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Show L W APPROVE m RUHR ACTION t i it ';'-" "t&-' French Occupation of German Territory Threat for Treaty j h , K ' Enforcement I; v.- PAKIS. April 23. Premier Lloyd. " ' '& . Gcorgro of Great Britain would approve! j of Anglo-French occupation of the) l (. ' Ttuhr dlatrict of Germany in the event ' $ . the Berlin government should rofuac, t ; h to suitably live up to the revised terms, Itr' fry of-the Versailles' treaty, saiJ "IVrti-j -1 nax," political editor of the Echo de 'j; f. i Paris. He says intimation to this f- i ' . feet has coino though a mombor of the :V ;- . Brltiath premier's suite, for the p'ir-i j pose of overcoming Premier Miller-j ' ' and's opposition to revision of the ; v ' Gormn n . treaty, .-a. - , j)" "Maneuvers at San Remo," a?se-'s Pcrtinax, "having the purpose of r;"cr-( s"f .''''1 coming French opposition to re..-.ioi, !. .' 7 1 ' of the treaty, arc the culmination of , ! f - i "' conversations which have been ?oi:ig , " ; , on at Berlin between officials of he I j ' " -?ti Gorman government and certain allied I ,i t representatives. The arrival of .ho, i i. . German note, asking for a permanent ,. X army of 200,000 men, is not a mcrc i L A coincidence. i 1 v ' Xotahles at Dinner. 1 f ,.i ..SAX -REMO.. April '23. Premier i,loyd George last evening gavo a 1in- '; ' ner in honor of Alexandre. Millerand, ; the French premier, and General JJr-S JJr-S : ', , thclot, the French chief of staff;; Eurl I f&W-' ' Curzon, the British foreign secretary;' 4 W'" "i Arthur J. Balfour, British rcprestnui- i i V tivc on the executive council oL '.ho. i f j ' lea'gue of nations, and some other ot ( the French and British representatives t i' i . Iero were present. X 'E'ollowlng the dinner, Premics I ; Lloyd George and Millerand had op- j '5 . poriunity for a private conversation, j ' Tlie tension between the British and . French delegations is said to have .' ' been considerably lessened in coiij.;- ' ' quence. ; p The afternoo;i session of the coun-' I , '" " I'll wa3 devoted to. thi- Turkish ireaty. jfif""" After hearing the statement of the .'(CfC'V Armenian delegation, the confvyio.ni'.c T gave Erzeroum to Armenia. ' The control of Constantinople was tai;cn up, and the project recem'.v : i ' ' S advanced from London for a nlgii ; ' commission, comj)osed of Engla.nl, ' Frimoe and Italy, was considesed. The advance of the Bolahevjki l forces on Batoum was also taken up. The militar' experts gave it as thvir opinion that the Bolsheviki were '.oo I , strong for the force ot Batoum, wlnoh should be evacuated. Tho English and French repre.sen'ft- . lives opposed the suggcs.ion. pointing ,h ; out that Batoum was indispensable ,a j" an outlet from Armenia, Georgia and ; I Erzeroum., from which the allies wury I ' receiving important supplies of oil r ! and 'manganese. , . France, it was brought out, oepii- ; " ' ' - daily opposed it because Batoum is ! i the outlet for a pipe line from the I j Baku oil fields, which is essential to i ? j - France. ' ' |