The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Reds Take City of 10000
And Hold Mayor as
Hostage.
NEW POLICE FORCE
RAISED IN BERLIN
Ring of Troops Surround
Capitol to Check Pos
sible Riots.
Especial Gable to The Hera,d.o

BERLIN. March 27.-The stscsto
tapping Of machine guns mingled
with the Joyful POI Of Easter bells
as the Red revolution spread over
Central Germany today.
Easter lilies. symbols Of resurrec-
tion and life. covered fresh graves
in country churchyards. The third
successive spring attempt to resur-
rect hres Of revolt gathered
strength, with the government max
ing determined efforts TO localize
and check its development
Reds Capture City.
Seven automobiles loaded with
armed Communists dashed into San
gerhousen, a city OF 10000. and oc-
cupied all the public buildings to-
day. They posted plaCards declaring
''proletariat martial law"
IL Is reported that they plundered
the reichsbank. the post ofice and
other places, and seized the mayor
and prominent citizens as hostages
An armored train was sent from
the Stuttgart district to dislodge the
usurpers. Upon their arrival there
was heavy fighting and the Commu-
nists were forced to retire, but they
took their hostages with them.
A terse official report merely says.
dead and wounded on both sides"
Curfew In Halle.
In Halle the printing offices OF
two newspapers were bombed with
hand grenades during the night An
order has been issued ceat no per
sons are 10 be allowed on the
streets Of Halle at night from >
p. m. to a. m.
At Bi,terfeld. seventy-fvc miles
from Berlin. the Communists have
seized the city hgn, postofficc sn1
The landrats office. which Corre-
sponds to the sheriff. cthcc. Town
officials report much plunder'nE.
The landrat IN the district Of the
Gg Leuns works reports mat tae
situation there is tense and declares
that 1900 armed CommuHists are
organized there.
search Houses.
In QUerfurt the CommUnists are
seizing automobiles and searchinr
houses for weapons.
Col. Won Beninski has r-sea ID
Eislebsn with his column Of green
police. Artillery Was used iuf tHe
firts lime yesterday when the <res-n.-
police, together with = battery e..
ReichsWehr and two light and 1--WE
heavy field guns. opened IRE IN tiIe
Communists. who occupied the rnon-
astery at Mansfield. which. ulth
Hottstedt. was quickly taken.
In passing through kloster and
Mansfield the troops were fired On by
Red snipers IRON windows. hedges
and walls.
BanditIIke Figure.
In Mansfield proclamatfons signed
by Max Holz. a picturesque, bandit
like figure Of the Vogtland uprising
Of a wear ago. call upon worker
citizens to rise against the police.
gendarmes and ;he Reichswehr.
confiscste all obtainable money.
buildings and prisons. and turn free
all who are in JAIL
Holz is referred TO as the Red
General HoIz.-
Outstanding features of the last
twenty-four hours included the kill
ing OF one man and one woman
and the wounding Of six others
when a mob attacked a patrol Of
eight green police in the streets OF
East Berlin.
Mobilized in Berlin are $4,000 se-
curity police known as the Green
Police" While there was consider
able shifting Of the Reichswehr OBJ
servable today at Potsdsm. Span
dau and zossea. IL is apparent that
the capitsIT is being encircled by q
ring OF troops ready TO assist the
Greens TO crush the uprising,
should the 100000 Communists IN
Berlin attempt to join the Red
movement.