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Show FRENCH TRIPS OGCUPy GERMAN RHINnOlS Few Shots Fired At Frenchmen French-men By Hun Gun Detachment De-tachment Before Being Be-ing Disarmed. DARMSTADT PEOPLE GIVE WARM GREETING Berlin Government Expresses Surprise Over Attitude of French Occupation. i BERLIN, April 6 (By the Associated Associat-ed Press) The French action in sending-troops to the Ruhr district came as a complete surprise, according to German Ger-man official circles, as it had been, hoped that the overnmen troops which were executing .police duties in thai region would convince the entente that the government was not contemp-luting contemp-luting violation of the peace treat'. An official communication says that the attitude of the other allied governments gov-ernments toward French occupation is not known, as only Germany received a note from France on the matter. "The German government will most energetically protest against this measure, meas-ure, which renders all possibility of establishing es-tablishing a modus Vivendi between France and Germany hopeless," says the commnique, "and can only strengthen those elements in Germany, which are entirely opposed to the execution exe-cution of the peace treaty. "We hope, however, that the rapid and smooth progress of the measures, taken in the Ruhr region will shorten the martyrdom of the occupied towns. But there can be no room for doubt that the French action, which is justified just-ified by no reai interest and which is contrary even to French interests again endangers the republic and seU us back months in the establishmeuf ot orderly conditions." Fire Upon French. MAYENCE, April 6. The only incident inci-dent in the occupation of North Frankfort Frank-fort by the French consisted of a few .shots fired. According to reports by viators, German gun detachments j fired two or three shells on a French cavalry patrol before whlc bdetach-ments bdetach-ments of the relchswehr and the security se-curity police were retiring. The latter, lat-ter, although, knowing yesterday that occupation had been decided on, refused re-fused to believe that it would be carried car-ried out, one of the officers saying that the British would not let the French come in. At Darmstadt, the reception of the French troops was almost cordial and 'the .population at Frankron was Inclined In-clined to be friendly with the French. Occupation Begun. PARIS, April 6. An officiav communication commu-nication issued this evening says: I "The military operation contemplated contemplat-ed against Frankfort and Darmstadt. I was begun today in the early hours. The troops of the Thirtieth corps took (part in the operation and met with no (resistance. The encircling of the two I towns and the occupation of Important points of the circle were completed at 1 11 o'clock by our cavalr, which in the afternoon occupied i-Ianau, previously previ-ously evacuated by the German troops. IN NEUTRAL ZONE BERLIN, April G. Accounts of the French advance Into the neutral zone easP of the Rhine began reaching the the Berlin newspapers this morning. A dispatch to the Zwoelfuhr Blatt from Frankfort says that the first building to be occupied there ivas the main ; railway station, in front of. which a tank was placed. The same newspaper reports that the French occupied all the public buildings in Darmstadt, including the palaco but that no incidenLs occurred, most of tho inhabitants being yet in bed when the troops entered the town. The newspaper advices also report the occupation of Hnuau bv the French The French Rhine flotilla It Is added, left for Hanau during the night. . Delay Impossible. BERLIN. April 6 The text o tho note sent by the German government to France on April 2, published today, showa that Germany after recounting tho negotiations concerning the Ruhr region, argued that it was impossible to delay an hour longer the9 sending of troops to restore order. German Forces BERLIN, April 0. Tho German forces in the Ruhr district, according to information from the minister of vrar to the Inter-allied commission of control, comprise the following. I Twenty-six battalions of infantry; nine .squadrons $t cavalry; twenty-(three twenty-(three batteries; four companies of po-j neers; two companies of mine throw ei-8; thre armored trains; one armored automobile; one squadron of airplanes; four liasson sections; one searchlight section; four supply automobiles; one j-epalr section. oo I |