San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-22
BERLIN IS DISOWNED
Munich Premier Takes Step
Toward independence;
Troops Agree.
WARFARE In SAXONY
Federal Troops Fired On;
Many Shot in Battle
That Follows.

Civil war in Germany, long her.
aided. today is fact. multitude of
scattered dispatches from Europe in
dicates.
Taking its cue from the Rhineland.
where the Scparatists have seized
scores of towns and proclaimed n re-
public. Bavaria began the new week
by taking n definite step toward in
dependence from the central govern
ment at Berlin
Long having ignored the Strese-
mann cabinets orders. the Bavariar
rulers Monday uttered open defiance
while Bavarian troops took the o1tll
Of allegiance to their state until "the
end Of the present conflict.
DIR. Won Knilling, the Bavarian
premier, declared Monday that
Bavaria cannot remain united with
Germany.
An Associated Press dispatch by
way of London says that kilograms
from Berlin have been subjected to
censorship.
With the Rhineland and Bavaria
severed from the Reich. fresh trouble
oke out Monday in Saxony. where
troop of government cavalry was
fired on from the window of house
near Meissen. The soldiers returned
the fire. Street fighting followed.
Many persons were wounded. several
seriously. The leader of the com
munists in Meissen was arrested. Fur
Their trouble is expected.
All over Germany today came re-
ports of renewed foood rits by unem-
ployed and communists. Scores were
killed and injured.
The nation cannot hold together
longer. according to beliefs expressed
in French circles. France Will go
ahead and collect reparations from the
separated states to the best OF It's
ability, it is indicated.
The Rhineland today presented inc
curious spectacle of the long-cherished
hone of n "buffer state" between
France and Germany. A revolution
under the benificent gaze of French
troops is in progress.
That the occupation authorities en-
couraged the almost bloodless uprising
and intend to recognize the republic is
indicated from more than one source
A message from AK la Chapelle
HEADQUARTERS of the revolt, states that
negotiations began Monday morning
between the French and the Separates
leaders for the establishment OF the re-
public. A communique issued at th'
conference reads:
"The Rhineland must throw OIL th'
Prussian yoke. The Prussian govern
ment has been removed from Office
We have done with Berlin methods.
Further coordination between tn
intriguers is seen in the declaration
BY Separatist leaders that they inten'
that the Rhineland shall pay its shar'
of reparations and recognize IN
treaty of Versailles. The French, II
turn, have placed the Rhineland tele
pbone system at the disposal of the in
surrectionists.
Coblenz. once headquarters OF tn
American troops in the Rhineland. vii
be the capital of the new state, 1t
indicated.
While the Separatists are worklni
feyerishly to establish their republic
before Berlin can interfere. there is NJ
| indication in news dispatches that TN
Stresemann cabinet has taken an.
steps TO put down the revolt.
Berlin is helpless. Centralized gov
eminent is no longer TO be hoped Tor
the struggle now is to prevent anareh!
and bloodshed, prevailing. option lndi
Gates.