The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

erals have agreed to support Dictator
Won Kapp, provided expert ministers
are appointed and election writs is
sued within thirty days.
Test Of Power.
[By Ed. l.. Keen, United Press STAFF
Correspondent
LONDON, March 15.-The struggle
between the Won kapp revolutioniSts
and the Ebert government for control
of Germany today apparently had
settled down to test OF political and
territorial power.
Dispatches indicated the present
alignment as follows:
THE socialist and democratic
groups, with the backing of the pow
erful south German states of Bavaria,
Baden, Saxony, Wuerttemberg and
Hesse, have declared themselves for
President Ebert
CONSERVATIVES, nationalists and
liberals, with the north German
states, including east Prussia, Bre-
men and Prussia. have offered their
support conditionally to the revolu-
tionists.
3-The centrist political group has
held aloof, it's leaders adopting a
passive attitude.
Dictator Won Kapp. dispatches said,
was in constant conference with the
Berlin political leaders. trying to win
their unqualified approval of the
revolution.
Late dispatches reported the gen
eral strike, called by the Ebert gov
eminent in an effort to defeat the
revolution, continues TO spread
throughout Germany. That the reyo-
lutionists realize the potency of this
weapon was indicated by dispatch
quoting Defense Minister Won Luett-
WITT intimating the revolutionary
government stands ready to suppress
strikes with machine guns if neces-
sary.
The strike, Berlin dispatch said.
has spread to the Krupp works at
Essen and throughout the great Ruhr
and Dusse ldorf industrial districts.
Other dispatches said the revolu-
tionary government has ordered the
arrest OF Matthias Erzberger. former
minister of finance; Chancellor.
Bauer and President Ebert.
In London the allied supreme coun.
Gil went into conference in Downing
street to consider the situation in
Germany.
May Split Germany in Two.
PARIS, March 15.-Some observers
here today believed that Germany
may be split in two by the Won Knapp
coup. The southern states, they be-
lieved, never will recognize the Pr'ls-
sian militarists.
President Ebert from his strong
hold near Dresden, 100 miles south
of Berlin, has reaftirmed his deter
mination not to make concessions 10
the reyoiutionists, dispatch said,
and has appealed to the German
people to close their ranks around
the Legitimate government"
IF Germany gives up after few
blows she, is lost" Ebert was quoted
as saying. "The people are con-
demned to fannie if new disturbances
paralyze business and destroy the
confidence of foreign nations. The
Dresden Vossische Zeitung reports
that all the south German military
leaders have offered their services to
Defense Minister Noske and that all
the Saxon troops are loyal. 4,
A Stuttgart dispatch says the !
government has APP (
pealed to the people TO resist the |
revolution and that the commander
of the reichswehr and the police |
have reafhrmed their loyal support
to President Ebert.
The commander of the reichswehr !!
in Munich has refused to obey orders |
from General Won Luettwitz, the !
revolutionary defense minister, a |
dispatch says.
Dictator Won Knapp has authorized !
Berlin newspapers to resume publ |
cation today, a dispatch said, but it |
is believed the general strike will |
render it impossible for the publish
ers to get workers. The French |
foreign office in statement to the |
United Press declared that the
trend of revolution now
is understandable. 1t regarded the !