THE OCCUPATION

Grey River Argus, 6 December 1918, Page 3

THE OCCUPATION

ALLIES EXTKY TO GERMANY. I KTItAXGE SKXSK OF HOSTILITY.. I PEOPLE IN SILENT SKCLUSIOIN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Roc. December 5. 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, December 1. j A war correspondent gives a re- | marknble description of tUa entry ot ! the Allies into Germany. ,He says: J "It is a curious feeling to no goniß ; throup;li villa<ies whei'o. supposedly. every person hates find curses you The houses are all closed nnd silent. Behind drawn curtains white ftneos sti re. There is desolation and silence. This is in marked contrast to the triumphant processions, overjoyed populations, and bc'flasrwd nnd decora ted sj-rpp+s of eastern France. ''When nearing Malmtidy. .wo 9nw i tho first German "groims. 'Hi!- ntor, l.snluted silently by tnk'nir, -ov 7 tlio'r lints, as the incroTSTn"' stream of. mt*airy, transport and .irtillery floworl by, leaving tho Germans under nn ill"R---io"*i." roftirdinfi the fitness and power of i+»p ■Rritich Army. "No Gorman troops wore ri?iV". Orrl'>r AA-as koni hv new Town Oniif^. r(insi«t, ; ns. of revol"t : ou^ry ooWiprs. i.'-i-.r, lf»ff- tho: r rofrirnpntß. fr ; vin"- n»+hoir jiving. TJie-p nre v-o-vinor eivi'in^VloHiPS. nnd avl'^o prmVfrs. "Tr, tb° ctr«»<-" P^ro'nvn nnoi o r * .vlnrf notices, "hv tho h"rfTnm^cT.->>. ur^'nir the pomilat : on to Vzpr>v nvi l^-. n nri fo Iv>n- themselves with dignity nnd worthiness. ORDER TO BTUTISH XRWY. NO FAMILIARITY ALLOWED. (Roc. D*eeeiuber 5. 5.40 p.m.) LONDON. December i A general order has been issued to the Bi-itish Army of Occupation in Germany. It says: "Intercourse with, the inhabitants of" 1 Germany must be confined to Avliat is essential; and must be marked by courtesy and restraint. It Avould be unseemly that- anything approaching familiarity should be allowed to enter into the relations of the Brtish soldiers "and the ,men and ■ women of the German nation. Reparation and compensation from the Gorman people are matters for the appointed authorities to take care ot. FRENCH GOING TO MAYENCE. . (Roc. .December 5, 11.10 p.m. 1 ) LONDON, December 1 The Tenth l%m-h Army is 011 its A\av to May«s>eand has crossed the 'German frontier of .1870, occupying the Valley of the Seine. / HOW AMERICANS FOUND , TREVES. LONDON, December 4. The war correspondent accompanyin^ the American entry into Treyev says : The only people, showing harciships • aud' starvation ai*e the Allied Avar 'prisoners, who are gaunt pictures of misery and clad in rags. General orderliness is well preserved. The condition of the city is a contrast to the Avide rI?A-asts.tion "n the Franco-Belgian centres. LONDON, December 4. Mr . Edwin .James correspondent with the American Army in Treves, snys : In A'ieAV of Germany asking the United. States to feed her, Americans ?re astoixn'riod at tho plentifulness of food in Treves. The inbabifc*nts do wot show trs» 5 s of ill-nour-ishment. Though food prices arp high, they are cheaper than the Paris prices.