Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-09
Two Rabid Communists
Hold Former Kingdom
in Grip, but Soviet Rule
Not Popular.
Berlin and People Hos
tile to Dictatorship That
Boasts Fellowship With
Russia.

Berlin, April 8.-Counter-demou
strations against the Russianized
soviet republic proclaimed Monday
morning have occurred in Munich,
ne demonstrators have been dis
persed by troops, and Munich has
Deen put under an intensified state
OF siege. The counter revolt has
Deen marked by dissensions even
among the founders CT the new
order.
ne communists in the Bayarian
capital have decided that they will
NOT coiiaborate with the majority
socialists. They have demanded the
removal of the majority socialists
from the new government which thew
w!sh to consist of Independent soci.
alists and communists.
Ersch Muef1sam, prominent com
munisf, has been given unlimited
powers by the Bayarian Central
council, according to the Achtuhr-
nlatt, and thus exercises an un-
restricted dictatorship.
Muehsam and Landauer fthe
mlMster of popular enIighten-
dominate Munich with the ' support mf
OF the garrison, this newspaper
declares. 1t expresses the opinion
fhaf the soviet government, how
ever, will not last, as the neoDIe
are opposed to the dictatorship and
nope that the counter-measures
taken by Premier Hoffman of the
old government will be effective.
POTEST STRONG IN NORTH.
The proclamation of the soviet repub
lie at Munich was announced in specia
edition Of the newspapers Monday. The
people received the news calmly En-
ormous crowds gathered in the streets
work is proceeding in the factories
Protest against the formation O
the soviet government, voiced at {
political meeting in Bamberg, northern
bavaria. are reported ii dispatches from
that city. Deputies Of all the bourgeois
parties of the three Frafconian gov.
ernments. upper, lower and middle
Franconia. met in Bamberg and regis
tered unanimous protest against the
proclamation Of the new regime at
Munich.
'''he whole population of northern
Bavaria reads the protest, is warned
against allowing itself to be intimidated
thru fear Of a vanishing minority. mainly
of persons predominantly Of
a foreign race.
Bavaria is on the edge OF precipice
and if it is not preserved from a down
fall, everything is lost. Bavaria will
then become the prey OF fratricides.
plunderers and famine A further CON
sequence will be the complete collapse of
economic life. Foreign countries will
refuse food and assistance to bolsehyik
Bavaria, and help from Russia and Hum
gary is out Of the question, as they are
tortured by famine.
"Those who tell you this are your
and not foreigners. who a
few months ago knew nothing Of
Bavaria and who are Indifferent to your
:ate"
National Government Hostile.
f The German national government will
not recognize the new republic. 1t holds
that the soviet organization has not con-
formed with the provisional constitution
for Germany. which provides that repre-
sentatives of the state council shall be
chosen at a general election and shall
anjoy the confidence of the people.
Therefore, the national governments de-
.ision is that the only legitimate gov
srnment in Bavaria is the Hoffman gov
Advices from various parts Of Bavaria
show varying receptions Of the soviet
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