The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-17


great MACS of orderly. law abiding m
noccnt hystanders, usually referred To
as the middle class" is vacillating be
tween reaction and the Ebert brand Of
socialism. IT is ovcrwheimingly and
bitterly against sovietism.
Eut this multitude OF peaceful pat
riotic burghers is also unarmcd aud
unorsapiscd and Inherently shrinks
fromctvil strife. oven in self de feusc.
Therein lies the tremendous advantage
Of tho Reds, who arc s~saTupact, or g
sanized. determined lEhtfng mass. i'm
PEELED by one and the same idea, act n 5
while it's opponents are talking,
RADICALS FORGE AHEAD
So it came that while Ir. Wolfeang
kapp and Friedrich Ebert and their
respective emissaries Were Gddliug
away fateful hours with demands and
counter demands, that compact mass
of radicals forged ahead like "a huge
GtGatn tafIlflCI. w AGlflET ponce or
troops or outraged civilians threw
themselves against it they were huri-
ed back. dead or wounded. Women
and children are ON many casualty
lists, for civil war is no respcctor of
sex.
In Berlin, still the stronghold OF
organized military force, the Reds
made little Roadway in fighting, yio-
lent battles were fought however and
blood flowed All attempts of the
soldiery to put down the strike here
or elsewhere failed utterly To GNU
nerate in detail. trE dead and wound
ed in various parts of the country
would be futile, for every hour adds
fresh victims as internecine strife
stalks through the reich"
However, a few facts and figures
suffice TO sketch the picture Germany
presents today.
In Dortmund the big westphalian
coal, iron and steel center, the red
terror burst intoShe midst of great
trade fair, attended by numerous
foreigners and hosts of visitors from
All parts of Germany Fifteen were
killed and fifty wounded, including
some of the foreigners.
In Harburg, just outside of Ham
burg thirty were killed or wounded,
including some women and children.
Dresden, the capital, yesterday the
boosted new "seat" of the Ebert re-
glme. was the scene of violent clashes
today. The casualties were many.
CIT1L WAR IN CHTtMNITZ
Chemnftz. chief manufacturing
town of the former kingdom of
Saxony, saw civil war in It's widest
forms. The workers, victorious after
terrific street battles, formed 81
committee of action disarmed the
bourgeois" troops and distributed
the captured arms among 5000 of
their comrades.
Leipzig. another big Saxon city,
famous for its peace time fairs, was
the scene of continuous fighting.
Many killed and injured.
Essen, the home of Krupps, is a
strategic center of the Reds. The
fighting and casualties there were ac-
cordingly heavy.
The whole Ruhr district that great
reservoir of industrial manpower
and resources, Is red--red with revolt
and blood. The whole district is be-
ing organized into local soviets.
Hamburg is in the control OF arm
ed workers. Altoona. it's Prussian SUI
burb is in the hands of kapp
troops.
Latest word from Dres1cn Is that
the battle there is still swaying to and
fro, between Spartacists and Ebert
forces, including the local Garrison
so KILLED IN FRANKFORT
In Mains the big
Prussian center OF commerce and
finance, fifty were killed ana $50
wounded.
In Hanover. one of the most i'm
portant railway centers Of Prussia
armoured cars dashed through the
streets all day. their soldier occupants
trying to terrorixe crowds. The pop
ulace sought shelter in their houses
and then replied by firing from the
windows.
And SO this story might go on end
lessly. telling of things and citing
figures that are but details of one vast
battle rocking the empire in it's foun-
dations Berlin and all its suburbs saw
as much fighting as any city or town:
yet, il the well disciplined soldiery
here does win out in the end. it does
not mean the revolution Is over, for
this capital Is no more a criterion for
what takes place in Germany than
sian revolution. That is why 1.-THE
reported yesterday
meant little or nothing. even had it
been bonafide. /
:, Indeed Berlin Is, practically inso-
lated from the rest OF the country and
Stuttgart whore Ebert and his forces
have concentrated, n equally cut or
from the rest of Germany, but ever
in this arch-nest OF Prussian mill
tarism Spartacism IN holding up its
head with ever moro nerve and de-
fiance. The number of armed com
munists To growing and one report
has it that an entire regiment OF the
national guard Is showing signs of
joining them.
Americans in Berlin hotels opened
the day this morning by-washing and
shaving with bubbfing mineral water.
The entire servant forces having
Walked out tho gnanta made THAR own
beds Tho lObi3tes were converted into
retail markets.. trading In s1rxifnes.
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