Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-02
EBERT men LIFT
SIEGE AT WESEL
Regulars Drive Workers From
city-RuSS Officers Lead
Reds.
SNlPERS FIRE At AMERICANS
Newspaper Correspondents Attacked
While Returning From 5eisIan
outposts-Mueller Declines 20
Form New Cabinet.


Wesel, March ~ Government
troops made sortie souihea.t Of this
city, drove besieging workers forces
tfom their posts, shelled their -etreat.
ing columns aud raised the siege of
Wesei on both the cast and sou5s1-
east Artillery operated by workers
forces dropped two shells into the
city and then withdrew. While the
counterattack against the belCagner-
ing forces was going on. re-enforce-
lhehts arrived here, Among theri we-e
the Deaths Head hussars aud ThIaas.
Snipers are still active IN territory
evacuated by the workers forcee
Seven shots were fred at American
newspaper men while they were re-
turning from advanced Belgian out.
posts on the Vessel side of the Rhine.
London March 29.--One hundred
Russian officers sent 10 Germany by
Ncolal Lenine. Russian bolsheylk
premier. are assisting in the opera.
lions of the German workers army
before Vessel says Copenhagen dis.
patch TO the London Times, quoting
an interview with an Ebert Sayern.
ment officer at Muenster by the CORE.
spondent of the PoIitiken.
The dispatch says the workers have
taken over control of the Krupp
works at essen and are turning out
arms ana ammunition. The officer
expeets Vessel to be evacuated hy gov.
ernment troops In order that devnsta.
tlon and bloodshed may be avoided.
Paris, March 2S.--Hermann Mueller.
Foreign minister In the cabinet OF
Premier Bauer, has declined 10 accent
the task OF forming new German
caoinet, according to dispatch
received by the French foreign o:iice.
Army at Ruhr Like That In Russia.
Berlin, March % Maj. Gen. Won
Seecht. commander of the government
forces, declared the situation Ia The
Ruhr region 10 be very serious, in
the course of an interview with the
correspondent Of the Tageblatt. Ne
gotiations at Blelefeld between govern.
ment emlssaries and workers had been
10 no purpose he said. and there had
been no negotiations whatever with
the Communists.
There exists in the Ruhr region
red army, as In Russia" Maj. Gen.
Won Seecht continued, "nnd these well.
eduippe end welded men will make
use OF all the experience gained dur
Ing the war"
With reference TO the German army
In a.
I'VE must not forget that a profess
sionai army. or, as one might call 1t,
a pretorian army. has been imposed
on US by the peace treaty. Such an
army is only devoid of danger when
II forms an integral part of the com
munity. Officers and men must be
educated to understand that for Ger.
many the only possible course IL
peaceable. democratic development
The foregoing statement Is consld-
cred as representing views that have
become common In liberal and radical
circles since the Kapp regime. and In
favor OF which growing agitation
is expected.
Falkenstein, SaxoDy, March 90.
Workers have taken over control In
towns and cities Of lower Saxony, bur
there Is an impression their ascend
ancy will be short-lIyed, as they are
not sufficiently organized In a military
way to resist pressure successfully.
1t Is noticeable that the nearer one
comes to districts where government
troops are in power the weaker Is
the workers hold on affairs.
In this little town, In a valley ar.
teen miles from Plauen, Max Hoelz.
whose regular job is lecturer in a NOV
lng-picture theater, is directing affairs.
Chemnitz. Saxony March 29.-com-
munlsts are firmly intreuched in con-
troll here and prepared to resist at
tacks by government troops which
may be sent against the city. In the
event the troops secure control. gen
eral strike may again be called. Helm
rich Brandler, chairman Of the exec1l-
tive committee Of the workers. de.
rlared his followers were cooperating
with workers in the Ruhr valley.
There are 1900 men under arms I'm
t.is district, and Brandler said the
workers leaders would call Ipon NOT
only the workmen Of Chemnitz. who
make up ~ per cent Of the population.
but those Of the entire Vogt lend and
Ore mountain regions. Hearing a re-
port that troops were advancing 70.
ward this city. Brandler instructed
he outlying districts to stand OFF the
.roops il they appeared until re-en-
'orcements arrived.