New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
NOske Plans
TOPut Down
Communists
Arriving in Capital Wear
ing Helmet Instead of
Top Hat He Says Order
Will Be Restored Soon
Cabinet Gathers;
Quiet i'm Streets
Trades Unions, Blaming
Treaty for Coup, Urge
Resumption of Work

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BERLIN, March 81 (By The As
sociated Press 1.-THE government of
President Ebert, which left Berlin
week ago when DR.. Wolfgang
kapp and his reactionary troops EN-
tered the city, is again in power in
the capital. President Ebert and
the members of his ministry reached
here at II o'clock this morning from
Stuttgart, and soon after that the
order for state of intensified siege
was withdrawn.
Meanwhile the signs and symbols
of the Kapp dictatorship, the wire
entanglements and the barricades
were being removed. Public services
in measure have been reestab-
llshed, and it is hoped that soon Ber-
lin will resume its normal activities,
though it will be long time before
the damage wrought, material and
moral, will be repaired.
Cabinet Council Meets
A Cabinet council deliberated
throughout the afternoon to deter
mine the steps necessary to bring
Germany back to her position prior
to the revolt. This, It is believed,
will require considerable maneuver-
ing and delicate handling, for the
Independent Socialists and workmen
are making heavy demands for CON
cessions, which they feel they are
entitled to because of the command
ing position some Of the groups hold
in other parts of Germany outside
Of Berlin.
The situation in parts of the coun-
try appears serious. From the group
of industrial centers on the Rhine and
the Ruhr district continue to come
reports of Spartacan agitation. Ir
several places, particularly the Ruhr
district, the Sparticans are said to be
in control.
Concentrate Government Troops
Concentrations of loyal government
forces, however, are taking place, and
their arrival at the scenes Of disorder
is expected to bring quiet.
The future position of Gustav Noske.
Minister of Defense, is the subject of
discussion. While his resignation has
been demanded by the radicals, it is
considered probable that he will re
tain his post for a time at least to re-
store the confidence of the Berlin
population generally.
There are rumors that later Noske
and DR.. Reine, as we'll as Chancellor
Bauer and Foreign Secretary Mueller,
who are represented as personifyine
system of politics which has failed.
Will be omitted from the new admins
tratlon: President Ebert, who is pro
iy Will remain until after the new
elections. 1t is declared that the new
Cabinet will include active representa-
tIves of labor, Carl Rudolph V. Legiep.
president of the Federation of Trades
Unions. being named for Chancellor.
The Ebert government officials came
from Stuttgart on two special trains.
Minister of Defense Noske departing
on the second train. Both were guard
ed by mounted machine guns. Noske
was quoted as saying before leaving
Stuttgart that he would soon restore
order in Germany. He declared that
the Reichswehr were not all for Kanp.
that such reports were exaggerated
and that they were really behind the
old government.
"They thought I'd come back in
top hat, but they'll be surprised ~
see me come back wearing a helmet.
said Noske
The shops are closed, but only he
cause it is Sunday. Trains are run
nlng, but the tramway service has nos
been re esumed
Coup Blamed to Treaty
A manifesto issued to-day by the
trade unions advises resumptior ~
work now that all grounds for continu-
ance of the strike have been removed.
~ ~ ADDS that the fundamental causes Of
unnatural peace Of Versailles" radi-
cal amendment of which the mani
festo declares to be necessary. The
SEMI oflcial news agency says that
noening is known regarding the report
ed suicide of General Won Luettwitz,
head of the Kapp military forces.
Apparently the COMMUNISTS have
found themselves unable to muster suf.
ncfent forces even to attempt a con-
certed effort against Berlin. Officials
predict that the majority of striking
workmen will return to their tasks
Monday.
Southeast Germany Quiet.
Southeastern Germany Is reported to
be quiet but unrest is spreading among
the agricultural classes in Pomerania
and Mecklcnburg. The Communists are
still ir control of Stettin, but the troops
have left Kiel, which is now quiet.
Now that the reactionaries have been
ousted, sentiment appears to have
turned and IL is safe to say tha. the
hulk of the Berliners favor conxt;tn.
honai government and are eager for a
continuance of the democratic regime
In tour by the correspondent over a
great part of the city nowhere was
sympathy With the reported plan es