New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-17


CART and called a meeting Of the
national assembly there for yesterday.
The National party refuses to have
relations with the Kapp government,
and the conservative leader, Count
P'osadowslSy asserts that he will not
Identify himself with the. new cham
cellor. Hamburg and Darmstadt are
said to be irreconcilable. ,,ts.s,sss f.
The Saxony proclamation sets, forth
that Germany is threatened with civil
war, and therefore complete ruin, on
account of the military coup and calls
on the people to protect 'sthe Demo-
cratic constitutional and lawful gov
eminent. The proclamation says: q
Occurrences have taken place in
Berlin which are. Of the gravest men
ace to the German commonwealth and
it's constitution. Mad reactionary in
surgents have occupied the govern
ment buildings and presumed in proc
lamation to declare the national assem-
bly, and the Prussian national assem-
bly, dissolved The members of the
constitutional government have left Ber-
lin.
Germany is threatened with civil
war and thereby with complete ruin.
In this hour we call upon the entire
population to protect the Democratic
constitutional and lawful government.
'sThe attempt to institute military
dictatorship in Berlin must be pre-
vented by all available means. It is
expected that the reactionaries'' mad
coup will speedily collapse in Berlin as
well as elsewhere. The government,
hand in hand with the liberal constitu-
tional parties, will see that all further
necessary. n measures are adopted. -
Gustav Noske, minister Of defense in
the Ebert government, lis. reported to
be in Saxony organizing troops. Noske
has always been a fighter, and there
is reason to believe that he will not
accept the present situation without
drastic action in opposition to it. That
Nosl1e has troops still loyal to him is in
dicated by the fact that they have re-
pulsed an attack against them in their
barracks at Frankfort.
Knapp Denies Revolt Is Reactionary.
There has been constant official re-
iteration Of the statement that the new
government is not reactionary; that it
does not desire the restoration of the
monarchy, but that. it has come into
Office so that Germany may be re-
habilitated. Chancellor Kapp, in a
statement to the foreign correspondents,
said that the conditions of the peace
treaty would be fulfilled, so far as they
could be reconciled with German honor
and Germany's economic condition. He
added: ,,yf
The government takes it's stand on
democracy. We have raised the black,
white and red flag to its place of honor
and we will suppress any attempt at a
general strike. At Leipzig the trial Of
war criminals will proceed, and the
censorship will be relaxed"
August Winning, governor of East
Prussia, and General Won Esthorn, chief
in command of the first Reichswehr,
have telegraphed Chancellor Kapp the
contents of a manifesto issued by East
Prussia recognizing the new govern
ment and declaring that 1--WE of East
Prussia who are surrounded by enemy
neighbors must welcome any develop
ment promising our province chance
of peace and work.
A senai-oficial statement issued today
says that the Allied commission at Ber-
lin has "agreed" to the new govern
ment
A bloodless revolution thus far has
characterized the movement in Berlin,
where the people are viewing events
with that serenity to which they have
been accustomed by, the occurrences of
recent years. There is, however, an
undercurrent Of anxiety because barbed
have been thrown up in
front Of the great public buildings.
Near Unter denLinden and Wilhelm
strasse, cannon and machine guns are
posted at the cross streets and other
points of vantage, and heavily armed
guards are stationed throughout the
city. This is an ominous sign Of pos
sible clashes when those opposed to the
counter revolution marshal their forces
Tor future action.
A dispatch from Weimar says an at
Jack lasting several hours was made
IN Saturday night with rifles and hand
srenades on the general post office, oc-
;upied by the public security guard. |
The building and a number Of private
houses were damaged, but the post
'ffice remained in the hands of the
ecurity guard.
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