RHINELAND AND RUHR CUT OFF.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17808, 6 July 1923, Page 9

RHINELAND AND RUHR CUT OFF.

OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT EXPECTED. (Received July oth, 7.30 p.m.) "BERLIN, July 4. Excitement prevails in Frankfort, the occupation of which is momentarily expected. The French military posts are being advanced to Renstock, nearly a mile nearer to the city. Reports from all sides point to the. fact that the Rulu- Valley and the Rliineland province are completely cut off from the .rest of Germany. A state of panic prevails in Duisburg, where the nerve-strained sentries shoot on the slightest provocation. [Franktort, a large and important city on trie .Main, with a population of 440.C00, is the chief town of the Government of Wiesbaden. It lies well outside the occupied territory (the Rhino "bridgeheads") as defined in the Treaty of Versailles.] AMERICA'S ALOOFNESS. M. POIKCARE'S APPEAL. PARIS, July 4. President Millerand. M. Poincaro Marshal Foch, Marshal Petaiu, and Marshal Joft're attended the inauguration of a memorial to the American volunteers who served in the war. All the Paris school children were assembled round the memorial. M. Poincarti and General Mangin spoke, and the American Ambassador responded. M. Poincana in the courso of his speech addressed several' questions to America. Ho said: "After having helped to Bave innocent countries from the talons of Germany, will you reward with indulgence a Germany that is trying to reverse the verdict of victory and ruin the peoples whose districts she devastated? Will you leave the work, not only unfinished, but to be spoilt and scoffed at? Will you stand by and be content to watch with cold serenity this spectacle of iniquity?"

ADMINISTRATION OP THE SAAR. LORD ROBERT CECIL'S VIEW. GENEVA, July 4. Lord Robert Cecil, addressing tho Council of tho League, of Nations on the charges raade by tho inhabitants of tho Saar, »aid that he did not accept the charge made that the famous decree was directly due to the inspiration of the French Government, but it indicated tho danger that exceptional methods of legislation could create in territory like 1;ho Saar. The Council, must investigate such decrees' and eatisfy themselves that they are really necessary. < (Received July sth, 8.15 p.m.) BRUSSELS, July 4. Two saore Belgian victims of the Duisburg outrage have died from their injuries. [The Council, of the League of Nations has decided to hold an enquiry into the administration of tho fcaar Valley.]