New-York tribune., 1921-03-31
100 Are Slain
AS Germ an
Riots Spread
Fifty Communists Killed
After Looting of Bank
at Cevelsburg; SO More
Deadin Battle in Saxony
By Wireless to The Tribun,

Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, March 30-The Communist
strike and insurrectionary movement
continue with little abatement. The
Communists have been worsted in al
most every fight with the police, but
riotous outbreaks are occurring in new
localities.
More than one hundred persons have
been reported killed in the latest
clashes
Dresden, Chemntz, Mannheim and a
large section of the Ruhr district are
in state of ferment, while the Reds,
driven eastward from Halle, have
established themselves between Halle
and LEIPZIG. They suddenly opened
machine gun rife fire there yester-
day upon a detachment of police, kill
ing three officers in command and ten
policemen.
The Halle strike has become almost
general, only few factories working.
The Communists held meeting at
Pirna, near Dresden, and resolved
forclbly to prevent work if all the
factories. The situation in Dresden is
also critical, the Communists holding
mass meetings and agitattng general
strike. Similar conditions exist in
Chemnitz, where the Communists are
very strong. The Communists tried to
create a demonstration in the public
square of Mannheim yesterday until
the police finally US weapons, kill
ing three and wounding five.
Ruhr Rioting Grows
Strikes and rioting have assumed
district, where a number of pitched
battles between the Communists and
the. police are reported, in which the
Reds had heavy, losses. The losses of
the police were slight
About one-third of the workmen did
not appear at the mines or mills in fhe
Ruhr district yesterday. At two mines
rear Essen the Communists used arms
10 compel stoppage of work, but were
dispersed by the police.
The Communists exploded and robbed
the Reichstank branches in Mettman
and Gevelsherg, but both places were
later recaptured by the police, who re-
covered par. Of the stolen money from
the pockets of the prisoners. The
Communists lost fifty killed in the
fight near Gevelsberg. The police had
no losses.
Fighting also occurred in Gruiten,
which was occupied by the Communists.
The latter were driven out with a loss
of thirteen killed, the police losing
FIVE. Another report gives the Com
munist losses at thirty and many of
them taken prisoners.
Eorl,f 1,ot
Langerfeld and Schwelm, where forty
dead Communists lie between the lines.
General Strike Improbable
general strike in the Ruhr, where
many other fights are reported, is
regarded as improbable, because
only the Communists demand a
cessation of work, while the other
wcrkmen strongly oppose it. A good
oped yesterday in an ironworks, where
the working force cudgeled and drove
off the Communist bands that forced
their way into the works and tried to
inaugurate a. strike.
Similar attempts by the Communists
and unemployed occurred yesterday in
all the big electrical and machine shops
of Berlin, but all were unsuccessful be-
cause of the timely intervention of
the police, who made many arrests.
The Communists are still trying to
start strikes and have distributed in
fammatory handbills literally, but the
police have been arresting distributors
and raiding the printing Offices in
volved.
The national and Prussian cabinets
held joint sitting yesterday to agree
on line of action, and decided to con-
tinue the energetic suppression of the
Communists by the police, with the
Reichswehr held in reserve and ready
for imme ediate action.
There is a general demand for the
severe punishment of criminals mas
querading as political revolutionists.
Fifty Killed in Saxony
BERLIN March 80 (By The Asso.
ciated Press ).-The Communist upris-
.ok I.