Evening star., 1920-03-19
Battles in Nearly
All Thickly Pop
'ulated Areas.
RADICALS WIN.
AT SOME POINTS
Noske Resignation Not
Accepted Schiller
May Be Premier.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 1s.-Hundreds of
| persons have been killed in the min
ing districts of Germany in collisions
between miners and troops, il is de-
ciared in reports from Germany re-
ceived at Copenhagen, the Central
News correspondent in that city tele-
graphs.
kilograms received from the big
towns in Germany, the message states
snow that fighting is proceeding in
nearly all the thickly populated areas
where soldiers and workers are op-
posed.
In brunswick there is much disorder
accompanied by pillaging of shops In
Lelpsic according to the advices
there was street fighting throughout
Schwerin. is in the hands of the Spar
tacans. but their position is said to be
precarious.
In violent fighting at Mel yesterday
between workmen and troops the
workmen seemed to have got the up-
per hand. the message reports.
Inc communists are declared to be
masters at Cassel.
Situation I'm Berlin,
COBLENZ. March 1s-Twenty per-
sons were killed when Gen Won
Luettwitz's troops fired into the crowd
this afternoon. according to Berlin
advices received here. Troops of the
Ebert government were guarding the
city. and a general communist out
break was still threatening accord
ing to these advices.
Information direct from Berlin this
evening was that the independent So
| ciaiists had decided to continue the
strike. Food conditions were report
! ed serious. as no trains had come into
| Berlin for five days.
National Assembly AdJour,s.
STUTTGART. March 1s-The ma
tional assembly. which met in ex-
| traordinary session here this after
| noon. was declared adjourned tonight
by its president, Konstantin Fehren-
bach. to meet in Berlin on Tuesday
| next The government decided to
| proceed to Berlin on Sunday.
! (This dispatch presumably embodies
later decisions than those in Coblenx
! advices stating that the government
would return from Stuttgart on Sat-
urday. and that the national assembly
and Prussian diet would meet in Ber-
; lin on Sunday.
Noske Tenders Resfgnation.
The majority socialist leaders here
have demanded that Gustav Eoske.
minister of defense, resign. Noske
has complied by rendering his resig-
nation to President Ebert, but the
government has not reached a deci-
sion as to its acceptance and will not
do so until the cabinet has consider
ed the question. Should Noske retire
| it seems probable he will be succeeded
by Gen. Won Seecht, now in command
of the troops in Berlin. Dr. Schiller.
minister of justice. is being mentioned
for the premiership in the proposed
reorganized cabinet.
Noske was present at the assembly
session today. when Philip Scheide-
mann, majority socialist leader and
former premier, attacked the minister
OF defense in a stirring speech and de-
manded a radical overhauling of the.
cabinet. Herr Henke. leader of the
Independent socialists. asked Noske
where he was when the Kapp forces
had their hands at the governments
throat and why he did not break
their bones" but Noske by this time
had disappeared from the chamber.
Condemn kapp's Move.
Representatives of all the principal
parties at the session delivered
speeches condemning the Kapp move
ment and urging the punishment of
the guilty. The speechmaking lasted
from o'clock until nearly ..
Scheidemann said:
ANY one who had eyes could see
how anti-republican sentiment had
been growing in the security guards.
the monarchist officers becoming
more and more insolent"
He attributed Kapps downfall to
the response made by the working
men to the call for a general strike
Warrants for Nine.
The government has instructed the
court at Leipzifi to draw warrants
against nine of the principals in the
revolt movement, but there is still
Sfer OF hnu
shall be punished. One element in
the government has suggested that
only single culprit be shot as an
example. Efforts were being made
tonight TO have the socialists agree
to this program instead Of insisting
upon the execution of all those who
should eventually be convicted Of
treason.
Amnesty for Soldiers.
Decision has been reached to grant
amnesty to the soldiers who took part.
in the revolt last Saturday, but to
prosecute the leaders of the move
ment. Reports made by loyal officials
indicate that troops involved in the
uprising numbered from 10000 to-
$4,000 and il was thought best to get
them out of Berlin before attempting
to apprehend any of the leaders
Information was received by gov
ernmental heads last night that the
communists in the Ruhr district had
called out several classes of troops
with the avowed intention of disarm-
ing Gen. Won Waiter. commander of
the Reichswehr in that region. So
far as known this has not been ac-
complished and the situation is con-
sidered difficult
At Hof power is still held by soviet
adherents. but guards at Nuremberg
succeeded yesterday in beating OF
sailors of bolshevik Affiliations who
attempted to capture the town hall
Wanted War OF Revenge.
ChauEellor Bauer, in reviewing re-
cent events and describing the origin
of the insurrection, mentioned that
Gen. Won Luettwitz had demanded the
of the imperial forbes
and preparations for revenge
Herr Bauer confirmed the fact that
failure Of the coup was largely due
to the loyalty of the officials Of the
various ministries. He declared that
Kapp's demand for the appointment
of expert ministers was merely
form of agitation with reactionary
aims.
One effect of the insurrection had
been to call to life an extremist 1coun-
ter movement; the communistfc tide
had begun to rise and the communists
were clamoring for a dictatorship Of
the proletariat. But the government
would continue to oppose every rc-.-