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Show 1LLIES ORDER PUNISHMENT FOR GERMANY PROPOSALS OF I TEUTONS GIVEN I NO ATTENTION I Penalties to Be Imposed tor Failure to Observe Reparation Agreement INDUSTRIAL CITIES WILL BE OCCUPIED Imports Will Be Taxed As Each Country Decides; Customs Boundary I.oNIhiN. March 7 (By th- As- H soclated Presa) Allied troops will mnri-h into tJermany tomorrow In ac- H ordanee with the declnlon of the H lUlei to inflict on Germany the pen- H allies provided for because of the H non-fulflllmcnt of her reparations' H obligations. It was announced offl- H daily this evening. H fter the Germans left the confer- H er.ee late this afternoon the British, H French and Belgian premiers tele- H graphed orders for the immediate H occupation by the allied troops of H Kuhrort. Dulsberg and Duseeldor' H Thi Herman delegation will return H to Germany tomorrow. Its mem- H bers said after the conference that H l they were not empowered to make H air, further proposals, and thst they H regretted the possibility that the al- tied troops were already marchlug H 1 upon Germany. I H The instructions to the allied com- H rnandem on th" Rhine were given H after the premiers had requested H j Marshsil Fovih anJ P;eld Marshal H Vniaon 10 Join in the discussion of the action to bo taken- The allied H representatives will meet again tn morrow to further the concerted en- forccment of the various penalties. H I'I .N l I II Ol I I IN I'll LONDON, Mar. 7 (By The Aaso- I dated Prea. Application of the pen- H allies upon Germany for non-fulflli H of her reparations requirements was de rided upon by th allies here this afternoon. H The penalties In question were an- H noum-cd to the Germans last Thursday H lb) Mi i i'i i George, the British mm- H lister. They are: I I Occupation Of tha cities of Dulaburg, 'Dusseidorf anil Ruhrort, In the Ger- I man Industrial area beyond the Rhine B 1 bv i roups of tho allies. I I Imposition by each allied country of H I such a tax upon German imports as H 'it may deem fitting. H establishment of a customs H i boundary under allied control along the i;iiine. 1 MORNING Ml i TIM. LONDON, March 7. (By the Aa-Aw Aa-Aw .ated Press) The conference between be-tween the heads of the allied govern-its govern-its and representatives of the German Ger-man government, which began at noon today for oiHcussion of tho reparations' q ;i-tion. took an adjournment st 1:30 o'clock until 4:30 p. m. The session apparently had not been a satisfactory one. and there were report re-port before the adjournment that 'h' attempt at an agreement had failed aifd that tho Germans would be Informed In-formed that the stipulated penalties would be applied. i k K) BE i n ; vt I'remler Brlsud. of Prance, on leaving leav-ing the conference, indicated that the repll of Mr. I.lovd Geoige would bo very firm and positive in tone In presenting his proposals. the Qermatl foreign minister discussed the subject of taxation in Germany, seeking to disprove the statement made by the British premier last Thursday that Germunv's taxea were lower ihan those of the allies. Dr. Simons maintained that th-Germans th-Germans were more heavily taxci' I than the Knglish. Ho declared that even the allies had admitted thst fur-I fur-I ther direct taxation in Germany waa impossible. After asking Dr Simons a number I of questions. Mr. Lloyd George replied: re-plied: ni i iskin on i T am afraid I must tell Dr. Simons that there Is no doubt as to the answer an-swer which the allies must be forced to give. I think It desirable, in view of tho great gravity of the decision that we should give a reasoned reply to his carefully prepared and clear statement. The interval will ulso enable us to read a full report of his statement." Mr. Lloyd George informed the Germans Ger-mans todav that not only were the proposals made by Foreign Minister Simons this morning unacceptable to tha allies, but that notwithstanding the Interval since last week's conference confer-ence the Germans had not made such an advance In their proposition xa would Justify postponement Of the lnposltion of the penalties. The British premier said he must announce on behalf of the attics a failure to come to even an approximate approxi-mate understanding with the German. ("mil wo get proposals from Gcr-mnn Gcr-mnn which mean a permanent settlement settle-ment there can bo no peace, he dc- . leied, oo |