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Ebert Troops Mobilized to Crush 'Reds' C.Btln-?*- fren p?l? on* out this morning and one this were driven ewiftly over Milt afternoon. ,-jj Rhine bridge to-day into Wesel, *h?ro government troops are besieged, nd it is believed that negotiations are rting ?n thcre for a settlement of a British and Belgian Civil Control (v,mml?a?on representatives also have entered Wesel. Officially, these visits re not being discussed, but evidently ?tev were prearranged, as the Rhino hrid_e has been absolutely closed to milic from the left bank of the river. The workmen's forces are said to have ?we" beaten back more than one ifWc at. Wcsel to-day. although the Sins was "ever intense and the situa ?;onVas regarded as rather quiet. It is relisb'V estimated that the besieged ?i the city number about 5,000, and ?hat there are 2.000 men on the line. Fie-res 5iS regards the workmen are 1CSS reliable, but it is said they number 15000 or more. They are said to be less effective in strength than their numbers indicate, because they fight in Little surprise is expressed to-day at the moderation in to-day's fighting, it being believed that the workmen are logjng some of the first enthusiasm ?hat enabled them to cut to pieces the Dusseldorf unit.- that had been interned by the Brit'?ah and later to drive the troops liefere them i;i a wide, en? circling guerilla movement. A German observation airplane passed over Wesel this ifternoon. Some per? sons reaching here from Wesel assert. that 'hey saw women, some of them mounted, fighting with the workmen. The result of yesterday's heavy light? ing, it became known to-day, was dis? tinctly in favor of the besieged govern? ment troops. A few of the workmen's forces crossed the river from Lippe, nearly to the south and within little more than- a mile of the town, but were eventually beaten back, and it was learned that the workmen, discouraged in their attempt to take the important main ritadol protecting tim bridge, had shifted their attack to the southeast, :rcm which point there was desultory firing throughout the day, with a few brisk sputtering of machine gun fire. Allied Commission Imperiled The workmru threw a number of shells in the vicinity of the city, scor? ing one distinct hit almost as the Al? lied commissioners passed the spot. Apparently the government's posi? tion is secure to the northward con? necting M?nster, as a railroad train is reported to nave entered the city this afternoon. One hundred and eighty-three, government stragglers. wno "crossed the river last night, were taken to Crefeld to-day. along with a t.'-*rn'.a.'i lieutenant coionel and two ether officer.*, who said they were civil ions and had berr dismissed from the irmy. About 100 wounded here are he>ng evacuated in motor ambulances t. Crefeld. The Belgian forces strengthened l?eir positions to-day. They planted machine guns on the bridge, dug trenches on the bridgehead and manned the old German Rhine defenses. Lieu? tenant General Baron Jacques, of the Belgian forces, inspected the defenses' this morning. The government forces are keeping ?pen the northern side of the town to idmit reinforcements, should these be sent, or to provide for a possible .orc-d retreat. About 100 interned prisoner?, who Sed across the bridge from Wesel last r,?.ghf. are held here by the Belgians. \ ?er-pu German wounded also were ?-.?tight over during tin? night and ?.rated at the hospital here. ilelnforcements from M?nster Reinforcements are reported by the interned prisoners to have arrived late rnterday from M?nster. They said ???hers were coming from the north? east, so that if Wesel becomes unten? able it will b<- possible for the troops to make their way out on the north side and join the oncoming relief ?orce?. Meanwhile the town is said to be held firmly, although the Reichswehr 'orces have bf-on under a hard hammer? ing for five ?days. The prisoners here are mostly young men. Many of them told tales of tortures they claim they bad suffered. rheir accounts, however, were not sup? ported by their appearance. The siege proper of Wesel began late Monday. Three days previous units of the Reichswehr, which had been ?inven northward and westward by workmen, occupied the city and or Eanized for its defense. The work? men were poorly organized and few wore uniforms, but they were furious *ith determination and drove the Reichswehr troops before them, forc ?