New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Food Famine
In Berlin as
Workers Quit
Prussia Backs New Gov
ernment, but Southern
Provinces Rally to De-
fense of Ebert Regime
Kapp Loudly Denies
MOnarchical POLICY
Saxony Calls on People
to Save Nation From
a Military Dictatorship

a Military dictatorship
BERLIN, March Ia (By The As
sociated Press J.-The two govern
ments of Germany are now match
ing wits and forces to gain control
of the republic. DIR. Wolfgang
Kapp, who proclaimed the new order
at Berlin and himself Chancellor. is
employing all his efforts to assure
the German people that government
under him And those he selects to
administer affairs will mean true
democracy, increased productivenes
and conservation of the rights of the
working people.
Friedrich Ebert, President of the
old government, who, with most of
his ministers, hastily withdrew from
Berlin when the revolving troops
marched in and Kapp and Major
General Baron Won Luettwitz took
control, is variously reported to be
at Dresden or Stuttgart, and from
his point of security has called upon
the Socialists and working classes
generally to stand by the old gov
ernment and to use the strike
weapon so that the counter-revolu-
ton promptly may be suppressed.
Strike Not Universal
In response to this appeal a gen
eral strike has been proclaimed in
many places, but in other parts of
Germany the call for a strike has
not been received with favor.
The old National Assembly has
been called to meet Tuesday in Stutt
CART.
The city at midnight was very
quiet. There We're half million
people in Inter den Linden during
the day, but no clashes with the
troops were reported. The military
patrols seemed to have the situa-
tion in hand, but the real test of
the situation is expected to come
Monday or Tuesday, when the gen
eral strike probably will be in full
swing.
Chancellor Kapp to-day told the
newspaper correspondents that the
government would not hesitate for
chilly to suppress any insurrection by
strikers.
AS yet there is no visible political
support for the government, but re-
ports indicate that the new govern
ment is winning the support Of
troops in south Germany, and that
its prestige has risen considerably
since Saturday.
A bloodless revolution thus far
has characterized the revolution, SO
far as concerns Berlin, where the
people are viewing events with that
serenity to which they have been
accustomed by the occurrences of re-
cent years. There is, however, an
undercurrent of anxiety, because
barbed wire entanglements have
been thrown up in front of the great
public buildings, near Inter den
Linden and Wilhelmstrasse, cannon
and machine guns are posted at the
cross streets and other points OF
vantage, and guards. heavily armed
are stationed throughout the city.
This is an ominous sign of possible
clashes when those opposed to the
counter revolution marshal theix
forces for future action.
Reactionary Policy Denied
There has been constant officia,
reiteration Of the statement that
the new government is not reac-
tionary; that it does not desire tie
restoration of the monarchy, but
that it has come into office so that
Germany may be rehabilitated.
Chancellor Kapp, in a statement TO
the foreign correspondents, said
that the conditions of the peace
treaty would be fulfilled, SO far as
they could be reconciled with Ger
man honor and Germany's economic
condition.
While adherence to the new gov
ernment has been promised by some
Of the outside states, Saxony has
declared against it, and Bavaria,
WIrtemberg and Baden have
joined in denouncing the movement,
declaring it crime against the
German people that the progressive
development Of the southern Ger
man states should be disturbed from