Evening star., 1920-03-17
Number Killed in
Fighting Mounts
Into Hundreds.
4OODEAD DATKIEL;
100 AT DRESDEN
100 Victims in Berlin.
Clashes in American
Zone.
BY the Associst tod proxe

BASEL, Switzerland, March H.
dispatch from Chemnitx, the IN.
dustrfal center in Saxony. with n
| population OF more than :OO,ooo.
say" n republic OF workinEmen's
councils has been proclaimed there.
"rommtttee of action" has been
formed, comprising ten commun-
f"t"' six Independent sociaIists, four
majority socialists and one oeno-
| crat.
The kapp administration at Berlin,
realizing the futility of attempting to
hold the reins of power. has decided
TO give UP its short-Iived Dictator
ship. At l o'clock this afternoon, Ber-
resign, according to official advices
from the German capital
The forces of extreme radicalism
are asserting themselves in various
German centers. There are increas-
ing Spartacan disorders and growing
| talk among the radicals of the pos
sibility of utilizing the present dis
turbed conditions to establish soviet
rule.
The list of killed reported from
! numerous German towns and cities In
| clashes between demonstrators ana
| troops is mounting into the hundreds
There has been no direct conhrme.
ton of last nights reports OF 4ee
killed in a bombardment Of kiel by
warship, but there are reports OF
100 killed and 300 wounded at Dreo-
den. probably more than 100 killed IN
Berlin suburbs and the killing OF
sons in others Of the twenty-four OF
more German centers where clashes
have been reported.
Spartacists Are Feared.
PARIS. March II tby Associated
German points. telling OF sanguinary
clashes at Essen, Dortmund, Leiuzie.
| Mannheim, Frankfort and Brunswick,
of workmen had assumed power at
Chemnitz, has given the impression
| here that there 10 more to BE- feared
from a revival of the Spartacan move
ment than from the actisities OF the
| Kapp government in Berlin.
/ According to the latest dispatches.
! the military movement has resulted
| in bloodshed in twenty-four German
towns. The Spartacans are reported
to have risen in Dresden, where 1
clash with troops is declared to have
resulted in a casualty list Of 100 dead
and 800 wounded. Fighting in Bres-
/ lau. Hamburg and Kiel also Is re-
ported.
A dispatch from Berlin timed in that
i city at 1890 o'clock this morning says
the report that Chancellor Kapp has
resigned is false.
! Disorders at Treves.
Fifty nine persons have been killed
and upward of a hundred wounded in
disorders at Treves. in the American
zone of occupation southwest of Cob
lenZ, according to advices received
here. Revised figures for the casual
ties in the fighting at Dresden are said
! to show that more than 100 were
killed and 800 wounded.
| DR.. Wolfgang Kapp. the new Ger
] man chancellor. and Gen. Won Luett-
witz. his military lieutenant have de-
cided to retire from the direction of
German governmental affairs uncon-
ditionally, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here from Frankfort quoting
advices to the Gazette of that city. 1t
/! is said this decision was reached after
cialists led by DR.. Cohn. in which the
latter had threatened to attack the
new government forces with armed
workmen.
Ludendorn's Adviser Killed.
A Wolff bureau dispatch from Ber
lin states Col. Bauer. confidential ad
wiser of Gen. Ludendorfr. has been as
sassinated. The general strike is ef-
| fective over nearly all of Germany.
/ A mob has stormed French headquar-
! ters at Bonn and pillaged stores and
private houses, says a Berlin dispatch
to the Journal. The disorder began by
an attack on a French military auto
truck. the driver and several French
officers narrowly escaping being
lynched. Police officers were obliged
to fire upon the mob. the dispatch
says.
kapp Decides to Quit.
BERLIN. March lit is officially
announced that Chancellor kapp at /
o'clock this afternoon decided to re-
sign.
Strike Spreads in Berlin.
! BERLIN. March 16.-There were
fusillades during the day and evening
in various parts Of Greater Berlin par
ticularly at Schoenberg and Halensee
at the Halle Gate and before the Alex
ander barracks. but no details regard
ing the number of killed and wounded
were available.
The strike was spreading rapidly
today and threatened to extend to the
bank clerks and clerical forces gem
orally. Not wheel was turning in
the city and not a drop of water was
running All lights were out, even
in the hotels and other buildings.
which had private plants. No trains
were moving during the greater part
of the day, but it was understood
that the railroad men had agreed to
permit the operation of limited
number of food trains for the relief
of the capital.
Workers Wander Restlessly.
Lacking newspapers and unaware
of the general strike order. thousands
of workers trudged miles this morn
ing to their places of employment
When they learned the situation they
wandered restlessly about the streets
until it began to rain, when they
returned home.
The maids in the hotels Joined TIE
strike today, adding to the discomfort
of the guests, who were without
water or any facilities for cooking
what bits of food they were. able to
pick up in the shops. At the Adlon
few domestics from employment
agencies were introduced to take the
places of the striking chambermaids.
Omcials Thresten strike.
BERLIN. MarcI. Sc-The Associa-
tion of German officials resolved at
a meeting yesterday to strike unless
the new government retires. The
printers are still on strike and. rs
the gas supply has been cut. no news
papers can appear.
The officials of all the imperial state
services have been ordered to re-
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