New Britain herald., 1920-03-16
REBELS IN GERMANY
 GIVEN MORE TROOPS
Achievements Arrive Kapp
 Issues Drastic Orders

Berlin, March 15 iBy The Asso- ciated Press. .)-HeavE troop rein forcements were received this morn ing by the new government in Berlin. The troops are marching into Berlin from various nearby garrisons.
 Chancellor kapp, who was carried into office on the point of only 5000 bayonets three days ago, has thus far been able to produce only military backing for his government. The basis of his political authority and the source of support other than military which he claims continue to be mat ters of profound mystery.
 Notwithstanding this. the new chancellor appears buoyant with op- timism born of the conviction tha win the people.
 This morning the chancellor locked horns with organized German labor in a struggle for mastery However, if the general strike, which already is paralyzing Berlin by reason of it's un- expected ramifications and which i., reported swiftly spreading to the na- tion's vital industrial centers, should be maintained for only three days the view of many observers here i; that it would be unrea sonable to as- sume that he will be able to estab- fish his government firmly, despite his armed forces
 Drastic Orders Issued.
 Men who act as leaders or pickets in the general strike called in this city as a protest against the reaction ary revolt are threatened with the death penalty in a procla ma ton iS- sued today by Dr. T pp.
 The order for th~ inJliction of cap- ital punishment TouId be effective after o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and is based upon the decree pro- hibiting any strike or passive resist ance in any vital service which was issued earlier in the day by the min ister of defense. The chancellors proclamation follows:
 "Ringleaders who are guilty of acts specified in the decree for safeguar rd- ing important services and for the protection of labor and peace will. as well. as strike pickets he punished with death. This decree is effective from p. m. Tuesday,
 There is intense anxiety over the prospect of continuance of the strike with the possibility of fami Q and epidemics resulting from the lack of sanita tion and the stoppase of the water supply.
 No world capital proba bly ever ex- perlenced such complete paraIysS $ of all it's living and comm ercial fuciI- ities as Berlin did today.
 Hotel Accommodations Cut.
 The Hotel Adlon made heroic ef- forts to provide food for the Amer- can. British and French missions and newspaper correspondents, but gave up the task at 10 o'clock this morn. ing. when the last of the kitchen force walked out, leaving foreigners 10 shift for them selves. It was 2, common spectacle subsequently, to see frock coated diplomatists retIrnin v to the hotel from foraging expedi- tions carrying brown paper parcels foodstuffs oil stoves and other nece sities
 Guests Of the hotel. warned tha / the water would be shut off at noon. hlled bathtubs and WaShStands, bat defective stoppers gradually let out the precious fluid and the sues+s thereafter had to rely upon wines and table waters Men who are usuall;, shaved by barbers are in an apoIo- getic mood tonight and if the strike continues the male population will soon be earded
 The city this afternoon had the ap- pearance of another Sunday holiday, sauntering crowds filling Cnter Den Linden. At intervals troops with bands and accompanied by artillery and machine guns paraded through the street