Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-22
GOVERNMENT BOWS
|. TO THE SPARTACISTS
Backed by the Communist Army
in the Field, Radicals Demand
Enormous Concessions.
HOT AFTER NOSKE'S SCALP
Proclamation Threatens Death to
Traitors and Confiscation of
Their Property.
by Associated Pr.es /,


BERLIN. March .t.--Thc govern.
1ncnt OF President Ebert which left
Berlin week ago. when Or. Wolf
gang kapp and his rcactionary troops
entered the city. is again in power
In the capital. President Ebert ana
the members OF his ministry reached
here at II o'clock this morning from
Stuttgart, aud soon afterward the
order for 4 state of Intensified siege
was withdrawn.
Meanwhile, the signs and symbols
OF the kapp Dictatorship. the wire en-
engagements and the barricadcs wcr.
being removed. Public services HAY.
in q measure been e-establishcd. ana,
it is hoped that Berlin will soon re-
sumo its normal activities. though IL
Will be II long time before the damag.
wrought. material and moral, will h..
repaired.
Workmen's Heavy Demands
Cabinet councii dcliberated
throughout the afternoon TO determine
the steps necessary TO bring Grrmaty
volt This, it is believed. will require
considerable maneuvering and delicate
handling, for the Independent Social
lists and workinen are making heavy
demands for concessions. to which
they feel they are entitled because al
the commanding position some of the
groups holding the Ruhr and Rhine
land. and in other parts OF Germany
outside OF Berlin. The situation in
parts or the country appears very
serious.
Trades uniOnist ~ Chunccn0r.
The future position of Gustav Nosiie.
Minister OF Defense. is the subject ot
discussion While his resignation, has
considered probable that he will re-
tain his position for a time at least.
In order to restore the confidence OF
tho Berlin population generally.
There are rumors that later, Noskf
and DIR. Hclne, as Well as Cha ancellor,
Bauer and Foreign Secretary Mueller.
who are represented as personifying u
system of police which has failed, Will
be omitted from the new administra-
ton.
by the constitution. Will undoubtedly
remain until after the new elections.
II is declared that the new Cabinet
will include active representatives OF
OF the Tederation OF Trades Unions.
being named for Chancellor.
Discussing the intensity of the dam
age caused in Germany BY the revolu-
tion and that the consequent uprising.
and the sovernments present deter
minatton to prosecute the guilty, the
President said:
Damage Not Catn.trophaI.
81 an, am Optimistic enough to think
trophal. and that is also the opinion
OF the Cabinet. | am sorry the events
OF the last few days have proved there
are still circles in Germany that think
the distress of the lost war not great
enough. They are the same groups
that always desired war; they are TN.
meters OF the rising OF milita-ists ana
reactiOnarics."
Regarding the punishment to he
meted out 10 the Napn leaders and the
expectation by some that the state OF
siege would make necessary the cXecu-
zion OF all the guilty. the President
declared:
Death for the Traitors.
Those guilty shall feel the full
weight of the law. Al! officers of re-
sponsible position and all leading civil
lians who joined wilfuliy will be re-
gardcd as guilty. he charged with high
treason and may he punished with
death or penal scrvitude."
law. Herr Ebert said: The lawyers
will determine that Perhaps some
Will he executed and their property
confiscated. We want 10 punish the
Leaders, but to spare those who We're
forced into the movement, or acted
through ignorance.
The President said IL would take time
to restore complete quiet, but declared
he was confident all would be well
He expressed his thanks 10 the foreign
governments 70. their attitude during
the crisis especially to France anu
Austria. which countries sent diplo-
10 England, whose representative from
the beginning dealt with the old gov
crnmcnt.
The number Of dead throughout Ger.
many since last Saturday is now placed
At 5000 by the Ministry OF Dcfeuse"