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Show ALLIES THREATEN GERMANY I Occupation of Big H Cities and Renewal I of Blockade Looms I Sentiment of Supreme Council Seems To Indicate Defiant Teuton Attitude Will Not Be Tolerated Any Longer by Entente LONDON, Dec " There was a persistent rumor in the stock e-I e-I change this morning that the supreme council of the peace eonf1--ehce had threatened Germany that unless the final peace terms were agreed to, allied troops would oc up Essen and Frankfort T'p to tins time the market lias not been affected by the report. LONDON. Dec. 5. Official announcement announce-ment that Field Marshal Wilson has gone to Paris In response to "nn urgent .um-mOns .um-mOns to consult Marshal Foch In con-Ifocllon con-Ifocllon v. ith the poses treaty." Is regarded regard-ed by some morning newspapers as ot considerable significance, it la printed alongside the address made in Glasgow last cv-ninc byAndrew Bonrtr Law. In whirh he sld he believed the allies .in I the t'Owrr and if necessary Will rxrrlse it. to Insure ratifleruinn of thi Versailles' treaty by Gerir.any. It I? suggested thai steps to exert pressure on Germany mey br Imminent. May Renew Blockade "Thru- has boon enough rcle-iv.u ting' r Wagging ot the fjennans who have coma to believe It safe to defy the allies," says the Dally Mail. In commenting on the situation. "A wise onel morcitnl j (nurse would be to tell them pISHI) that If within it flx'd time they do no; comply with the allied conditions tnd fulfill the treat lorml tho blockade WJU I be rene w ed I , L Coercion Necco:nry PARIS. Dec. 3. Coercion Is the on'.y argument likely to muke an impi esslon upon th- Germans and to Induce ihein to sign the protocol of the peace treaty, ke-cordlng ke-cordlng to tcdo'r. newspapers. It is suid this conclusion was reaCfrQd at n-5 secret session of the council of five jo terday, at which Marshal Foch was also present j it is reported that the marshal under-took under-took to execute the plan h- drs.fi.-1 last June-, the nitre threat of wnl h iuough German plcnlpotcsdlavles to Ve---salUcf. During the meeting, says the Echo dn Pari.--. Premier Clemenoeau and Harsh 1 Foch stated that the unexpected dopar'.-! dopar'.-! ure of the German delegates from Versailles Ver-sailles and the complicated points lai- I by the enemy left no doubt whateve? about the nee salty of taking action. Gone Too Far The Petit TaiTlen says that Germany consldt rs It has trone too for nnd that an official note has been received fron Berlin announcing that ncr negotiation win leave soon tor Versailles. H The supreme council eonsidered furth-"i H thi noti lo be sent tp German) regeiding I prol i biiil did not complete tli-r The secret mectlnc hold hy the su-prcmc su-prcmc council .'Ot-terdo; with Marsha! Foch and 1 neral IVi geitr. the mashall wlsl mi m. . had provoke! a great amount of speculation a to H eventual action access the Rhine m ca H Germany does not i pi) .satisfactorily io H the final note regarding the protocol. H ' The American troops on the Rhine H now n umbei 12, men. No Question hi H is yet arisen whether they would per-(icipatc per-(icipatc RCUpti undertaken py the French nnd British. Field Marshal P'r Henry Hughes Wil- j son. chiff ir He Brillah imperial staif. arrived In H The Plan lor action against Ger-manv Ger-manv dratted bj Marshal Foch last June, mentioned In the dispatches, w.is read for put tin,-: into effect in case 'h. 'iernians had fin.'lly declined ) to sign the Versailles' peac treaty. It contemplated s rapid advance into Germany from ihe occupied zone by the British, American and French I armies. A drive of from 10 to 60 miles m depth ,.l along the allied line was contemplated. Cavalry was to have bT-n employed, together with armored cars, to piocci the infantry. who were tn have hr-en rushed forward in motor trucks in s dash that would, it was predicted, have broken all records rec-ords for s rapid military advance. |