The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-27
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COUP D ETAT in
GERMANY SOON
Old Officer Glass and Mon
archists Plot Overthrow OF
Present Government.
TROOPS SENT TO SAxONY
Kurt Eisner's Funeral n Mu'
mich Resolved Into Imposing
Demonstration.
TROOPS SENT TO SAxOpY

London. FEB. 27.-The monarchists
az Germany are contemplating an
early coup d'etat, in the opinion q
the Mars correspondent at Beriin'
who says the old officer class wi.n
n. general stan has been gradually
getting the whip hand there since
i lar Il ana now holds the govern
4 meht in its power.
i arhe threatened coup d'etat would
be carried out in Berlin alone ne
writes. "and would probably for .
time be successful. although itwouid
certainly result in ruthless civil war
and interruptions political murders.
large number OF offlcers are SAID
10 be associated in the plot, which
aims at the overthrow of the present
/ Government and the restoration OF
the old order Of things.
: "A secret meeting of monarcnlst
: officers was held at Charlottenpurs
Feb 16. 1t was summoned by MAJ.
: Won Herringen, son of the former
| secretary Of war. Thirty oficers at
4 tended and each is said to nave
] ! pledged himself to hold in his resi-
dence, a quantity Of munitions READY
for. an emergency and to assemble az
. q certain place when called upon.
: Every member of the plot has been
Y requested to enlist as many oMcers
q loyal to the former emperor az pos
: sible. 1t 10 understood. Inc sossris Z
ment has been warned Of what y
-t s I Ths correspondent says the organ
y y ization 81 new bodies OF troops Apy
Y ire government, step which alone
= can save it from the Spartacans anc
n other extremists, has been possible
le oTIv by reason of the government
e Welding to the old officer class, which
a he saws. had already bullied the gov
}. ernment into winking at numerous
"a political crimes and arbitrary acts
d which have been committed.
At Strikers Removed Rails.
he weimar. Feb. 27.-(A. P)-Th'
l. special assembly train running dallS
between Weimar and Berlin was d.
1e verted by the way Of Leipzig yes
terday because strikers at Halle hav'
10 taken up the rails. The last tran
on over the former route passed throug
IN Halle at full speed because 1t na'
heen learned that Spartacan adher
ents were planning an attack upol
A. it. .. ,
:, feasible to run the train by the wa
A. of Leipzig because there Is dange
Of the strike spreading to that Guy
a. Train Stopped at Leipzig.
Berlin. Wednesday. Feb. 2S.-(A
of Po-The parliamentary special 10
,er weimar. which left Berlin at
n o'clock this morning, has bee
ith stopped at Leipzig. 1t Is reporte
M that a government courier who lei
the here Tuesday night has not yet al
gas rived at Weimar.
To ouelI Disorders.
Berlin, Feb. 26.-(A. Po-The gov
: ernment has sent an ample force
troops to Halle, Saxony, to res.ol
order and normal conditions L,
commanding officers have been a a
rected to auell disorders IN u
sternest manner. The troops are %
pected to arrive in Halle thls ai'e
4 noon. !. r;...
ga Berlin, Feb. 26.-(A. FJ,n ,i uii.' !.
ne advices received up TO cioIn
DDS day indicate the day passeu witKU ~,
rhe disturbance. The funeral OF hu
nf E;sner, the Bavarian premier, WI
was assa ssinated last week, resolV
ITSELF into the most imposing DER
ev- onstration Munich has ever WI
ads messed. All business in the city cai
to standstill during the ceremoni'
ARE " Krupp Head, Organizer.
on Tondon. Feb. 27.-Dr. WINE
'ver Mueblon. former director OF I
ng- Krupp works, has arrived at ain, Munl
ing, and is negotiating with soeia, .,
rills leaders there with a view 10 ioll
ged ing a new Bavarian cabinet accor u
heir ing to a Berne dispatch to tne L
men change Telegraph company.
Thousands in Cortege. j,
rmv pose, Feb. 27.-A Mannheim q
ling match to the Basel Nacnricnten ..
-ch- entente troops were to occupy =,
neer Mannheim bridgehead at noon y
ytor Kurt Eisner's funeral at Nun
J. sb Yesterday was one of the most
,,os nosinp ever seen in the city, I'M
rom sands following the casket 10
roat eastern cemetery. All labor orga
ren- cations in the city carried pam
esca draped with crepe and there
hundreds of wreaths laid upon
grave, one being taken there oy
group of Russian prisoners OF wa
mn Bands had places at intervals
M the cortege and when the hea
reached the cemetery all the pells
nroe the city tolled. Herr Landauer,
member of the labor council, DE
E TO cred an oration. Among the OF
sing speakers were Herr Jaffe ana r
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