Evening star., 1920-03-21
THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

most immediately the movement ran up against
and shortly thersafter rnsnaoed it with defeat
The selt.sppointed Chancellor Kapp. backed
wts s:'D sat ' DOWN at h'a Berlin. from which city
President Ebert had ned. and made extensive
plan Of meeting til. crisis in the affairs Of
armed , force. "A "A general r ,trike order had been
issued prior to his night to Stuttgart and.
Ebert waited. Nor had he long to wait; The
pressure Of a Germany industrially and eco
"t Weapon shoTiy became BE- more A than @ Kapp
could bear. And BY Tuesday offers OF COM
It soon became evident however. that,
scious Of the power he welded compromise
ness Of n su1ocat,ns % to its death nth the s eoun,er
revolution in the heavy folds Of the blanket
strike was to be pushed to to It's final conclusion
took on far more sinister aspect. Riots were
reported from various sections Of Germany
and troops and strikers meeting in armed
conflict. wounded hundreds and killed scores
1t became evident that back of the prevailing
disorders the extreme Spartacan influences
that caused the troubles OF slightly more than
a year ago were reasserting themselves Re
ports of the establishment of work.
mems councils and of veritable soviet
republics. first in the more remote sections
of the country and later broadcast through
out Germany.
On Wednesday came the confirmed report of
the collapse of the Kappist regime. which
anticipated turn of events shortly fol-
lowed by the return of first Noske and then
Ebert to Berlin. And. taking up the reins of
power where they had dropped them upon
their flight from the city, these two entered
upon highly critical period not only in their
own destinies. but in those of Germany sherself.
For the counter ter-revolution in the form
of sovietism had gained considerable headway
in the five-day period of broadcast disorder
The Ebert government. in calling the strike
as a weapon against the Kapp reaction and a
the attempt against their growing yet hitherto
moderate power, would seem to have lighted
Whether Ebert. re-established in power.
would be strong enough to stamp out the
was the ' anxious question in the hearts i Of
statesmen the world over the week came to
its close For & the possibility s h Of bolshevist
with Lenfn and Trotsky is a contemplation
which cannot but arouse deep-lying anxiety
in the hearts of western Europeans. And with
the assurance that one of the first moves Of
German sovietism would be a reputation of
the peace treaty of Versailles. war is again,
staring the allies in the face. So the world
watches in breathless anxiety.
Under the chapter dealing with foreign af-
fairs for the closing week comes word of the
occupation of Constantinople on Tuesday by
British forces. This long-looked-f for military
demonstration carried out peacefully with
the exception of minor clash at the war
Office. where the Turks resisted the British
troops. The landing was carried out under
the guns of the formidable allied fleet an
chored in the Bosporus.
Further developments in the foreign news
indicate that a complete reorganization of
British political parties is imminent. 1t is
understood that Lloyd George proposes join
ing together of the unionists and coalition
liberals. the new organization to be known
as the national democratic party. revolt
under Lord Robert Cecil of the unionists is
and the British press is OF the opinion that