*ig the soldiers into Wesel. On Tues? day the workmen intrenched themselves ?ifl the artillery leveled the defense if the city. At 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the Workmen delivered a heayy general as? sault upon the city. They took a small chateau to the southeast, which the troops had held as an advance machine il- position, but which was not im? portant strategically. All Tuesday "-id Tuesday night the workmen's guns pounded the town, and to-day the firing "jP? Parly, but it was intermittent. The losses of the government troops ?re said to have been heavy during the ?ast three days' march under guerilla ?arfare, but the number of casualties ?nnot be ascertained. Halle Completely Cut Off LEIPSIC, March 24 (By The Asso? rted Press).?Halle, the large indus "J? town to the northwest of this >y. was complete!v cut off from com ?imcation last night. Latest reports ^"re that the troops had gained the up M. ? ?nd yesterday afternoon, after a cTlde,rable Part of the citv had been ?uced to ruins. Saxon troops to re l,R the ?.ovemment's contingents I Itarc on the way t0 that town. ,-ti other of the various' communities tLi .s,ecti?n of Germanv the tur Skaf Wh?Ch they have been cxist" ??? ?T. "*ore than a week was contin?? en? ?? n? '"?mediate prospect of its nn i"?2*. F'ghting was reported going <.'" ^oburg, which also is cut off i ???i Wnunication. Coburg was re ' tin*? 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Both wings of the So ?cial-Democrats are demanding the rev? ocation of martial law and the with? drawal of the troops. These are among the workmen's principal demands. Leipsic Resumes Normal Life In Leipsic many marks of last ? week's street fighting greet the eye in the downtown district. The stone wall? of the great railway nation, of the Vctlkhau:? and of dozens of build? ings on the Laucherstrasso and Petcr strasse arc pitted from top to bottom i'rom machine gun and rifle lire, while the explosion of hand grenades has left many ugly gouges. The normal life of the city is being resumed. The number of casualities in Leipsic : is not available, but they probably [ will total several hundred. Notwithstanding Saxony's "Red" ; label, it is estimated that there are ; less than a thousand Communists in Leipsic. According to conservative estimates about 10,000 carried arms in Leipsic last week, and beginning with the first, clash March IT?, when seven? teen persons were killed and sixty wounded, there was almost daily street fighting up to last Saturday. Workers Rule Dusseldorf DUSSELDORF- March '2.4, (By The ; Associated Press).- Dusseldorf is quiet, i Perfect order also is reported at Essen, ! Duisburg, P^lberfeld and other parts ! of the Ruhr district. The Dusseldorf government, from the I burgomaster down, is functioning, but under control of the orders of an executive, committee of eight members, j whoso chairman is Peter Berten, editor of the Dusseldorf "Volkszeitung." It is announced that the policy of ! the workmen is to maintain order, with the death sentence of those guilty of pillage. It is asserted there will be no requisitioning, no suppression of the newspapers and no arbitrary action, < except what is necessary for the public ; good. ? It is agreed by the citizens of Dussel- | ciorf that quiet prevailed as soon as I I the troops of General von Watter, com- j : mander of the Reichswehr in I?henish ; Westphalia, withdrew during Friday ' night. The citizen guard disbanded | ?Saturday morning upon the demand of I ! the workmen, whose armed forced ar- j j rived in the city in automobiles and j I motor trucks while a conference was ! I going on at which the military officials i '? decided to withdraw. Leaders of the elements which have j : taken over control e.f this city insist I ? the movement should not be termed ; Communistic, as Soviet.*; throughout Germany arc considered impossible and dangerous. It is desired above all j to do away with militarism, they add, 1 and show the Allies that Germany is ; determined to take such a stand. HAMBURG, March 22.?Order is be? ing maintained here by patrols ofwork , men and the security police, and it is announced the strike will cease after ; victims of recent fighting in the city I have been buried. Admiral Murer, who j had been under arrest for several days, ] was released to-day. j Non-commissioned officers and sail ! or?, who recently arrested higher of ! fleers of the fleet, announce the latter , must be held until the naval personnel i can choose its own officers. j Berlin Resuming Normal Condition i - \ BERLIN, March 21 (By The Asso? ciated Press). ? Berlin seemed this morning to have resumed work. Road sweepers were busy removing a fort? night's collection of litter, including numerous proclamations of Kappists and others connected with the short- i lived revolution; tram men were re- ! pairing the tracks for an increased I j service and the railroads were run- j ning with more