The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-24
WORKHEN'S PROTEST
AGAINST MILITARISM
That Is the Characterization of the
Workers Upheaval in Dusseldorf
The Movement Not Called
Communistic.

Dusseldorf, March % (By the As
ISOLATED Press Leaders of the ele
ments which have taken over contro
of this city insist the movement shoulC
not be termed communistic, as sovieti
throughout Germany are considered
impossible and dangerous. 1t is de
| sired above all to do away with mill
tarism, they add, and show the allie;
that Germany is determined to take
such a stand.
There are a few armed guards, but
no real army 70 be seen. II is planned
| to have an old army commander. Cap.
tain Bredam, in charge of the security
guards" which is to be composed OF
workmen, who can be called to arms in
! case of emergency, but not regularly
drilling as militia, which is what the
workmen want to abolish.
Frederick Stahl, one Of the eight
| members of the Dusseldorf executive
committee, located in the provincial
house, gave the Associated Press a
statement of the workmen's views. He
said the movement precipitated by the
kapp revolt was particularly a work
mems protest against that military
movement and militarism in general
This is no soviet revolution" he de.
clared. AT the moment at least we
are standing on the same grounds as
the regular government chosen by the
people Of Germany, What we want
the government to do is to uphold the
peoples will expressed in the last cleo
tions, that is TO say, make a decided
move to the left toward socialism,
and crush militarism in every form,
especially as it has dared to show it.
self in this Kapp revolt, as well as
under Gustav Noske. We want work,
to give evidence to our own people as
well as TO the world in general of our
will to work and develop.
This is neither an uprising nor a
revolution, but only decided vote of
distrust against the government at
Berlin and the city and provincial gov
ernments which failed to uphold the
principles OF the revolution of Novem-
Der, 1918, whereby our people got rid
Of royalty and their military specta-
tors
Everything will 20 on smoothly !
The workingmen, including the head |
and hand workers. will work now with |
4 will. while under military rule, as il |
had developed last month under Noske, |
they worked against their will
I'VE shall vigorously put down loot
ng, disorder or plundering, and If the
government should send troops to fight /
against us-well we are very strong
md the workmen, most of them eX-
lerienced soldiers, under a military
eader would leave their workshops
md factories and turn against them.
"A central executive committee, now
,eing formed at Hagen, Is 10 consist Of
me member Of each OF the three so
ialist parties and the democratic
,arty. Under this central committee,
he several town executive committees
viii conduct the business Of the four
n connection with the regular city
for the welfare Of the peo-
lie and above all for the working peo-
le."
The provincial government house,
where the executive committee has
AIKEN up its headquarters, is protected
v patrols Of armed men and rows Of
arbed wire, which Herr Stahl request
d to be explained. was erected and
1T by government troops, and not by
'orkmen. The executive committee
nnouneed that all the workers except
few guards had returned 10 their
laces yesterday, the general strike J
aving ended Saturday.
The tramways and other services are
perating apparently normally, and I
he banks are open. Three of the five
ewspapers are not publishing because /
( the printers wage strike, which is /
Of connected with the workmens
Iovement. :