Evening star., 1919-04-09
GERMANS MAY ASK
ALLIED ARMY AID
Order Declared Necessary to
Europe-GeneraI Strike
Reported in Berlin.
TROOPS MOVE ON ESSEN

TROOPS MOVE ON ESSEN
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 0 (Havas).-At the
latest session of the German cabinet
council the government considered
the eventuality of making an appeal
to the allied armies to maintain order
in Germany in the interest OF the
whole of Europe. the Zurich cor
respondent of the LIE Journal reports
The newspaper L'Eclair under
stands that Gen. Humbert. former
commander of the French 30 Army.
will be appointed commander of the
allied troops in central Europe.
General Strike in Berlin.
A general strike has been pro.
claimed in Berlin and the suburb OF
Spandau, advices received here say.
Herr Nosky. the minister of defense,
is reported to have concentrated
$4,000 loyal troops at the gates Oh
Berlin for use in case OF trouble
Troops March on Essen.
COPENHAGEN, April 9.-German
Essen where a collision has occurred
between the strikers and the Chrls-
tian workers organization, the mem
bers of which desire to continue at
their employment, a Berlin dispatch
announces. The strikers have occu-
pied the Krupp munition plant. the
message adds
Situation Is Serious.
ESSEN. Tuesday. April S.-Al-
though a semi-official announcement
ouestiorS the correctness of the
strikers figures regarding the num-
Der of men idle here, another state
ment, intended for German consump-
ton. admits the situation is serious.
The production of coal shows a neavs
decrease from the figures for week
ago. All the river harbors in the re-
gion are full of empty coal barges,
with little prospect of filling them.
COPENHAGEN, April S.-rlundering s.
and shooting attendant upon the general
strike proclaimed by the independent
and majority socialists among the work
men at Magdeburg, capital OF PruSsian
Saxony, are reported in dispatches from
that CITY The warehouses containing
the food reserved for the coming week
were stcrmed and partly destroyed and
the reserves looted, the damage exceed
ing 400, 900 marks
Government troops are advancing on
the town and conflicts are anticipated
Large portions of the garrison have
Joined the insurgents and il is reported
that a quantity of arms from the citadel
has been distributed to the worknen
and former soldiers.
Soviet Congress Sessions.
BERLIN. Tuesday, April Sat this
mornings session of the soviet congress
independent socialists presented two
resolutions extending greetings to the
Bavarian and the Hungarian soviet re-
publicS. There was a lively discussion,
especially regarding Bavaria. The in
dependent socialists wished the congress
to express the hope that the Bavarian
proletariat might overcome opposition
and that the rest of Germany might
follow its example. The motion was
postponed after unfavorable discussion
The greeting to Hungary was ac-
cep1ed N spite of recent threatening
predictions.
Derl.n sas quiet today. but strong
with artillery. Wilhelmstrasse was
commanded by machine guns from
the chancellery.
plotting to proclaim a soviet republic
in that city, according to the ZeI.ung
am Mittag, which calls upon Gustav
Noske, the minister of war. to send
Strike Is Denounced.
The threat of railroad employees to
add TO Germany's troubles by strik-
ing has brought a sharp reply from
the government. in which such ac-
tion is denounced as "a crime toward
the entire people" Assurance is
given the would-be strikers that a
strike will be regarded as a breach
of contract and will be punished ac-
cordingly-"
BERLIN. Monday. April (by the
Associated Press)-The strike of the
miners in the Ruhr industrial district
has taken new trend. the strikers
devoting most of their efforts to
bringing out the members of the
unions and others who are still at
work. The strikers maintain that
$4,000 men are out in 23s mines in
the entire Rhine-Westphalian district.
The union officials say 144,800 are on
strike.
Landsburg Is Rescued.
LONDON, April s-Herr Landsburr
minister of justice in the national
German government who was rescued
at Heimstad from party of revolving
MaSdeburg soldiers conveying him to
Brunswick. has been sent to Hanover
according to Berlin dispatch to the
Daily Mail
The police commissary of Helmsfad
with whom Herr Landsburg had taken
refuge. learned that another party of
insurgents was approaching He put
the minister IN an automobile and
ordered 1t to proceed to Hanover.
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