Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
LEADERS OF REVOLT
ALL RE4CTIONARIES

The names associated with the new
revolutionary movement in Germany in
dicate its reactiOnary character. 1t
appears that Germany is in the throeS
OF the frequently predicted counter rev
olutionary monarchist struggle.
Dr. Won knpp. reported as having
assumed the chancellorShip. is probably
DR.. Wolfgang Kapp. former conserv
ative member of the Reichstag and gen
Cral director Of the German Agricultural
Society. He was one Of the deputies
who, early in 1918. urged the govern
ment to speed UP I boat building. He
became president Of the FathPrlapd
party. the notorious Pan German or
ganization. which urged that Germany
carry on the war to the bitter end.
After the abdication of Emperor Viii
liam and the signing of the armistire.
Doctor kapp was one Of the men for
whose arrest the independent Socialists
Clamored on the ground that he and his
associates had been responsible for the
continuation of the war aud the hinder
ing Of peace.
Major General Baron Won Luetlwitz.
who according to the dispatches has been
named commander in chief. was mill
tary governor of Belgium in the early
DAYS of the war. He later was com
mander on the NPrdun front. When the
German treaty came up for action by
the government last June he was on"
Hf the leaders of the military party
nrominCnt in opposition to the peace
terms.
iipforp the war General Won I.uctt e
witz held the posts of military attarhC
of the German embassy at London and
later at Petrograd. He was born on
April -, 1867. His father. Max Frei O.
herr Won Luettwitz. died in 1897. His
mother, lrma Won Gaal- -Gyiu. is still
living.
There has been strongly held be.
lief both inside and outside Germany
that the pan German monarchst party
was merely biding its time and awaiting
! an oppOrtUnp moment to seize control
of affairs. II was this belief for one
thing. that caused the Allies w0rrimpnt
VIXEN they considered the nrarur>N oi
/ former Emperor Williams retreat al
Amerongpu to the German border anC
prompted their strong representations 4
/ Holland of the danger to the peace ot
| Germany and the rest Of Europe of hi,
T presence there.
In response to this the Dutch GOV
ernment promised to keep a close guarU
over the OK ruler. Former Crow
! Prince Frederick William also j. 4
refugee in Holland. but his retreat al
/ WiPringPn i further removed from the
German border.
Eyes Turn to Kaiser
While there has been no hint in IN,
reports of an overturn at Berlin to in
diCatp that the movement looked to 4
restoration Of the HohenHOllern dynasty
the fact that the developments appar
emily of mOnarchistic nature vii
cause close attention to be paid to any
news from Holland regarding the former
royal pcrSOnagcs who have been making
that country their home for more than
wear past.
Interest in this phase Of the sirua .
ti0n is all the more strengthened by the
indicatiOns that have come from Berlin
that the roactionary movement was
possibly precipitatpd by the fact that
n Hohenzollern prince. Joachim Al
hrerh. had been arrested and was about
to be tried and possibly imprisoned in
connection with the recent dpmOnstra
tion against French officers ut the
Hotel Adlon.
The dispatches from Berlin under
yesterdays date telling of the discovery
Of a rractionary plot in which the lead
crs were the very mon mentioned in to-
days advires of the plots success.
would indicate that the government had
explicit fOrcknowlPdgp Of the attempt.
aud this fact makes an explanation OF
tho reported easy suC""ss of the anti