The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-08
BERLIN READY TO
HALT SOVIET RULE
Continued from Fret Page.

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ton Of fats; but rather such arrivals
! OF food means only the continuation
OF present rations upon the exhaustion
of our present supplies. which will
come probably within seven weeks"
Herr Noske said that the difficult
ties within the next few weeks were
very great, largely because the Gov
eminent saw no way Of lessening the
present unemployment. For that
reason" he said, II am making no
predictions as to the future" He
said that should the present Govern
ment fall, the possibility of which he
admitted. he could not picture what
the next Government Of Germany
would be except that the extreme
radical Hugo Hasse could no longer
form a Government because the rad
ical movement has already swept past
him."
He deplored that sailors from Ger
man ships were 20 be sent back to
Germany. at means Just that many
more restless ana unemployed men,"
he said.
Minister Noske spoke apprecia-
lively of the fight Presiden: Wilson
is making for peace. He does not
subscribe to the fata!is'ic doctrine
growing daily here that the Red del
uge is inevitable and that 1t Is bound
to sweep Europe. He declared the
answer to that question rests with
the conference at Paris
Approaching Madhouse stage.
Politically and mentally Germany
seems to be approaching the mad
house stage, wherein Noske and Count
| Won Brockdorff. Foreign Secretary, are
the only ones who have managed to
keep clear heads.
Here in Berlin, IL one may use the
metaphor, one gets the impression Of
| body political with nerves all jan
gled and with the brain no longer
| functioning normally and no longer
| able to control the subordinate nerve
| centres Each member is going on his
| own erratic course and there Is a gen.
| eral atmosphere OF suspense and tens
sion.
The news from Munich has 80 in
tensified the situation that the publ,
Is thinking Of little except the possi-
Bile development at Tuesdays congress
| OF workers councils. The internal sit
uation so overshadows everything else
| that the proceedings in Paris received
| little notice in to-day's papers.
The strike in West Germany con-
tinues to spread. with danger that
the infection will be brought to a gen.
eral head Tuesday According to off,
cial figures 260,2O0 are now on strike
in the Ruhr district. but other des-
patches place the number as high as
$50, 900.
The Krupp plants are completely
tied up and Essen Is in darkness and
in danger of a water famine. as even
the electric plant and water works are
| shut down. A strike at Dusseldorf Is
reported to have started and now there
is talk OF extending the walkout to the
railways. The Government has an
nounced that force will be used to put
| down these outbreaks.
| The situatioh IN bavaria remains uh,
Charmed 'Sihee tnis despa'ch was MEG
soviet republic mas peeh pIocIaiineu''
Ihere appears 10 De iour iac.iorls mere
each STRIVING Tor power FIRST mere
who are loudest, but in the minority.
second inc Ioi'iihunis' parry .,u' .no
ihuepehueht Soeiahse, anu iour.a '"'
ah''3No''''''uiis' maturity So0'a''''
Hawaiian. C.urot Asree.
NccUaihs 10 ia'est reports bavaria a
,s, u,s0te 10 "a S,', VII -.
49, -, eutra tbs ,o,i,,caI most. Each
nartv ACCUSED the other n, selfish mo.
,iyes The mass meetings in Munich are
attended mostly by the unemployed ele-
ment. demanding the most radical meas
ures, including the dividing up OF all
property and the Specialization OF all IN
ous,ries ara ousineSsss'-
On tne U.nei au .me su ~
,a,'o' ~,
so,,ia, ren,hl,c ~. Err,hrit publishes
to-day what purports 10 be a speech by
Major Stockhausen. chief OF stan OF
Gen. Luttwitz's division In Noske's
white Guard as IT Is sarcastically
| called, telling the troops or the Ger
to have said. is in duty bound to de-