Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-03-17
NE " CHANCELLOR
Of CE RMANY HAS
RESIGNED, SAYS
LONDON REPORT.
Kapp, Head of the Berlin
Government, Quits in Fa-
yor Of Ebert Efforts to
Form Ministry Abandoned
SEVERE FIGHTING is
REPORTED AT DRESDEN
Fifty-Nine Persons Reported
Killed and More Than 200
Wounded General Strike
Is More Pronounced,


Is More Pronounced,
tBY MORNING JaoHNAL spEeIAL LEASED wtREI
BULLETIN.
LONDON, March 1T.-Chancel-
lor Kapp, head of the government
at Berlin, has resigned in favor OF
President Ebert, says the Berlin
correspondent of the London Time
under date of Tuesday evening. Ell
forts TO form II kapp ministry have
been abandoned.
Berlin, March l6 (by the Asso-
ciated Press. )-The new Kapp gov
ernment at Berlin has not found
the support it had looked for, and
while its hold on the administra-
tive activities is growing weaker
the strength of President Ebert and
his supporters including the mem
bers of the national assembly at
Stuttgart, has increased materially
if all reports are to be believed.
Consequently Ebert's return to Ber-
lin at an early date is confidently
predicted in some quarters.
That DR., Wolfgang Kapp has
virtually reached the end of his re-
sources SO far as concerns himself
as head of the revolutionary move-
ment is evidenced by the fact that
he is said to have been ready to re-
tire since Saturday, but was per-
suaded by Colonel Bauer, leader of
the royalist party and Major Cen
eral Ludendorff to remain.
General Groener, the Prussian
war minister the Frankfurter
Zeitung asserts, has telegraphed to
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
that, in his opinion, the Kapp-Von
Luettwtz government, is an impos-
sible one, whether from the view
point of home affairs or foreign
affairs. Groener is quoted as say
ing that Won Hindenburg Is the
idol of the German people and a
word from him would suffice to
bring back the regular troops to a
constitutional basis,
General Groener is also credited
with having sent message to
Ebert offering to act as mediator
between him and Won Hindenburg
with view to restoring .constitu-
tionalism.
Won Hindenburg has written to
DR.. Kapp advising him to with
draw from his position, Cologne
dispatches say, and has advised
President Ebert to call for new
elections.
Thus far, however, what the con-
stitutional president intends to do
is not known in Berlin. But the
future action of the national as
sembly will probably decide his at
titude. Those who optimistically
believed Ebert might enter into ne
gotiations with the Berlin govern
ment are disappointed to learn to-
day that no definite negotiations
are under way, though The basis of
as outlined yesterday
by the Kapp faction seemed to af-
ford an opportunity for the two
governments to enter
into discussion.
President Eberts firm grip on
administrative affairs in Berlin is
indicated by the fact that the i'm
perial finance minister, by his or
ders, has refused to turn over the
money necessary for the payment
of the troops, demanded by the
revolutionary chancellor, and the
under secretaries of the various
as well as other officials
have absolutely refusedt TO take
their orders from the new govern
ment. Some Of them have quit
Berlin.
The general strike proclaimed not
only in Berlin but throughout Ger
many is more pronounced today
than ever, with the result that
are feeling the pinch of
and the socialist and labor
leaders are urging that this weapon
be used in its full force in behalf
of the constitutionalists.
Capital punishment has been de-
creed by General Won Luettwtz
for those fomenting strikes or ex-
arcising passive resistance in any
vital service. This decree was de-
claredt to be effective after 4
o'clock this afternoon, but it is con-
sidered questionable whether this
threat will be put into operation.
With the extension of the strike
and the determination of the strik-
ers, that would mean serious
1t has been estimated that sixty
we're killed in yesterdays fighting,
although this figure is semi-offc-
ally denied. There were fresh col
isions today in the neighborhoodl of
Potsdamerplatz.
The Hague, March 16 (by the AS
sociated Press 1.-The Berlin cor
of the Nieuwe Rotter-
iamsche Courant telephoning to
mis- paper last night said.
Germany is a rudderless ship.
xapp's undertaking proves increas-
ngly to be not an achievement, but
/ political boyish trick. The new
is seeking on all sides
or support, but realizes that sup
lort is nowhere to be found. If the
situation were not so serious one
,ould see the humorous side of this
,peretta revolution.
"Kapp supported his efforts to
vim over the independents by pro-
posing to form a cabinet embracing
he extremist left to the farthest
light, but this naive plan naturally
The new government
ieems to have allowed the right
moment for action to pass and now
s endeavoring to seek a safe issue
through negotiations with the old
'egime."
Berlin, March 16.-Reliable in
ormation indicates that the Kapp
is beginning to find its
enure of office very insecure. 1t
s confirmed negotiations are pro-
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