Evening star., 1920-03-17
N0SKE CONFIDENT
Of FRE-ESTAbL|SH|NG
ORDER IN A WEEK
Blood Continues to Flow in
Many Cities-4O0 Report
ed Killed at KieI.

LONDON, March 17.-Gustav Noske.
minister Of defense in the Ebert govern
ment. is confident OF his ability to re-
store normal conditions In Germany
mithin a comparatively brief time. ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch. quoting an interview with him at
Stuttgart.
Large contingents Of imperial de-
fense troops are at our disposal he
said. II am confident we will succeed in
restoring order in Germany within six
or eight days"
Ebert Cabinet Will Not Negottnte.
Gen. Merker. DR.. Karl Wilhelme
Heirc of the Prussian ministry and
others arrived at Stuttgart from Berlin
late yesterday. according to Stutt-
gart dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company. Members of the Ebert
cabinet conferred for long time. and
decided not to epter into negotiations
with the delegation.
Chancellor Kapp. head of the govern
ment at Berlin. has resigned In favor of
President Ebert. says the Berlin corre-
spondent of the London Times, under
date of Tuesday evening. Efforts to form
a Kapp ministry have been abandoned.
Machine gun firing was heard In
Berlin between II and IL o'clock last
night, says a message to the Exchange
Telegraph Company today from the
German capital
workmen Charge Troops.
During the day detachment Of SOL
diers passed through the Brunnen-
strasse, headed by a band playing
Hell Dir I'm Siegerkranz." Workmen
Immediately charged the troops and
skirmish ensued. in which q number
of men were killed and others wound
ed. the message adds.
At Spandau sixty-nine persons.
nearly all workmen. were reported
killed, and the fighting is continuing.
The correspondent reports that big
trucks are constantly passing through
the streets. loaded down with armed
soldiers, who point their guns in the
direction Of the sidewalks.
A military patrol at Goerlitz. Prus-
by a crowd. fired and killed two civil
ians. according to dispatch from Ber-
lin under Mondays date.
The governments Of Mecklenburg
and Schwerin have signed a declara-
tion that they are ready to retire in
order to avoid bloodshed. the dispatch
says.
Gen. Waiter. commander of the
reichswehr in the Rhenish Westpha-
liam industrial region. has convened
the workmen's councils. to aid in
maintaining order.
kiel Bombardment.
LONDON. March 1s.-Four hundred
persons are reported to have been
killed and many persons wounded in
:, bombardment Of Kiel by the German
cruiser Eckernfoerde, says a Central
News dispatch from Copenhagen,
quoting the Ekstra bladets Kiel cor
respondent.
The dispatch adds that some quar-
ters of the town were destroyed by the
bombardnen The cruiser il said to
have directed its fire especially against
the quarters Of the wofkmen. who are
opposed to the kapp government.
In addition to the report of the
bombardment Of Kiel. detailed reports
have been received Of severe fghting
there. The Daily Nails Berlin corre-
spondept under date Of Monday says
that the communists seized the ar
scnal, six officers and a number Of
brigade supporting the Kapp govern
two hundred are reported to have
been killed.
Fighting in DfasdeA.
LONDON. March IA Central News
Berlin dispatch says that reports Pc
ceived from Dresden are to the effect
that the Kapp troops. after severe
fighting. dislodged the workmen's
guard from the telegraph Office In
Dresden. The dispatch adds that 1t ts
stated f1fty-nine persons were killed
and more than 200 wounded.
The boatmen and lockers on the
Rhine have struck in protest against
the coup of the Kapp government. says
a dispatch to the London Times from
Antwerp.