Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-14
BERLIN IS CAPTURED
AS CITIZENS SLEEP
Without Firing a Shot DR.. Kapp,
Born in New York, Installed
as Chancellor.
LUETTWlTZ NAMED DICTATOR
Won Hindenburg on All Lips as
Imperial President, to Pave
Way for Hohenzollern.
LUETTWITz NAMED DICTATOR
BY KARL II. Won w1EGAND,
Universal Service Stan Correspondent.
Especial Radio Dispatch to The Times

BY KARL II. Won wfEGAND,
| Universal Service Stan Correspondent.
| Especial Radio Dispatch to The Times
Dispatch.)
copyright, 1920, by Universal Service)
| BERLIN. March 13.-Without the
firing of a shot, the Ebert government
of Majority Socialists was overthrown
at dawn today. The coup had been
carefully prepared in tho stiffness OF
the night. and was executed with, j
swiftness and success that leave the
German people still wondering what
| has happened.
are DR.. Wolfgang Kapp, born in New
York City, and founder Of the Father
land mpeTis psTsy who
mier OF Prussia, and General Baron
Won Luettwitz. who at one time com.
whose whose wife was an American, a Miss
Cary, of Cleveland Ohio. Knapp APP
pointed him Minister OF Defense, to
| take Gustave Noske's place.
Luettwitz ia virtually military die
tator of Germany at this moment. Both
mcnt were loyal supporters of the
Kaisers regime during the war.
Representatives Of the marine brig
AIDES quartered at Doeberitz, in the
suburbs of Berlin. entered Berlin and
Mt midnight. This resulted in no
brigades came into the city. or Berlin
carte sartsn la Station by $50 K. NJ, and had
tn,ken control Of tho WilhelMstrasss
and government buildings two hours
later
PROCLAIM, ations Are Issued.
Two proclamations were issued oy
Director. General knpp,, described ~, as 4
| proclamations stated the government
| no longer exists. announces his as,
sumption as chancellor in co ,n Oh ana
commando erin chief of the army. and
the dissolution of the Assembly, elec-
tions to be called IN the p, ,n nts Us
| The new government also announcsu
that strikes and sabotage VII soo, os
ruthlessy suppressed. ana hv she Gn naa,.
| Noske Minister OF Defense in, the
Ebert government, declared g, genera
strike immedlntSly after inc p"oii'"
Ebert and his ministers ned to
Dresden, the capital OF SaSony. IhsS
refused to the last 80 , yield n, pG~e When
the organizers Of the coup sent an VI
timetum to the Cabinet to I resign; 1T.
lister, who is bitterly assailed in the
new governments proclamation, was
the only one to give up his post. Chan
cellor Bauer and all the others s'ooo
While they were celebrating In an
all-night sessions General huetew ~
was setting the t,s stage fG 9area ae body of
| troops In Berlin's suburbs, notanis
Doeberitz, and at the head OF tn Sf;i;
asleep Ia, marched into the city and oc-
cupied ali government buildings.
Find city Aimed Camp. ~.
Tho Rcrliners woke up to fnu the
| heart of the capital an armed camp.
Artillery. mine throwers. nach,ne
guns. in short. all weapons or Hloas s
! warfare, were in evidence
AT 10 o'clock the new government
posted and published its proclamatioE::
are named as it's chief aims the doc Gu
InGapem mnkss s soe sf Germany's
Reds" by sayas l tSslf for shs bens
III of the working class" Is. invited
:'and accepted" Ian
ment Of the Versailles treaty. bnt
with an important reservation, apply
ing this promise only to those cou..
ditions which are reasoh"oie i"o ~
Germany's economic recons truction,
the document asserts, was utterly I'M
possible under Ebe ea re e. st TMtIs
Internal German affair that should
be be- welcomed by the whole world. 49,
The new government proht,s Use n ~
Ia safeguard both Internal ana SIX
ternal peace. ~ i
The greater part or NoSke troopH
and Of the Security police" went over
to General Won Luettwitz's army early
in the bloodless revolt.
Field Marshal Won Hindenenrgs
name is on all lips as the tpronanie
successor to Ebert as national presl7
dent. ~
National elections are promised oy
the new government as soon ~, order,
and discipline have been restored; ~,
AZ the time am IN a Mi1s, ,E ths grip
Of n,tsE tms elas No one seems to
grasp yet what has occurred. Gom
piete order reigns. though the atmos-.
pherc Is supremely tense.
,,.,. EE ,er, or LI,s b MSIa. LEAVING
troops OF General Luettwitz. To him.
therefore. Ia due in large measure
tho credit for the bloodlessness OF the
overthrow.
restoration of the monarchy" declared
lyr, Kapp. the new Chancellor. to me-
when / burst Into his room. IN tho
chaneeiery at z o.e'G 3Sa 'n, ms h t'," b..
fore Gustav Bauer. Ehert's ChancelioT;
had hastily gathered together al
napers ne could take with him on h'a
Hight from Eeriin.,
,inue "a Or. Kapp. The German PEG
ple could not stand for that other
government any longer But ! am
glad that the change TRANSFERRED apt,
SV ,rhe new V;'GC nancelior added tina. his
regime viii stand for strong repub.
licanism. In saying this. he .rccanefL
to me that he. was born IN Amsrisa,r
~ met Or, sehiffer. Essrts M, Mlnists s
tho chief OF Baner'a Cabinet: cgminE
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