Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
FRIEDRICH EBERT'S
GOVERNMENT QUITS
German States to Be Con-
voked to Elect President
of New Republic.
SERIOUS RIOTS IN DANZIG

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 19.-The German
government, headed by Friedrich
Ebert, has resigned as result OF
events on Tuesday, according to dis
patch received at Zurich from Stutt-
CART, says the Journals correspondent
there.
States to Elect President.
COPENHAGEN, Wednesday, De-
oember 1S.-The German government
has decided to convoke a conference
of representatives Of all the states of
the former empire on December % to
select a president of the German re-
public, according to Berlin report.
This step is said to have been taken
in order to avoid fresh outbreaks.
Friedrich Ebert, who was named as
minister of the interior in the cabinet
of Prince Macmillan of Baden, on No
vember 3, and became imperial chan
cellor November s, took command of
the situation in Berlin following the
revolutionary uprising there. Novem-
ber 13 it was announced that he had
become premier and had chosen his
cabinet, naming Hugo Haase, Philip
Scheidemann, Wilhelm Dittman, Herr
Landsberg and Richard Barth as the
secretaries in charge of the depart
ments created by the revolutionary
government.
Ebert Accused by Ledebour.
BERLIN, Tuesday, December II (by
the Associated Press).-An indication
of the feeling pervading the congress
of soldiers and workmen's councils
was given at the session this forenoon
when turbulent scenes followed an at
tack on Premier Ebert by Georg
Ledebour, a radical and leader of
the independent socialists. Ledebour
accused Ebert of furthering counter-
revolutionary plans and called him "a
shameful smirch on the government
There were loud protests from all
parts of the chamber, and the chair
man called Ledebour to order for his
qnparliamentary expression. Some
delegates demanded that Ledebour be
deprived of the privilege of the floor.
An uproar for fifteen minutes ensued,
after which Ledebour was permitted
to continue, but was warned that he
must abstain from s1anderous utter
ances.
BASEL, December 10 (Havas. 1.-THE
ecutive committee of the soldiers an6
workmen's council for Berlin and its
to messages received from the German
capital. 1t is said that it will be re-
placed by an executive committee
elected by the general assembly and
the soldiers and workmen's councils
of the empire.
Serious Disorders at Danzig.
ZURICH, December 19 (Havas).-
Serious disorders have broken out at
dispatches received here. Civil and
military prisons have been opened
and the inmates set at liberty, it is
said. and street fighting is reported.
AMSTERDAM, December 19
(Havas).-Three of the principal di-
rectors of the Krupp munition works
at Essen. including Dr. Bransen-
berger, inventor of the big Berthas.' '
have been arrested by the revolution
ary committee in that city, accord
ing to advices received here.
COPENHAGEN, December 1s.-Herr
Landsberg, secretary Of publicity in
the German government, has an
and workmen that Gen. Scheuch, the
Prussian minister of war; has re-
signed.
AMSTERDAM, December 1S-The
Cologne Volks Zeitung announces that
"Comrade Metternich, otherwise Count
Herman Metternich, a young member
of well known family, has beer
unanimously elected head of the peo-
pies marine division in Berlin
The newspaper, which is a socialist
organ, comments sarcastically on the
election of Metternich.