Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-29
AMERICANS QUELL
7EU!ON REVOLT
tachment of Yanks Seize
Communist Leaders
In L. S. Area
BLOODLESS VICTORY
Security Police Regain Control in
Several Citie>-BerIin Apprehen-
sive-Reds Reported Concentrating

Cobler2. March % 1t took 20
men of tie American military police
only few minutes TO put down tn.
Communist uprisin" which occurred
Yesterday 1T Mcrtabaur, six miles
northeast cf E.hrenbrcathSetin, in
the American hrid@eheaG area.
When the revolt occurred q rios
call was answered by the provoS.t
marshal, who sent a small detach-
nlcnt 10 the town. Immediately
upon lis arrival the leaders were
seized withou: firing a shot and a
qsantity IF Communist literature
was cCnfi.cated
The prompt action OF the .A1serr-
car autdcritie, has had a diSheart-
erire effect uLon the radical leaders
in this district and no further
trouble is expected
Halle, Germany, March 30. E..
sclbcn is quiet and the town is under
control Of the police. Reports fror,
Bitt~rficld say the authorities have
suppressed the revolt. The only
fighting ;.as been near Sangcrha"-
sen. whe"c q workmen's armorcd
train Wa held up and an engage
mcnt ens"ed, few mon beng xii.
rd or wounded.
The wcrkmen still have the up-
per hand il l"tra, the police SHOW
ing no intention Of attacking ther,
for fear that they will fulfill tha;'
threat 10 plcw mp th" big factori :
there
At Hall the situation is Quirg,
this hein" done, according to po-
Ice. to rostponement of the Com
munist plans. which provided for IL"
capture Of the surrounding tcwns
first. The intention then was to
march into Halle and gain cnntro! of
the strategic and industrial ccnte
Of the whoIc. province. ''':l,
The police are not vet ready 20
sa: that the Communist movement
has failed and are sti:;l'nervous over
the cutlcrk. Conditions, however,
are such THAI it is generally be-
irved the police ar" in a position 10
enforce the lay.
Later in the day Halle was cut
off from virtually cvcr.' Inc = cnnr-
munica,in,, except Bcr.ir ~ the 90
lice, who instituted rigorous control
Of I'll actvitie, in an effort N check
agitation by alleged Russian Bolshe
Wiki. whD, they say, are Aumerou'
here. N tclephoning was permit
ted cxcep, in German. Til" str;"';
were ordered cleared by . p. n.
and no vehicles were permitted tn
20 beyond rhc city limits.
Congr .:ation in the str2etH of
more than three persons vas t'r.
b:ddcn an there were wholesale ar
rasts of suspects. rhr Associated
Press cor cSpordcrts all TWO ether
American reporters AT! OF, English
man. who frequently had beer IN
y"-tigatcd were placed under arrest
for the second time, while entering
the security police administration
headauarterS Tney we're sent 10
district police hcadquorter, under
GUARD, ex .m;ned for tnr"e h)a,e and
rhen relcascd.
Berlin. March % Reports from
Central Germany, wncss Commur-
;st workers are in open rebellion,
gave the Government much appre
her.sion yesterday. for they indicated
that The rebels were winning back
the uppe~ hand in the controversy
from the Greer" troops or security
p.!inc.
The situation is regarded Official.
" as most scrioas and reports that
large bodies Of Reds, fully armed,
were concentrating in various places
in Saxony were taken as an lndica-
tor that ne* outbreaks were beng
lhianned. One report declared thai
today, when factories will reopen
after thc Easter holidays, fighting
.llI be bonun III several new points
and that demonstration IN Berlin
will taka place.