REDS NOT SUBDUED.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 1912, 31 March 1920, Page 7

REDS NOT SUBDUED.

SITUATION IN GERMANY. LARGE COMMUNIST FORCES. MORE VILLAGES CAPTURED. By CabU. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and X.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Mar. 31, 8.55) PARIS, Mar. 29. The Exchange Telegraph's correspondent at Hagen (Westphalia) haa an interview with the leading People's Commissary, a Jewish worker named Ludwig, whose power in the Ruhr district is as great as Lenin's in Russia. Ludwig declared that the Red Army amounted already to 50,000,1 with a further 200,000 on the recruiting list. The food problem was most difficult. "The shortage will disappear," he said, "when Germany, Holland | and Luxemburg send food in exchange for our coal." | The Reds continue their march over the Lippe. and captured six vil-! lages on Saturday. NEUTRAL ZONE PENETRATED. Australian and .Y.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Mar 31, 9.35) PARIS. Mar. SO. "Le Temps" states that 10,000 German troops penetrated the Ruhr Basin inside the neutral zone. GOVERNMENT MANIFESTO. Australian and .Y.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Mar. 31, 5.55) BERLIN, Mar. 29. The Government, in a manifesto to the Ruhr insurgents, demands the I recognition of the constitutional Government, the restoration of the ofii-1 cial civilian police services and the immediate release of prisoners. Otherwise, there will be armed intervention. ESSEN SEEKS A TRUCE. Australian and .Y.Z. Cable Association. (Mec. Mar. 31, 8.55) PARIS, Mar. 29. The Communist leaders at Essen hnve decided to ask the Berlin Government for a truce.