GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1920, Page 5

GERMANY.

FIGHTING AT WESEL.

I THE REDS DRIVEN OUT. By Ttlefrtph —Press Asan.—Copyright, Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. . t Berlin, March 31. •j Ruhr basin are mostly idle, and the Reds are confiscating all coal and food supplies. Government troops at Wesel made numerous counter-attacks with armored cars, and drove the Reds from the town. The victors captured large supplies of dum-dum" bullets

The Reds looted the Duisberg Bank of a million marks. They also secured three millions at Mulheim.

The Communists arrested the Moderate members of the Duiseldorf Workmen's Council.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TROOPS FOR THE RUHR.

FRANCE OPPOSES THE REQUEST.

Received April 2, 5.5 p.m.

Paris, March 31. M. Millerand, in a letter to the German Charge d'Affaires, points out that the penetration of German troops in the Ruhr basin is only justifiable by imperious necessity, but. the Control Commission is emphatically of the opinion that military intervention in this district at present is both useless and dangerous. Therefore, it is impossible to grant the request of the German Government.— Reuter Service. I Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. I Paris, March 31. I The Communists have answered the ! German Government's ultimatum by declaring a general strike in the Ruhr dis-trict.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. >*o FURTHER REVOLT. FRANCE TO ENFORCE AGREEMENT. _ Copenhagen, March 31. There is no confirmation of the revolutionary Outbreak in Germany. On the contrary Herr Muller, speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, said that France had abandoned her indention to occupy the Hanua-Frankfort-Darmstadt line. This will allow the German forces three weeks in which to restore order in the disturbed area.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, March 30. The German Charge d'Affaires assured M. Millerand that the number of German troops would be kept within the August agreement. M. Millerand, interviewed, said that France would order an advance, with or without the consent of the Allies, if the agreement was broken, SITUATION IN THE RUHR. GERMAN TROOPS A MENACE. London, March 30. The Australian Press representative learns that the Allied Governments continue to view the situation in the Ruhr district with grave anxiety. It is understood that Germany, in order to quell the insurrection in the Ruhr district, requested the Allies to permit the dispatch of 100,000 troops instead of 40,000, which the agreement last August I allowed.

JYance feared the presence of such an army would be a serious menace to her safety, but Britain and the other Allies, recognising the importance of the restoration of order, favored acceding to the German request. Ultimately, in response to French representations the Allies agreed to permit additional German troops to enter the neutral zone, provided an equivalent Allied force occupied various pointsBerlin, March 30. The situation at Duisburg is serious. The burgomaster, fearing for his personal safety, fled. The officials struck against the oppression of the Communists who seized the Town Hall. The Communist leader at Plauen pillaged the office of the newspaper Voktknder Zeitung and seized a million marks. The Allied terms in connection with the restoration of order included the occupation of Frankfort and Darmstadt temporarily, taking over the local administration with power to proclaim martial law. The Germans refused the conditions, pointing out that they involved an Allied advance of 20 kilometres. Herr Muller, in a speech in the Reichstag, declared that the purpose of sending reinforcements was solely to restore order, thereby enabling Germany to fulfil the coal deliveries to France under the treaty. POSITION OF AMERICAN TROOPS. Received March 2, 5.5 p.m. Washington, March 1. President ilson has notified Co>grfess that American troops in the Rhine Valley are solely subject to his orders and the armistice terms governing their move-ments.—AUS.-N.Z. Cable Assn.