Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-16
EBERT DEMANDS REVOLT
CHIEFS SURRENDER
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gotations would be held between of
fcia!s of the two regimes, declared
he would direct the country.s affairs
with Wuerttemberg as the capital
Refuse TO Recognize kapp,
/ Stuttgart. March 15.-Refusal to
! negotiate with the reactiOnary faction
/ headed by Dr. Wbfgang kapp, head
of the new government at Berlin, was
decided upon here today by the coun'
ell of the old cabinet over which
President Ebert presided Uncondi,
tional resignation of the leaders Of
the new government was demanded
by the Ebert cabinet which arrived
here this afternoon by special train
from Dresden The national assem-
bly, will meet in this city Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
No Negotiations Exist.
Paris. March l6.-Dispatches re
ceived by the French foreign office to-
day affirm the truth of reports that
no negotiations are going on between
the Ebert and karp governments in
Germany.
Hndy Not In Revolt.
Copenhagen. March 16.-Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg former
commander in chief of the German
armies. has made a public declara-
ton that he is not connected with
the counter revolution of which he
disapproves says the Hanover Tage-
blatt.
General Strike On.
Paris, March 16.-The general
strike is effective throughout Ger
many and only food trains are run
ming. according to adviCes. Severe
fighting is reported from Dresden
Leipzig, Brandenburg and Chemnitz
Erzbcreer Arrested.
London, March l6.-Mathias Err
berger, former minister of finance of
the Ebert government, has been plac
ed under arrest, according to a dis.
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co
We'd in Berlin Monday night
Fighting at kie.
Berne. March l6.-EncOuntcrs at
Keil and Magdeburg are reported in
kilograms from Berlin In Kiel some
naval officers have been Killed while
in Magdehurg there has been fierce
lighting about the central postottice
See Collapse Of Revolt.
Washington, March Is RcstOra
ton of the authority of the Ebert
government with sporadic Sparticis'
outbreaks throughout Germany. are
expected Wy military officials here
who interpret dispatches from Col
Edward Davis, military attache at
Berlin, as indicating that the couI
d'ctat is not so serious as had al
first been supposed
Guard Clown Ounce,
The Hague March ia Dutch
torpedo boat is reported to have ar
Wicringen Island, to guard the former
German crown pilce.
Thirty Killed in Riots.
Copenhagen, March l6.-Thirty per
sons killed. including some womel
and children. in yesterdays fighting
in Hamburg between citizen guard
and Baltic troops. advices from tina
city state. Among the killed wa
Captain BerChtold, commanding tn,
Baltic troops. The Hamburg advice
report the resignation last nigjt o
the fenior garrison officer there. AM
that a supported of the Ebert govern
ment has succeeded him.
Fifteen Die in Berlin.
Berlin, March 16.-Fitteen person
are reported to have been killed an,
many wounded in fighting yesterda
at Steglitz in the southwest outskirt
of Lcrin At Charlottenburg, a west
ern sIurb of Berlin, -four person
are said to have been killed and 81!
wounded, as a result of collisions.
Ludendorff Answers aye"
London, March l6,--The new gov
eminent at Berlin held cabine
council last night which was attende,
by General Ludendorff. says a dis
patch from Berlin by way of Amster
dam.
Declare Soviet Republic.
A dispatch from Berlin today say
soviet republic has been proclaimed a
fioft, bavaria.