ARMIES OF OCCUPATION
GERMAN COMPLAINTS. OFFENSIVE INTENTIONS SUGGESTED. PROTEST BY VON SIMONS. (By Telegraph—Press. Assn. —Copyright.) (Reuter’s Telegrams.) BERLIN, November 16. Von Simons, Foreign Minister, speaking at Cologne, declared that the Allies' troops of occupation numbered 145,000 or 50,000 above the strength of the whole German army in January next. He said a tenth of these troops would suffice, and pointed out that the extension of the Rhine bridge-heads suggested offensive purposes. The military drill grounds were beyond the needs of the occupation troops, Bakepics capable of turning out 400,000 daily rations had been established. New strategic Rhine bridges had been prepared, while behind the armies of occupation large forces were stationed, suggesting that Rhenish territory would be used as a jumping off ground for further encroachments in Germany. He declared that they would not comply with their occupation obligations until the occupation problem was settled economically. The Entente was at present acting like a creditor who gave the debtor an overseer whose salary was higher than the payment of the- debt. Fehrenbach, Imperial Chancellor, in a speech at Cologne, said that while Germany intended to carry out the Treaty they did not acknowledge the guilt which had been forced on them at Versailles.
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Southland Times, Issue 18984, 19 November 1920, Page 5
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