Evening star., 1920-03-18
PrOletariat Rules
Six TOWns-Rad
calism Is Gaining.
FACTIONS UNITE
AGAINST PERIL
kapp Reported Suicide
Luettwitz Troops
Quit Capital.
BY the Associated Press

Vult capital.
| By the Associated Press
The collapse of the reactionary
dictatorship in Berlin has been
quickly followed by the resumption
OF authority on the part Of the old
government. It's chief task for the
NONE mt. it appears, will be to deal
| with the disordered conditions which
the Spartacans are endeavorinr to
prolonG for their own purposes
Dispatches stating that Minister Of
Defense Noske. the strong arm of the
constitutional regime. is back on the
scene in Berlin have been followed
by reports that President Ebert also
has returned to the capital from
Stuttgart. Pending his return Vice
Premier Schiller of the Bauer cabi-
net took over the direction of af-
falrs relinquished by DIR. kapp when
he gave up his effort to establish a
new government.
kapp Reported a Suicide.
There are reports current in Berlin
that ex-Chancellor Kapp had COM
mitted suicide, but these so far lack
| confir ma ion
Announcements by DR.. Kapp as well
as ofticial statements from the officials
of the Ebert government reflect the
fear of radical uprising in Germany.
In fact. DIR. kapp's announcement
stated he had resigned from the direc-
ton OF affairs SO that the country
might be enabled to fight bolshe vism
FROM various cities come reports of
! uprisings of workers. and advices from
Berlin state that red forces under COM
mand OF Spartacist leaders are march
ing on that city. AS the Ebert troops
have not as yet resumed full control.
an attack by the reds is feared
Throughout Germany radical ele-
ments have in many places taken over
direction OF affairs, at least tempo
rarily.
Proletarian dictatorships have been
set up at Dortmund. Gera. Halle. Oh
ligs, Cnna and Gelsenkirchen accord
ing to reports, while in Leipzig work
ers were engaged late yesterday in
street fighting
In the Rhenish and westphalian in
oustrlal districts il is said the workers
lare ready to follow radical leaders.
| Would Arrest Revolt Leaders.
LONDON. March 1S.-President Ebert
| arrived in Berlin last night. accord
| ing to telephone message received
, by the Amsterdam correspondent of
the Exchange Telegraph from Berlin.
| President Ebert has ordered the i'm
perlal court at Leipzig to bring action
| against the leaders of the revolution,
DR.. kapp. Gen. Won Luettwitz, Gott-
| lleb Won Jagow, Admiral Trotha and
Capt. Erhardt, the correspondent says.
Rumors are current in Berlin that
! Dr. kapp has committed suicide, ac-
! cordlng to a dispatch to the Exchange
| Telegraph Company from Amsterdam
| me reports We're received by tele-
phone in Amsterdam from Berlin.
AMSTERDAM March 1S-tien. Won
LuettwitZ, who commanded the troops
! which supported the Kapp regime.
I has left Berlin with his armed forces
according to telephone message re-
ceived from Berlin this morning.
- Nosle Arrives by Aero.
COBLENZ. March 1S.-Gustav Noske.
minister of defense in the Ebert
! cabinet. arrived in Berlin by airplane
late yesterday, having made the trip
from Stuttgart. Gen. Won Seecht. chief
! OF stan for the constitutional govern
ment, has replaced Gen. Won Luett-
witz as commander at Berlin. accord
/ ing to adviceS.
The danger from bolshevism seems
! to be extreme. The kappist froops
are withdrawing from Berlin and
! forces commanded by Spartacan lead
ers are expected To attack the city
at any time. a consolidation OF
! all parties to fight bolshevsm has
.
socialists not being included. Elec-
| tionS Will be held no later than June
according to latest dispatches from
Stuttgart.
! Communists Chief Danger.
| BERLIN. March IS-k.llis Loring
! Dresel acting commissioner and
American charge d'affaires in this city.
! has informed the State Department in
| Washington that now that Or Kapp's
- len -tf1a a
lies in a communist uprising
Communist forces are reported TO
| be marching on Berlin from various
other cities, but Mr.. Dressed SAYS if a
, few hours more pass quietly a crisis
may be avoided
Erecting Rnrricadex.
BERLIN. March 17-Wolfgang Kapp
has fed Berlin. leaving the chancel-
ery. in an automobile. At O'Clock this
evening. 1t is stated that the com
munists are constructing barricades
at many places in the northern and
northeastern sections of the city
The leaders of the general strike
have issued proclamation saying:
The general strike Of the Railway
men has been completely successful
and therefore ii is suspended forth
with
Many Hundreds Killed.
1t is expected the casualties for
which the kapp regime has been re-
sponsible will total many hundreds
killed. the outbreak at Dortmund tSe
ing the most serious reported from
any section. 1t is said that more than
100 are dead there. Disorders at Dus
seldorf and Halle were also serious
Gustav Noske. minister of defense in
the Ebert government, is said to be
contemplating retirement to private
life. This action was forecast at
meeting of party leaders TODAY. at
which opinion was fairly unanimous
that the war ministry should be held
by a professional soldier There is
also a demand that other ministries he
placed in the hands of experts. Mem
bers of the national liberal and con-
servative parties will not enter into ,
the reconstruction of the cabinet but
will await the outcome of the new
elections. according to Indications.
Situation In Munich.
Railway traffic has been suspended
in Munich. where the troops are sup
porting the Ebert government The
Bayarian Farmers Association has ad-
dressed an appeal to the workers in
and outside Munich not to declare 3
general strike in Bavaria on the
ground that such a movement wo..S
endanger spring sowing. They de-
clared that in the event OF a strike rne
would call counter
strike.
A two-day general strike commenced
NJ Stntf ga ri yeaterday