GERMAN REVOLUTION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3455, 8 April 1920, Page 5

GERMAN REVOLUTION.

TRENCH TROOPS IN GERMANY. ADVANCE CREATES CRISIS. APPLAUDED 3Y FRENCH PRESS. TROOPS 18 MILES BEYOND TREATY CIRCLE. PARIS,. April 6. The newspapers applaud the French advance, declaring that the Prussian militarists merit a stern snub.

Telegrams from Berlin state that Muller does not regard the situaiton as serious, because Britain and Italy have not yet been heard from. French troops are now eighteen mileg beyond the Treaty circle ftround Mayence. The troops; number 170,000, including artillery. The French Rhine flotilla has gone to Hanau, which the troops occupied. The French have occupied all the public buildings in Darmstadt, including the palace. The inhabitants obeyed the instructions in the French proclamation, and there have been no disorders. FRENCH EMBARASS ALLIES.

It is asserted in diplomatic circles that Britain, as recently as Monday, reiterated the opinion to Prance that precipitate action should not be taken. Therefore the French advance surprised the British Government and has resulted in an extremely delicate, if not serious, situation among the Allies. Mr Lloyd George is cu'rtaling his holiday in Wales and returning to London to-morrow.

A Paris message states that the occupation of towns was carried out without a hitch. The French troops found the districts empty of the Reichswehr, who retired ten miles eastward of the town a few hours before the French arrived. The French advance guards were composed of half a dozen tanks and Moorish troops, headed by General De Susbielle. Frankfort was in pitch darkness and the populace asleep. General De Susbielle met railwaymen going home, who were surprised, but not disturbed. One said: “Yqu want to go to the railway station Right! Ili’l show you the way. ” Half an 'hour later, troops occupied the station, post office, and other Government buildings, and General De Susbielle f was interviewing the Prefect of Police at his headquarters in the Carlton Hotel, A hundred police volunteers who remained in the town were ‘quickly disarmed. When the citizens awoke they were astonished to find 'the city in the hands of the French, but they took matters calmly. Do Goutte’s proclamation stipulated that no strike s would be permitted. INo one is allowed out of doors between 9 in the evening and 5 in the morning. Publication of newspapers is suspended. All arms are to be given up within six hours.

RETREATING REDS COMMIT OUTRAGES. PARIS, April 6. A Central News message from Frankfort state s that the retreating Reds committed brutal outrages upon citizens, murdering and plundering on all sides, indicating that the leaders have lost control of the masses. French troops occupied Frankfort and Darmstadt without incident. The German troops evacuated the towns at midnight. $ Berlin advices state that the position in the Ruhr region is comparatively quiet. The Reds are retreating along the Ruhr Canal to strongly fortified positions at Wapperthal. The retreat in some places is panicky, but at other places is offering stern resistance .

CONFERENCE OF AMBASSADORS. \ LONDON, April 6 The Australian Press learns that M. Millerand will preside at to-day’s council of Ambassadors at Paris. It is hoped to compose the differences between the Allies with regard to France’s action. It is understood Britain and America have not yet accepted the view that the Reichwehr’s advance constitutes a breach of the Treaty, which did not contemplate a military advance in order to suppress insurgents, but merely military action constituting a menace to Prance. ITALY TO GIVE MORAL SftTPPORT. ROME, April 6. Cabinet f has decided to give France moral support, but in no circumstances will Italy be a party to military measures, THE GERMAN TROOPS. BERLIN, April 6. Only nine battalions were sent to the neutral zone. Fifty battalions are concentrated at Dertmund. PARIS, April fr. The Echo De Paris asserts that 50,000 Reichwehr troops are concentrated at Muenster ready to co-oper-ate with 45,000 who have already arrived in the Ruhr region.