The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-25

here that Wesel has been captured by
the Red army. The Ruhr districts are
quiet today Government troops have
retired back of the Lippe river.
London, March 2i.-In Essen. says a
London Times correspondent. as in
almost every other town and district,
any suggestion that workers have de
cfded to set up a soviet. government is
expressly denied, and in most cases
moderate and extreme socialists found
it possible TO work in unison.
Paris, March 2I-Two German Of
ficers who arrived here last night from
Berlin to explain to the allies the ne
ceBsity for permitting the German
army to enter the occupied zone to re-
store order saw Premier NIillerand to-
day and told him the Ebert government
had ample forces ready to deal with
the situation in tie Ruhr valley.
No decision was ofT>cially announced
but it is understood on Ssod authority
the allies decided to give the Dermis-
sion and that all that remains to be
decided is what guarantees Will be
asked of Germany to insure that her
army will retire as soon as order is
restored
The French government would have
preferred inter allied action in the &C.
cupied zone while the British and the
Italians favored granting permission
for operations by the German army.
The French gave way on this point in
view of the acuteness Of the fuel sit
uation in France and the dependence
of this country on supplies of coal from
the Ruhr district.
Communication between Paris and
Berlin was interrupted today.
Dusseldorf, March 2i.-Leaders of the
elements which have taken over con-
troll of this city insist the movement
should not be termed communistic, all
though conditions throughout Ger
many are considered impossible and
dangerous
1t is desired above all to do away
with militarism. they add and show
the allies that Germany is determined
to take such a stand.
There are few armed guards. but
no real army is to be seen. 1t is
planned to have an old army com
mander, Captain Bredam. in charge of
The Security Guards" which is TO be
composed of workmen who can be
called to army is case of emergency,
but not regularly drilling as militia
which is what the workmen want to
abolish Friedrich Stable, one OF the
eight members of the Dusseldorf COM
mittee in the provisional government
house gave to the Associated Press a
statement on the workmens views. He
said the movement precipitated by the
Kapp revolt was particularly a work
mans protest against the military
movement and militarisin in general.
This is no soviet revolution" he
declared AT the moment at least we
are standing on the same grounds as
the regular government chosen by the
people of Germany. What we want
the government to do is to uphold the
peoples will expressed in the last cleo
tions, that is to say, make decided
move to the left towards socialism,
and to crush militariSm in every form,
more especially as it has dared to show
itself in the Kapp revolt, as well as
under Gustav NOske. We want work
to give evidence to our own people as
We'll as to the world in general Of our
will to work and develop.
This is neither an uprising nor a
revolution, but only a decided vote OF
distrust against the government at
Berlin and the city and provincial
governments which failed to uphold
the principles of the revolution Of No
vember, 1918, whereby our people got
rid of royalty and their military sup
porters."