The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-13
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
Is OVERTHROWN
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gave their first chance. At the time
Of the Spartacan outbreaks ~nen
grave fears were felt in allied circles
for the safety of the government, me
n-Germanists and monarchlsts did
everything in their power to embar-
ass President Ebert. Noske, how
..yer, succeeded in bolstering UP the
..trength of the administration by
.uthlessly depressing each disturb
tnce.
The reactionaries found their next
opportunity when the allied demands
for punishment of the German war
guilty and lists of accused were for
warded to Berlin. These lists brought
a storm of indignation from every
circle OF German opinion. The Ebert
government in series OF notes,
warned the allies that it could not
dare not-turn the accused over TO
the allies for trial before entente
military tribunals.
The government practically told
the allied premiers that surrender OF
the accused Teutons-including many
powerful figures in the old kaiseristic
cliuue-meaut its downfall. Allied
investigations bore out this statement
and the premiers finally agreed that
the accused might be tried before a
German tribunal at Leipzig as the
Ebert government had suggested.
The reactionaries throughout Ger
many, however, had seized the oppor-
tunity to huri charges at the govern
renr. Railying around Won linden
burg. they declared the accused
never would be surrendered. Army
and navy officers joined in oaths to
prevent surrender of the accused by
force.
when the preniers finally decided
TO alter their demands the hold OF
the Ebert government had been
weakened and great wave OF mon
aFchist sympathy was sweeping over
Germany.
The Ebert group. however, con-
tinued to fight for its power and it
was noe until the Erzberger-Helf-
ferich trial that it became apparent
the government was In grave danger.
The attack OF Otwig Won Hirschfeid.
a young student and former army
lieutenant upon Erzberger, then min
lister OF finance, was one OF the
straws showing the trend of sym
pathy.
Won HirschfeId shot Erzberger as
stag building after session of the
trial. He said ne did it for the good
OF Germany and because ne believed
Erzberger was a British sympa-
thizer."
This incident was followed by the
resignation of Erzberger who had
been under fire for alleged use OF his
public posts for private gain. At the
time he resigned newspapers OF the
reactionary group attacked the entire
Ebert administration bitterly. 1t was
apparent, correspondents wrote, that
the government position had been
weakened greatly. The monarchists
and pan-Germanists generally includ-
ing powerful figures of the Prussiau
aristocracy had made the most OF
these opportunities. They worked
apparently to secure firm hold OF the
army. The support of the military
leaders probably was what enabled
the revolutionary coup to be carried
out with the apparent ease indicated
by dispatches
Ebert Government Fiees
LONDON, March ia Berlin dis
patch says that the Lokal Anzeiger.
in anextra edition, reports that the
Ebert government, after refusing TO
accede to the ultimatum OF the reyo
lutionists, fed in automobiles.
President Ebert and his wife left
Berlin at five a. m, the newspaper
said.
Chancellor Kapp dissolved the Pr7ls-
sian .asse mbiy this morning
The newspaper said the city was
quiet and traffic normal. Detach-
ments of soldiers were patrolling the
wilhelmstrasse and stationed about
the Hotel Adlon, headquarters for the
various foreign missions.
List of War Guilty.
. PARIS, March 13.-The allied list
Of war guilty has been sent to the
Berlin government, it was learned
today. The list totals forty-six names
A death sentence is demanded for
each of the accused.
The allies reserve the right to take
"other measures" in each case il
they consider the findings of the
German tribunal at Leipzig, before
which the accused will be tried, as
unequitable.
The list, it was understood, in
cludes the names of Enver Pasha
former leader Of the Young Turk
party and now understood TO be in
league with the Turkish rebels, ant
Talaat Pasha, former Turkish grand
vizier. Both the accused Turks are
said to be in Berlin.
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