Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-01
RUHR REDS FALTER
AS TROOPS ADVANCE
Reported to Have Agreed to
Government Terms With
Some Notifications.
SPARTACANS LOSE 3 GUNS
Rebel Leaders Beaten in Fight
ing, Renew Threats to De-
stroy Property.
SPARTACANS LOSE 3 GUNS
LIZ Assoclatnlp prn..


BERLIN. March 3l.-Govcrnn,out
troops in tho Ruhr region have been
pushed forward. -thc time limit liscd
III the ulrimatum from the govern
'ncnt< TO the workers there having
hccn reached. says a dispatch TO the
.ibcndblatt.
The Rcischswchr moved forward
eastward and southWard, and have
occupied Ilucxc. lialtcrn and .tchmcn.
The Spartacans lost three guns in the
fighting.
Confidence in the governments
declarations has been voted bv the
Prussian Assembly, which has voiced
its approval of steps taken by the
government.
Leaders OF tho three Socialist par
ties here have sent counter ultima
tum to the government demanding
:hat IL respect the Biclcfeld conven-
ton and Immediately suspend ali Mill
tary measures In the Ruhr Valley
| The government is given until ;
o'clock Thursday afternoon to accent
or reject this demand. Should il be
rejected an immediate proclamation
OF a general strike will follow, Chair
man Mueller was informed by a So
cialist delegation.
Troops Ordered to Halt.
The executive council of workers
in the Ruhr district at tho last min
ute accepted the governments ulti-
matum with some notifications. ac-
cording to the Gazette, and the ad-
| sancing government troops have re-
ccived orders to halt and await new
instructions.
Railway officials and Christian So
cial workers In the strike region
have begun countcr-strike against
the Spartacans.
| y report from the military head
! quarters of the rebels at Muenster,
says the governments ultimatum has
been generally disregarded by the
| insurgents. Attacks on the northern
part OF the front are continuing and
re-enforcements have been brought
] up for the Insurgents army
\ report from Euere, in the Essen
region. says that up to Tuesday morn
! ing there were no government troops
south OF the River Lippe. which runs
in a westerly direction through West
phalia we'll to the north OF Essen,
but that strong patrols OF reguiars
had cfossed the LipHe to Dorten,
thirteen miles north OF Essen during
the day on Tuesday.
| The Socialists at Barmcn. accord
ing to the Lokal Anzeiger, replied 20
the governments ultimatum with a
| general strike in the Wupper Valley.
I Ferment at Essen.
\ state of ferment prevails In the
workers army near Vessel and at
Essen. where the strike Is on in fun
force, and a number of contingents
from conservative towns like Dus-
seldorf have withdrawn, from the
front. A majority of the troops are
demanding payment of their wages
| Immediately and a paymaster with
| money was rushed in an automobile
TO the front. 1t is believed, how
ever. large element of the workers
army will not lay down it's arms.
| Essen is cut OF from railroad, tclc-
graphic and telephone communica-
tion with the world.
The Dusseldorf and Bochum work
crs have refused to, join the strike.
A Plauen dispatch to the Local
AnzeiGer says the Red executive
council there has issued a proclama-
tion declaring that II the general
strike is not sufficient to prevent the
+! entry of troops into the industrial
| district. machinery in the factories.
public buildings and houses belonging
to the proporty-owning classes Will
he destroyed.
The workingmen besieging the fort
ress OF Wetsel. in Rhcnish. Prussia. has
received re-enforcemcnts and made
new attacks, according TO dispa tches
| TO the Nieuwe Courant Of Rotterdam.
The town of Hamm. in Westphalia,
| and several other places are reported
to have been plundered