The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
DISORDER CONTINUES

Eer1in. March 19.-Berlin has not vet succeeded in emerging from the chaos into which it was thrown when Dr Wolfgang Kapp and his assoclates by coup d'etat took over the govern ,5ent week ago Although most all, if not all, of the troops which formed the backbone of the revolt have left fbe city proper disorders continued spasmodically during Thursday night and Friday. Many additional casSai- ties, both in killed and wounded. oc- cured during this period.
 In addition to further shooting, i'll which many persons were killed or maimed in front of the Hotel Adlon three officers were shot dead and one officer was mortally wounded at o'clock today by members of the se- curity police stationed at the guard house atfthe Brandenburg gate, The police ordered an automobile bearing the officers, who were reported to nave been members of the Baltic force which invaded Berlin. to halt. Theyeupon a crowd surrounded the car and the of ficers opened fire with revolvers on civilians An arinored motor car ap- peared upon the scene and the soldiers in it threw hand grenades into the officers car and simultaneously the police fired with their rifles upon it. Three of the officers fell dead and the other toppied over, wounded Inter den Linden was crowded at the time. and the explosions of the grenades caused a panic. Six civilians were wounded by the bursting missiles an l were taken for medical aid into the Hotel Adlon.
 In the early morning two persons were killed and seven were wounded in disorders which ended in street fighting.
 There was much disorder last night ir the outlying sections of Berlin ins the workmen's districts east and north Of the city. and even in the semifash- ionable Schoenberg section. where it is reported that twelve unarmed army of ficers leaving the city on a truck were dragged off the-vehicle bv a-nob and severely beaten and several of them killed.
 RADICALS ARE BUSY
 Reports from cities and towns in various parts of Germany tell of con- tinued operations by radicals. but in some of the cities the radical move. ment seemingly is waning and work men ara-~returning to their jobs. This ' . especially true in south Germany. fhe expectation has been that Presi- dent Ebert and his faithful ministers would arrive in Berlin today to join Gustave Noske. minister of defense, and pr. Shiffer. minister of justice, and aid them inuheir efforts tp stabil- ize the situation. 1nrormation from Stuttgart. however. is to the effect that the departure of the Ebert gbv- ernmeut to the capital has been post poned. and that it's appareance here cannot be expected before Sunday. and possibly not until 6ext Tuesday.
 According to present plans, the na- tional assembly members will leave Stuttgart ip time to attend meeting: Of the assembly In Berlin on Tues day.
 Hope had been eqtertained that with < ~ overthrow of the short lived Kapps H@Elno oondtfions resembling, even in ( gusn1l measure. those prevailing in normal stifnes might return but most of tho ntrfkers in Berlin continued to- day 10 4kosnt themselves from their post4 Consequently the population stiIl Was experiencing difficulty in ob- falling supplied,
 ROADS STILL IDLE
 Until tho disturbad railroad sttua~ ton aEain 10 brought to normal. condt- tions will remain Ac'ste- Some ok tho xts. ff5r~ dlo1 ~u rnrs 1svs)