The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
RUSSIAN SOVIETS
 BACKING GERMAN 1. COMMUNIST PLOT
German Government Has Evi- dence BolShevik Hope to Set
 Up German Soviet ! Republic
By Associated Press

Berlin, March 27.-The communist out break in the industrial areas of central Hermany. and the concerted attempt by the German bolshevists to provoke general strike throughout the country, are viewed by the government as unmls- takable symptoms of a determined et- fort, the inspiration of which is directly traceable to Moscow and whose single purpose is the establishment of a Ger man soviet republic, a government tspokesnan declared today.
 With regard to the evidence the gov ernment could adduce to support it's de- clared convictions, Herr Severing, Prus- sian minister of the interior said
 I've base our belief on unimpeachable circumstantial evidence in our possession and also point to the public utterances of accredited communistic leaders here and elsewhere, who openly designate the present period, when Germany is sorely tried with problems growing out of the entente's invasion in the west and the Upper Silesian situation, as the most opportune moment for revolt.
 '@The German communist party takes its orders from Moscow. and one need only follow the manifestos daily appear ing in its official organs to locate the fountain head of his iniquty."
 
 The rioting in the Saxon province, the minister added, was also productive of tangible evidence of the complicity or soviet agents in the instigation of the present disturbances. He said he strong ly suspected, however, that the cue Tor the present insurrection miscarried, and that the signal found the extremists elsewhere than in Prussian Saxony un- prepared for the crisis. disinclined to join the movement or timid about acting
 '"The impending collapse of the present coup, and the fact that it is now laps ing into plain outlawry," continued Herr Severing, must prove inopportunely em- barrassing to the Moscow government, which IS seeking the re-establishment or diplomatic and trade relations with the United States, England and other couh- tries at the very moment that accredited emissaries of sovietism are attemptlns to establish bolshevism in Germany wiIi the aid of pillage dynamite and arson
 WILL RESTORE ORDER
 Herr Severing, who is the majority socialist member of the Prussian capl- net, came into prominence year ago when he was suppressing the Ruhr re- zion revolt which followed the kapp re- bellion He expressed confidence now i'll having the central German situation in hand by Wednesday,, purposing to re- store order without requisitioning troops from the central government At the game time he conceded that the Prus- sian security police, who have been deai- ing with the revolt, were poorly equipped to subdue an armed rebellion like that now in progress in the Mansfield dls- tricts, as the police are limited to lishl armament and permitted only one small caliber machine gun to every 800 men. They are not supplied with field artil- lery. which is especially needed in the present action
 Tn Eisleben," said the minister. "our forces captured three heavy machine e,nrs from the communists. whose equip- mert not only Is the equal but oiten superior to ours
 MAKING PROGRESS
 Herr Severng is supposed to be cnleliy responsible for the Prussian govern ment's determination to dispense with reischwehr troops in the present situa- ton, as their use was considered lkely to prove provocative to the labor ele- ments. Security police to the number of 6.eoo were operating in three~groups, he said and were making satisfactory progress in rounding up the insurgents. T5e asserted that the present outpreah Aunce more demonstrated the inadequacy scf Germany's internal defensive agencles sn critical situations because of the llmi- xntaons prescribed by the peace treaty.
 Although the present rioting is con lined to a relatively small area, sald the Euninister, it nevertheless calls for strong Efuces. Similar outbreaks at this tune Ill l4ho Ruhr region, the Saxon and other k4uAuxtrial regions, he added. would place ,t1,e government and the populace in the l<rmest jeopardy because of the small Sr,d widely scattered defensive forces at DRn, IJasposal