AN ARMISTICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1920, Page 5

AN ARMISTICE.

GERMANY AND THE REDS. GENERAL STRIKE OFF. NEW CABINET FORMED. By Telesrapn.—Press Assn.- Copyright. Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. 1 Berlin, March 25. The Government has arranged an armistice with the Reds, renewable daily. Herr Bauer (the Premier) has completed a new Cabinet. He drops Herr Noske (Minister for Defence) and Herr Erzberger (Vice-President), and no Independent Socialists are included in the Ministry. The general strike has been called off. Democrats and Pluralist* demand the retirement of the whole Cabinet, while the Centre wishes merely to fill vacancies in Herr Bauer's Cabinet. The prospects for a purely Labor Government are small. The American Charge d'Affaires interviewed Herr Bauer, warning him that any outrage against the constitutional government of Germany, from whatever side, will lead to America stopping all supplies of food and material.—Aus.-N.II. Cable Assn.

GUERILLA WARFARE. WORKERS OPPOSE GOVERNMENT TROOPS. CONTINUOUS FIGHTING REPORTED. Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. London, March 23. The Essen correspondent of tho Daily Chronicle states the Workers' Council in the Ruhr Valley is busy organising members foi war against the Government's Reichswehr troops. The present object is less the establishment of Communism than the overthrow of the Reichswehr, whom they always suspected of reactionary designs, .especially their officers. The workmen's leaders arc endeavoring to create unified command. Hitherto the warfare has been of a guerilla nature. When a battalion of the Reichswehr entered Dortmund, flying the old German colors, the workers refused to believe they were Government troops, and surrounded and took them prisoner. The success at Dortmund encouraged the workers, who began to march on various towns in the district, gaining adherents as they went. There litis been continuous rifle and bayonet fighting, with heavy losses on both sides, and the upshot of the fighting was that all troops were expelled from the Ruhr. The latest information is that the opposing troops are concentrating at Wcsel, where six thousand Reichswehr face fifteen thousand workers. Both sides possess artillery, and are digging themselves in. Many isolated battles are reported. Tire Independent Socialist newspaper Ruhrecho has issued a formal military communique, claiming the workers captured eleven guns and three thousand rifles—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assri. WORKERS CONTROL THE RUHR. FORMATION OF A STRONG ARMY. Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 24. AH industrial centres in the Ruhr region are now in the hands of the workers' administration. Essen, Borehum, Dortmund, Mulheim, and many other towns are controlled by workers' committees. The office of Burgomaster has been abolished. Government troops have been entirely driven out of the Ruhr, and many who were taken prisoner wwe cruelly illtreated. Tho hatred of the regular troops baffles description. A strong popular army is in course of formation, regardless of the terms of the Peace Treaty, and the police have 1 replaced by workers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabie Assn. TROOPS FOR THE RUHR. FRANCE OPPOSES THE PLAN. Received March. 28, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 24. The Council of Ambassadors has considered Herr Bauer's request to be allowed to send a hundred thousand German troops to the Ruhr Valley. The French Government is strongly opposed to granting permission to allow such a large force to pass into a neutral zone, despite the fact that twelve German battalions which were originally sent failed to maintain order. Communications are now passing •between London and Paris. •-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, March 25. It is understood the Supreme Council has agreed to allow Germany to despatch sufficient troops to the Ruhr Valley Aus.-N.Z_ Cable Assn. THE ARMISTICE IGNORED. COMMUNISTS BOMBARD WESEL. Received March 29, 12.25 a.m. The Hague, March 25. The Communists, ignoring the armistice, bombarded Wesel the whole day with it-inch guns. The Government is bringing up reinforcements. The Communist forces, now estimated at 120,000, are advancing on Lippo.—United Service.

REDS REJECT TERMS. PREFERENCE FOR COMMUNISM. Received March 29, 12.30 a.m. London, March 20. The Reds at Essen rejected the Government terms, avowing Communism, They claim to have occupied Wesel.— Times Servioft