Republican farmer., 1920-03-26
BAUER IS HEAD OF NEW CABINET
 IN GERMANY

(Continued from Page One) course of events has entitled them to expect strong leaning to the left in the governments policy. The ap- pointment of Captain Cuno is partic- u1arly displeasing to them, as he is regarded as member of the right.
 Paris, March 25-The German government has reached a definite agreement with the workmen in the Ruhr valley where the general strike has been paralyzing industry and where hostilities between soldiers and workers have been in progress for several days past, according to news reaching French semi-ofhcial circles today from Berlin.
 The bases of the agreement, the advices state, are as follows: Formation of a workmen's army charged with maintaining order. Remode11ing of the cabinet with labor union participation. Disarmament of the troops which took part in the recent coup d etat. Passage of laws for social reform and the carrying out of admfnistra- i tive reforms. Specialization of the mines, partcu- larIy the coal mines and the potash workings.
 Dissolution of counter revolution ary'' formations.
 improvement of the food supply system.
 1 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- actionary movement is not impossible. 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 naand of their former chiefs. Buderich, March 25-(By A. P.)- | Complete quiet prevails temporarily | at Wesel, the German strongho old be-
 seiged by revolutionary workers. but i peace between the two forces has not 1 been declared. The correspondent | was informed to this effect at o'clock 1 this morning over the telephone by | the headquarters of General Habitsch,
 the commander at Wese1, across the l Rhine from this town.
 It was declared at headquarters
 there could be no question of a. ces- sation of hostilities through the sur
 render of the Reichswehr forces.
 The Hague, March z5.---Ffghting ir the Ruhr district of Germany where lit was understood a truce had beer lagreed to, has been resumed, accord ing to the Te4egFaaf. Spartacist forces forces are nearing Wesel, the news paper says, and a Muenster despatch to the Rotterdam Courant says tht Red arny's strength now is 12o,00O
 Some reports from the frontier indi cate that the workmen are bomsbard ing Wesel with large calibre guns. Th'
 advices are conflicting, however, ofa1e reports declaring the situation ii quiet
 The seTni-offBcial Netherlands core spondence bureau states the Dutcl
 minister of war has conferred witt
 the army leaders with regard to talk ing preca1Ftion against the crossing O the frontier by German revolutionar
 troops or fugitives.
 According to the HandelSblad, tn
 Red troops in the vicinity of Wese :, sheHed Fort Bluecher, which is oc
 cupied by Belgian troops. The Bel :, gians protested against this action
 A train with seventy wounded fror 1 Wesel is reported to have arrive
 near the Dutch frontier. ] Aldermen from the Rhine distric
 have arrived in Holland to negotiat l for food for the population ther' | They declare in interviews with tn Dutch press that the movement (
 the German laborers in this region s | not Bolshevik but includes member
 l of all the parties. They assert tha [ there is much distress from lack (
 food in Dortmund and elsewhere :. the district.