New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30
Ebert Troops
Invade Ruhr
Coal District
Continued from ars page

government, which frightened last
night when signs of discord in the
workmen's army and between the mill
tary and civil leaders were apparent,
were dissipated when the secret con-
ference voted down a proposal to send
delegates to Munster to negotiate with
the Berlin ENJOYS.
At conference last night between
representatives of the Berlin trades
unions and the Communist authorities
efforts were made to bring about i'm
mediate peace.
All the parties of the Left sent their
and these united in urging peace and
the cessation of warfare. The strongest
advocate of the Communists was DR..
Paul Levy, president of the Communist
party of Germany, who recently was
released from prison, where he was
serving a term for a political offense.
DR.. Levy denounced the commander in
chief of the workmens forces, Herr
Leltner, and the army itself in oppos-
ms an armisticc, as an attempt at mil
itary dictatorship.
control of all arms and ammunition,
with seizure Of the munitions plants,
particularly the Krupp and Thyssen
wosks. To forestall the possibility of
the governments rejection of the con-
feIence's proposals, the threat of gen.
eral strike, which previously had been
made to support its demands, was in
corporated in resolution by which
the conference representing the execu-
tive committees of tifty-nine cities and
districts agreed, if necessary, to use
all possible means to effect most COM
plete general strike.
Three Of tho Rer1ir ranrocop 70 t;yos
were Herr Krasman, vice-chairman of
the Trades Union Federation, and
Deputies Brasse and Osteroide, Social
Democrats. They said they came not as
government agents, but to seek to me-
date and adjust the differences exist
ing.
DR.. Levy said he hoped for peace by
Tuesday at the latest. He agreed that
he represented the extremist elements,
but said he deemed it impoltic and
impractical to try for German Soviets
now with the Ruhr district standing
alone. He said that unless the Reichs-
wehr were disarmed the country would
be in exactly the same position as be-
fore the Kapp revolution, and one
might expect similar attempt at any
time.
Levy said his party could not win
it's fight under the present conditions.
eve want to break off this fight as
soon as We can" were Herr Levy's
words. eve cannot fight single handed
against the rest of Germany"
The spokesman for the Communists
declared what his faction objected to
was militarism. "Our kind of people
are sick of it, he said.
Herr Levy insisted that the outcome
of the movement in the industrial
field might have been different if the
men had not spent their enthusiasm in
the general strike.
cat present, however," he continued,
1--WE must await some other OCCASION
We must not attempt the impo
People Declared Supreme
Then, addressing Commander in Chief
Leitner, of the wcrkr ems forces, who,
it has been alleged, was seeking TO
bring about military dictatorship,
Herr Levy said:
"You must submit to our decisions.
So long as we are the chosen repre-
sentatives of the people you, as we'll as
every other military man, must submit
to US"
BERLIN, March 29.-The news from
the Ruhr industrial district, the Rhine
land in general and from Westphalla
permits the conclusion that order
gradually Will DO restored in those