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s TH OREGON- DAftY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY,, JUNE 19, 1919. 10 Actual -Resumption of Hostilities Would Follow; Failure of Germany) Sign Peace Treaty AMERICANS READY 10 ADVANCE INTO INTERIOR GERMANY " 1 ''' '" -"-"'" J' " " Every Yank From Liggett Down, ; on Tiptoe for Move to New u Point of Occupation. MEN GROWING IMPATIENT Apparently - German People Do ' Not Realize Armistice Followed c Army's Defeat on West Front. : By Janlns P. Wood Special Winteaa to The Journal and The Chicago Itaily News. "(Copyright. 1919, by Chicago Iai)y Newi Co.) "Coblenz, June .19, rEverybody in the Third American army, from Lieutenant - General Hunter Lltrgrett down to Jocko, the Simian mascot of the Seventh field artillery, is on tip toe today ready to march farther Into Germany the moment the time limit for; the signing , of the ' peace .treaty is reached. Plans.'for the advance were com pleted from the military standpoint many days ago, while rumors Which are current among the men of the rink and file have given a further stimulus to the situation. Today there are reports in the local political .circles that the German en voys. In order to save their faces be fore their own people, will refuse to sign until an advance is actually made. i'ALIi GEEJTA5S ENEMIES . Though technically a state of war ex ists, the advance, if made, 'will mean the actual resumption of hostilities. The six months during which the Americans .., have : been occupying a part of Ger many have changed the men In khaki considerably. When they were fresh from fighting they seemed to have the general impression that only Germans - wearing uniforms were their enehiies. Now they .realize that all Germans be long to the same classification - despite their apparent servility and stolidity. The German attitude during the six months of the occupation has impressed Americans with the fact that Germany does not realise that it has been whipped In the greatest war in the world's his tory. The individual German still feels that his envoys in Paris dominate the peace conference and are in a position to dictate terms instead of accepting those offered. This. . coupled with the fact that thousands of Americans are longing for a sight of the Goddess of Liberty and attribute their inability to return home entirely to German obstinacy, means that if the men go forward it will be British Airship may gross Atlantic sss v j i 4 " y ""' - r r OL - '.'-v ''u m Ly : - - - - - S'C Vy . v ; - ' ' :v ; - t" - - - II lib ,.rtv z-- " v;:.'. f.',?.'i8. 7t , 'il y " " y-'w i i i - II It, is reported from London -that the -giant British airship R-34 may soon . start on her proposed trip across the Atlantic. The airship is one of the largest ever built and carries a crew of 25 men.. She will land near ' New York. The photo shows the R-34 in flight. f in a different spirit toward the natives than on the former march. ONLY AWAIT THE CHANCE The men have been in Germany long enough to - see beneath the surface and the stubbornness of the citizens is no longer excused, and the inclination is to deal severely with everyone who puts the slightest obstacle in the way, whether he; wears a green-gray uni form or never wore one. 'This Is not' mere table conversation heard at some officers' mess while they are dallying" over their coffee cups, but it is the talk of the soldiers wherever a few doughboys, artillerymen or marines get together. ( v : "We will show the German whether he won the war in a way that he will not forget." If he makes us stay here much longer." ; That is the - substance of what all say. The feeling, pervades all ranks of the army that if they, are obliged to re main in Germany longer they had bet ter get active and crack a few heads to show the natives Of the hitherto unoc cupied territory that Germany is licked and must admit it. AMERICANS ABE RESTLESS Even with the expedition marking time the lncrsaslng number of 'scraps," some of them with fatal results, prove conclusively the change In temper of the Americans. If the march starts, this spirit will be hardened into bitter determination. A division of French cavalry, consist ing of four" regiments, is attached to the American army, and is -divided be tween the First and Second divisions, occupying the perimeter of the bridge head area east of the Rhine. Mounted troops would have no difficulty in ad vancing to the limits, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of the Rhine, in a" few hours and farther if necessary. The American infantry and artillery are ex pected to mrk equally fast time. Hun dreds of trucks, each with a carrying capacity of 30 to 40 lnTantrymen, line the " high war 3 near each village where the Americans are now billeted. These await loading and will start the moment the order comes. Artillery pulled by horses and tractors will follow next, and the bulk of the expedition will march last. , ' NOTED CITIES IN ABE A The American sector runs practically In two straight lines eastward from the present north and south boundaries on the west bank on the Rhine. Marburg is the farthest city of any size within the area. It has a population of 20,000, and is noted as the place where Martin Luther. Ullrich, Zwlngli. Philipp Me lanchton and others held a conference in 1592. Siegen, another city of the) same size, in the center of the iron anp pas ture country, was the. birthplace of the painter. Ruebens in 1577. The village of Dillenburg is where William of Orange was born in 1553. Essen, on the Lahn river. Is the home . of a university of considerable size, and is one of 'the largest cities in the American area, with 37,000 population, thus making it about equal to Coblenz and Treves. This was the first city summer resort in the Lahn valley which the Freneh permitted the Americans to occupy. Badems, Dietz, Nassau and Limburg were acquired by the French when. Marshal Foch sum marily flopped off half of the American bridgehead. Practically all of the Amer ican, area lies within the grand duchies of Nassau and Hesse. ; Wireless to, Connect With R-34 Erected Miheola, L. I.rune 19. In prepara tion i or me arrival nere within a few days of the British dirigible R-34, a radio station was set up here today to enable the field to get into touch with the 'big airship when she arrives 250 miles off the coast. About 120 men from naval cUr stations on Long Island arrived to 'help handle the dirigible when she arrives. This force was aug mentec py.zo men from Akron, Ohio. 