The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-27

The Hague. March e7.-Un.
der advice given by the cen.
tral communist and independ.
ent socialist leaders in Berlin,
that the fighting In the Ruhr
region be stopped. the labOrers'
council in the Ruhr district
have again approved an armis-
tice with the government
troops and are cndeayoring to
persuade the militant laborers
to cease hostilities, it is learn.
ed here.
London, March 27.-One hundred
Russian officers. sent to Germany
by Nicolai Lenine, Russian bolshe-
Wiki premier, are assisting in the
operations Of the German workers
army before Wesel. says a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the London
Times, quoting an interview with
an Ebert government official at
Muenster by the correspondent of
the Politiken.
The dispatch says the workers
have taken over the control of the
krupp works at Essen and are
turning out arms and ammunition.
Socialists Try to Stop II.
Berlin, March 27.-After a con-
ference at Hagen, the three Social
list party's delegates have decided
to. send ENJOYS TO Vessel in an at
tempt to bring about a cessation of
fighting there. according to the
Vossische Zeitung.
The allies will permit Germany
to send 100000 troops into the
Ruhr region and $4,000 allied
troops will aid in maintaining law
and order, if needed, says the Lo-
kal Anzeiger.
Iaeain Lost Ground.
Vessel. March 27-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-The workingmen's
forces attacking Wesel regained
late today the ground about the
fortress which they lost yesterday.
As result Of an hours hard she'll
ing and machine gun work, they re-
captured Lippe castle. advancing
more than a mile from the south.
Government troops made a sortie
southeast of this city today, drove
besieging workers forces from their
posts. shelled their retreating COL
umns and raised the siege of Wesel
on both the east and southeast.
Artillery operated by workers
forces dropped two shells into the
city and then withdrew.
While the counter attack against
the beleaguering forces was going
on, reinforcements arrived here.
Among them were the Deaths
Head hussars and uhlans.
Capable of Stiff Resistance.
The Hague. March 27.-(By the
Associated Press.) - While the
workmen's army in northern Rhen-
nish Prussia has the fortress at
Wesel partly surrounded, the de-
tenders are capable of stiff resist
ance, according to Dutch press dis
patches and information reaching
military circles at The Hague. The
anti-government army. however. it
is reported in a dispatch to the
Rotterdam Courant from Muenster,
has swung around the town to the
north, attacking from that quarter.
Their last official communique
says:
"Dinsliken and Halter are now
we'll in the hands of the laborers.
The front has been advanced on
the west of Wesel and on the north
to Muenster. The reds are very
near Wesel and it is not impossi-
BILE that Vessel will fall today. The
military conditions on the whole
are extraordinarily favorable to the
reds. Friedricksfeld has been TAX
en-"
Troops Arrest Officers.
Berlin, March 27-The garrison
at Glatz. a fortified town of Prus-
sian Silesia, SO miles southwest of
Breslau, surrounded the quarters
of their officers and arrested them,
according to the Vossische Zeitung.
The soldiers were armed with ma
chine guns and mine throwers.
The captain of the garrison shot
himself. the newspaper says.
Round Up GOtha Leaders.
Falkenstein, Saxony, March 81
(By the Associated Press.)-The
government troops entered Gotha
today to round up leaders of work
ers and search the city for arms
and ammunition. A long column of
troops was passed by the corre-
spondent when he left Gotha and
his luggage was searched several
times by soldiers before he was
able to get clear Of the armed
forces gathered there.
At Jena everything was quiet and
the workers were organizing
guard. A few miles further on. the
village of Germewitz was found to
be completely occupied by q small
band of armed workmen, who de-
clared they had nothing to live
for" and that if the troops attack
ed the place they would fight to the
last man.
I'VE didn't know why we fought
the allies" said the leader to the
correspondent, but We know what
We are fighting for now"
At Gera the correspondents car
was stopped by workers guards and
escorted to the old Reuss ministry
building. This is the first time
since the war that Gera has been
disturbed