Evening star., 1920-04-01
EXTREMISTS HOLD
NEARLY ALL TOWNS
IN RUHR DISTRICT
Time Limit of Governments
UItimatum to Radicals
Is Extended.
EBERT TROOPS MOVE
ON A SMALL FRONT
Essen Workers Continue Strike.
France Firm Against Advance in
Occupied and Neutral Zones.
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Occupied and Neutral Zones.
By the Associated Press,
THE HAGUE, April 1.--Most of the
towns in the Ruhr district are in the
power of the extremists, who are fore
ing the workers to leave their jobs
and join the red army. according to
the Dutch rress.
The burgomaster and the leaders
OF the majority socialist ahd center
Parties at Duisburg have notified the
government that the condition of tn =
town is 80 bad there is no hope of the
police preventing plundering and
state. Only governmental action can
save the town. it is declared.
Government Troops Advance.
An official Statement: issued by the
headquarters of the government
troops under date of Wednesday says
that after the expiration of the time
limit on the governments ultimatun.
the advance of government troops be-
gan ton a small rart of the east front.
THE line Of Haltern-Ludinghau
Herbern was taken without fight.
the statement continues. THE reds
probably will await the government
troops at Verne. There are trenches
being made at Sede. Runthe and the
Nordherring. and also between Dort-
mund and Brantel. where there are
strong forces of reds.
FAT the urgent request OF the. burgo-
master, Hamm has been occupied. The
relations between the government
troops and pounlation are excellent
The raiIw az bridge AZ Buderich, near
'Wesel, has been blown up. Airmeu
have observed movements OF red in
the direction of HAmborn and Sier-
krade, and also around Haitern. Berk
and Lunen and On the road between
Dortmund and Hamm.
strike Continues at Essen.
ESSEN March s1.-Decision to con-
tfnue the general strike here has been
reached by the workmen's committee
in view of the failure to reach set
tlement with the government The
workmen insisted that no additional
terms be inserted in the bielefeid
agreement. The government granted
an extension of the armistice for
forty eight hours to give workmen 8
delegates time to return from Ser,
lin to Essen and consult the general
conference here.
Gen. Leitner, commander-in-c -chiet
of workers forces here. said last
night the situation was cleaIing anu q
there were excellent prospects Tor a
satisfactory settlement The strain
uuon tine workmen. he said, has been
relieved by news that Gen. Won wat
ters commander Of government
troops at wesel, had been ordered not
to advance.
OccupatiOn Reported.
Rr1DERICH, Rhenish Prussia. March
30.-The reichswehr troops nave an,
yanced eastward and southwaro anu
have occupied Huexe. Haitern ana
Achmen. The Spartacans losl 1hree
guns in the fighting.
French stand Firm.
PARIS. April 1.-Premier Millerand
Gsrman charge d'affaires. and went
over the situation in the Ruhr dis
trict with him. The premier improV-
ed the occasion to reiterate the terms
of his letter Of yesterday dealing
with the question of permission Tor
German troops to en.er - .ns nuhr thn y;sv
that military intervention in that re-
gion at present would be useless as
we'll as dangerous. He added that the
French government was taking steps
to confirm the information upon wnlcn
its decision was based.
After the departure OF the cnarge e
the premier conferred with Marshal
Foch respecting eventual measures TO
be taken in case the Germans dfsre-
1aried the decision against the send
Ing Of more Of their troops into the
Ruhr district No appreciation is ex-
pressed, however. that anything fur
ther would result than demonstra-
tion such as an advance OF the French
troops a dozen miles or SO in such
contingency. This advance would
mean the occupation OF Frankfort and
violence Not Expected.
It is not expected. however, that
this would provoke any violent mani
festat ton on the part Of the Germans
since DIR. Won Mayer in his first inter
view with NJ. Mi1lerand on the sub
ject is declared to have intimated
that his government might consent
to such an advance as a guarantee
Of the evacuation of the Ruhr dis
trict by the additional German troops.
II they were allowed to enter the
At the same time there is much
here, even in circles close
to the government regarding the ei-
Iicacy or the desirability OF such an
advance. 1t is pointed out that
frankfort. Darmstad. and. in fact. all
the territory the occupation Of which
is under consideration, are now COM
by French batteries. and
would not be more completely
DICK citing throughout the area. More
over, such a demonstration would not
he in accord with what appears to be
the French policy, IL avoiding. as far
as possible. causes of friction with
the German population, and even the
adoption Of as conciliatory an atti-
tude toward the government as is
consistent with insistence upon strict
execution of the peace treaty
The impression today appeared to
he that the whole trouble would blow
over without the necessity Of any
radical measures being taken.
The German government has grant,
ad leaders of workmen's forces in the
Ruhr district a forty-eight-hour ex-
tension Of time in which to either
accept or reject the terms included In
ne ultimatum sent to Essen late last
week. according to advices received
here from Berlin.
NEGOTIATIONS between representa-.
ives OF the workers and government
ieleRates are proceeding at Berlin
md. it is said, II Is believed the con-
aict in the Ruhr valley may be set
led without further hostilisies.
Hopeful ~ to naAr.
BERLIN, March 31.-The uitnaf1on
ID the Ruhr district yas reKarded
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