Show 4 Mm Besieged Thy I Red I Army I ND U CITIES GITIES i ARE Communists Hold Esser Esse and and Dusseldorf Ha Have Hav e eArmy Army of No Nov Mobilized l Against Ebert Eben Paris March 20 20 Ten Ten thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand armed workmen n are concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- at on Salle twenty miles northwest of Leipsic and the hr staff is negotiating ing w with th them says a Havas Bavas dispatch dis dis- patch atch from Stuttgart Bolshevist Bolshevist Bolshevist vist elements among the workmen workmen work work- m men how however veT are making malting a settlement settlement settlement set set- difficult By A Aea Pta Picas Stuttgart Stuttgart March March 19 p Privy Privy- V a dispatches report a a. virtual state stat of civil war in Sa Saxony ony and Thur- Thur ingia The government authorities anthon- anthon ties are ce censuring suring the newspaper reports to prevent the spread of alarm Uprisings in Bavaria 1 burg Baden and the north aro l o learned of here Loyal govern govern ment went troops are are now reported proceeding to toO tho the central part of Germany The number of loyal troops available at various points is not revealed It is now generally agreed that the national assembly will meet meat in Berlin next nest Thursday instead of Tuesday The deputies had int intended ded to leave for Berlin this evening but it is now considered probable most of them will win postpone postpone postpone post post- pone their departure pedal at Cable Dt to retail T L ONDON ONnON March 20 one One r. r ing but unconfirmed report cam on out of Germany today to th the tho effect that the tho general strike had beet bees brought to an end by agreement be between b tween leaders of the and Vic Vici Chancellor Schiller representing thEbert th the Ebert government It was vas that details of the settlement probably probably ably would be made mado public tonight Other dispatches however conw contained e I Continued on Page 2 21 I 1 I GERMAN ERMAN I SITUATION GROWS VS DARKER HARKER nAIL DAILY Y Continued from Page 1 of or a n. reassuring reassuring- nature Berlin Ber lin was reported in a it state tato of or siege sick the government ro troops in tho city being be beIng being be- be ing massed on high ground round supported 1 by artillery in anticipation of or an at attack attack at- at I tack b by communist troops as assembled nJ an- 1 In tho the suburbs of or the tho capital Erhardt's Baltic brigade which marched out of ot tho the capital Thursday is now encamped In tho the suburb of or awaiting a call to cometo como come comoto comoto to the aid of or tho the Ebert government Industrial Center Center- Essen Dusseldorf an and 1 virtually all tho the Industrial centers centers in In the tho Ruhr district dIstrIct district dis dIs- are arc reported to bo ho held by hy communist communist communist com com- forces who aro are said to have assembled as assembled assembled as- as an army of ot men fully ully equipped In readiness for tor an advance on Berlin In case the time timo is deemed ripe for tor a communist coup Ono One report credited 1 the with having armed men at nt Essen CY ny J KARL Ir If II VON ND Staff Correspond t Special Dl Dispatch Berlin March 20 Germany 20 Germany is steadily stead stead- steadily ily marching toward government o by the proletariat x Thu Ebert government o was tho the J Kor- Kor or- or stage well meaning but weak Kapp nn and Von in th their lr Ill Ill- starred four day revolt root enacted the Korniloff stage The stage Is now but there thero are arc areno no German counterparts of ot and Trotsky In sight That Is the Impression ono one gets horo hero among tho the shifting scopes scenes confusing reports continually quiet extreme extrema nervousness an and political conditions conditions conditions con con- of oC Berlin Tho ministry of ot defense today confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed tho report that tho the Baltic troops who loft left a trail of or thir thirty y dea dead 1 and man many more moro injured along alonS' the line lino of oC their with withdrawal from the city yesterday yesterday yes yes- s- s ma may be called back to save savo the Ebert government from irom the tho threat of or Bolshevism I The next few tow days undoubtedly will t toll U whether Eberl Bauer tc the th-c government govern govern- government ment will capitulate to the called so-called organized or worl workers or show unexpectedly unexpectedly edly tho the strength to stem stern the radical tide v Tho of or mind of or masses In BeUn Berlin BeIn Be- Be lin Un can caDI be bo described only as patho- patho tlc 1 l The nervous tension added to tho the sufferings rings from hunger and cold and the dO demoralization and disorganization o of n a l a I classes has bred a sort of ot I hysteria Call Coll t o 0 Strike Berlin BerUn March 29 29 0 9 30 a n. m. m By m.