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" ' ." .J .; 1 ' -. . ,. '. - STANDARD OIL COMPANY ' f (California) YANKS HREATEN T TO DEPORT HUNS; American Army of Occupation Flatly, Refuses to Put Up With Any Interruption of Railroads. FRENCH GET VERt -UNEASY Call Is , Made on General Lig gett, but Orderly Refuses to Disturb Commander at-Night. Br Jsalas B. Wood Special CsblC to The Journal and The Chicajp Daily News. , (Copyright. 191. by.Cmcaso Daily Kew Co.) Coblenz. Germany, June 2. (Delayed.) A strike of railroad and streetcar employes as evidence of their protest against a Rhenish republic and secession from Prussia, was quickly squelched by the Third American army authorities without the use of force. The1 railroad workers walked out . in the morning and the streetcar workers declared their intention of -stopping the cars at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The representatives of the strikers were immediately warned by the army authorities that drastic measures would be taken if they carried out their pur pose.. The railroad men were told that unless they returned to, wrork before 1 'clocked the afternoon1 they would be deported from the American ; area and similar punishment" was promised the streetcar men. Trains were moving at 1 o'clock and the streetcars did not stop running. Similar, strikes of protest oc curred in Cologne, the headquarters city of the British area last week. FBEXCH OFFICERS CSEASY . - The disturbances today were the re sult of reports that a republic had been established in Wiesbaden, the largest city in the French area.' The ostensible promoters -of the republic hold out prom ises that if the Khineland secedes from Prussia it wOl be absolved from paying Its share of the war indemnity. ; Those who hate in' the last fortnight watched the Jerky efforts to launoh a republic understand that the supposed promoter are merely figureheads. i Two weeks ago, about 2 o'clock In the morning, . a, .prominent . military c officer in the French area telephoned to the Coblenz residence of Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, commanding the Ameri can army of occupation, requesting that the general be called to the telephone. When , asked as to the urgency " of the business at such an unusual - hour the man said that a revolution was about to brtfak out ln-Coblena, and he wanted to confer with the general. .The American officer answering the telephone assured the French officer that the American army held 'the area well uoder control, that there was no danger of a, revolu tion, that he could' sleep safely and call at General Liggett 's office in the day time. KF. VOLT FORCED TO DIE OUT When the Frer.cn officer called later he said he understood that a movement was under way to have the Rhineland secede from Prussia, and the French wondered' whether the American authbri ties would countenance it. He was in formed that they would jiot. . encourage such a revolution. The next query, was whether they would oppose it. "We wilj enforce our orders against political dis turbances in our area, the Americans informed the French officer. "It a convention is field- and officials are selected will you recognise them in stead of the present burgomasters?" was the next question. "Such a convention will not be held In our area," ' was the emphatic reply of the American army representatives. "We shall continue to recognise the pres ent government to which our govern ments are offering peace terms In Paris." ' Immediate investigation showed that delegates had already been selected for, the proposed revolutionary convention. An equally chilly reception was given a plan to hold the convention in the British - area and s the revolution lan guished except as a topic for conversa tion for several days. In the meantime Berlin threatened to bring charges of treason against any one involved in the scheme.- t -s - Through a dispatch signed Dr. Dor ton and dated from' a city in the area controlled by the French censorship the announcement is made that the conven tion was held by . German newspapers that denounced the convention as a scheme French politicians, which have been suppressed. The army of occupation is not foster ing revolutions nor permitting demon strations against Viem, such as strikes, when - they interfere wi th the smooth running of affairs in our area." ex plained a man familiar with the Amer ican policy. MYS ERY SHROUDS I WIRE OF TROUBLE Admiral Andrews Cables of Need For Summary Action on Venice Disorders. Nicholas Roosevelt Back From France Newport sNwg,' June 19. Included among the 3296 officers and men of the 81st Wild. Cat) division arriving here from France Wednesday was Captain Nicholas BoosevelVnephew of Colonel Roosevelt. - T - London, June 19. United States naval headquarters here is mystified today regarding the circumstances at the base of the following cablegram, which has been received from Admiral Andrews, U. S. N., at Venice: "Serious disorders here. Three Italian officers insulted. Revolver shots. 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