Evening star., 1918-11-14
SOCIALIST CABINET
FULLY0RGANZED
TORULEGERMANY
Property Of Prussian Crown
to Be Confiscated-
denburg Army Head.
STRONG DICTATORSHIP
URGED TO SAVE NATION

Desired Only, However, for Transi-
ton Period-Bavaria Frets I'm
der Allied Armistice Conditions.
BASEL, Wednesday, No
vember <13-The revolutions
ary movement is spreading
strongly in East Prussia. A
semi-ofhcial dispatch from
Berlin reports that Koenigs-
berg, Allenstein, Insterberg,
Gumbinnen. and Loetzen are \
in the hands of the revolu-
tionists. Gov. Won Batocki of
Posen, former German food
minister, has put himself at
the disposal of the revolution
lists.
By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, November II,
8::52 a.m.-The new German
government has been organized
with the following cabinet men,
bers:
Premier and interior and mill
tary affairs, Friedrich Ebert;
foreign affairs, Hugo Haase
finance and colonies, Philip
Scheidemann; rehabilitation,
transport, justice and health,
Wilhelm Dittman; publicity, art
and literature, Herr Landsberg
social policy, Richard Barth.
To Conhscate Crown Property.
LONDON. November Il. I:es p. M
The property Of the Prussian crown
will be- cenfscatea. saccaFding to = Ger-
man wireless message received here
today.
According to a proclamation issued
by the new Prussian government. 1.-The
entaiIed property of the Prussian
crown win be placed under the ad-
ministration of the ministry Of finance
Property which is not entafled, but
which is personal to the former king
and his family, will not be affected.
.Hindenburg Heads Army.
LONDON, Wednesday. November 13.-
Field Marshal ) Won Hindenburg re-
mains as head of the supreme German
army command. according to Ger
man.. wireless message received mere
which gives the text of the message
he has sent to army commanders or
dering them to lead their troops home
in order ana discipline.
The order of the field marshal reads;
ITO all and especially the Army
group under Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen Tin Rumania)I remain. as
hitherto, the head OF the Supreme
troops home in order and discipline
I expect the command. stats, officers
non-commissioned officers and men to
continue to do their duty. This is tc
be made known to all the troops"
Bourgeois Fearful.
AMSTERDAM, November 13.-Com-
ments by German bourgeois newspa-
pers received here disclose apprehen.
cision to postpone Indefinitely the
summoning of a constituent assembly
The TaEeblatt admits that the major.
ity socialists probably were wise In
excluding the non-socialists from the
government, but says the postpone;
assembly leaves open the question
whether Germany is to tread the road
Of democracy or Of dictatorship.
Question as to Rule.
The Hamburg Fremdenblatt's Berlin
correspondent says that whether the
majority or the minority is to rule IN
Germany depends on the energy OF a
few men, and that while the majority
socialists feel that only dictatorship
is possible for ruling during the
transition period, they honestly desire
that it shall remain in power only
until the national assembly 'in q
truly democratic manner decides the
future of the German people"
The newspaper considers the onl1
safe hope for avoiding complete in.
ternal collapse is the establishment o1
a strong Ebert dictatorship with the
help of q wise soldiers council
Utter Chaos Reported.
The correspondent reports that thers
is utter chaos in the chancellor
palace and that the new police presi.
dent has abolished the censorship and
the restrictions and the right Of as.
sembly. The closing hour Of cafes
restaurants and other public places
has been fixed for 1850 o'clock q,
night.
Russian and French war prisoners
the correspondent says, are fraterniz'
ing. A decree has fixed their wage.
on the same scale as that of the "fre<
German laborers."
The revolution, according to the cor.
respondent, has reached East Prussia
but generally 1t has not been accom-
panied by 6loodshed. In Hesse th<
revolutionaries declared the grand
ducal lands confiscated and all heredi.
tary entails abolished.
Queen Marie Theresa Of B4vafta 1,
reported to be dying.
There have been no clashes between
civilians and red guards. The armet
conflicts had been confined to the revo.
lutionary army and officers in con.
cealment, who, it is said, were being
assisted by cadets and Boy Scouts
The new government was strainfne
every nerve to organize public utili
ties, and in this matter no complica'
tions were anticipated.
incoming trains on Sunday con.
tinued to debark large detachment,
of soldiers. sailors and bourgeois
The parliamentary leaders, who unit
three days ago were engaged II
shaping the nations destinies wer'