-By By agreement between the SO social democrats democrats democrats demo demo- and the tho trades un Fondle oil oil- leaders ad erg a decision was reached this mort m ing to call ot off the general strike Tho mado made by the government government govern govern- f ment to bring about the tho agreement i 1 mean far tar greater advances In tho the din dU dl of ot radicalism In Germany than ever before boore Tho The Independent socialists and communists communists communists com com- did not join in tho the agreement and ordered their members to remain on strike Indications point to the tho beginning of or a struggle between tho the two factions similar to that between tho the and In Rus Rus- sia Wilt Will Reach Rench Berlin Dulin Chancellor Bauer and the remainder of ot tho the government officials with the exception of ot President Ebert are ex expected ox- ox to arrive In Berlin this forenoon forenoon fore lore noon on a a. special train from Stuttgart Stutt Stutt- gart t. La Last t night was the tho quietest since tho the beginning of ot the revolt last Saturday A A cold rain gave Sav tho the revolution a chill and cleared the streets of or crowds moro more effectively than machine guns and ar- ar armored armored ar ar- mored cars Tho The ministry of or defense describes the general situation tonight ht as aJ follows In Westphalia tho the district east of or a a. coal an and 1 iron town north of or Essen Essin Including Elberfeld Hamm Barmen and Dortmund Is Inthe in inthe the tho hands of tho tiro communists Stron Strong In In both Mecklenburg l and thero there Is a strong communist movement mo and In Stettin tho the national guards g were ordered out during the Clio day to clean up up communist nests Both Dresden and are aro ominously ominously ominously omin omin- quiet Government GO troops have luwe been reported making making- some somo headway against tho the communists ts In the tho latter cil city Baden Silesia an and 1 Bavaria are arc quiet with the exception of or the city of oC Hof northeastern Bavaria Bavaria Bavaria Ba Ba- varia a so soviet vIol has been As Berlin Is regarded d as the tho k key to tho the plan of or tho the workers for tor gaining possession of or tho the reins of or government the lie ministry o of defenso defense expressed the tho belief belle that no no efforts will bo Ibo spared to tp take tako tho city without fighting it if possible b by force torce if Ir necessary J Lenders ader With full tull appreciation of ot tho the weakness weakness weak weak- ness of or the Ebert government and having havIng having hav hav- ing scored heavily In ln forcing torch the tho resignation of or as minister of or defense the radical leaders aro are riot not lot II now v 0 v disposed to modify any of ot their deman demands On tho the contrary they show a a. disposition to press them to tho ut utmost utmost ut- ut most in the belief belle that Ebert and Bauer have no more moro chance chanco or successfully successfully success success- fully tully resisting them than had Dr Kapp I and Von Yon I The Tho radical l loaders leaders assert that workIngmen workIngmen work- work Ingmen throughout German Germany demand what Is tantamount to a soviet so government gov goo but tho the word soviet is avoided How far fur tho the statement of tho radicals is true it Is Impossible f. f for r the public here to determine In view 1 nf of fl m h h. h a n C 1 II b h. h w v 1 nn of Ol UI Late HI Lilt C pr JH ess II UJ y disturbed 1 conditions of ot- communication Subway Cloned The suburban railways and subways which began beSan running a few Cew trains late lato yesterday Thursday afternoon shutdown shut shul down again today Few regular trains arrived during during- tho the day dar camo came in from Crom Frankfort but nono none left Jen although al- al I though an attempt was made mad to send ono one through to Munich tonight AlI MI Although Al- Al I though tho the railway strike has ban bc been en I called off olf the men fear the they ma may bo be shot or that the tracks may be bo dynamited dyna- dyna I c by hy extremists if It they try to take lake takeout takeout out Americans Aiding g Women American Commissioner told mo me this evening he Is doing everything everything every every- thing possible to get