Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-19
KAPP TROOPS FIRE
ON CROWD AS THEY
MARCH FROM BERLIN
Scores Killed and Wounded as
Rear Guard Turns and Pours
Shot Into Throng.
POPULACE INCENsED AT
TNSOLENCE OF BOCHES
Workers Believe Baltic Soldiers
VIII Return, Bringing on a
Worse Crisis
FEAR THEY'LL KEEP ARMS
By Associated Press 70 Every evening

By Associated Press 70 Every evening
London, March i9-An Germany sx-
cept the southern states is rebelliot1s, aoS
Berlin is barrel Of gunpowder which
may be ignited AZ any time, says BeT-
lIn dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, fled az the German cspstsl
yesterday.
The dispatch describes the Withdrawal
from Berlin Of the Iron DTvision and naval
brigades, which marched down Uute~
Den Linden at 40 O'Clock yezterdsy
afternoon in the midst Of a p-suing ram.
Crowds, the majority q which were
extremist radical workers, looked On ~
company after company 6led down the
street N the direction Of the Brandenburg
gafe on their way To Doebezitz.
Tho soldiers marched 70 the sc-
compartment Of drums and with Prt1s-
sian banners flying" the message says,
They carried their rifles ready 70 IRE
with their fingers on the triggers Their
behaviour couid not have ben more
provocative Workers standing on tho
sidewalks sse7ned boiling with ezcrte-
rnent ard none could understand Why the
troops had been permitted to withdraw
without giving up their arms. Few beiiev-
ed they would keep Their proyn,se 20 dis-
arm at Doerberitz
Many soldiers smiled mockrne5v az
tbe crowd az though saying: NaTt
while: we shall return Thls increased
the sntagonism of the spectators, mani
Of whom shouted whIstled and cat called,
while others hurled ulca epIthets as
fscoundrels, beats, and swine "a the
soldiers. who responded with conternptu-
Gus looks as they handled their grenas1es
mcuarIngiy.
From the Hotel Adlon elegantly dress
ed women waved their hsndkerchiefs and
the soldiers, this raising 70 white hess
the anger of the workers. They suddenly
made rush toward the hotel and some
actually invaded the vestibsIle before
being repuised by the strong detachment
of security troops guarding the aliIed
! MISSIONS at the hosiery.
'sHarrilv bad the last soldier passed the
I Branoenburg gate when the rear -laxa
turned and tired voliey into the crowd
I standing IN the street Those near the
middle Of the ROADWAY had no rccour-e
but 20 ding themselves on the pavement.
/ Along Inter Den Linden. SoumerStrasss
and Budapestsrtrasse men started 70 run
( away MANY of these were either Eltro
or wounded during the firing. which tasst-
/ ed for half a minute. Four dead ana 10
wounded we're carried INTO the Hotel
Adlun.
! Members of the Security Guards sts-
+ toned at the Brandenburg Gate dld not
interfere during the firing, beng fr~ III
number.
/ "a little later near the parliament
building. a crowd of workers rushed =
detachment OF Baltic troops who wers
! passing, and the after began hring, the
I sounds OF rife fire mingiIng with The
! shril cries snu gruans Of the wounos-u-
] For time all was chaos and pandemo-
Z nIum. and il appears that IN the coniusscD
the soldiers here shot a number Of their
own men. The exact number OF those
idlhed sud wounded could not be asoex-
tanned this evening Twenty persons vere
killed In q subsequent clash 81 Charia-
tenbtrg. and stiIl more serious encounter
was reached from kcttoutSen, but no de-
1 tails are at hand.
Workers believe the soldiers may re-
! turn presently, bringing on a cT1sM move
/ serious than thss OF the last few dsys-
+, They are particularly furious over the
appointments oi General Won Seeeht a.
oomman6er of forces here, ne being Psaeso
/ 10 the sane cASesory &C General Won
! Luettsits,