CIVIL WAR IN GERMANY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3447, 29 March 1920, Page 7

CIVIL WAR IN GERMANY.

A PITCHED BATTLE EXPECTED NEAR ESSEN.

BERLIN, March 24

There is every indication of a. pitched battle n-ear Essen between‘ Reds and Loyalists. The Reds qoe. cupy an extensive industrial area, and hold a line extending from Linslaken to Dorstend. There already have been determined engagements at several -points, and the Reichswehr were compelled to retreat. Reinforcements are arriving from the south. I H Bauer has agreed to reform the Cabinet, including only Majority and Independent Socialists, pending a general election. He has also agreed to withdraw all troops from Berlin, and grant -an amnesty to Red rebels. The workmen’s leaders in.return will undertake to do their utmost to persuade the Reds to acknowledge the new Government). THE ALLIES BEHIND. EBERT. ‘ VVASHINGTON, March 25. It is understood that the United States has joined‘ Britain and Italy in advising that Ebert should be permitted to «send troops into the Ruhr district against the Spart-(mists. S SANGUINARY more. LONDON, March‘ 25. Berlin advices state that an anar—chist meeting at Venkoin led to a sanguinary riot. Soldiers brought up machine-guns. Many were killed and wounded. Another outbreak occurred at Ullhauisthall, where Soviet: supporters killed a dozen volunteers. Government troops intervened and killed a score of Sovieters; They held a summary court-martial and executed twentyfour others. It is reported from Paris that the American authorities in Berlin have advised Americans to leave Berlin as they are unable to guarantee their safety. GERMANY'S PAWN. HO'LLAND’S SHIPPING GROWTH. , PARIS, March 25. The Matin has ascertained that‘ Germany is securing the use of the‘ bulk of the previously owned mercantile ships as a result of negotiations with American, Portuguese and Span-

ish interests. The tonnage obtained through ‘America and Portugal alone was 770,000. Dutch -shipping in 1919 did not exceed 112,000 tons, but Holland soon will have 700,000 tons more. She will then have the third largest fleet ill the world. This means that Holland is merely camouflaging German interests, worked from Hamburg.