Republican farmer., 1920-03-26
All Germany Except Southern States is Re- belliOus- Capital Bar rel of Gunpowder That May Be Ignited Any Time.

(By The Associated PreSs)
 Berlin is still under the rule of bayonets but troops loyal to the Ebert government patrol the streets. Forces which sup ported the regime set up last Saturday by pr. WOIfgang Kapp and his followers left Berlin yesterday.
 All Gtrmany except the southern states, is rebeIlious, and Berlin is a ''barreI of gunpowder which may be ignited at any time,'' says a Berlin
 despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co.,, filed at the German capital yes- terday.
 The despatch describes the with
 drawaI from Berlin of the Iron Divis- ion and naval jbrigades, which march
 ed down Unter Den Linden at 4:3O
 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
 midst of a pouring rain. Crowds, the majority of which were extremist
 radical workers, looked on as com
 pany after company filed down the
 street in the direction of the Bran
 denburg gate on their way to Doe
 beritz.
 Withdrawal of these soldiers, how ever, left chaos behind, as the rear guard turned against jeering crowds in Unter Den Linden and fired, many citizens being killed and scores wounded More b1oodshed occurred near the parliament buildings, while in Charlottenburg and other suburbs
 of the city there ware clashes which
 resulted in loss of life
 Officials of the Ebert regime are ex-
 pected to take charge of affairs at the
 German capital today and it seems
 they will be called upon to face a sit uation gravehy serious. While radical elements have not attempted organ ized attacks on the capital, economic conditions are described as serious and absolute disorder is believed to
 reign in politics.
 The resumption of power by the constitutional government is opposed 1 by those believe it bargained with the
 reactionary leaders who tried to seize control, and there seems to be an ur- gent demand for a reorganization of 1 the ministry and changes in policy | in important particulars.
 l Reports from Germany outside Of Berlin are such that a clear view of l the situation is hard to obtain While | it is said soviets hare been formed in a number of important towns and cities and in industrial districts, 1t
 does not appear the movement Is | gaining momentum. On the other | hand it would seem communist sym
 pathizers have met with stern oppo- 1 station at many points and it is pos l sibIe reports of soviet activities haFe 1 been exaggerated.
 l Stuttgart, March 1s-The natiou~ i al assembly which met in extraordin- i ary session here this afternoon was ! tonight declared adjourned by It's l president, KonStantin F'ehrenbach, 4o meet in Berlin on Tuesday next 1h6 l government decided to proceed to i Berlin on Sunday. CThis despatch 1 presumably enbodies later decisions ] than those in the Coblenz adV2ce5 1 previously received which stated the | government would return from Stutt- gart on Saturday and that the na- l tional assembly and PruSsian dlel | would meet m Berlin on Sunday. l The majority socialist leaders here 1 have demanded that Gustav Noske, l the minister of defense, resign his 1 post. Herr Noske has compiled by : rendering his resignation to President 1 Ebert but the government has not 1 reported g. decision as to it's accept i ance and will not do so until the cao- 1 met has considered the question 1 Should Noske retire it seems prob ] able he will be succeeded by General | Von Seecht, now in command of the i troops in Berlin. Dr. Schiller, the minister of justice, is being mention 1 cd for the presidentship in the pro- 1 posed reorganized cabinet Herr l Noske was present at the assembly l session today when Philip Scheide- 1 mann, majority socialist leader and i former premier, attacked the minis | ter of defense in a stirring speech and 1 demanded a radical overhauling ot ] the cabinet Herr Henke, leader or the independent socialists, asked l Herr Noske where he was when the i Kapp forces had their hands at the l governments throat and why he did l not .ebreak their bones'' but Herr
 Noske by this time had disappeared l from the chamber
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