regularity. The National Assembly met thisi afternoon, but the session was imme? diately postponed. The president, Herr Fehrenbach, was empowered to recon? vene it when the situation became clearer. The Prussian Assembly also post? poned its meeting until after the meet? ing of the National Assembly. The new Cabinet has not yet been formed. The various parties are still negotiating. What effects the provisional cessa? tion of the strike has had on other parts of the country is not yet known here. Herr Giesberts, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs; General Braun, chief of staff of the Reichswehr, and Im? perial Commissioner Severing have bc: j gun negotiations with representatives of the soviet dictatorships in various towns, and, according to one report, the commission has been charged to find a basis for an agreement. The present position is a twenty-four hours' truce, renewable daily and terminable on twenty-four hours' notice. The newspapers are leappearing after an interval of eleven days. They are unanimous that the damage caused by Kapp and his followers is enormous and that the utmost efforts will be needed to make it good. "The Freiheit," under the caption 'A Great Lie,' says "the government ia constantly asserting Uiat a great Red army has been formed in Rhenish Westphalia. This is an absolute un? truth. The Rhenish Westphalian work? men only armed themselves to expel the troops who had. declared for the Kappist government, and having suc? ceeded in that object they naturally will not allow success to be snatched from their hands and thus give the troops an opportunity for a great mas? sacre. Sees Royalists Planning Revenge "Exemplary order prevails in all the j towns in Rhenish Westphalia. No streets aie barred and nobody is prc I vented from working. The scare rc ; port is purposely spread as the pretext. ; for a massacre, which the beaten mili | tarists are preparing in revenge for ? their defeat. "It must therefore be stated that not only are the supporters of the Inde? pendent and Communist parties armed, but also the Right Socialists and Democratic and Christian workmen." "The Freiheit" further alleges that the Doeberitz troops have been rein? forced by large numbers of students and other reactionary elements, who are. being armed by the. Baltic troops. A semi-official statement concprning ! a report from Paris regarding negotia? tions between France and Germany as to the"sending of troops to the Ruhr region was issued here to-day. It says: "There is no question of the send? ing of 100,000 soldiers to the Ruhr , district, and military reinforcements | would be employed only in the case of most urgent necessity. It goes with? out saying that any troops entering the Ruhr with the permission of the En? tente would evacuate the region imme? diately order was restored." i An Erfurt dispatch says the insur- j , gents at Gotha surrendered uncondi? tionally at 8 o'clock Wednesday. The leaders fled. It also is reported that the insurgents have, evacuated Ohr druff. Germany Pledged To Labor Reforms \ LONDON, March 24.-?In the strike settlement reached by the German government wiWl labor unions, the Ma? jority Socialists are pledged to place in their parliamentary program the claims of labor organizations, says a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tele? graph Company. The government has expressed will? ingness to withdraw its troops from Berlin and across the Spree River, near government headquarter?, and raise the state of siege immediately, it i? said. In addition, it. undertakes not to attaek workers, particularly those in the Ruhr Valley, and to negotiate with unions concerning the entry of labor representatives into defense I corps. i The unions pledged themselves to call another meeting to decide upon the question of a new general strike in ca*se their claims arc not met and the government's policies are broken. I The claims of the unions follow: Demands of Unions i "Reorganization of the governments of the empire and Prussia must be un? dertaken with the cooperation of labor unions and the deciding influence upon social laws must be given the unions. "Guilty rebels must be disarmed and punished. "All offices of the public administra? tion must be purged of counter-revolu j tionists. "The reform of governmental admin? istration must bo executed as quickly as possible with the cooperation of the unions. "Social laws must be extended imme? diately to secure economic equality for working men. "Nationalization of industry must be commenced at once. "Better supplies of food must be ar? ranged, and available stocks must be placed at the disposal of the people. "All military formations which