Evening star., 1921-03-25
COMMUNIST RIOTS
BLOODY, BUT berlin
CHECKS OUTBREAK
Unless Industrial Areas Are
Tied Up Reds May Be
Curbed Soon.
EISLEBEN is SCENE
OF HARDEST FIGHTING
Red Army Being Reinforced by
Peasants Arriving Afoot and
on Bicycles.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. March 25.-BeIief was ex-
pressed in government circNs today
that unless the communists succeed
III tying up midGermany industrial
areas in a general strike the govern
ment will be able to cope with the
rioting prevailing in Eisleben, Mans
field Hettstedt and Leuna.
The local communist organizations
thus far have not been given open
support by the national communist
leaders most of whom are away from
Berlin or are in seclusion here.
The majority and Independent So
cialiSts and the Independent labor
unions continue their vigorous con-
d.mnation of the present communist
revolt. warning organized labor against
giving the communists moral or physical
support.
The gas and water works in Halle
are tied up, although the other mu-
nicipal plants voted against striking.
The communists also are making an
effort to shut down the Goethe power
plant, near Bitterfeld. which supplies
a large section of Berlin with cur
rent Technical auxiliary troops are
in readiness to keep the public util-
tiles in operation should the employees
walk out.
Communists Well Armed.
Advices from Halle state that the
communists there are we'll equipped
with arms and that the workers in
the big Leuna nitrogen plant have
200 rifles at their disposal. They
also are maintaining motor cycle
scouting patrols. which are riding
through the districts commanding
communist party members to report
for armed service.
iS in the hands 0f
the security police. although complete
order has not yet been restored.
The present outbreak revealed the
hiding place of communist arms.
which had been stored away in de-
serted shafts in the Mansfield mining
districts. Most of the rifles discov-
cred are reported to be brand-new.
The situation in Hamburg is report
ed to be normal. although the rRdfeai
elements there still are attempting to
provoke general strike.
London Hears Reds Checked.
LONDON. March 25.-Although the
situation arising from the communist
outbreak in Germany is still dangerous,
the communists are being overcome by
the forces of law and order, according
to reports from the different centers,
says a Central News dispatch from Ber-
lin today.
At Eisieben, where the situation yes
day was reported most critical, the
police. the reports state. have driven out
the communists. who have intrenched
themselves in the neighboring hills and
are directing machine-gun hre on the
marching on Eisleben over tha highways.
as railway communication has been de-
stroyed.
There has been no repetition Of the
disorders in Hamburg. where the police
are masters of the situation. the reports
add.
Investigation. of the reported COM
munist attempt to blow up the statuary
in the Sieges Alice in Berlin is declared
to have revealed the existence of wide
10 have been started today. Good, Fri
day.
Fear Further Outbreaks.
Governmental authorities today con-
tinued their efforts to avert further COM
munist disorders in Prussian Saxony and
in Hamburg. Following the first out
break of violence in many saxon
of comparative quiet, but officials pro-
ceeded on the theory that new out
breaks might come at any time
Forces of security police were near
a clash with the communists. who
Yesterday were in virtual control OF
that city. is imminent. Loyal forces
were holding part OF the town, but
were being besieged by the COM
munists at last reports.
Organized labor seems not to have
lent it's support to the revolutionary
movement. and. although there have
been few threatened disorders in
Berlin, the authorities have been too
vigiIant to permit anything approach
ing an organized strike to develop.
Communists who occupied the Blohn
and Voss ship and dock yards at Ham
burg have been elected