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...Belgian border and the existence of a Rhineland Republic was promulgated after the city had quietly submitted to Separatist troops. The towns of Gladbach, Crefeld, Jülich, Cleve, Duren, Montjoie and Erkelenny were then occupied with more or less resistance. The movement was not successful at Mainz, Rheydt, Coblenz, Triel/ Wanne. The situation was very confused and the news was consequently unreliable. London opinion had it that the movement would not succeed...
...does not really matter whether as Mr. Jentsch thinks, French plots have brought on the Separatist movement or whether, as Professor Feuillerat claims, it is all due to the innate Rhenish hatred for Prussia. But it is interesting to realize that in Aix and Bonne, in Coblenz and Dortmund there is a struggle in progress the result of which is nearly as important for the future of France and Germany as were the battles of the Marne and Verdun. The balance of power has shifted since 1914 from Germany to France and England, forever anxious to keep the scales even...
...greatest factor in the news about the Ruhr is a movement for a Rhineland Republic. The French have long encouraged the formation of such a republic, which would consititute a buffer state between them and Germany. The movement became active, however, at Coblenz last week when the Rhenish People's Party for Rhenish Independence decided to unite the actions of the whole Rhineland towards the forming of an independent republic. According to French experts, the creation of the republic is only a matter of days. But the matter is not so simple. The Berlin Government is violently opposed...
...intelligence operatives attached to the American Expedition ary Forces at Coblenz attempted to kidnap Bergdoll at Eberbach. Shots were exchanged; a girl bystander was wounded in the hand; the operatives were sentenced to fifteen and six months' imprisonment, respectively. Efforts of the American Legion got the prisoners released on condition of a compensation for the wounded girl. Since then it has been reported a number of times that Americans planned to capture Bergdoll and bring him to the United States to take his medicine...
...been less friction between the Germans and their conquerors where Americans instead of French troops have been stationed. Last of all, the thought of the American departure, because frankly, they did not believe so much money was in the world as the American soldiers have been spending in Coblenz...