Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-20
H|NDENBURG HEADS
NEW ARMY ACTION
Wires Berlin He Will Form
Front Six Miles Behind
Neutral Zone.
BERNSTORFF IN "LEAGUE'
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 20.-Fie1d Marshal
Won Hindenburg has telegraphed the
Berlin government advising it of his
intention to form a new front six
miles behind the neutral zone fixed by
the armistice. according to a dispatch
to LIE Journal from Zurich today. The
government has asked the field mar
shall for an explanation, adds the dis
patch, but has not yet received re-
ply.
1t also is announced that two regi-
ments of the active army will be sent
to Frankfort on the Main at an early
date.
The correspondent af1rms that Maj.
Gen. Scheuch, the Prussian war min
lister; Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
and Gen. Lequid (probably Lieut.. Gen.
Leduis, former Governor of MetZ). who
is in command of the active troops In
Berlin, are behind a counter revolu-
tionary movement He declares the
existing government is manifestly in
capable of preventing the realization
of their scheme.
"People's League Organized.
LONDON, December 2o.-"A peoples
league" has been organizsd In ReEafns
says a Central News dispatch from
Copenhagen today. The leagues COM
mittee included Prince Macmillan of
Baden, former German imperial chan
cellor; Hugo Haase, Independent So
cialist; Count Won Bernstorff, former
ambassador to the United States;
Matthias Erzberger: the centrist lead
al a n
foreign minister; Prince Won Hohen-
lohe-S e-Schillingsfuerst. the Austrian
ambassador, and Cardinal Won Hart
mann, archbishop of Cologne.
Reports of designations.
LONDON. December 2o.-Reports
man cabinet, headed by Friedrich
Ebert. has resigned, but there is no
confirmation of them as yet.
Against Socialist Rules.
COPENHAGEN, December 2o.-Dr
Gustav Stresemann, leader of the ma
tional liberal party in Germany. has
announced that the German peoples
party, in which he has been active
since the revolution, is absolutely op-
posed to social democracy and will
fight the socialist rulers, according to
Berlin newspapers received here. The
center party has been summoned to a
conference which will be held at
Frankfort on December 30.
Strike in German Foreign Office.
AMSTERDAM. December 2o.-All
the leading officials of the German
foreign office are on strike as the re-
suit of the governments acceptance
of the resignation of DR.. Solf as for
eign minister. according to the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette. None
of the officials has appeared for duty
in the last several days, nor has any
one reported himself i'll. In their alb
sence the routine work of the foreign
office is piling up and there is nobody
to look after it.
To Hold Elections January 10.
BERLIN. Thursday. December 10.
(by the Associated Press).-The con-
gress of soldiers and workmen's
councils has decided that elections to
the national assembly shall be held
January 1s. Those opposed to the
summoning of national assembly
polIed only 40 votes out of total OF
240.
Power Given Ebert Group.
AMSTERDAM, December 1s;-rhe
congress of German soldiers and
workmen's councils on Wednesday
adopted a resolution. according to a
Berlin telegram, transferring 1egis-
latiye and executive power to the
peoples commissioners (the Ebert
government) until some other ar
rangement is made by the German
national assembly.
The congress further appointed a
central council of soldiers and work.
men to exercise parliamentary super
vision over the German and Prussian
cabinets and with the right to ap-
nann1o'c
missioners of all of Germany. until
the final regulation of state affairs
of Prussia.
In order to supervise the conduct
of business in the imperial ministry,
adjuncts will be appointed by the
two adjuncts in each ministry. They
will be selected from the two social
democratic parties.
The congress rejected a resolution
demanding the complete elimination
of the bourgeoise class from the gov
ernment.
Herr Landsberg. secretary for pub
lcity in the German government, Is
quoted by the Rhenish Westphalian
Gazette as telling the Berlin con-
cils that ffty-three German sailors
have placed themselves in control of
the German navy department. The
sailors he is declared to have added,
have prevented necessary work being
carried on and have released prison.
ers convicted Of treason.
Declares Germany Ruined.
LONDON. December 19-"Germany
Is ruined for generations, politically,
industrially and economically" DR..
Walter Rathenau, president Of the
German General Electric Company, is
quoted as declaring to the BerlfA cor
resnondent of the Daily Express 'sTf