Evening star., 1920-03-16
in both by mobs and


5Dy troops. ,,oded
Hand grenades also were expioaeo
In front of the headquarters oA os
Eon Luc.twitz. the reactionary mn .
Ester of defense, but dtd no 60.
Manage, indicating merely !he op'' -
lbf opposition. Do,tnund.
.Eestphalia. several persons were kii-
IA or wounded The big smei'ins <
skorks there are completely loIe
- stated that soviet CoVerh"ien !,
mas been proclaimed IN bocLuin
Essen Frank kfort-on-M MAIN Is
I'd to be in the hands of the Wo! A., >.
.Workmen have stormed the
.ktation at Hanover cnv
Y The workers at Chemhi'- 90
have formed a provisional noi.l
VI action. consisting OF thre ,Sree
1sts, three independents anu sd
communists. The committee disaI
me volunteer battalion and the nome
Sua-d and removed the hours 800,
Yrom the security guard. Ihree ~
xand armed workmer occuPieo
f1ilway station. post Once a .be
hall and have aSsumed po"ti AZ
Rsrrounding towns The pubilca' ioi.
"a hourpcoisie newspapers has been
Hfbidden. ;,,1;tv
&Tbe government of the princlpa!i.y
- Reuss has been deposed ana lne
establishment of So'ie'
Rere is expected
= Protest strikes In Full s"'nS
rotest strikes are in full SWINE II IN
Afesden CaSsel and Gotha lHe
wSnanar. have ceased publication
Dresden and the railroads are not
RrninG. :: cot,, re-
se to cogniZe the new >e. 4'n
@ment. The oberpresident OF III"
Spyince Of Hesse has issued
ocIamation favoring the old GOV
nment. Likewise Gen Won SchoSiei'
knnandinr the reiChSwehr at SaS
2al has adhered to the old govern
Rent. He says his c"'nmann aolr
Military authority over
MESSAGES from Munich report tha.
Gpwds cole ted on sunday afternoon
+ the streets of that city. especiaii.
M front of the Pat:sN ~ JuS'icH' o"t
S6at they were dispersed by the Po.iSe
ciaIist parties later called mee.-
= at which the immediate release
noliticsal prisoners was deHiahoeo
IA a general strike proclaimed.
- general strike was also uee'ai ou
~ today in NurembufS
ass,ee from Schwerin declares
= regular troops there are SoliclE
khind the new government, but ina,
4 workers at the gas, electrical anu
Eater works have STRUCK
Death for strike Leaders-
,RERLIN. March 1a.-Men who act
n leaders or picketS In the genera
afrike called in this city as pro.
tAst against the reacticnarS
are threatened with the death pehaay
II a proclamation issued TO-DAY oy ~
Volfeang kapp. the rev cnans.,ir, N tn
A,nishment will be effected after
6clock Tuesday afternoon ana is
Uised on the decree prohibiting any
dtrike or passive resistance III an!
1ftal service which was issued ea.uer
n the day by the minister OF oeie ,
The chancellor's proeiama'ioh
Avs: o.s
abecified in the decree for safegua1d-
Rg important services ana iot sne
pkotection of labor and peace VIII, 81
Vell as strike pickets. be punisneo
Hith death. This decree Is ehee'iSe
Aom pm. Tuesday
NThe railway mems unions nave oe-
ciared an immediate general strlke'
according to the Lokal AnZefger. pc
oSuse Chancellor Kapp would not de-
dare his readiness to grant thelr oe-
Hands. The demands which were pre-
ssnted to the new government Included
siAe formation of a coalition govern
Hent of all parties. in which the
&ades unions leaders would be rep
feSented, and the holding OF new cleo
ti0ns at the earliest possible moment
There is intense anxiety over the
prospect of q continuance of the
strSke. with a possibility of famine
and epidemics resulting from the lack
Of sanitation and the stoppage OF the
wafer supply. e
Capital Is Paralyxed
No wtSfd capital probably ever be-
R1ich Cnmnlete
paralysis of~all its living and COM
mercial facilities as Berlin did today
The Hotel Adjon made heroic enorts
to provide food for the American.
british and French missions and
nsAspapsr correspondents. but IT gave
IN when the last Of the kitchen force
walked out. leaving foreigners to
0hift for themselves. 1t was q COM
mon spectacle subsequently to see
frock k-co4ted diplomats returning to
the hotel from foraging expeditions
crying ssOwn paPe, q a,,p parcels s,.,e;s. de1d.
The city had the appearance of an
other Sunday holiday, sauntering
erowds Afifng Under den Linden. At
Intervals troops with bands and ac-
companied by artillery and machine
guns paraded through the streets.
wire .Dsfangieaenfs Erected.
Mai. Gen. Won Luettwitz's troops
have eeected barbed-wire entangle-
nents at all the street corners to
protect the government buildings and
tarracks from possible surprise at
fackA. No newspapers appeared today
except some special sheets of the
Ickal Auxeiger, which. in accordance
rifh a government decree, contains
enly news pleasing to the govern
nent.
The LokaI Anzeiger asserts that the
Re3chsvehr garrisons and other military
units everywhere are declaring for the
new government and adds that resist
ance is being offered only at few
places and that sanguinary collisions are
very rare.
The German national party and the
German peoples party in Berlin have
declared against the Ebert government
and have demanded Of the new govern
crate in the reconstruction of Germany
hall be invited to collaborate. A meet
fn9 of the committee of senior members
a. the Prussian national assembly has
resolved not to recognize the dissolu-
fion of the national assembly. but re-
trains from declaring for or against the
new administration.
Kapp for Agreement
The counter revolution in Germany
appears tonight to have reached the end
Il the road. A basis Of agreement he
tween the government set up by Dr.
Wolfeang Kapp. as chancellor and the
epvernment Of President Ebert is enun-
GATED in a declaration issued by the
present Betstn government
Briefly. Chancellor Kapp is agreea BILE
10 the continuance in Office of the pres
ent imperial president''-who is Fried
rich Ebert hn renounces the formation
of a new ministry and places the direc-
bon Of Affairs in the hands of the un-
der-secretaries of state.
The agreement as set forth by Chan
ucllor Kapp provides for a cabinet