The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
Battles With Spartacan Troops
Continue Thruout Country.
Eight Thousand Killed in Last
Weeks Battles.
.BUHR DISTRICT is THREATENED
Ebert Sends Troops to Combat
Forces of Radicals.
Is in Direct Violation of Peace
Treaty, Declares French.

Berlin, Notwithstanding the return
of the Ebert government to control
there, still presents pretty much the
aspect of an armed camp with the
food supply short and sanguinary
fighting occurring at intervals in the
suburbs. Serious trouble occurred in
,, the Moabit industrial quarter Sunday
night and in one conflict reported Sun
day 20 Spartacans were killed in an
engagement. and "a others who. wee
captured were summarily executed.
In the Ruhr industrial region. inn
mediately adjoining the allied zone OF
occupation there is veritable civil war
fare, with opposing armies of COM
munist and government troops draw
ing up their forces in line for battle.
Government detachments have been
defeated in soma preliminary skir-
mishes.
| Leipsic has quieted down after the
government victory there. Among the
agricultural population in some sec
tions of northern Germany there is in
creasing unrest. Southern and east
ern Germany are reported fairly quiet
There is a threat, however, OF re-
newai of the general strike in Bavaria.
because of dissatisfaction over some of
the terms of settlement
That eight thousand persons have
been killed during the revoits OF the
past week in Germany is the an
nouncement of a dispatch received at
Paris. OF the number $50 were killed
In Berlin alone.
1t is reported that In the face OF In
creasing demands on the part of the
radical socialists. the Ebert govern
ment is now breaking off all negotia-
tions with the leaders of the. revolu-
tionists.
An uitimatum has been presented
the Ebert government by the Amer!-
can food commission, according to a
dispatch received at Paris. The
American mission. 1t is understood,
has declared that all food supplies
from America will cease in case
a soviet government is established in
Germany.
Latest advices from the Ruhr dis
trict indicate that there are from 90
900 to 10000 Spartacan troops there.
They are fully equipped with all i'm
plements of modern warfare. The
Ebert government 1t is Understood is
planning for a movement by which the
government troops will surround the
district and capture the rebels.
The occupation OF the Ruhr district
is in direct violation of Articles AZ and
43 of the peace treaty. according to
the French foreign office, which also
points out that 1t is the first direct
violation on the part of Germany.
Two German officers have been sent
by the Ebert government TO explain the
situation in the threatened district and
the French do not plan any action un-
til the matter has been considered by
the other allies.
A dispatch from Berlin quotes the
minister of defense as saying. You
cannot paint the situation thruout
Germany too black" after a survey os
the reports that had some In during
the night
Government officials confidently
tions. despite the fact the general
strike is still partly effective They
believe a majority of the workers VIII
return to their posts today.
Inc Independent Sociailsts- II vas
understood. demand additional con-
cessions over those granted by the
government Saturday. The Independ-
ents believe that the serious situation
|, in west Germany. where many towns
are in control OF radicals. will forcs
the government to grant its demands
, for still more radical reforms
Berlin Back to Normal.
) Berlin is beginning TO assume a nor
NAL aspect. Radicals elected revolu-
tionary councils yesterday and win
vote on the labor unions proposition
to call off the general strike today.
All Baltic troops have withdrawn
from Berlin. according TO officers OF
the reichswehr.
There was a small fight in the
Friedrichstrasse when a truck load OF
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