The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-16
WOMEN, CHILDREN,
AMONG so KILLED
IN HAMBURG RIOTS
(By Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN. March 8. - Thirty
fpersons were killed, including some
women and children, in yesterdays
| fighting at Hamburg between citizens
guards and Baltic troops, advices from
that city state.
Fifteen persons are reported to have
| been killed and many wounded in
fighting yesterday at Steglitz. in the
| southwest outskirts of Berlin
| At Charlottenburg, western suburb
Of Berlin, four persons are said to
have been killed and six wounded. as
a result of collisions.
| No Compromise!
| Reports of negotiations for COM
| promise between the Ebert govern
ment and the reactionary regime at
Berlin are untrue according to tele-
phone dispatch from Hamburg to the
Social Demokraten at midnight 1t
| was said these rumors were spread by
adherents Of Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, the
new chancellor in Berlin "to deceive
the public
Gustav Noske, minister of defense
in the old government, has issued a
decree forbidding the circulation Of
, proclamations issued by Berlin author
tiles in territory outside that city.
| LONDON. March 15.-The new gov
| eminent at Berlin held cabinet coun-
| Gil last night which was attended by
General Ludendorff, former first quar-
| termaster general of the German
| army. according to a dispatch from
the Exchange telegraph from Berlin,
| by way of Amsterdam.
| During a demonstration at Leipsic
| yesterday, troops fired on a crowd,
killing more than 20 persons and
wounding 60, says the general CORE
| spondent of the Central News. Re-
ports received in Copenhagen, the
correspondent adds, states that fight
ing continues in many parts Of Ger
many.
Munich Tries independence.
A new government was formed at
Munich, Bavaria, yesterday, composed
of Democrats and the center Party,
according to Copenhagen dispatch to
the Central News. The new govern
ment will meet today, the dispatch
says.
The working classes are much ex-
cited against the Kapp administration
as a consequence Of the shooting of a
young girl in the south Berlin railway
station and the killing of four persons
in the north Berlin industrial section
by guards, according to a Berlin dis
patch to the evening news.
Matthias Erzberger former finance
minister of the Ebert government of
Germany, has been placed under ar
rest. according to dispatch to the
| Exchange telegraph company filed in
Berlin Monday night.
The dispatch states an official COM
munique has been issued by the Ebert
government at Stuttgart, declaring:
"The new rulers are trying to make
the people believe the constitutional
government has entered into negotia-
. tions with DR.. Kapp General Merker
acting as mediary. This is untrue" |"
. Leipsig Socialists Meet.
Eighteen meetings of Communists
and Independent Socialists were held
: at Leipsig last night, according to a
telegram received here.
After the meetings had been dis
missed, street fighting took place and
several people, including two street
car conductors were killed. When
this news reached the other workers,
all street car employees left their
posts, leaving the cars where they
stood.
Strike Set for Today.
The national strike of the German
railways were set to begin this morn
. ing, says a message to the Exchange
: Telegraph company, from Berlin, filed
= yesterday. The railwaymen'S officials
have declared themselves in solidarity
" with the workingmen of the country.
THE HAGUE, March 16.-Holland
so far Is recognizing only the Ebert
government of Germany. and is deal
ing only with the representative Of
: that regime here, it is learned from
government sources. No other action
Z will be taken by the Netherlands gov
q ernment until the present chaos In
\ Germany is ended.
BERNE, March 16-Encounters at
, Kiel and Magdeburg are reported In
= kilograms from Berlin. In Kiel some
|, naval officers have been killed, while
= in Madgeburg there has been fierce
fighting about the central postoffice.
Conservatives Favor Move.
Conservative parties in Germany
4 are declared to be supporting the new
: government without having, however,
e being directly identified with it, West
s phalianl miners are said to take a
|. neutral attitude. the only condition
they have laid down being that
: the Republican constitution be main
tanned.
MADRID, March 16.-Spain will not
recognize the new German govern
ment until after that step Is taken by
a majority of the allied governments.
according to announcement here.
PARIS, March 16. - The general
strike is effective throughout Ger
!, many and only food trains are running
according to advices Severe fighting
is reported from Dresden. Leipzig
Brandenburg and ChemnitZ.
Baden May Separate.
y Sentiment in Baden is strong for a
i separation from Berlin and in favor OF
:; a union Of Bavaria, Wuertemberg and
. Baden. according to a telephone dis
!, | patch to Inflammation from Basle II