at this time ot all police officers still under arrest In the French urea of occupation in a note presented to the French government gov-ernment by the German charge d'affaires d'af-faires at 1'arls, it was learned here Thursday. Berlin reserves the right to demand full satisfaction for alleged acts of violence in the Ruhr and vigorously protests against such acts. In the note the German government gives Us version of the occurrences at Gelsenklrchen on February 2, when two French gendarmes and a German police sergeant were wounded. The sergeant died later. The note calls attention to tho subsequent sub-sequent measures undei taken by the French occupational authorities, referring re-ferring to the imposition of a fine of 100,000,000 marks and to the arrest of members of the police force. The communication alleges that the latter Btcp was uttended by "brutal excesses" ex-cesses" on the part of the French troops. "The Germnn government," the note continues, "states that the clash with the inilivdual officers of the shut.po-lizel, shut.po-lizel, caused by French gendarmes, was considered by the French occupa- ! tional forces as sufficent reason to proceed again- the entire city with forceful measures, the severity of which could hardly be exaggerated. F.ven in case Ida me had rested with the German officers, the punitive expedition ex-pedition would have been a serious violation of law, as not even in war do arts of individuals permit the imposition im-position of penalties upon the entire population. "The French government apparently approves the action of the local commanders, com-manders, as these, without restraint, are continuing the maltreatment of the city." I |