The sun., 1919-04-08
BERLIN READY
tTOHALT SOVIET
THREAT TO-DAY
Minister of Defence Noske
Says Radicals Will Be
Taken by Collar"
EXPECTS RED UPRISING
Soldiers and Workingmen's
Councils to Open Con-
gress in Capital.
MILITARY PLOT NIPPED
EXPECTS RED UPRISING
MILITARY PLOT NIPPED
Fresh Appeal Made to Allies
for Raw Materials to
Restore Industry.
by KARL H. Won wIEaAND.
Ster cor~ssposSsnf Of TIE suS
Copyright, 1919: oil rSoAs resey1,sd.

Star Corssposdsnt Of TIE SuS.
Copyright. 1915; all rSpAS rese,vsd.
BERLIN, April (delayed). -" "A
Soviet republic will not be proclaimed
In Berlin Tuesday on the occasion Of
the congress Of the Soldiers and
Workingmen's Councils; Of that 7 can
assure you"
So declared Gustav Noske. Minister
Of National Defence. this afternoon.
He spoke with a firmness and en-
phasis that sounded strange. coming
from an agent Of the present weak
Government.
IL cannot promise that an attempt
to establish a Soviet WIN not be made
Tuesday" he said. But / can prom
ise that we will have those wild rad
icals by the collars the minute they
start anything. Any attempt to re-
peat the Budapest experiment here,
In my opinion. would spell ruin for
Germany for an entire generation.
shall use all the force and power at
my disposal and all the energy within
me to try to prevent Germany from
slipping into that abyss. and I enter
tain the hope that I may be able to
hold the situation long enough to
enable the people TO return to sanity.
and reason.
"Our people are mentally sick from
the sufferings and privations which
have depleted them ia mind and body
and undermined their ordinarily sen.
sible and practical Judgment"
Firebrand Speeches Expected.
Herr Noske said that many fire
brand speeches would be made at the
congress- and that many demands
would be made which wouldn't and
couldn't be fulfilled. He added that
when attempts were made to trans
late such demands into unlawful,
forcible action he would promptly
take hand. Asked how serious the
military conspiracies against the Gov
ernment were he said:
81 do not take them seriously.
They were the work OF a few com.
miseioned and non-commissioned Of
ncers and few radicals who were
trying to make the troops believe that
with the overthrow Of the present
Government their lot would be i'm
proved. I was we'll informed as 10
what was going on and at the right
moment I stepped in and took the
necessary action. l do not anticipate
immediate further difficulties from
that source"
Herr Noske declared he was con-
vlnced that Bolshevism had made no
great headway among his troops and
said he felt certain of their loyalty
to the Government under his Chief
Of Smff, Major Won Gilia. Troops
are being quietly placed at strategic
points in and around Berlin for any
eventuality.
The Minister of Defence admitted
tLhl lliC VI IOOtl ndu H1due II
good impression and had bettered the
spirit of the people, but he expressed
fear that the Allies had been slow
in coming TO Germany's aid.
Must Have Raw Materials.
"The minds Of our people have be-
come diseased" he said. 81 cannot
call II anything else" He emphasized
that not only food was needed but
work also. Work" he continued,
"is as essential TO domestic peace as
food. and We can have work only
when we get raw materials. The
people also forget that with the COM
ing Of food there will be no great
increase in rations. with the eNcep-