Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-18
FIGHT TO DEATH
RACES IN CAPITAL.
Railway Stations Captured by
Soviet Forces, and Americans
Seek Refuge in Embassy.
WORKERS SLAUGHTER TROOPS
Whole Battalions Wiped Out
or Captured as Red Terror"
Seizes Reins.
WORKERS SLAUGHTER TROOPS
TRy unlversal Serylcr1

by Universal Service
h,,,,i. nt.i't;dS' IN March H. The supreme
!, ntean at O'Clock tonight with u
ttrrihc concerted attack by the SPARTA
tions who Gap,nred the railway sta
tWo iicriin suburbs, and nrc rcportca
Steadily gaining hcadway
virtually all Americans have taken
| ing. '"'i"
70 rhe n, 20, government troops are standing
hsht 'nc Reds to the death
AZ the same time the Red reyolu-
tlni continues To sweep across IN.
whoie of Germany. and unless the AL
lies Intervene or Il strong man rni,ias
W hohradical elements to 4 nation
NILS Wah. counter n revolution against the
me Eussian reign of terror i'm The nrs.
STAGE OF Bolshevism seems certain t.
see duplication in Germany
~, Regular Troops Annihiinted.
uit, .eSisnatlon OF the kapp-t.uet-
W.. Wn.'% n,s regime came too late to cheek
the general strike by the Berlin mndert
,.tyS r;sir,r MAKE any impression on the itei
rnsiagn r,s.hg throughout the industrial
rh!i me whole OF the Ruhr district is
nmurr miMi,a control Of the Reds. who an,
anu nd naptureT @ n wnS'e battalion of troops
Essen Essen us hub, Is the center of the re.
,har v0i,: a Soviet has been estabiished
mere and Communists are in posse.I
sion Of the Krupp gun works and an,-
munition plants DR.. Kapn he@mna ~, ~,
soviets sn 80 march hays in, in: but was refused,
sfVan sfN'1 DIE rail- centers OF Germany. In
TSvtnning Svmnr,g Ghemntz ana stnttgart. the
rich fbert fsrbG"'g sf,er ,eap'da,' where Fried
oyer. Napp. is trying to form 4 new
government. eW
The Spartacists continue utterly n
ignore inc actions. orders and annaoiu
or both the old and new. regime n,r,1
Soviet sr.lnE reptb,,o TO 81 ,snpninnt both by 4
many. "'t Ger
M Demands OF the mRc,Is..
"1rae! 1ti To Ebert these terms or peace.
20 fITst; Resignation oC Gustav Soska
Second--Sentencinc or III, ,,,i,;,,.,.
hlotters for high trcason--whi"h mo .nsS ,,S
Third. No amnesty for tho mi,itar
frd,o no"r,h I'll L., Retirement of the ,roons
nnidn1 Eifth. in Gfo;opIsration for@Is of ne trade
Meanwhile General Won Scani.t "fi,,., ~
crmmant rmnm ever me command OF the gov
mllltnry trouble makers. ths Ra,,fc .,fe
or,sn"es. We're 10 be Withdrawn consa-
GGmam, on kapp,s retirement, hut ths
progress is expected 10 knan .t
mere l." reinforce the other governme,.r
The orders OF the Kapp regime ,
Just being Cancelled and tclenhona M
pleSS censorship We're about to he III,
civil cn whSn Mn, the Red attack began. Now
stronghold of militarism. ''' i'''
SnEtetism Supreme Isxue
SorletiSm has submerged every otb.r
issue; and the ominous prediction VEN.
lured in these dispatches ihres 6aw.
ago is fulfilled: the passion Of ,hs
tionsrx masses Whipped WHIPPED into lame by rear-
with fire. are beyond the cnn1roi re
'"nSc ,hlt unlooscd them
,br,,,s IN q an, n as and counter demands.
,ween ,,' The Kapp- Luettwitz regime ana
me me Reds throughout the day WHAT
M r.nrr, r., and his crowd said or did was
pists. a more 'no,ss nowerfnl tH 'le foe Nnni hd1
hew"d his way TO the fore of lie nao MAJ
''onai -Spartacus. 80
VIII begin to attack unless Kapp stens
, out. kapp foamed and fumed. bick-
erca and bargained. but to all his mes
S"seS the answer was:
lille ultimatum stands"
Mnrn ne finally did resign. the Reds
could no Longer be held Now the bat
cessor To iaase as chief of the Inde.
pendent party. and DauneE. an infln
ssnt,nl Red agitator. are heading the
tain. is reported dead-exccuted bv
kapn or killed in riots, no one knows
which.
Continuous Street Battles.
Even the majority Socialist masses
co operated today in the formation Of
the lower Rhine district and Westnha-
liza into Soviets.
lianbnrs. captured by Ebert forces
under General Wogenheim: Leipzig.
Dresden. Dussedorff and many other
elites are scenes Of continuous street
battles. The death toll for all OF Ger
many. cannot he estimated. but IL Is
certain irn TO to rise to the thousands.
longer safe itself for the Reds are.
making headway there. Noske Is she
choice OF Ebert and his followers for
democratic government Considerab!e
nouies OF troops are loyal TO him. How
ever. because of the paralysis of the
ddransportation da,l system. il will be dif-
forces to accomplish well-nigh
suDerhuman task
Kapp and his chief aids General Won
Luettwit2 are said to have luarrelIcd
today which was another factor OF
whlch the Reds took quick advantages.
LuettwitZ the revolutionary Minister
or Defense insisted that Kapp must
stand by his guns and not yield to the
radicals.
isloodshed mt Eiberfeld.
The big Industrial center of Elber-
teid, on the Rhine. near the Belgian
zone OF occupation, was the scene of
nuch bi3odshed during the last TWEEN
ized workers attacked the garrison.
which had gone over from Soske 10
kapn. and later in the day the attack
ers were REINFORCED by other thon-
sands OF armed toilers from near By
Soiingen. The garrison is said to have
held it's own. but the exact situation In
Elberfeid tonight is obscure. ~
ono ,m,nir report had It tha, a Thousand
md south refuge in the British oeeta
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