South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-20

being rushed tmthcT IN armOfcd
ears.
BERLIN. Mar. 1s.-Perlu has not
set succeeded IN emerging from the
chaos into which 10 was thrown
when DR. Wolfgang Kapp and his
associates by a coup d'etat took over
the government a week ago Al
though most all. j. not all Of the
troops which formed the backbone
Of the r. -olt have left the city pro-
per. disorders continued spasmodi-
cally during Thursday night and Fri
~. Many additional casualties both
- killed and wounded occurred dur
ing thar period
In addition 20 further shooting. in
which "a number OF persons We're
killed or manned in front OF the
Hotel Adlon. three officers were snot
dead and one officer was mortally
wounded at ono o'clock Friday by
members OF the security police sta
tioned nc the guard house Of Bran
deubure gate. The police ordered
au automobile bearing the officers,
who were reported 20 have been
members Of the Baltic force which
invaded Berlin. 20 halt. Thereupon
@ crowd surrounded the car and the
officers opened fire with revolvers on
-he civilians An armoured motor
car appeared upon the scene and the
soldiers in it threw hand grenades
lrto the officers car and simult1-
ue0usIy the police hred with their
rifles upon il. The three officers
t-Il dead and the other toppled over.
wounded Under den Linden was
crowded at the time. and the eXpIo-
sious OF the grenades caused q panic
SlX civilians were wounded 10y the
bursting missiles and were taken for
medical aid into the Hotel Adlon.
Street Fighting.
I'm the early morning two persons
were killed and seven were wounded
in disorders which ended in street
u-htiug
There was much disorder last
night iu the outlying sections of
Berlin in the workmen's districts
east and north Of the city. and even
30. the fashionable ScOenenberg
section. where it is reported that
twelve unarmed army officers Ieav-
ing the city ou a truck were dragged
of the vehicle by q mob and severely
beaten and several OF them killed
Reports from cities and towns in
various parts Of Germany tell OF
continued operations by radicals.
ua, iu some OF the cities the radical
movement seemingly is waning and
Workmeu are returning TO their
jobs This is especially true in
south Germany
The expectation had been that
Prest Ebert and his faithful minis
rers would arrive i'm Berlin soon TO
Join Gustav NoSke minister OF de-
f-use. and Dr Shelter. minister of
Justice and aid them .u their efforts
tJ stabilize the situation. Informa-
loD from Stuttgart. however. is TO
.l- effect that the departure Cf the
I-bert government 20 tine capital
has been postponed. and that IT'S
.rpearance here cannot be expected
before Sunday. and possibly not uu-
rl next Tuesday
To Attend Meeting.
According 90 present plans the
national assembly members will
leave Stuttgart in time TO attend
3D. meeting Of the assembly I'm Berlin
on Tuesday
Hope had been entertained that
with tho overthrow OF the short lived
>app regime conditions rescm blinE.
oven .u a small measure those pre-
raiIns iu normal times. might re-
tlr0 but most OF the strikers In
Berlin continued today 20 absent
thrWs. ives from their posts Con
auucut'v the population stiU was
s>rerieHc.u- dihcuiry iu obt8inin-
suppl hos
J1tl tn. disturbed railroad sItua-
ton again is brought to normal the
situation v.I remain acute. Some
of the ra Il.U.l- have r-.4Ir --fa-l, r,r4