New-York tribune., 1920-03-19
asive., who are now diseredited and dis-
Iudenendents Issue Manifesto

Independents Issue Manifesto
The independents committee has Is
sued d manifesto, saying in effects
"The counter-revolution has been sup.
pressed, but the Bauer-Noske govern
naent is trying to resstablish the old
regime by cowardly compromises. An
other Junker, Won Seecht. replaces the
Junkerf Won Luettwitz. A stats siege
Is maintained and the Prussian gov
ernmept has intrusted the protection
Of Berlin to the Reichswehr and the
security guard, which means that a
military dictatorship persists.
"There has been no change In tho
SYSTEM, hut only change of persons.
The Independents will not accept this
situation"
Thefe were fewer disturbances in Ber-
lin last night than on any night since
the beginning Of the revolution. Sew
cral attachments of troops were sent
away, but the majority were here this
morning. Wilhelmstrasse was crowded
with them, all carrying hand grenades.
Several squads trundled machine guns
and fAme-t hrowers. When the Baltic
troops clear out the work Of guarding
the city will be undertaken by regular
government troops garrisoned in Ber-
lin and the security police.
Newsboys Are Mobbed
During the late hours of the night
great excitement prevailed, though
many of the population remained In
doors. Newsboys with single sheet
editions of the "Morgen Post" and the
"Vossische Zeitung" we're literally
mobbed, SO eager was the desire to OBJ
tain news which had been so long de-
MED.
Agitators appeared early in the
morning and quickly drew crowds. In
Wihelmstrasse a soldier harangued a
group of comrades and civilians With
TRADE against foreigners. There
was a fresh outbreak of agitation
against Jews, many of the street speak
ers calling upon the people to keep
them out Of public office.
strange airplane drew thousands
Of eyes as it dropped leaflets signed
"League Of professional soldiers Of
Germany" stating that it was opposed
to q new government and would lecog-
nize only the government to which 1t
had sworn allegiance, and await the
call of Noske to reorganize.
Food Prices Still Soar
Food prices have continued to soar,
and there has been q scramble Of the
people generally to lay in as much as
they, could place their hands on The
markets were besieged and all the
stalls soon stripped. Attempts at prof.
iteering evoked bitter opposition, lead
Ing in several instances to the wreck
ing of shops. The inability of the poor
to pay the big prices demanded for
staple foods is bound to cause consid-
cradle distress and agitation.
In nssquence of DR.. Kapp's abdi-
cation Berlin will be under military
dictatorship until the civil government
Is reestablished. Yesterday afternoon
military conference was held A
long line of automobiles brought the
members of Won Luettwitz's staff, who
fl ed the reception hall of the Chan
celery. The intention appeared to be
to adopt a military rule of the most
severe order to prevent the possibility
of the radicals attempting rising.
"Reds" Biding Their Time?
The fact that the Independents and
Communists so far have not resorted
to the extreme violence characterizing
ths revolutionary strikes of 1918 and
1919 is regarded as a hopeful sign. 1t
admits of two inferences: First, that
tlcy are DlQlnS tnelr LlNlc unIli Iney
can perfect their physical organiza-
ton for a supreme effort to seize the
government, and, second, lack of mill
tary equipment and fear Of risking q
struggle against the troops now in
charge att Berlin, who are believed to
be far from sympathetic toward the
Reds"
During the spartacan trouble in
Jannary, 1919, eight hundred were
killed in Berlin alone. In March, 1919,
the official figures placed the number
Of dead at eighteen hundred, and many
of the participants in the fighting were
unaccounted for. The property loss
through the wrecking of buildings and
]ooting was estimated then at 100000
600 marks. Little damage to property
thus far has resulted in the clashes
incident to the revolution.
Ellis Loring Dresel, Acting Commits
sioner and American Charge d'Affaires
In this city, has informed the State
Department in Washington. now that
DR., Kapps regime has fallen, the whole
danger lies in a Communist uprising.
Communist forces are reported to be
marching on Berlin from various other
cities but Mr.. Dresel says if a few
hours more pass quietly a crisis may
be avoided