GERMAN UPHEAVAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12018, 23 March 1920, Page 5

GERMAN UPHEAVAL.

SERIOUS FIGHTING CONTINUES United Press Association'—By Electric Telegraph—Gopyri ght Paris, March 21 The Matin learns that Admiral Evers has been appointed Governor of Kiel, and is disarming the troops. Fighting has resumed at Leipzig, where an aeroplane was shot down. Seven hundred were killed at Dortmund and 400 around Essen. FRANCE WANTS ALLIES TO ADVANCE. Paris, March 21 M. Millerand and Foch favour an 'Allied advance in order to re-estab-lish order in the Ruhr basin and secure .the delivery of the coal due to Franca, but theio is considerable opposition on the part of America, Britain and Italy. The Matin points out that the officers who command 100,000 wellequipped workers in the Ruhr basin are certainly not Spartacists. The Naval Brigade and Iron Division are still in the suburbs of Berlin and declare their determination to fight communism. HOW THE STRIKE ENDED. ® limll—inilr Berlin, March 31 Coalition parties at a conference with a commission of trades unions accepted the following conditions for the termination ol the general strike:— • 1. Representatives of the workers to participate in the reconstruction of the Cabinets of Germany and Prussia, while preserving the National Assembly’s constitutional rights. 2. All disloyal troops to be disbanded and formations drawn from reliable sections of the Republican population, specially organised , workers substituted. 3. The socialisation of such industrial enterprises as shall admit of the process “f 4. All implicated in,the late rebellion to be disarmed and punished, and all known reactionaries removed from the administration. LABOUR STRENGTHENED. fr- "'VS Berlin, March 21 Public opinion is that although the Kapp movement has been a great misfortune to the people, it will be largely compensated _for by this victory, by which Democracy will be strengthened and the rights of labour against militarism affirmed. WESTPHALIAN SITUATION SERIOUS. Copenhagen, March 31 Latest reports from the Rhine and Westphalia state that the position remains most serious. Soviet republics have been proclaimed in Dusseldorf and Hanborn. THE SPARTACISTS’ INTENTIONS New York, March 23 The New York Times’ Berlin correspondent Interviewed Eric Knttner, editor of Vorwaerts, who said : Noske must resign since our party demands his retirement. The army will be thoroughly reorganised, and only >,och officers and men may continue to serve under Luttwitz. The Stuttgart Government has already taken steps to reform the army, which will he its first and principal task upon returning to Berlin. SPARTACISTS AND COMMUNISTS Paris, March 19 Telegrams from Rhineland indicate that 18,000 armed Spartacists sre marching fowards Elberfeld and Barmen A Soviet Government has been proclaimed at Gelsenkirchen, five miles from Essen, also at Wiesbadne British troops occupy the locality ;f Treves Noske has ordered the arrest of Luttwitz, Kspp and his accomplices London, March 20 Official circles in London consider rhat there is no good prospect of complete restoration of order daring negotiations The workers’ leaders have gretly increased their demands, insisting on Labour control of the unny for maintenance of law and order, also complete nationalisation of coal, copper and potash mines f'.iul power stations. .It is unknown .i„ what extent these demands will ie met, but the messages state that : ig concessions will be made Paris, March 20 A Soviet Republic has been proclaimed at Essen