New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-05
Government Troops. Ad-
vance OH Towns Where
Reds Refuse to Give
Up Arms as Agreed
Hard Figgh g htingg in
Duisburg Streets
Communists Driven Out
After Long Battle; Shell
Kills Three Civilians
By William c. Dreher

SDectdt Cd0le to IFo Tribune
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc }
BERLIN, April A condition of
semi-anarchy apparently prevails in a
great part of the Rhenish industrial
district. According to the terms of the
compromise between the government
and the various labor organizations,
the troops were not to occupy the re-
gion provided the cred" army dis
persed and delivered over its arms by
Friday noon. But the weapons have
been surrendered only in part, and
some reports even deny that any arms
have been given up.
Some of these reports name impor-
tant cities where no deliveries have
been made, and the government troops,
therefore, are advancing into the re-
gion in response to urgent appeals
from certain towns, Socialists of botn
factions participating in the requests
for aid
The Essen central council resents the
progress of the Ebert forces and has
sent deputation to Berlin to confer
with the Socialist organizations look
ing to the declaration of a nation wide
strike.
Hard Fighting in Two Towns
Hard fighting between the troops
and the "Red" army is reported to
have taken place in several towns,
notably Duisburg and Muehlheim,
which seem to be the centers of the
"Red" rising. Much pillaging in
Duisburg is reported.
The Ebert ministry seems to be i'm
pressed by the seriousness of the stu
oti ,r,ho t,tt Ln, L,,1< y
the hope that the uprising could be
put down by negotiations, and accord
ingly delayed action and minimized
the danger. The governments decision
to proceed forthwith in vigorous eff
forts to subdue the "Reds" in the face
of Premier Millerand's threats indi-
Gates the conviction that further de-
lay and temporizing are impossible.
President Ebert is relying on England
and Italy to placate France. Miller
and's demand that Germany withdraw
her troops from the Ruhr fields is re-
garded here as evidence that the
French Premier misunderstands the
situation in the West
DU1SBURG, Rhenish Prussia, April 4
(By The Associated Press) Easter
brought real peace to Duisburg after
heavy fighting. The government troops
which reached here early yesterday
were to-day combing the Industrial
district to the south around Wanheim
and the woods toward Muchlheim,
where the scattered "Reds" are be-
licved to have fled. How far south
and east the troops will go depends
on how the "Reds" act.
1t is not intended to proceed to
Essen or Dusseldorf unless there are
unexpected developments. Military
control will be maintain here only
until the authorities are satisfied of
the stability of civilian administra-
tion.
One Of the most frequent comments
regarding the disturbances at Duisburg
is the earnest assurance that the fight
ing "Reds" were not natives, but
aliens.
The Reichsvchr marched into the
Duisburg region yesterday and cleared
out the radical element Of the Red"
army in pitched battles in the streets.
Bullets Sweep Business District
Machine gun and rifle bullets swept
the business district like driving
rain, artillery threw solid shot and
shrapnel and hand grenades were
fighting IN some quarters. Four citi-
zens we're killed and some were in
jured.
A child was killed on the Belgian
side of the Rhine and Belgian SOL
dicr was shot in the hand The Reichs-
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