do not remain. true to the constitution must be disbanded." The indications were, it was said here to-day, that the peace conference is gradually coming around to the British idea that the Germans should be left to settle their own troubles so long as the peace treaty is not vio? lated. The French are represented as desirous of sending an Allied force to tho Ruhr Valley, on the ground that the treaty has been violated there. There seems no doubt that the strict terms of the treaty have been violated in some respects, but in tho British view the violations have been unim? portant and have not been carried to ?an extent which would warrant the Al? lies in sending troops. It was pointed out by one official that if such action ; were taken by the Allies the result ! might bo similar to the situation the Allies made for themselves by sending troops into Russia. The conference is not likely to con? sider it necessary to state its position on this question, in the opinion of British officials, who believe that, aside from the Essen complications, the situ? ation will clarify itself quickly. Once they have the balance of the country in hand, the Germans themselves will be able to suppress the Essen rising, it is considered probable. The Moscow wireless station to-day sent out a dispatch, dated Berlin, which declares the revolutionists in the Ruhr district had attempted to enter into negotiations with the Dutch govern? ment, but were repelled. The Germans j desired foodstuffs in exchange, for coal. ! Holland, however, refused to negotiate, j it is declared. I France Yields In Ruhr Crisis ! _ PARIS. .March 24.?-The two German officers who arrived hero last night from Berlin to explain to the Allies the necessity for permitting the Ger? man army to enter the occupied .zone to restore order saw Premier Millerand this morning and told him the Ebert government had ample forces ready to deal with the situation in the Ruhr Valley. No decision was officially announced, but it is understood on good authority the Allies have decided to give the per? mission, and that all that remains to be decided is what, guaranties will be asked of Germany to insure .that her army will retire as soon as order is re? stored. Tho French government would have preferred inter-Allied action in the occupied zone, while the British and the Italians favored granting permis? sion for operations by the .German army. The French gave way on this point in view of the acuteness of the fuel situation in France and the de? pendence ^of this country on supplies of coal from the Ruhr district. < French coal production has decreased ! from the old figure of 40,000.000 ton? to an average of about 18,000,000 ton? yearly. By the terms of the Treaty of Versailles Germany is hound to cover the deficiency up to a total of 20,000,000 tons a year. She has never approached that raje of deliveries, however. English coal, which has been re ? ceived at the rate of 1,250,000 tons a ! month, now costs 450 francs a ton ? wholesale. Belgium is furnishing coal ! at the rate of :t,000,000 tons a year. I With the German deliveries reduced to ! about. l.r>0,000 tons a month the fuel j deficit of France is now about 25, ; 000.000 tons. i The experiment of procuring coal : from the United Slates was tried by 'France, but proved unsuccessful he. | cause of the high freight charges and ' the high rate of exchange. On the 1 restoration of order in the Ruhr Valley, j therefor.--, depends largely the contin? uation of tlie French industries. Witii ! out. a continuous and growing supply I of fuel from that source they will bo [ greatly hampered, with the possibility I that a partial shutdown would be . necessary. The Haar Valley is pro i ducine only sufficient coal for Al?aee i Lorraine. ' Communication between Paris and ] Berlin was interrupted to-day. Ex-Kaiser Visits His Future Home AMERONGEN, March 23 (By The As | sociated Press).- For the first time i since the Kapp revolution former Em* j peror William to-day was permitted to j leave Bentinck Castle here. Guarded i by two police officers, he made a secret | trip to Doom in a closed automobile. ; His object was to view the progress of : the work on his future residence at ] Doom. The former Emperor returned to Amerongcn a half hour later. Three rooms of his new residence now are in readiness and work on the others is progressing rapidly. ??THE HAGUE, March 24.?Announce? ment by the Premier yesterday that the Dutch government had granted the island of Wioringen to the former Ger? man Crown Prince as a place of resi? dence is believed here to complete the steps by which Holland seeks to meet Allied demands regarding the safe? keeping of former Emperor