Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-15 | Page 1 | Advance of Yanks to Depend on Wilson

v v V cgj gt gi MI11LF0II5 oinnci SOLDERS 01 RHINE; But Troops Will Not Advance , Into Germany Unless Pres- ( ident Gives Command. i UNITED STATES FINDS I SITUATION COMPLEX Interest Centers on Conference Called by Allied Commanders Command-ers at Mayence. . "WASHINGTON. March 15. (By the Associated Press) While technically still under tlie dircc-onof dircc-onof ..Inrghal, JfQCh-L., American troops on the Rhine would not participate in any allied advance irtto Germany without specific directions di-rections from President Wilson, it iwas said today at the war department. depart-ment. Officials said the situation so far as the American forces were concerned was a Complex one. The United States is the only nation na-tion having troops in the Rhine which lias not become a party to the treaty of Versailles, it was explained, ex-plained, and consequently the American detachmcut. will govern gov-ern the arrangements of arniis-Hcc. arniis-Hcc. Under those terms they still were subject technically to the orders or-ders of Marshal Foch as the supreme su-preme commander. Steps being taken overseas for possible military action against ; Germany as a result of the revolution revolu-tion were being closely followed here. Interest centered on Mar-j 'shal Foc'h's conference today with Jlhe allied commanders at Mayence , and in the. reports from 'Paris that aTter this conference he would call a meeting of the su- j ipremc war council. The United : States is now represented on that council? The American forces on the Rhine consist of about 13,000 troops under Major General Hcn-!ry Hcn-!ry T. Allen.