The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-03-26
REAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS
RETIREMENT ARE STILL
r A MYSTERY
EBERT PosTPoNes RETURN
Berlin Chaotic and Many Are Killed
in Hiots.--Officers Who Shoot Cit.
liens Are Killed by Hand Gre.
nades by Soldiers

vet succeeded In energng frain the
chaos into which II was thrown when
Dr. Wolfgnng kapp and his associ.
at.s. by coup d'etat, took over The
government week ago.
Although most. II not all. ~ The
troops which formed the backbone ~
the revolt have left the city proper.
Ing yesterday and last night. Many
additional casualties In both Killed and
wounded occurred during This period.
In addition To further shooting, In
which number of persons were kill
~i or maimed In front Of the Hotel
Adl0n, three officers were shot dead
and one officer was mortally wounded
yesterday by members ~ the security
police stationed AT the guardho,ise nj
III. Brandenbnrg gnte.
The police ordered an automobile
hearing the soldiers. who were report
cd 10 have been members of the Baltic
forces which invaded Berlin, 10 halt,
Thereupon n crowd surged around the
smr and the officers opened fire With
reviewers on civilians. An arinored
motor car appeared and the soldiers
In II threw hand grenades into the
Officers cnr and simultaneously the
police fired with their rifles. The three
officers fell dead aud the other Top
pied over. wounded. Inter der Linden
was crowded NJ uil times. aud the ex-
plosIons OF the grenudes caused a
panic.
In the early morning two persons
were Killed and several were Wounded
fighting.
There was much disorder yesterday
IN the outlying sections of Berlin, In
the workmens district east and north
al the city and even In The semi
fashionable section Of Sehoenenherg
where Il IL reported that - unarmed
army officers leaving the city ON a
truck were dragged off the vehicle by
nab and severely beaten, and sev-
crai of Them killed,
The expectation has been that Presi-
dent Ebert and his faithful ministers
would arrive In Berlin yesterday to
Join Gustav Noske, minister Of defense,
aud Dr, schiller minister Of pustice.
aud mid them In their effarts ~ stabi-
HE the situation. Information from
stuttgart, however, Il that departure
nf the Ebert government To the capital
hus been postponed.
Berlin. March Wolfgang kapp
has fled berlin. leaving the chancel-
lrry IN an automobile AT u o'clock last
evening.
II IL stated that the communists ARE
constructing barricades NJ many places
In III. northern and northeastern Sec
tions Of the city.
Berlin. March lS.--After holding the
relns IL power for less than five tnys,
pr. wolfsanr kapp, the self.appointcd
chancellor and dictator. has retired
from office and control He resigned
Yesterday. and IN official communities
,iun explained that the chane.llor con.
sl,iercd his mission fulfilled when the
cid government decided 10 meet the
most essential demands addressed In
IL. lie Was nisn moved Ia this action
by The extreme necessity of the father
land, which demanded union against
the dangers of helshesism.
The officini enmlnunlaue announe.
Ing The resignation enleasnred Ia give
patriotic aspect to his withdrawal IL
saxx:
.rhe Rau.r government having val.
UNFAIRLY Decided IN fnlfill the most
essential political demands addressed
To- n. the rejection of which an Saturs
day led Ia the establishment of the
knpp government. Chancellor kapp
considers his mission fulfilled aud re-.
tires. reSigulng the executive power
again Into the hands of the military
commander In chief.
I'm this he Is moved by the conNte-
flnn Of the extreme necessity of the
fatheriand. which denand> snlid
union II an against the annlhilating
dangers IT hnlsheylsin.'
The real circumstances Of kapr's
retirement arr stiil shrauled Ia nays.
,ert. An important factor unduuhted.
ls il Ia be found la the deliberations
Of rs. andersecrslarie~ a Imperial
cauneil. which Major Gen. won i.neii.
witx attended. The views Of this con
ference were that both Knapp aud ven
l.usitwilk withdraw In order 10 ter
inmate an intolerahle position.