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 of persons were killed and several wounded in clashes be- tween soldiers and crowds at various places in the outer suburbs of Berlin this afternoon. The soldiers used rifles and machine guns.
 Berlin, March 15-The counter revolution in Germany appears to- night to have reached the end of the road. There is a strong probability that shortly one government will be in control and that President Ebert will come back to Berlin with his ministers.
 A basis of agreement between the government set up by Dr. Wofgang Kapp as chancellor and the govern ment of President Ebert is enuncia- ted in declaration issued by the present Berlin government today. Announcement is made that negotia- tions with a view have been opened between the two governments at the instance of President Ebert and his assistants.
 Herein lies the explanation of the proposed settlement. for the general strike as often before, has proved
 
 ready has felt it's sinister effect, for the strike in Berlin and many of the other principal cities of the country has cut supplies, means of transportation. light and heat.
 It was President Ebert and his ministers who called upon the social ists. the workmen and all the people to declare general strike, and there was an instant and effective response to the call. Labor fiercely resisted the unsurpaton of the reactionary government Vast numbers of men left their work and serious disorders occurred in various parts of the country.
 Chancellor Kapp and his support CTS announced they would deal harsh ! ly with strikes or passive resistance to the existing order in Berlin. One of the leaders of the counter revolu- tion vocing the sentiment of the others said:
 eve wont knuckle down to the socialists and workmen. who think | they can run the country"
 May Agree Soon
 Notwithstanding the governments threat of drastic measures. it has been evident that neither Kapp nor Major General von Luettwitz was willing to put the warnings to the test. Bloodshed would have been i'm evitable. plunging the country pos sibly into state of anarchy and giving the communists the opportun- ity they had long awaited to foist the soviet doctrines upon Germany.
 The situation for a time was fraught with alarming possibility, particularly if the strike should have extended to the railroads. The immediate consequence of this would have been speedy starvation of Ber- lin. The most liberal estimates placed Berlin's food supply at less than eight days.
 That state of affairs was recognize ed in all it's seriousness also by the Ebert government. Therefore hope is entertained here that an agree ment will be reached by the two contending governments and that tile streets of Berlin will soon be cleared of wire entanglements, machine guns and armed troops.
 l Although this counter revolution has thus far been the most orderly of any in the history of great coun- | try, it has not passed without the clashing of arms and bloodshed. In various cities fighting has occurred, participated in both mobs and troops and today several persons were kill- ed and others wounded in disorders l in the suburbs of Berlin, where rifles and machine guns were turned upon the crowds.
 1 Hand grenades also were exploded in front of the headauarters of General von Leuttwitz, the reaction ary minister of defense, but did no great damage, and indicating merely spirit of opposition. I Much interest should attach to tho meeting of the national assembly which has been called for Tuesday at; bly,, if the meeting is held, should
 have potent effect in clearing up the grave situation which has arisen in the past few days. I Paris, March 15.-The reported agreement between the new and thu old German governments, ending the
 crisis resulting from the seizure of the power from the Ebert govern ment in Berlin. by the faction head~ : ed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp is declared to have been reached on the follow-l :, ing basis:
 First-Kapp abandons his inten- tion of forming cabinet.
 Second-A new cabinet is to 10
 formed composed of experts.
 Third-New elections to the reich.
 stag are to be held within two months. Fourth-A new president of tho German republic will he elected, not :, by the reichstag. but by the people, Fifth-Pending the elections Fried- ? rich Ebert is to remain in power.
 Sixth-The economic council of the
 empire and the exploitation couuciie
 are to be transformed into second . chamber to be called the chamber ee ' labor. sIs e Railwaymen Strike. l- no~I;,, Moprh 1H-The rAifVunv~