Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-08
Expected That Month Of April
viii See Decisive Clashes
Between SpartacanS and
Government Forces.
REDS COUNTING ON
STRIKE TO WIN OUT
Government Ready With Army
for Ruthless Warfare on Ex-
tremiStS Who Plan Riots in
Many Sections,
BY Cyril Brown.
Copyright, 1919. by The / less Pub
fishing Co,
tl1e New OrK WOflu,l
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| fishing Co.
tThe New York World)
/ Especial Gable Dispatch.)
! Berlin, April 6 tvia Copenhagen,
April 1.-THE Spartacans have be-
gun their greatest offensive against
the forces of law and order. This
month of April should see the death
grapple. the fight to a finish, between
the socialistic democrats and the COM
munistic bolshevsts in Germany,
/ \ Five distinct Spartacist trouble
centres give anxiety to the weaken
| ing government. The most active
and the principal theater of war to-
day is the Rhenish- Westphalian re-
gion The spiritual leader and chief
! strategist of the coal strike there is
n Russian bolshevist. DR.. Karski, who
Is economic counsellor to the socalled
commission of nine which is direct
ing the strike from headquarters at
Essen
Strike Purely Political.
DR., Karski is injecting all the latest
novelties in Russian boshevist tao
tics into the new movement The
strike Is purely political. its goal be-
| ing to accomplish the fall of the pres
| ent government and 90 establish q
boishevist strike engineered by Spar
tacists. 1t is believed that the ma
jority of the mines are opposed to the
strike but they have been terrorized
| into striking BY the armed Spartacist
minority. The first day saw fifty five
mines at a standstill and $4,000 work
ers out.
The decisive question today is
whether the governments solitary
strong man, War Minister Noske,
can localize the conflict and prevent
the new movement ,from spreading
and causing a nationwide confla-
grafton. The Ebert government is
acting with show of energy, 1t has
issued the usual roclamation to the
strikers proclaiming ma acttal law, and
is rushing the still loyal white
guards into the strikn region Tho
1 governments one strategic novelty
Is the threat that no nported TODD
will be given to the strikers. but
those who do not stlike will receive
extra rations.
Troble Centcrs.
The harassed government Is handi.
| capped in the task of restoring law
and order iii the Rhenish- West
phalian theater of war, by a stimuli
taneous outbreak and hunger revolt
in Fortfort, whence deeds OF Vio-
lence are reported. These include
the murder OF three civilians, the
lynching of "A sailor, whose body was
thrown into the River Main the
| burning of prison after the prison
ers were released and the storming
of many food shops and hotel. the
| Frankfurter Hof, by Il famished mob.
An even more serious trouble CEN
ter Is Stuttgart. where a political and
| general strike concretely aims to bring
about new elections by the soldiers
and workers councils on a revolu-
tionary basis. Stuttgart Is now cut Off
from telegraph and telephone COM
munication, according to the World
correspondents private information.
This indicates that Bavaria will be
| heard from soon and that fresh
outbrust of bolshev.k terror Is brew
ing there.
Berlin is still superficially quiet, The
government has saved the situation
temporarily but only b. showing
weakness and backing own by or
dering the release from Jail of Ernest
| Daumig in the face OF an ultimatum
served on the government by the eX-
ecutive committee of the workers
councils. Encouraged by this success.
the Spartacists and their independ-
ent socialist allies are certain to con-
tnue their attacks on the govern
ment employing the same tactics, the
use of ultimatums.
German public opinion is an al
ways changing combination of pes
4 simism and optimism. despair and
good humor, Indifference and COM
mon sense. The situation is one OF
acute and unstable equilibrium be-
tween anarchy and order. and the
slightest new factor IN the situation
can kick the balnce either way. To-
night it is still even money on COM
! mn ric al 11rttI, 10 M
and order probably the ultimate win
ner after a terrific struggle.
The Berlin Boerse today, after a
weak opening, showed remarkable re-
sistance in the face of persistent alarm
list reports of national Spartacan Of
fensive, closing strong, some special
ties such as shipping and potash
shares even registering recoveries on
reports that America takes view ia
vorable to Germany on the Danzig
question, and an even more sensa-
tional report that America had threat
enfd to withdraw from the confer
ence. Hopes on America are thus
counteracting the fear of the Sparta
cans.
/ Nevertheless, the frightfulness of
the ordeal which Germany must sur
vive in the immediate future if 1t Is
/ not to become a second Russia must
! not be minimized. The consensus of
opinion is the worst is vet to come.
Flying columns" and Spartacan
propagandists especially in the Rhen-
nish Wcstpha'ian mining zone are fam
! ming the BolsheviZed strikers to fight
ing fury, preaching red terror land
seeking to break down the morale of
the Cathoii7 and government socialist
workers. who shrink from striking.
To cope with this Spartacan terror
the government 50 far has massed
only 5000 loyal treons in the strike
/ zone.
] A general strike luyy KS only the be-
| ginning of a carefully thought out
Spartacan campaign 10 involve all
i Germany. The strategic plan Gals for
a strike to spread tptaiy from the
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