American women out of or the capital After ACter the Germans j told mo me they couldn't give me a ape ape- j i dial train said Mr Ir Dresel I asked G General noral Allen Alien at Coblenz to send end a n train train to Berlin and ho promised ed to start one I tonight which should arrive tomorrow I If it it gets geta through It should start back tomorrow V Saturday or next dayl dayI day l I 1 shall use uso ill my Influence to prevail prevail pre pre- i vail upon our women not trot only th tho wives of or newspaper correspondents I nut but tho those o of American officials and of- of of ricers to take tako that train for tor Coblenz ot-I ot and remain there until tho situation I Clears leass up iJ Merlin rUn No IVo Place for American I Commissioner Dresel said eald he 1 f Bred ered no place for tor American merl n wom women at present Ho said sald however that while J tho the situation undoubtedly is serious It Is incredible that Bolshevist vist should triumph In Germany German Acts of or sabotage committed in the municipal gas gas and waterworks will require weeks of ot work to repair The scarcity of or food tood resulting from tho the general strike Is felt even in the better quarters of ot the tho cSt city In the Hotel Adlon there thoro was no bread to bo had toda today Nervous hyst hysteria Is to beginning beginning- to affect affect affect af af- the troops and police pollee as well veIl as the public This was Illustrated b by byan byan an episode today An automobile In which four tour officers officers cers were riding came camo through tho taco Brandenburg gate Jat and the tho driver did not nol halt Immediately when ordered todo to todo todo do so by tho lie sentries there Ono One of the officers It Is alleged made made- madea a a. mo mo- motion motion tion toward his pistol whereupon ono one of oC the tho police guards at nt tho the gate bate threw a hand grenade killing two wo of or tho officers In tho the car and badly wounding woundIng wounding wound wound- ing a third Police findl Badly Rattled Battled 1 Tho Time bad badly rattled security police thou then opened firo iro on the thc crowd in front of or th the tho Hotel Adlon for tor no apparent I reason reason with a machine machino gun from tho the gate gato Many of or tho the r 1 wounded were brought into tho ho wing InS I of ot the time Adlon Tho Tito security police at the Brandenburg Brandenburg Branden Branden- burg gate claimed that they 1 had supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed the officers to bo members of or ortho tho the hated Baltic brigade brigado but It devel dovel- that they were volunteers who had offered to protect the time city One Ono of the phenomena of present conditions is that no two persons persona tell tho the same story of or any of or the shootings Tho The explosions of or the hand grenades which sound like shells followed bythe by bythe bytho the tho rattle of oC machine gun fire Ire created a panic In the tho Adlon where the tho re remaining remaining re- re guests have b become come so nervous that thal the tho closing closing- of ot a a. door or window makes them jump Another serious shooting artra affray took place in 10 the tho Alexander Platz a square In the center of ot tho the city at noon I According to various versions eight I persons were killed and a score i wounded I IOno Ono One story Is lg that an armored car of ot I Baltic BaIlie troops coming across th the square suddenly opened lira fire on tho the crowd with machine I Another story Is that the car was al sent thero there to clean up tho the square I which has been the s scene cene of oC many I demonstrations At In tho suburbs a dozen officers of or Captain Erhardt's Baltic brigade were surrounded by a a. crowd overpowered stabbed and beaten beat beat- en cn to death Such affairs promise to become very common in tho the next few days das Combats Continue In Rhine District Borne March 20 Combats Combats aro are continuing continuing con con- in tho the Rhineland mining distrIct dis dis- Armed bands of ot strikers and communists with hand grenades and l I steel helmets t arc are patrolling thor the cou coti try The Is sending arm armor r trains against them Violent fighting is reported at E Es Ee and Gelsenkirchen Workers are foring for tor ing a r rl-d rl d army at ii a a Quedlinburg respectively 33 an and J Jmiles miles southwest of or Magdeburg f t these towns sharp encounters and many persons were killed wounded Fighting recommended at Lei AI yesterday after aCter failure of I It is reported hundreds have ha b b be killed or wounded i ti Ii |