The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-03-23
NEW GERMAN DICTATOR LAST
ED ONLY FIVE DAYS.

five days, DR.. Wolfgang Kapp, the
self-appointed Chancellor and dicta-
tor, has retired from office and con-
troll.
He resigned Wednesday an official
communication explained that the
Chancellor considered his mission
fulfilled when the old government
decided to meet the most essential
demands addressed to it. He was
also moved to this action by the ex-
treme necessity of the Fatherland,
which demanded union against the
dangers of BOlshevism.
The cOmmunique announcing the
resignation of Chancellor Knapp en-
deavors to give a patriotic aspect to
his withdrawal. It says:
"The Bauer government having
voluntarily decided to fulfill the
most essential political demands ad-
dressed to it, the rejection Of which
on Saturday led to the establishment
| of the Kapp government, Chancellor
Kapp considers his mission fulfilled
and retires, resigning the executive
power again into the hands of the
military Commander-in-chief
Gin this he is moved by the con-
viction of the extreme necessity of
the Fatherland, which demands solid
union of all against the annihilating
dangers Of Bolshevism"
The resignation of Chancellor
Kapp and his chief official announce
ment:
General Provisional Director Kapp
has retired, with the object of bring
ing about internal peace, General
Won Luettwitz has retired for similar
reasons.
The Vice Chancellor in the name
of the Imperial President has &C.
copied the designations and has in
trusted Major General Won Seecht
with the provisional conduct Of af-
fairs as Commander-in-chief.
The real circumstances of Kapp's
retirement are still shrouded in mys-
terry. An important factor undoubt-
edly is to be found in the delibera-
tons of the Under Secretaries and
Imperial Council Tuesday, which
Major General Luettwitz attended
The views of this conference were
that both Kapp and Won Luettwitz
withdraw in order to terminate an
Eintolerable position.
Won Luetwitz agreed to this, but
when he returned to the Chancellory
he allowed himself to be persuaded
to change his mind and retain office.
To him has been delegated the exc
cutive power by the former revolu-
tionary Chancellor land it is diff
cult to say what will happen now that
Won Luettwitz remains the military
dictator at Berlin.
1t is reported, however, that Gus
tav Noske, Minister of Defense in the
old (Ebert) government, is coming
here and Won Luettwitz, per-
haps, will transfer his new-found au-
thority to him.
In conference with tina foreign
correspondents Tuesday Kapp's press
chief made play with the Bolshevist
danger.
In second conference an at
tempt was made to conceal the fact
that the Berlin government was like
ly to be Of only short duration.
Although the general strike dealt
this government a mortal blow, the
decisive fact is that Kapp and his
supporters had no political prestige,
their government being built only on
machine guns.
The statements made at these, con-
and caused a suspicion that the cry
preliminary to the announcement of
retreat The chief of the press
bureau warned the correspondents
against showing themselves in the
streets, as = communist revolt was
expected hourly.
/ That any kind of compromise is
out. of the question now is undoubt-
ed. President Ebert of the old gov
eminent is strongly entrenched at
Stuttgart, where, according to semi
official advices, the council of the
empire met Tuesday and unanimous
ly approved the old government and
strongly condemned the military
coup at Berlin.
Frightened Berliners Tuesday
night were asking, "The white or red
terror! Which," This was in conse-
quence of an official announcement
that the reds we're planning rising
and calling upon the pople to save
the country from Bolshevism
Government officials said to the
Associated Press:
eve fear bloodshed; it is difficult
for us to hold the troops back"
In preparation for the expected
rising officials camped in their Of
fices all Tuesday night. When the
correspondent left the Chancellery
at nightfall into tn edarkening Will
helmstrasse soldiers were bringing in
huge boxes of food and cases of
wine. Berliners generally scurried
to their homes. apprehensively seek
ing refuge and locking their doors.
Notwithstanding DR.. Kapp's re-
signation Berlin seems destined to
have troublous times An influential
member of the government Tuesday,
insisted upon the urgency of sup
pressing the strike movement and
Communist opposition. He added:
Time is on the side of the Com
munists and every hour we let slip
weakens our position. We may ex-
pect great events between now and
Wednesday,"
| The great events, beginning with
the retirement Of KaDn arc avidont