New-York tribune., 1920-03-18

Of time required to install q govern
ment with power to execute its orders.
A serious Spartacist movement in
Westphalia has resulted in battles with
the troops, and there have been. a num-
Der of casualties, according to the Am
stcrdam "Telegraaf's" Munster CORE
spondent, dispatches state.
Fighting was reported to be still in
progress last night at Hagen, where
troops had been rushed to put down .
local soviet republic, the correspondent
adds.
Two hattalions Of troops have been
disarmed by the Munster workmen, the
dispatch says. and the total of armed
laborers is now 5000. Airmen, sent rs
observers. have been received by the
laborers with a heavy machine gun fire.
The remainder of the troops are concen-
trated near Soest and Well, where they
are awaiting reinforcements.
The "Telcgraaf" says that 100 SOL
diers, including four officers, were
killed in the fighting with Spartacans
at Wetter, a dispatch from The Hague
states. The official losses Of the gov
crnment troops in this conflict, how
ever, are placed at one officer and nine
men.
In the eastern parts of the indus
trial region at Bochum, Dortmund,
Gelsenkirchcu and Unna, the proietar riat
is IN charge. Armed laborers are speed
ing to various places to assist their
comrades engaged in fighting. The gov
ernment troops are using artillery.
All Rhenish and Westphalian indus
try is declared to be ready to follow
'in the footsteps of the soviet.
Fortyfour persons have been killed
IN Essen, according to an official
British telegram.
The excitement in Berlin and in Che
rest of the nation is increasing, accord
ing to dispatch to the Amsterdam
"Handelsblad," which has been trans
mitted here. Berlin has been rather
quiet up to the present; never
theless, the troops tonight fired upon
the population. Yesterday, in clash
in front of the palace at Potsdam,
twelve persons were killed and many
others wounded. In I similar clash at
the Town Hall in Schoneberg twelve
persons were killed.
Noske Confident of Power
Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense
in the Ebert government, is confident
of his ability to restore normal condi-
tions in Germany within a compara-
lively brief time, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch, quoting an
interview with him at Stuttgart.
Large contingents of imperial de-
tense troops are at our disposal"
Noske is quoted as declaring. "I am
confident we will succeed in restoring
order IN Germany within six or eight
days"
The Wireless Press received the fol-
lowing message from Berlin early this
morning, transmitted through the Ger
man government wireless station:
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changed and the town is quiet. Only
at a few points encounters have oc-
CURED between the military and the
population. The strike continues and
most of the shops, business houses and
restaurants are closed. Negotiations
between the political parties regarding
ressta ablishment of normal situation |
AID the maintenance of public order !
and safety continue.
Advised Entente Won't Act
The government has issued numer-
Gus proclamations in which the popula-
tons are advised among other things
that the Entente does not intend to
adopt a definite attitude toward the
present crisis in Germany. The gov
ernment decreed that from d y. m.
I oesday strike pickets and interrupt
t. ons OF business of vital Importance
would be punished with death. No
newspapers appeared to-day, owing to
the strike of compositors."
Machine gun firing was heard in Ber-
lin between ! and IL o'clock last night,
says another message from the German
capital.
During the day detachment of SOL
diers passed through the Brunnen-
strasse, headed by band playing "Heii |
Dir. i'm Siegerkranz." Workmen i'm
mcdiately charged the troops and
skirmish ensued. in which number of ,
men were killed and others wounded. |
the message adds.
At Spandau sixty-nine PERSONS. [
nearly ali workmen, were reported
killed and the fighting is continuing.
The correspondent reports that big
trucks are constantly passing through
the streets, loaded down with armed
soldiers who point their guns in the
direction of the sidewalks.
Workmen's Councils Convened
A military patrol at Goerlitz, Prus-
sian Silesia, having been driven back
by crowd, fired and killed two civil
lans, according to dispatch from Ber-
lin under Mondays date
The governments of Mecklenburg and
Schwerin have signed a declaration
that they are ready to retire to avoid
the dispatch says.