Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22

X DEATH TOLL 5000 II
u Paris. March 22.---( Havas) x
X Eight thousand. persons X
X have been killed since the 4
\ German revolt broke out on X
4 March 10. according to ad- \
X vices received here. OF this X
y number $50 were killed in X
X Berlin alone. y
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Il X i X X X X 4 *f i = = X =
troops, which occupied Berlin during
the Kapp regime, have been cleared
out from Charlottenburg and have
Joined the other military units at the
Doeberitz camp. where all are refit-
ting These troops, 1t was stated, will
be counted as the chief protectors Of
Berlin. Neuokolln and Tempelhof, the
worklngmen's residence quarters in
the suburbs. where disorders occurred
Saturday. have been quieted by gov
ernment troops activities.
spartacan Force Big.
Paris, Mar 22, spartacan forces In
the Ruhr valley OF Germany number
at least twenty thousand. and some es-
innate them at forty thousand, accord.
ing to latest advices received at the
foreign office here. They are we'll orr
ganized, being composed Of old shock
troops and veterans, supplied with arr
tillery, machine guns and mine throw
ers and having batteries OF ~ cent?
mer field guns with plenty of ammuni-
tion
William Major Beerfeld. a relative
of Macmillan Hardinis commander
OF these troops. He was prominent in
the Spartacist troubles at the time OF
the armistice and also in January
1918.
Ebert government authorities are
concentrating troops and planning to
surround the Ruhr valley and force
the Spartacists to capltulate. These
men, however, are younger and less
trained than the reds.
Treaty Violated.
iht VSSuPhttbi Vi tHt ftuiT ul5tfltt
by German troops il In direct viola
tion Of articles AZ and 40 OF the treaty
Of Versailles. 1t was pointed out at the
foreign office which added the COM
ment that this was the first act COM
mitted by Germany In violation OF the
treaty the other violations being those
OF omission.
Two German officers have been sent
by the Ebert government to acquaint
the French authorities with the situa.
tion In the Ruhr district. These off.
GERS are expected to reach Parle s;ils
evening.
The foreign office advices regarding
the composition Of the red army In
the Ruhr region are that II was re-.
crutted for the most part among the
iron workers.
A general strike has been called In
Munich, and II Is expected the move
ment will extend throughout Bavaria
unless II Is stopped as a result Of tho
negotiations now In progress to settle
the demands Of the workingmen to pay
during the period they were on strike
against the Kapp regime. Meetings
are to be held In the Wurftemburg
factories by the councils of workmen
to consider II similar action should be
taken throughout Wurttemburg.
Reports received here from Nurem.
berg said that city was quiet on Sun.
day, following some disorders the pre-
yious night.
He'd Successes Spread.
Berlin. Mar. 21.-The ministry Of
defense Informed the correspondent
this morning that the conditions In the
Ruhr district were becoming worse.
rhe towns OF oelde, AhIen and Dren-
steinfurt, in Westphaiia southeas. oi
Muenster had been taken by the COM
mnnIsss 1t was stated, and the moye-
nent was spreading north and east.
Pitched battles had been fought the
ministfys information showed, and
.wo crack regiments Of government
troops had been forced to fall back on
the fortress Of Vessel, on the right bank
Of the Rhine, twenty two miles north.
west OF Essen, after heavy losses had
been sustained on both sides. Ten Of
fIcers In one regiment were killed.
Stuttgart. March 22.-fBy The As
sociated Press Troops from sllesia
are officially reported 70 have arrived
In the Ruhr district; and fighting with
the spartaean army there is expected
tomorrow II is officially stated here
that the estimates placing the size of
the red forces IN the Ruhr region al
seventy thousand are exaggerated
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