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Show MARRIAGE TO GERMAN GIRLS IS FORBIDDEN . COBLENZ. Wednesday. July 2 Marriages between American soldiers and German women are forbidden by the army regulations pending ratification ratifi-cation of the peace treaty by the United Unit-ed States and Germany The judge advocate's department, of the Ameri-can Ameri-can forces on the Rhine tonight handed hand-ed down a decision declaring that marriages mar-riages under present conditions are illegal il-legal on the ground that the United States technically is still at war with Germs n At army headquarters, however, in quiries continue to be received from soldiers eager to wed German girls, Since Saturday there have boon so many reports with reference to the fraternization order that headquarters has issued a memorandum on the question of fraternization The order says' "The attention of all officers and enlisted men is called to the fact that no order has been issued revoking or in any way modifying the rules and regulations concerning fraternization and other dealings with or treatment of the civil population of the occupied area." All commands were instructed to see that the order received the widest publicity. |