The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-25
IS HEAD OF NEW CABINET
 IN GERMANY


 course of events has entitled them to expect a strong leaning to the left in the governments policy. The ap- pointment of Captain Cuno is partic- ular1y displeasing to them. as he IS regarded as a member of the right Paris, March 25-The German government has reached definite | agreement with the workmen in the l Ruhr valley where the general strike l has been paralyzing industry and where hostilities between soldiers and l workers have been in progress for 1 several days past, according to news reaching French semi-ofdcial circles | today from Berlin.
 l The bases of the agreement, the l advices state, are as follows: Formation of a workmen'S army 1 charged with maintaining order. | Remodelling of the cabinet with labor union participation. | Disarmament of the troops which took part in the recent coup d'etat- l Passage of laws for social reform
 and the carrying out of administra- l tive reforms.
 Specialization of the mines, particu- t1arIy the coal mines and the potash workings.
 Dissolution of "counter revolution Iary'' formations.
 Improvement of the food supply system.
 All the majority parties, it is de- clared have accepted the conditions under which the government does not consider it will be necessary to form a new ministry, but a few changes will suffice.
 The despatch represents the ma jority parties as believing a new re- Ioo ofi iC jTnnOSSlh16
 They point that General Von Seecht
 has failed to disarm the Baltic troops which are still concentrated a few
 miles from Berlin under the com
 mand of their former chiefs.
 Buderich, March 25-(By A. P.)-
 Complete quiet prevails temporaril!
 at Wesel, the German stronghold be
 seiged by revolutionary workers. bu peace between the two forces has no been declared The correspondent was informed to this effect at o'clocl this morning over the telephone b! the headquarters of General Habitsch the commander at Wesel, across tn Rhine from this town.
 1 It was declared at headQuarter there could be no question of a ces sation of hostilities through the sur : render of the Reichswehr forces.
 The Hague, March 25.---Ffghting fr lthe R1hr district of Germany wher lit was understood a truce had bee
 agreed to, has been resumed, accord
 ing to the Telegraaf. Spartacist force forceS are nearing WeSel, the news
 paper says, and a Muenster despatc l to the Rotterdam Courant says tn
 Red arny's strength now is 120,000- A Some reports from the frontier indi B cate that the workmen are boInbard ing wesel with large calibre guns. Tn
 advices are conflicting, however, ofhe
 reports declaring the situation e quiet
 e The semi official Meth erfands core q spondence bureau states the Dutc |. minister of war has conferred wit = the army leaders with regard to talk d ing precaqrtion against the crossing c S the frontier by German revoluuonar V troops or fugitives.
 V According to the Hande1sblad, tn e Red troops in the vicinity of Wese = sheled Fort Bluecher, which is oc r cupied by Belgian troops. The Bel e gians protested against this action e A train with seventy wounded fror t Wesel is reported to have arrive d near the Dutch frontier.
 Aldermen from the Rhine distric i have arrived in Holland to negotiat
 for food for the population there
 They declare in interviews with tn l Dutch press that the movement (
 the German Iaborers in this region A not BoIshevik but includes member E of all the parties They assert tha 3 there is much distress from lack C
 food in Dortmund and elsewhere
 the district