Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-07

CeilOT SCheidemann has hand
cd his resignation to President
bert 90 enable the president
Ia have fee hand TO deal
wItb the present situation. ac-
c6Fding TO the ZcituBg am Nit
tag Of Berlin. Ebert declined
t0 accept lie resignation AMI
requested SGheIdemann and
. tho cabinet t1 remain in Office.
Cobtenz, Thursday, March G.
By the Associated Press) The
disturbances in Berlin and other
parts OF uHoecupied Germany have
resulted in such an increase in the
Lumber OF civilians eager to reach
the bridgshead area where condi-
tIons are more normal than the
American forces of occupation
have been compelled to take steps
to prevent Germans from all parts
Of the country oyerrunniRg the oc-
cupied zone along the Rhine.
To prevent civilians coming in
merely 10 take advantage of The
food situation. and TO get away
from the ceHteFs of disturbances,
the American authorities had to
tighten up permit privileges.
Fear Day When lanks Leave.
The Germans within the occu-
lied zone are already laying their
plans for the days alter the Ameri-
cans have Withdrawn. For in
staHce applications were made re-
Gently for the privilege of holding
public meetings to urge the organ
j1ation of volunteer forces to take
left the district.
These applications, however,
were denied today by the Third
army officials on the ground that
meetings Of this kind were prohib-
iteL by the orders forbiddins any
)anized enemy forces within the
>briIgchead limits
Reds Cut OF Loyal Force.
Copenhagen, March Police
headquarters in Berlin, which has
heen besieged by the Spartaeans
for two days, was cut off from all
communication with other govern
late Thursday, when the Sparta
cans cut the telephone wires, &C
CuUdirg 10 a telegram from Ber-
lin Eight persons were killed and
number wounded in the fighting
there Thursday.
The police headquarters build
ing has been damaged severely in
the heavy lighting. the Spartacans
having used machine guns and ar
tillcry against II.
Others Join Reds
London. March "A German
dispatch received here states that
IN addition to the volunteer ma
line division and portion of the
militia, parts of the
Second guards regiment and the
guard fusiller regiment went over
- the Spartacans Wednesday.
Owing 70 the strike Of printers
and Compositors. the Wolff bureau
is said to be unable 10 circulate
VS. printed bulletins.
A Berlin dispatch to the Mail.
sent from there Wednesday mid
night. asserted that il wa s report
81 in government circles, that as
result of the compromise reached
at Weimar, the strike might end
today.
Miners numbering $500, in the
Ruhr region have gone on strike.
Blames War for Terror.
Berlin, Wednesday. March .
(By the Associated Press The
present unrest. terror and crime
are diseases of the social body
which it is unable to resist be-
cause II has become awakened
through privation and loss OF
blood" says the North German Ga
zette The German people can
Iecuperate only when it receives
raw products that will permit it to
york. and food in order that it may
live
The governing board of society
CT physicians and surgeons has
sharply condemned the strike in
Germany on the ground that it is
gravely jeopardizing public health
through the stoppage of all trans
rortation and telephone service as
we.L~As public utilities. Sanitary
G<vs engaged in checking the
Spread of spotted and typhus fe-
vers declare they are unable to
co their work because of the
strike.
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