The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-17
GERMANY ON VERGE
OF REVOLUTION

the conditions proposed to the
Ebert cabinet by General Won
Luettwitz was that demobiiza-
! ton of the army of the empire
so provided by the Versailles
treaty must not be executed and
war materials not DESTROYED. ac-
cording to Premier Bauer. of the
old government. SAYS Stutt-
cart dispatch to the Nue Zurich.
er Zeitung.
Premier Bauer also quoted
General Won LuettWitz as say
ing that the empire instead
should prepare for new war.
The premier added: After such
condition. what aims Kapp and
his accomplices are pursuing
can be Judged"
New Government mt Munich
London, March ia new govern
ment was formed at Munich, Bavaria
yesterday, composed of Democrats and
the centre party, according to a Co.
penhagen dispatch to the Central
News. The new government will meet
today, the dispatch says.
/ Working Classes Excited
! London, March 16.-The working
classes are much excited against the
kapp administration as a consequence
Of the shooting of a young girl in the
south Berlin railway station and the
killing Of four persons in the north
Berlin industrial section by guards,
according to a Berlin dispatch to the
Evening News.
Serious Trouble Not Expected.
washington, March 16.-Restora-
tion of the authority of the Eber.
government, with sporadic Spartacist
outbreaks throughout Germany. arc
expected by military officials here
who interpret dispatches from Colo
mel Edward Davis, military attache
at Berlin, as indicating that the coup
d'etat is not so serious as had az first
been supposed
The calling Of a general strike by
the Ebert cabinet is regarded here y;
certain to encourage the most radical
elements of the German nation TO
make another attempt at revolution
and overthrow Of "capitalistic" socie-
~. But while the recurrence ur l.G-
lence in the large cities, similar fo
the SDarticide revoltS last veo~ !,
lDoked for. the soviet symDath;;a.s :
III Germany are said to con3liiilt. 50
small a minority that serious trorb,e
need not be expected.
Women and Children Killed
copenhagen, March 16. Thirty
persons were killed. including some
women and children. in yesterdays
hghting in Hamburg between cjti.
zens' guards and Baltic troops. ad.
vices from that city state.
Among the killed was Captain
Berchtold, commanding the Balti.
troops.
TIE Hamburg advices report the
resignation last nrSIt OF Baron Won
WanSenheim, the senior garrison o.:
fcer there. Herr Lamplar, a sup
porter of the Ebert government, sue
ceeded him.
Troops Fire Into Crowd
= London, March 16. During
demonstration at Leipsic yesterda.
troops fired on a crowd killing moro
than twenty persons and woundins
about so, says the Copenhagen cor
respondent of the Central News.
Reports received in Copenhagen
the correspondent adds, state tha
fighting continues in many parts o
; Germany.
Kapp Branded as Criminal
CODpO March ha nva
cutive committee of the Centre part,
| of Bavaria has adopted resolution
branding Chancellor Kapp and hi
associates as criminals and traitors
according to a Berlin dispatch TO the
Politiken.
Chancellor Kapp says that Gen
eral Merker has proceeded to Stutt
CART, seat of the Ebert government
with the chancellor's compromise
proposals. the dispatch says.
More Troops in Berlin
Berlin, March 16. 6.-Heavy rein.
forcements were received today by
the new government in Berlin. They
marched into Berlin from nearby
garrisons.
Chancellor Kapp. who was carried
into office on the point of 5000 bayo'
nets three days ago, thus far has
been able to produce only military
backing for his government. Tbe
basis of his political authority and
the source of the support other than
military which he claims continue tc
be matters of profound myste.y.
Notwithstanding this, he appear:
buoyant with optimism born of the
conviction that the insurrectiol
which he heads will win the people
Naval Officers Killed
Berne. March 16 6.-Encounters al
Kiel and Magdenburg are reported in
elegrams from Berlin In klel some
naval officers have been killed, while
II Madenburg there has been fierce
lighting about the central post-office
Conservative parties in Germany
re declared to be supporting the new
overnment without, however, being
directly identified with it. West