THE GERMAN CRISIS.

Wairarapa Age, 29 March 1920, Page 5

THE GERMAN CRISIS.

The Ruhr Districts. ~ ■* - * -■ Jck IN HANDS OP WORKERS. *: -!/ * (By Electric Tdeipraph.---Cteirjrßgjb*.) " (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.). Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock. PARIS, March 24. '-\ All the industrial centres in the Ruhr region are now in tho "hands of the workers. Tho Administrations of Essen, Bor- • : chum, Dortmund, Mulheim, and many . other towns are controlled by tho Workers' and Masses' Committees. • Tho office of Burgomaster has been - ■ abolished. .•■' The Government troops wore entirely ; ;' driven off from Ruhr, and many who were taken prisoner-- were cruelly illtreated. """ / % " '\ The hatred of the regular troops .',."- baffles description. ■- • ,i\ A strong popular army is in coarse ■' -'-"\ of formation, regardless of the terms '}.': of the Peace Treaty, and the police have been replaced by workers. -"r NEW CABINET FORMED. ' "■': Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock. -■-;. BERLIN, March 25. , The Government has arranged an . , armistice with tho - Reds renewable '■ J dally. » • Herr Bauer has completed a new ■> \ Cabinet. He drops Herr Noske and Erzberger, . and no Indepenednt • {; Socialists are included in the, Ministry, - ■ " The general strike has been called off. ,".■■■. TROOPS FOR RUHR VALLEY. .'' FRENCH OPPOSITION.. Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock. ' PARIS,. March 24.. ' The Council of Ambassadors haj • ■,: considered Herr.Bauer's request to be allowed.to send 100,000 German troops to" the Ruhr Valley." ■-> "-. - Tho French Government is strongly opposed .to granting, permission to • allow such a large force to pass into' the neutral zone; despite the fact > that. the twelve Gorman battalions which, were originally sent failed to maintain order, ■ - - > ».-.:,.„•■-■ • ... Communications are now passing be* twoen London and Paris.' . . -■>;,:- n ALLIES GRANT PERMISSION. - ' ; Received Last Night, 9,30v0 'clock. . < ~ PARIS, March 25. . It'is understood that the Supreme Council has- agreed to allo\f Germany; /;.,.. to despatch sufficient troops to Ruhr Valley. / \ r .; ; AN AMERICAN THREAT. - \ " Received Last Night, 9.3o'o'clock. BERLIN, March 25. \- The Democrats and Pluralists. ' mand the retirement of the whole; ;'. Cabinet, while the Centre Party wishes • " .*'■ merely to fill the vacancies in Herr . -. ; '\ .Bauer's Cabinet. • .-. The prospects for a purely Labour, Government are small. The American* Charge d'Affaires 1 interviewed Herr Bauer, warning him' that any outrage against the constittv- - tional Government of Germany, from- .:> whatever side, will lead to America's, stoppijis all supplies of .food and raur , material. ' • -• J