Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-29
RED RIOTS IN RUHR
LEAD To NEW PLAN
FOR GERMAN PEACE
Death Toll Rises to Is in
GeISenkerchen N eW
Communist Outbreaks Re-
ported From Rhine

| BERLIN, May 26.-Spurred by the
seriousness of the Ruhr situation,
due to communist and general ter
rorist activities, Chancellor Cuno
last evening evolved a new repara-
tons payment plan.
The plan includes the mortgaging
of all property in Germany to The
value of ten per onnt. From the
fund derived from this source it is
proposed to pay annually 100000
900 gold marks, about $3.50, 900, 900.
The entire country would act as
security for PREPARATIONS, Cuno made
known.
Cuno summoned party leaders
early this evening. placing before
them the foregoing plan, known to
have been agreed upon by the cabi-
net.
The German industrial league.
composed of the leading industrial-
lists, placed the plan before the cab
met, it was learned, but demanded
certain concessions in return. These
include taking the railroads from the
government and placing them in pri-
vate hands, and abolition of the pres
ent eight-hour day in favor of longer
hours of labor.
The number of dead in communist
riots in the Ruhr was increased to
Is when strikers attacked group
of laborers who insisted on work
ing. One man was killed and Is
wounded. Earlier in the day, three
deaths had been reported in scatter
ed clashes, raising the total to .15.
| Government advices tonight were
that the strike was spreading rap
idly through the occupied area
Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Dortmund
and Essen are all affected. Many
mines are being closed down. If the
workers won't quit voluntarily, ter
rorist bands drive them away. The
cities where there have been riots
bear many evidences of the unset
tied conditions-shops boarded up,
restaurants wrecked and yawning
open to the street, pavement litter.
ed with broken glass.
Communist Theats
! The communists are threatening
to seize hostages from among the
! citizens who oppose them, and man.
handle them if their police man
handle captured reds. They are
ready also to wreck power and wa
ter plants and inflict darkness and
thirst on certain towns. This threat
is directed especially against Bochum
as the police there are accused of
having mishandled captive.
In Gelsenkirchen the volunteer po-
lice, composed Of communists and
representatives of the trades unions,
issued regulations for sharp repres-
sive measures against footing. Sale
of alcohol was prohibited, and traf-
fic barred from the streets between
| 10 p. m. and a. m. The COM
munists are practically in control
Of Gelsenllirchen.
The total absence of any police in
some cities makes the situation more
dangerous. The French troops,
while keeping "hands off" and
maintaining an aloof attitude toward
the fighting between bands of Ger
mans, have not permitted police re-
| Inducements to enter the strike
area. In some districts it is evident
that there is a generous sprinkling
of ordinary thieves and rowdics
among the communists, who have
joined them just for the sport of
looting and shooting.
In some German quarters it is
claimed that French agents provo.
cateurs are responsible for the riots,
while in others it is asserted that
Bolshevik agents from Moscow are
at the bottom of it.