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Show FRENCH TO OCCUPY CITIES IN GERMANY I 'FRANCE TO PUNISH ' ' 1T1 FOR PEACE j TREATY VIOLATIONS: i Troops to Occupy Teuton! Cities on East Side of Rhine, Paris Announces j BRITISH DECLINE TO j COOPERATE IN MOVEj Marshal Foch May Decide that j Teutons Must Pay for Ex- I pense of Occupation ( i PAR- April 5. French troops I commanded by General de GoutteJ which arc stationed along the Rhine, are prepared to enter Gorman territory terri-tory this morning, according to the Wiesbaden correspondent of the Matin. It is reported that the French govern ment nas ueciued to occupy cities on the right bank of tho Rhine as a reprisal re-prisal for the movement of German government troops Into the neutral zone fixed by the Versailles trealy.No official announcement has been made of such an order, however. . I Newspapers continue to discuss the (situation resulting Crohi the entry of Clares the indications given by the German note concerning those forces do not correspond with the information -received by Marshal Foch. Demand ls made by the Journal that the expenses of the occupation be borne by the Germans, Ger-mans, and it is suggested that cities occupied bo taxed to make up this amount. British Not Co-operating. The British government will decline lo co-operate in the occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt .and other German Ger-man cities, according to the London correspondent of the Petit Parisieu. but will, he says, favorably follow the action of France, "realizing the importance im-portance of the situation." In the southern part of the Ruhr district, dis-trict, says the a-iCho de Paris, the German Ger-man government troops have advanced ad-vanced without resistance, but have encountered serious opposition in the central portion of the Ruhr basin. Two hundred persons ave been killed in a fight near Duisburg, according to information in-formation reaching this city. French military measures destined to force the German government to withdraw its troops from the Ruhr basin are now entirely In the hands of Marshal Foch. it was said at the foreign for-eign office today. Tribute on Cities. It is advanced in some well informed quarters that occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt, Homburg and Hanau is unlikely to exercise sufficient pressure upon the Germans, since they well argue that this occupation is distasteful distaste-ful to the French as well as to them-j selves, but cannot continue indefinitely. indefinite-ly. On the other hand, the expense of the operation comes up ns a vital Ques-i tion in the present state of French finances. The newspapers recall war tributes imposed by German troops on French and -.igian cities and suggest similar measures beins applied to Gei- jnan cities occupied by irench troops. Dispatches from leabaden, saying General de Goutle's forces are under "alert" orders, aro explained as not necessarllv meaning an Immediate advance, ad-vance, buwcomplete readiness to move forward unless Berlin promptly recalls the troops which have entered the Ruhr district against protests from France. s No censorshop his been established on news of the intended operation, but since the mattor now is entirely in the hands of Marshal Foch. communications communica-tions from the army probably will bo surrounded with the usual precautions, although tho operation is not considered consid-ered on a basis of war. . U. S. Not Informed. WASHINGTON, April 5 State department de-partment officials said today they had received no notice from Franco of Itii intention to havo tho French troops occupy cities on the oast bank as a reprisal for the advanco of German forces into the Ruhr valley neutral zone. The last official word regarding troop movements in this territory was received last Thursday, officials said, with the arrival of the German note informing the American government that it was sending soldiers into the district to re-establish order. Tho United States notified the allies more than a week ago it would offer no objection to the movement of German Ger-man troops into the valley if they were withdrawn as soon as conditions aro normal. j j |