Evening star., 1918-11-24
Soldiers and Workers ouess
ton Governments Power
on Several Occasions.
PEOPLES APATHETIc
TOWARD REVOLUTION
Extremists Get Increasing Support.
:: American Food Supplies Are
!: Reported Held Up.
8y the Associated Press.


LONDON, November ga dispatch
to the Frankfort General Anze:ger
says that the German government
crisis is due to the fact that the exec
utive committee of the soldiers and
workers council has interfered with
fhe governments executive power on
several occasions. Negotiations are in
progress, it adds, but the prospect Of
Sn agreement is so slight that the po-
tition of the cabinet is shaken.
T,nure Is Uncertain.
. Referring to reports of separatist
movements in Germany, a dispatch to
the Daily Mail from The Hague says
st is Impossible as yet to estimate the
fxtent either Of the strength of the
movements or their real motives, but
1t seems certain that Premier Ebert's
government is Of very uncertain dura-
Zion and also Of very uncertain prin-
eipies."
!. . The greater part of the population.
3he correspondent adds. Is apathetic
coward the revolution. He believes
that with better food conditions ana the
revival of hopes the true national
character Of the Germans will feappear.
The soldiers and workers. councils
IN the lower Rhenish province, inc1ud-
1semscheid. have accepted the pro
Gram OF the Spartacus group BY q big
majority, according to dispatches re-
ceived here today. The council OF
Brunswick has adopted unanimously
resolution OPPOSING constituent as.
Sembly and declaring that the need Of
<he hour is national soldiers ana
workers council
A dispatch from karlsruhe to the
Sossische Zeitung OF Berlin however
tion In Baden, where state constituent
assembly will meet January to adopt
a constitution. The entire population
Of Baden, this dispatch says, demands
Do summoned quickly. The new cabinet
pf Baden consists of seven socialists,
two clericals, one national liberal and
one progressive.
The communists. as the bolshev1kt
fhere term themselves, held q /. eat
meeting at which the chief speaker
declared that it would be well II the
entire war loans were lost. A SIX
hour labor day, and perhaps . three-
hour day, must be introduced.
declared that the summons for con-
stftuent assembly was the common
battle cry of reaction.
The German socialist organ. the vor-
KdertS Oh BeruH, publishes SHc 1oAo"~
ing: -. 80,
Admiral Beatty refused to negotiate
with the delegates from the workmen's
and soldiers council because they were
not representatives of any recognized
government.
.Furthermore. we learn that food sup.
plies, of which the United States had
held out a prospect, will be held up
temporarily In Rotterdam and Copen-
hagen because the American govern
ment intends to wait and see whether
Germany Is able to give the assurances
demanded by America for a free consti-
tuition and a fair distribution Of sup:
plies
spartacus Group Menaeing.
BERLIN. November 2s (by the Assoc
ciated Press).-The results OF the
Sparatacus activity continues to be re-
ported with menacing frequency from
various sections OF Germany.
On top Of Thursdays report OF events
at Kiel (where the extremists usurped
the power of the local authorities) come
reports of similar attempted coups by
followers Of Karl Liebknecht, ,indepen-
dent socialist, at Hamburg and Dussel-
dorf. ,...
The movement failed at Hamburg. but
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