Evening star., 1920-03-25

clearer. The Prussian assembly post
poned it's meeting until after the
meeting of the national assembly. The
new cabinet has not yet been formed;
the various parties are still negotiat-
ing.
The city was quiet this morning and
street traffic was normal.
Oppose ReactiOnaries.
LONDON. March 25.-The London
Times this morning cites telegram
from a well informed authority in the
mining region Of Germany, who says
the socialists in the Ruhr district are
determined to resist force by the Berlin
government. The movement in the Ruhr
is not entirely spartacist, says the dis
patch. good proportion of the people
being actuated purely by anti-reaction-
airy motives They are not yet convinced
that Wolfgang Kapp's influence has been
eliminated. and until they are assured
of this they will not work the Ruhr
mines for Prussia
Other kilograms received in authorita-
tive quarters in London assert that
everything is quiet in Frankfort. Mum
ster. Hanover, Kiel, Breslau. Dresden,
Stuttgart and Stettin.
Fighting Reported Resumed.
So--FlSNtlnS III
the Ruhr district of Germany where, it
was understood. truce had been agreed
to, has been resumed, according to the
Telegraaf Spartacist forces are nearing
Telegram. Sparta cist forces are nearing
ster dispatch to the Rotterdam Courant
says the red arnly's strength is now
10000
cate that the workmen are bombarding
Vessel with large caliber guns The ad-
vices are conflicting. however. other re-
ports declaring the situation is quiet.
The semiofficial Netherlands corre-
spondence bureau states that the
Dutch minister of war has been in
conference with the army leaders with
regard to the taking Of precautions
against the crossing of the frontier
by German revolutionary troops or
fugitives.
Beigians' Fort Shelled.
According to the Handelsblad. the
red troops in the vicinity of Vessel
shelled Fort Bluecher. which is occu-
pied by Belgian troops. The Belgians
protested against this action.
A train with seventy wounded from
Wesel is reported to have arrived near
the Dutch frontier.
Aldermen from the Rhine district
have arrived in Holland to negotiate
for food for the population there.
They declare in interviews with the
Dutch press that the movement, of the
German laborers in this region is not
bolshevik. but includes members of all
the parties. They assert that there
is much distress from lack of food in
Dortmund and elsewhere in the dis
trict.
WOrkmen Beaten Back.
BCDERICH, Rhenish Prussia, March
24--The workmen's forces are said
to have been beaten back more than
one mile at Wesel today, although the
firing was never intense and the sit
uation was regarded as rather quiet
1t is reliably estimated that the be-
sieged in the city number about 5000
and that there are 1000 men on the
line. Figures as regards the work
men are less reliable. but it is said
they number $4,000 or more. They
are said to be less effective in strength
than their numbers indicate, because
they fight in spurts. =;
Little surprise is expressed TODAY
at the moderation in today's fighting
it being believed that the workmen
are losing some of the first enthusi-
asm that enabled them to cut to
been interned by the British and
later to drive the troops before them
in wide, encircling guerrilla move
ment.
A German observation airplane
passed over Wesel this afternoon.
Some persons reaching here from
Wesel assert that they saw women
some Of them mounted, fighting with
the workmen.
Moderate Program Adopted.
DUSSELDORF. March 23-Disrup-
ton of the coalition Of socialistio
parties that usurped control in the
Ruhr basin is considered improbable
as a result of the Ebert governments
military campaign. Communists here
and at Hagen have not been active
and moderate programs have been
adopted in various cities. The COM
munists. however. are represented or
several executive committees and are
credited with a disposition to hold
out for extreme measures, particu-
larly regarding wages.
Independent socialists appear to
favor closer relations with the ma
jority socialists because of the resig-
nation of Gustav Noske, minister OF
defense in the Ebert cabinet.