Evening star., 1920-03-14

calculated to provoke the communists
and radical socialists to extreme &C
tion.
by the first move Of the Ebert gov
ernment-the issuing of the procla-
nation calling on the proletariat to
join in general strike.
Civil War Expected.
With the revolutionists in control
in Berlin and the Ebert government
Set up in Dresden. some observers
here regard civil strife as practically
certain. Military officers said the out
come very probably would depend
upon the loyalty of the Ebert gov
ernments troops, though it was ad-
mitted that if Il general strike took
place the socialist government would
be given 4 very powerful weapon
Official news of the revolution did
not reach Washington until late in
the day and added nothing to press
dispatches. The first message was
from the American legation at The
Hague and was somewhat garbled,
and the second was from Paris
State Department Statement.
The State Department issued the
following statement regarding these
advices:
/ The Department of State has re-
ceived no direct advices from Berlin
regarding the revolution reported in
the press dispatches, but it has re-
ceived indirect information, forward
ed from Paris and from The Hague,
both messages being dated March 13
The first dispatch was a very brief
one from The Hague, garbled in
transmission, which merely stated
that reports reaching here this
morning (omission) are in occupation
OF Berlin: reichstag dissolved and
government fed
Farley With Cabinet Fails.
"The dispatch from Paris said that
according to information. received
through press sources regarding the
revolution, Noske, the German minis
ter of war under the Ebert regime,
had issued proclamation that infor-
nation had reached him warning him
of monarchist plot to seize the naval
FORCES and overturn the government.
Representatives of two marine bri-
gades Quartered at Doeberitz, in the
suburbs of Berlin. entered Berlin and
there was parley with the cabinet at
midnight. The parbey resulted in no
agreement and as a result the marine
brigades came into the city of Ber-
lin early this morning. seizing the
Thiergarten station by 4:30 am, and
taking control of the Wilhelmstrasse
and government buildings two hours
later.
"The proclamations were issued by
Director General Won Kapp. described
as prominent monarchist from
Koenigsberg. These proclamations
stated the government no longer eX-
lists, announced his assumption as
in control and of his desig-
nation of Won Luttwitz as commander
in-chief of the army and the disso-
luton of the assembly, elections to be
called when the interior situation
warrants. Information at Paris,
which is based on these press dis
patches from Berlin, is that a general
strike has been declared by the So
cial parties in Berlin at the instance
of Noske."
First Direct Word.
The first direct word from Berlin to
the State Department was dispatch
tonight saying a counter revolution
had broken out and that DR.. Wolffgang
kapp, a leader of the reactionayy ele-
ment, was virtually dictator; The
message said Kapp had formed a
cabinet of which he was chancellor
and Gen. Won Luettwitz minister of
war.
Full information as to the exact
said that the revolution which started
yesterday had not caused bloodshed.
The department report said that
Noske, minister of defense in the
Ebert government. had left Berlin, and
that troops that had been serving
under him were said to have Joined
the revolutionists. Other cabinet mem
bers also have departed from the
capital.