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Show U. S. OFFICER PUTS DOWN A GERMANREVOLT WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN GERMANY, Oct. 15. (By Mail.) (By the Associated Press.) Single-handed, Single-handed, an American Intelligence officer offi-cer recently put down a "revolutionary" "revolution-ary" movement in the area on the Rhine occupied by United States troops. The first the Americans knew of the '"revolt" was when news reached army headquarters that in Luetz, a village I of 200 population, a red flag had been I hoisted and was waving in the breeze at the lop of a seventy foot pole When the American officer arrived in Luetz ! the "revolution." conceived by a so-cieiy so-cieiy calling itself "Froshlnn" (Hilarity) (Hilar-ity) and composed of young men most of whom were discharged German soldiers sol-diers wa well undi r way and none of the Inhabitants could enter or leave the villnce without proper passport provided by the society members, Luetz, like many German villages 'n the hiils, has no troops In tho lown. iic army depending upon an occasional occasion-al patrol to keep in touch with e vents. The American summoned the Genu-indevorstaher, or the Chief official offi-cial of the town, who informed tho ol-licer ol-licer that this was the third attempt ot the "Frohslnnisls" to rule the vil-llage vil-llage and thai ihe action was directed iagalnst the Catholic priest for whom ihe voung men had a pronounced dis- The American officer summoned the executive council of the society, pro- 5- Ivlded them with pick and shovel and I J had them dig up the flag pole, amid the applause of the conservative element ele-ment oi the village He instructed the bur .-mister to withhold until further notice any authorization for meetings I of the "Hilarity. ' gave the executive , : 1 ! council a dressing down and Instructed gM h- oi German policeman to patrol jLuentz at all hours on Sundays when imost political meetings arc held. I Each member of the "executive 1 council'' promised to be good hereaf- A, ler and none of the society members fy i were arrested. They agreed that the 1 American had convinctd them that jjj i 1 'revolution'' did not pay. The revolu- 1 1 tion had lasted six hours- , ' m |