The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
Germany Has Communist Revolt
Resembling in Some Phases
Affair Of Year Ago.
MEAT STRIKE COMPROMISED
Ferslsn and Domestic Pressure fos
League Of NatIons-Mors Elastic
AuIines on voistsad Law
Trouble Over vots In Upper
eliesla-sovIet Russia
Wishes to Trade
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many 4 few days more than one year
after the troubles instigated By Doctor
Kapp and General Won Luettwitz In
1920. Although the Kapp-Luettwitz
affair speedily was suppressed It was
followed by communist uprisings simi.
lar to the ones now taking place. Last
year It started with q monarchist
tinge. This time the movement ap-
pears to be almost entirely commu.
nistic. financed. 1t Is charged. by Rus.
sian gold.
Industrial districts Of middle Ger.
many contain the center Of the dis.
turbances which threaten the great
ammonia, potash. anthracite and cop
per works. Involved are the impor.
tant cities, Dresden, Leipzig, Frei.
burg, Plauen, Halle. Mansfield, Els.
leben and a number Of smaller places.
Outside these areas the large shipping
city Of Hamburg has been the scene
Of violent occurrences.
Dynamite has been used extensively
BY the revolutlonaries and various
town halls and other public, buildings
have been damaged. In several cases
prisons were stormed and their In.
mates liberated. Banks have been
blown up in a few places and their
safes raided. Some armories and am.
munition stores have also fallen into
the hands Of the communists. Fight.
ing behind barricades and the use OF
barb wire entanglements have been
features.
Although the loss Of life has been
considerable both among the govern.
ment forces and the mutineers. while
. The latter have gained control Of i'm.
portant areas and violence, robbery
and virtual anarchy prevail in many
places, the trouble SO far does not ap.
pear to equal that of last year. The
fact that II Is confined mostly to Prus.
sian Saxony. the center Of radicalism
In Germany. does not indicate that Il
will not spread.
Az q result Of the Warrington con.
ference. and az anticipated. the pack.
ing industry strike resulted In com.
I emise. Representatives Of the work.
sS{ agreed to accept the wage reduc.
Stions while the packers agreed to re.
tain the elght-hour workday with over.
time rates 40 nxed BY a previous ar.
bitration. and to extend the wartime
arbitration agreement for six month";
until Sept. Is. This puts Oh prospects
of q strike for at least six months un.
less the workers BY general consent
repudiate the action Of their repre-.
sentatives. Meanwhile the principal
packers state they will 90 ahead with
their plans to democratixe the plants,
institute shop councils, ETC., in an q.
pertinent against future strife.
The question Of American participa.
don In the League Of Nations con.
tinues to bob up. Notwithstanding
the prediction platform Of the Re
publican party Mr.. Harding's cam.
paign and Inauguration utterances. and
1he result Of the election itself, hav.
ing put a supposedly definite Quietus
on the matter. strong Influences from
foreign nations and economic forces
at home are being exertsd toward
securing American entry into some
sort Of covenant; possibly . modihca.
don Of the one adopted At Paris.
Former Premier viviani Of Francs
end olsphsn Lausanne Q reprseenta.