Another sensation of the-week has been the British Govern. ment's
protest against- the French Government's actionin occupy. ing Frankfort, Darmstadt,' and other German towns without the previous approved, of thee Allies.' The Germans had openly violated the Peace Treaty by moving troops into the Ruhr Valley, which-ia-in the neutral zone east of the 'Rhine. France promptly retorted by sending. her own troocs‘into the neutral. zone and warning Germany that they weed stay until. the German. troops were removed.. Mr. Lloyd- George apparently resented M. Millerand's assumption of the initiative, Moreover, the Prime Minister thought- that the Germans might claim to 'use troops, oven in- the neutral• zone, for the purpose- of- restoring order. In a Notes presented on Friday week but circulated to the Press the night before, Mr. Lloyd George insisted.that,Franoe should not act .independently of the Allies., A second Note was sent to Paris last- Saturday. It was stated that, until France .agreed, to -the, conditions,- LordDerby would not attend the Council of. Allied Ambassadors which deals with questions arising out of the Peace Treaty.
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