DISORDER IN GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1921, Page 5

DISORDER IN GERMANY.

GUERRILLA WARFARE CONTINUES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Berlin. March 29. The Communists in Central Germany have resorted to guerrilla methods with the object of tiring out the police. The rebels have at their command efficient cycle, pigeon and scout services. Berlin is quiet, but a plot against the electricity works has been detected. The Communists at Bitterfeld disarmed the police and occupied the public buildings. The troops repulsed the rebels at Hettstedt, after violent fighting, in which artillery was used, the insurgents losing heavily. London, March 26. A telegram from Essen, Germany, says that 15 rioters were killed and 40 wounded in a clash with the police. The rebels were driven out from Berlin, March 29. Five hundred Reds have occupied Metemann, near Dusseldorf, and proclaimed a Communist republic. Received March 30, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam. March 29 The Communist risings in the Rhenish and Westphalian districts were a greater success than in Berlin. Violent fighting occurred in Essen and Dortmund. Many deaths are reported; also a number of dvnamite outrages. The Allies returned to the Dusseldorf police their arms in order to organise the defence of the town against the Reds, who have occupied several smaller towns. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.