The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-24
a, rARI, n. Won WIEGAND

ny KARL H. Won WIEGAND
universal Service STAFF Correspon-
dent Specia, Gable Dispatch. Copy
right 1890 BY Universal Service
pariin March 2s.--The Ebert
raurY government today definitely
REACTED the demand of sthe trade
urtors And the two socialist parties
findepcndent and moderates, for
centralized workingmanf govern
ment" in which President Ebert ana
his ministers profess 10 see con-
cealed soviet
or the three other demands pre-
scented by orga nized labor the cap
incl refused two and granted one. l,
turned down the demand that oniy
workingmen be enlisted in the SIGN
erhsitsy1 chr security guard) for the
maintenance OF public order and also
a, sacted the demand that govern
,assns troops be Withdrawn from the
,yors,sagn,cn's sections in Berlin and
kts,,t under the control of the Central
,ucal government.
TIL. demand that the right OF cou't
4sSss rtints and summary executions De
fHken aaaS from the military was
Granted.
PASSIVE MILITARY .
Il s,as siafsd yesterday in authorf-
hau aicpted 4 policy IF military
rasasssty toward the radical move
nsens. This led 10 sfarp differences
with the heads OF the national guard
wfa disagreed strongly
Today. IL was intinAted that the
government would try TO take 20
Sifson half way between military de-
fensivc rassirity and propaganda ac-
tis-lty and moral political suasson,
the latter to be combined with mill
tarv action where necessary
The policy really II one OF watch
full waiting. II Is best illustrated by
= rnrnark made to men by a high Of
ncia:
almost anything can be settled
without force, II you can find the
right formula. which Ia then subject
TO interpretation.
The map of Germany. which looks
A. il the measles had broken opt all
over. shows little change today,
cfysciai sources are trustworthy
VT NJ mast be emphasized that Bertha n
lees informed than any city In Gar
msnY because there are no newsra-
pers, This very absence Of newspapers
il enough 10 breed An atmosphere Of
srepticixm.
MOvEMENr sPREADS-
TIE working mens movement In
westphalia spread some towards Hoi-
~ z = ~
movement IL said to eonsfst chiefly Of
considerable number Of local Soviefs
without a central organization a. yet
Ii ID declared that the workingmen's
teAdArH there ara planning to extend
the movement To the border Of Hoi-
land and obtain food from that ccun-
try.
It IL under.teod here. however. that
the German government win protest
against giving support to the insur-
rectionary movement with food or any
thing else and that tho Dutch govern
ment has already gfvvn assurances
that Il will lend no such support To-
the German "Reds."
Seven hundred are reported to have
hcen killed IN the hEhting at Essen
Yesterday. The. usual atrocity tales
accompany the wireless report received
here. II liz charged that the sicher-
hetswehr tsecurfty Kuardl were dts
armed and massacred.
The radicals rapport that. Halle ton
during the night after several days Of
the heaviest nghting in which much
artillery was used
NO CONFIRMATION.
The governments Answer to this re-
port is I'VE have no confirmation"
Eisenach was rctaken By the gov
eminent troops this morning Goths
slH AltH IN tAc uAuuU ~ AbS WpIAiUK~
\ man. while Erfurt where 100 were
Killed and several hundred wounded, Is
stfti held by the national guard.
An both sides are resortinG to prey
a9anda II is difficult here, in this more
or less isolated and newspaperlesE
capital. to sift the true from the falsc,
MAhy reports from both sides recall
the eArliGr part OF the crisis. with it's
many conflicting reports. Rowing
bands arc burning and piundering
estAtes in Mccklenburg. Fart OF Pore
rMnia IL said to be Red.
is stated Authoritatively that the
sifuAtion IN the Ruhr district IL COM
rArAtveiy quiet. because AL govern
ment troops and authorities have with
his, mi s0Mis respects ID nj
indircct tribute to the ability Of the