The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-20
ALLIED TROOPS TO Invade
GERMANY IF REBELLI0NS
ARE NOT QUELLED SOON
THE GERMAN SITUATION

Public buildings at Leipsic have
been bombarded by Eberts troops in
an effort to dislodge workmen's forces,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch, which declares that over 100
were killed and 200 wounded by the
explosions.
Two thousand persons have been
killed in the fighting attending the re-
volts in Germany since last Saturday.
according to another dispatch re-
ceived at London.
Amsterdam reports say that the al
lied armies are now giving indications
of a further advance into Germany if
quiet is not Immediately restored A
relief train is now being sent to Leip-
sic to bring out of Germany over 200
American and other allied business
men who are in grave danger there.
That the workmen at Essen have
been victorious in two days battles and
are now in possession of the Krupp
works where they have declared a So
Wet republic are the contents of a dis
patch received at Paris from Aix-la-
Chapelle. A soviet army of $500 has
been reported to have taken charge at
Dusseldorf, Mulheim, Oberhausen.
Elberfeld and Kattwig, while Ebert
troops are taking refuge in British
occupied territory.
A dispatch received late this after
noon at London declares that the Sc
curity police of sGustav Noske are
shooting down all the Baltic rebel
troops found in the city. Unter den
Linden is now described as bristling
with bayonets and barbed wire entan-
clements.
A telegram received at Copenhagen
declares that resumption of railway
traffic is increasingly difficult. Com
munists are terrorizing all workmen
who show a desire to return to their
jobs Strike leaders announce that
they intend to continue the general
walk-out under more stringent rules
than before. 1t was rumored in dis
patches but unverified that President
Ebert had reached an agreement with
the workmen and that the strike had
been called off.
Offers of large rewards for the cap
ture of Doctor Won Kapp and General
Won Leuttwitz have been made by the
Ebert government. Rumors of the
suicide of these two leaders of the
military coup of last week have not
been verified as yet.
1t Is reported in Berlin dispatches
that Gustav Noske. who had handed
his resignation to President Ebert, had
reconsidered and will now remain in
/ the Bauer cabinet as minister of pub
lie safety. His resignation had been
demanded early this week by the radi-
Gals in the German assembly that met
at Stuttgart.
Communists in Berlin have captured
five railway stations there and are now
preventing any trains from being
started out of those stations according
to a London dispatch by Exchange
Telegraph.
The entire Ebert government, in
cluding Minister of Defense Noske.
will leave for Berlin tonight on a spe-
cial train from Stuttgart, according to
dispatch from the temporary seat of
the German government A dispatch
| was received there from General Won
Seeht at Berlin saying that all was
quiet at the German capital. Presi-
dent Ebert has authorized the mobili-
zation of the civil militia to assist in
putting down the Instructions in
various parts of the country
A dispatch from Paris says that on
/ account of instructions in the Rhine
Industrial district, the entente has au-
thorized German reichswehr troops in
the entire occupied zone to put down
the soviet uprisings.