Evening star., 1920-03-16
Ebert Declines to
Parley With
Kapp.
BLOOD is SPILLED
IN LARGE CITIES
General Strike On, 1t
Threatening Berlin
Government.
By the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
GermanJ's two governments-the
new in Berlin and the old in Stuttgart
| are still locked in a struggle for su-
premacy. While reports through Paris
today reiterate that negotiations are in
progress for a compromise. the Ebert
! government in, Stuttgart is equally
| positive that no compromise can be
considered.
! On the face of the announcements
! by the rival governments, today prom
! ised to witness the beginning Of de-
termined contest for control.
Chancellor kapp. backed by the bay
| onets of the troops that made it pos>
| sible for him to oust the Ebert govern
| ment. is sitting tight in the German
! capital, but already feels the effects
OF the strong weapon the socialists
| have used to combat him-the general
strike. Against this he declares that
most drastic measures will be taken
| Immediately.
In Stuttgart, President Ebert and his
! followers not only denied the report
current yesterday that an agreement
had been reached with the Kapp forces.
but declared there could be no negotia-
/
ditional surrender by DR.. kapp.
J The national assembly, called to-
gether by the Ebert government. will
meet at Stuttgart tomorrow to consider
the situation.
Refuses to Negotiate.
STUTTGART. March 15.-Refusal to
negotiate with the reactionary faction
headed by DR.. Wolfgang Kapp. head
of the new government at Berlin, was
decided upon here today by the coun-
Gil Of the old cabinet. over which
President Ebert presided. Uncondi-
ttonal resignation of the leaders of
the new government was demanded
by the Ebert cabinet. which arrived
here this afternoon by a special train
from Dresden. The national assembly
will meet in this city Wednesday aft
ernoon at o'clock.
Announcement was made that the
Ebert government is in contact with
almost all points in Germany.
The constitutional government"
reads an Official announcement RE
fuses to negotiate, being responsible
to the people for the maintenance of
the constitution. and negotiations
would only OCCASION distrust and con-
fusion and would prolong disorders"
Thirty Killed I'm Hamburg.
| COPENHAGEN, March 16.-Thirty
persons were killed. including some
women and children. in yesterdays
hghting in Hamburg between citizens'
guards and Baltic troops. advices from
| that city state
! Among the killed was Capt. Berch-
told. commanding the Baltic troops
The Hamburg advices report the res
| ignation last night of Baron Won Wan
genheln. the senior garrison officer
! there. Herr Lamplar, a supporter of
the Ebert government. succeeded him.
| Fifteen Dead i'm Berlin.
BERLIN. March 16.-Fifteen per-
sons are reported to have been killed
and many wounded in fighting yes
terday at Steglitz. in the southw est
outskirts of Berlin.
| At Charlottenburg, western suburb
OF Berlin, four persons are said to
have been killed and six wounded as
result of collisions.
| During a demonstration at Leipzig
yesterday troops fired on crowd,
| killing more than twenty persons and
woundng about sixty. says the Copen-
hagen correspondent of the Central
! News.
! Reports received in Copenhagen the
correspondent adds. state that fight
ing continues in many parts of Ger
many.
kapp Gets Reinforcements.
BERLIN, Monday, March 15.-Heavy
| troop reinforcementS were received
today by the new government in Ber-
/ lin. They marched into Berlin from
! nearby garrisons.
Chancellor kapp. who was carried
! into office on the point of 5000 bayo-
i nets three days ago, thus far has been
] able to produce only military back
| ing for his government. The basis %
| his political authority and the sourcs
of the support other than military
which he clans continue to be mati
| terS of profound mystery.
! NotwithS ia nding this, he appears
buoyant with optimism born of the
conviction that the insurrection which
he heads will win the people.
Locks Horns With Labor.
Today he locked horns with organ
| ICED German labor in struggle for
mastery. If the general strike. which
| is already paralyzing Berlin by rea-
son of its unexpected ramifications.
and which is reported swiftly spread
ing to the nations vital Industrial
centers. should be maintained for only
three days, the view of many OBJ
servers here is that it would be un-
reasonable to assume that kapp will
be able to establish MS government
firmly. despite his armed forces.
The political aspects of the situation
are as yet extremely mixed In some
quarters the opinion is expressed that
Chancellor kapp will be satisfied il he
succeeds in definitely disposing Of the
former regime; that his coup was mere
Iy a means to an end. He is as yet
lacking in the support of men Of min
isteriaI timber and he has announced
that no plans for the formation Of a
cabinet have been made.
This morning there were recurrent
rumors that formal negotiations were
going on between Chancellor Kapp on
the one hand and President Ebert and
Premier Bauer on the other. and that
DR.. Kapp had demanded that the first
condition of the deliberations should Be
the revocation of Premier Bauer's call
for a general STRIKE.
The sitting of the Baden landtag to-
day developed into an impressive demon
stration in favor of the Ebert govern
ment, according to messages from that
state.
Several Persons Killed.
BERLIN. March Is tby the Associat-
ed Press)-A number of persons were
killed and several. wounded in clashes
between soldiers and crowds at va
rious places in the outer suburbs OF
Rerlin this afternoon. The soldiers
used rifles and machine guns.
Ten persons were killed and sew
eral wounded in sanguinary COLTS
sion Sunday between demonstrators
aad members of a volunteer regiment
In I.eipsic. according to advices re-
cetved today. A general strike has
been proclaimed At Leipsic.
In >--ious cities fighting has occcrs' :