William and his son. A decree by which William of Hohenzollern would be confined to that portion of Utrecht including Ameron? gcn and Doom was made public last week. Reports are current the ex-Crown Prince asked that his residence be fixed on tho island, and declined an op? portunity to live near his father. New Cabinet in Germany Only a Matter of Hours COPENHAGEN, March 24.?Forma? tion of a new German cabinet is a mat? ter of only a few hours, and Indepen? dent Socialists are sure of getting sev? eral important portfolios, according to telegrams from Berlin this morning. Gas, water and electric services have not been resumed in Berlin and the tramways are still idle, as the Indepen? dent Socialists have assumed a waiting attitude. They arc said tp be dissatis? fied with the governments "soft meth? ods toward traitors," while armed Spartacists simply are stood against the wall. -.-? Sinn Feiners Put On British Sloop 1 QUEENSTOWN, ?March 24.?Sixty five Sinn Kein prisoners, under heavy military escort, were brought by motor lorry from the Cork jail to this city this morning, where they were put aboard a British sloop, which departed presumably for England. The sloop was accompanied by two destroyers. The prisoners sang republican songs and returned the farewells of the watching crowds as the vessels left the harbor. The chairman of the District Council has received a typewritten communica? tion warning him that he will be as? sassinated in the event of the shooting of any Quecnstown policemen. j CORK, Ireland, March 24.?More j troops and Royal Irish Constabulary have been sent here and empty houses j at strategic points have been occupied by the military and police forces. The. Sinn F?in organization is maintaining secret watches and guards to protect its leaders, some of whom are reported to have received threatening letters similar to one delivered to Thomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of this city, before he was murdered last week. Monday night troops supported by | constabulary were stationed at various ! points in the city with armored cars | ami machine gun?. This protection was ! maintained while the streets were j thronged, hut later, when the crowds ! dwindled, the extra guards were with j drawn. Soldiers and police officers, ! however, remained in their barracks all j night ready for any emergency. DU15LIN, ?March 24.?A civilian named Smith was shot this etening while walk? ing in South William street. He died ; later of his wounds. His assailant ; escaped. j Brazil Strike Call Ignored j RIO DE JANEIRO, March 24.?Al ! though ;i general strike was called by the Federation of Workers at midnight last night, normal conditions prevailed this morning. Tho strike order has j been ignored in all quarters thus far. i President Pessoa, responding to a re ! quest of the workers that he arbitrate :iho strike on the Leopoldina Railroad, j declared to-day that in view of the ; threat of a general strike he would re | fuse to comply. He added that he j would use all measures to maintain or? der. Sure Relief i EARL & WILSON I W/"HENEVER -hand-work makes a ) #^W)fc, * i * * Collar or Shirt better than a Ja^ ?:-:#.. 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But Speaker Sweet announced this morning that he would not make anj reply. Mrs. Norris, in the absence of Mrs Frank A. Vanderlip, chairman of the league, issued a statement challenginp Mark A. Daly to make good his state? ment, that he would welcome an inves tigation. Wants Hughes to Investigate "If Mr. Daly is sincere," said Mrs Norris. "he would not object to a rea investigation conducted by Charles E Hughes?an investigation which wouh sift to the bottom his activities in con nection with the'Legislature during tin last six years and hTs poisonous propa ganda to influence public opinion. Le Mr. Daly demand such an inquiry an< we will put at the disposal of the in vestigator a great deal of interestlni and startling information"." Mrs. Nor ris said the women would not stand fo any investigation which was managei by those who arc accused. Mrs. Norris said that league had con vincing evidence showing that, th League for Americanism, which Dal; ! is alleged to have been nursing, wa a mockery in name, as it was nothin more than a cloak for those who wer fighting the health insurance bill. Carlton D. Babcock, the ostensibl promoter of the league, is, accordin to the League of Women Voters, a par' ner of Daly. Mrs. Norris submitted a affidavit was made by Ernest Jerom Hopkins February 2 of this year, i San Francisco. Hopkins is a formt professor of journalism at the Un versity of Southern Colifornia. 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