Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-15
Founder of New German Gov
ernment Using All Efforts to
Convince People His Plan
Means True Democracy
EBERT CALLS ON HACKERS
TO USE STRIKE WEAPON
General Wakout in Many
Places Proclaimed in Re-
sponse to Appeal Of Former
President.
By the Associated Press.

Coblenz, March 14.-The Ameri-
can commander yesterday in
formed the socialist leaders that
no general strike interfering with
the function of the army and no
demonstration will be permitted in
Coblenz Monday. The leaders were
informed that If they could not
control their followers the Ameri-
can army would do so.
The independent and majority
socialists expected to hold meet
ing Sunday afternoon to decide
upon amalgamating with the
socialists of Coblenz in support of
a 24-hour general strike Monday. s
1t became known that the rail-
way men in the Rhineland had
decided to join general strike
called-for Monday in sympathy for
the old government notwithstand-
ing strict orders by the allied mill
tary command against strikes
which interfere with the functions
of occupation.
Berlin, March l4.-The two
governments of Germany are now
matching wits and forces to gain
control of the republic.
DR.. Wolfgang Kapp, who pro-
claimed 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 pfoductiveness and con-
servation of the rights of the work.
ing people.
Friedrich Ebert, president of the
old government, who with, most o.
his ministers hastily Withdraw from
Berlin when the revolving troops
marched in and Kapp and Vos,
Luettwitz took control, is variously
reported to be at Dresden or Stutt-
CART, and from his point of security,
is calling upon the socialists and
working classes generally to. stand
by the old government and to use
the strike weapon so that the
counter-revolution may be promptly
suppressed. s
General Strike Called.
In response to this appeal
general strike has been proclaimed
in many places, but in other parts
of Germany, the call for a strike
has not been received with favor.
A bloodless revolution thus far has
characterized the movement upon
Berlin, where the people are viewing
events with that serenity to which
they have been accustomed by the
occurrence of recent years.
There is, however. an under cur
rent of anxiety because barbed wire
entanglements have been thrown up
in front of the great public build
ings near Inter Den Linden and
Wilhelmstrasse, cannon and machine
guns are posted at the cross streets
and other points of vantage, and
heavily armed guards are stationed
throughout the city. This is an omin-
GUS sign of possible clashes when
those opposed to the counter-revo-s
luton marshal their forces for future
action.
Not Reactionary.
There has been constant official
reiteration of the statement that the
new government is not reactionary:
that it does not desire the restoration
Of the monarchy, but that it has
come into Office SO that Germany
may be rehabi1itated. Chancellor
Knapp, in a statement to the foreign
correspondents said that the condi-
tons of the peace treaty would be
fulfilled. SO far as they could be-
reconciled with German honor and
Germany's economic condition.
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