New-York tribune., 1920-03-18
Heavy Fighting in
Berlin Predicted
Stuttgart Dispatch Says
Battle Innperads; Kapp
Cives Reiy,s to Schiller


Stuttgart says that, according to alb
solutely reliable news from Berlin,
very heavy fighting is impending there.
The Berlin correspondent of the
frankfort zeitung" says that Chan
cellor .Kapp and Baron Won Luettwitz
have declared their unconditional re-
and have transferred the government
to Vice-C Chancellor Schiller. General
Won Huelsen has taken over the COM
mand of the troops.
A report received from Gera, Ger
many, says the Kapp troops there were
defeated and disarmed after sangui.
! nary fighting.
A Berlin dispatch says a soviet re-
public has been proclaimed at Eislcben.
Fighting is reported at Elberfeld, one
OF the most important industrial towns
OF Germany, between troops and Com
munists, in which the latter were de-
feated. About 1000 of the Communists
are said to have been driven into the AL
lied occupied territory and disarmcd by
the British.
Workmen Kill 80, Wound 20
Fighting broke out at daybreak in
Hagen, Westphalia, between regulars
and troops composed of the workmen,
IN which the regulars were worsted,
losing more than thirty killed and
seventy wounded, saws dispatch re-
celved from that city. The workmen
had two killed and several wounded.
deputation composed of party
leaders, headed by the Burgomaster,
succeeded in preventing further blood
shed. The regulars surrendered their
arms and were taken prisoner.
-, A special dispatch from Berlin, dated
ment as making the following an
nouncement:
According to reliable news, con-
gress occurred yesterday in Berlin, con-
voked by Independents, Communists
and members of the Right Socialists
at which an agreement was reached,
according to which the Right Socialists
do not accept the general strike as
reply to the coup d'etat, but declare
points a complete agreement was
reached
"A ministerial list was drawn up
which includes the following: Imperial
Chancellor, DR.. Daumig; Minister of
the Interior, Kurt Boyer; Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Herr Neumann or Herr
Levy; Minister of Economics, Herr
Rasch; Minister Of Labor, Otto Gras;
Minister Of Food, Herr Geismann;
O. Finance, Herr Adel; Minister. of
Press, Herr Goldschmidt; Minister of
Railways, julius Mecer."
Il kapp Offers to Retire
ting" c6py of W which has bee been Acs- re-
celved here, the Independent leaders,
Cohn and Daumig. called on the Chan
cellor on behalf of soviet republic
which had been proclaimed in working
class quarters in Berlin and presented
an ultmatum saying that if the troops
were not withdrawn by 8 o'clock Tues
day evening they would attack them
with armed workmen.
chancellor Kapp and General vonI
Luettwltz offered to retire under Ger
tam conditions, primarily with regard
to amnesty
A special dispatch received from
Berlin, under date of Wednesday.
says members of the majority par
ties conferred with Kapp, and that
the result of the deliberations was
transmitted to Stuttgart, where the
Enert government is sitting. The con-
ference was held in consequence of a
several hours discussion of the situa-
ton IN the Reichstag between members
OF all the parties, including those of
the Right, at which DR.. Karl Helf-
ferich, former Vice Chancellor and
Secretary of the Interior Treasury. was
present.
A telegram from Essen saws that at
the frsr sitting of the Revolutionary
Workers Council on Monday afternoon
a committee of thirty three took over
the conduct of affairs.
:, Efforts are being made" adds the
dispatch, ITO secure common action of
all three Socialist parties"
Ebert Followers Hold Hamburg
Hamburg and its western suburb.
Altoona, are now definitely in the hands
OF the followers of the Ebert govern
ment, according to dispatch to the
Social Demokraten." General Won
Wangenheim, who was defeated and
captured in Altoona, has Joined the
troops loyal to the Ebert regime.
The demonstrators in Hamburg are
apparently Spartacans, according to dis
patches from that city. In Yesterdays
hostilities the casualty list totaied
seventeen in killed and wounded.
A dispatch from Oldenburg says that
at Wilhelms shaven all officers of the
garrison whose attitude was "doubt-
full" namely, about 400, were arrested
at noon Tuesday
Collisions in Brunswick Tuesday be-
tween crowd and the public security
guard resulted in number of civilians
being killed or wounded. according to
advices from Brunswick, to-day.
According to Munich dispatch re-
ceived here, the Bavarian Diet has
elected Dr. Kahn Premier. DR.. Kahn
declared himself to be representative