CABLEGRAMS.

Western Star, 13 April 1920, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

LONDON, April 9. An authoritative statement, on the Anglo-French situation points out that any communication of British official views as regards the despatch of French troops to the neutral zone was mad© primarily to prevent any possible damage to the Anglo-French alliance, on -which the hope of the world is centred, and certainly not with the purpose of exciting public opinion in this or any country. LONDON, April 10. The Times understands that at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting some Ministers urged that the wording of the British Note to France, especially the conclusion, should be modified/ so as to render it less offensive. Mr ILloyd George, however, on the harsher wording, and carried his point. The Note consists of four typewritten foolscap sheets, and states that M. Millerand and his colleagues had given the impression that France would abstain from single-handed action. The Note expects France not to again act on her own initiative, otherwise the work of the Peace Conference will be futile. It instructs the Ambassador to abstain from attending the Conference of Ambassadors until assured that France will iaict in future in concent with the Allies. PARIS, April 10. ” Britain’s opposition to the French occupation of the right bank of the Rhine has caused consternation. The newspapers compare the British attitude with that of faithful Belgium. The Matin suggests that Britain oouferred with Italy and America, which is regrettable. The Matin seeks to modify the tension by suggesting that Britain does not seek to represent Germany as innocent, but merely differs over the methods adopted. M. Pertinaux, in the Echo de Paris, denounces Mr Lloyd George as a politician entirely lacking in judgment, but the French rely on the good sense of their friends across the Channel to bring Mr Lloyd George to heel and force upon him- the interpretation of the Anglo-French Alliance, from which he should never have departed. BRUSSELS, April 9. The King presided at a Council of Ministers. It was decided, out of sympathy with France, to' - place a division at the disposal of the French commander in the Ruhr. WASHINGTON, April 9. The United States Government has decided not to participate in the conversations between the Allies and France with reference to the occupition of German cities. The Ambassador, Mr Wallace, will content himself with watching the proceedings. PARIS, April 9. The Reichwehr continue to ( advance into the centre of the Rfiemsh-West-phalian basin. This is attributed to the pressure of the military party at Berlin -upon the German Government. The latter are asking the Allies to allow them to use. troops in the neutral zone until July 10, pointing, 0.,i that Germany had already been allowed to use troops to maintain order until April 10. At a meeting of the Cabinet M. Millerand announced that he had received verbal communication, from the British cabinet in regard to the French occupation of German towns, but the official text had) not yet arrived. Strong patrols of French cavalry, preceded by armoured cars, paraded the Frankfort streets all night long. There were no further incidents- Tae French military authorities assort that the anti-French demonstration was organised by the German militarists. A small body of Belgian troops lias been ordered to enter Ruhr, indicating that Belgium ranges herself alongside France. Official reports of the Frankfort incident state that two were killed and several wounded. The Matin alleges that the panGerman procession consisted mostly oi .students, who surrounded a French picket and separated an officer from his men. The latter, fearing that the officer was endangered, fired several shot*. AMSTERDAM, April B. A Dusseldorf message states that military action by the Reichwehr bias virtuallv ended, but the delivering up of arras according to the Bielefeld agreement will- occupy a few daysZURISH, April 8. Owing to the threatening attitude of the crowd at Frankfort the Moroccans used machine guns. It is reported that the crowd mobbed the officers and peltedi them with stones, but another report received from Berlin denies that the crowd’s atitiule was hostile and says they were merely watching the Moroccan Guard. PARIS, April 8. A German patrol near Nredenvollatadt, encountering a French patrol, exchanged shots, and a- German officer was wounded,. AMSTERDAM, April 9. The Berliner Tageblatt states trial there have been further arrivals of French troops in the occupied zone. Additional troops crossed the Rhine at various points into the neutral Bone. Troops, accompanied by tank-, also left Strassburg in an easterlydirection. The Temps stales that German troops occupied Essen after the Re Tchad fled, many of whom surrender.?: to the British.