Word: rhinelander
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...fact," he continued, "a letter, which was written by this gentleman and which contained his views on the formation of such a state, was published in many of the Rhineland newspapers. Such a buffer state was desired by France...
...Following the War, when the American troops were still on the Rhine, one of France's leading generals openly avowed that a Rhineland state would be desirable and would be his aim," said Major General Allen last night in an address at the Union...
...Rathenau, who is now dead but who was held in the highest esteem both in Germany and in Allied nations, said in conversing with me that the creation of such a state was conceivable if France proceeded in a conciliatory fashion. The laborers in the Rhineland district at that time did not feel much sympathy for the central government, according to Rathenau, and particularly wished to avoid much of the reparations of a war which as a district the Rhineland did not sponsor...
General Allen was commander-in-chief of the American forces on the Rhine frontier before their withdrawal two years ago, and later became the United States representative on the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission. He saw active service in the St. Mihael and Argonne offensives during the war, and before our participation was on the Mexican border with General Pershing. When Pershing, at the bead of an expeditionary force, made an incursion into Mexican territory in 1916, General Allen was commander of the cavalry section of this force...
...France. Our Allies are helping reestablish ourselves, but only by consulting without producing the promised money, so France could hardly be expected to do anything else, other than break away and act by itself. This does not mean that France is reactionary, and is anxious to acquire the Rhineland; it means only that she is intent upon seeing the treaties fulfilled and then will withdraw satisfied...