The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-23
BERLIN Is FORGE ]
 LIN THE DEFENSIVE
pr. Won Kahr And General Won LosSoW Complete Mas
 terS In Bavaria

BERLIN. Oct. 22.--(By Associated Press.)-Wlth pr. Won Kahr, the military dictator. and General Won LLssow, commander in chief of the Bavarian Reichswher, completely masters of the situation in Bavaria, the German government for the mo- ment has been forced by the Munich temporary recourse has been an ap- peal to the natiLn and an indictment of Bavaria on the ground that Ba- varia Is violating Paragraph 4S of the republican constitution.
 Political leaders confidentially ex- press the opinion that the Berlin au- thorities have lost out in the Judicial that the latter have so well defended their contention that the whole is- sue will now be referred to the fed- eral council for interpretation.
 This will take place at a special executive session next Wednesday and the outcome of the debate, in- vLlving an interpretation of the Well as presaging a further victory for Bavaria. in that her delegates will present her case and In all probabfi- ity will decline to have her version disputed.
 
 The Berlin government issue1 & communique late tonight takinR is- sue with pr. Yon Kahr on his con- struction of Paragraph 4s of the con- stitution. In the present situation 1t has nc other weapons or methods for obtaining redress. It's authority within the borders of Bavaria being wholly superseded by that states political and military dictatorship.
 General Won Lossow's conduct Is branded in even the conservative or gans as extraordinary, and complete contradiction of the traditions fer ths Germany army.
 Such conduct would not be toll erated for a single moment in any conservative Hamburger Nachrich- ten.
 Private advices from Munich report the situation there as quiet. They say the popuiace outwardly is sup porting pr. Won Kahr while General Won Lossow Is completely in control of the Bavarian division. Believing that the conflict between the governments will be adjudicatet without precipitating serious inter nal convulsions, Chancellor Strese' mann and his cabinet today can vassed the situation In the Ruhr. tht Rhineland and Saxony, all three oi which suggest far graver situation; than the rupture with the Munich government.
 Both Saxony and the Ruhr, based on the food and social conditions continue to grow worse at a pace the Berlin government apparently |; unable to counteract with reliei measures while the secessionisi movement in the Rhineland also finds the central government help less onlooker.
 The coups of the secessionists al Ak La Chapelle and at other Rhen- ish points, and Bavaria's rebellion against the central government, have gravely complicated the prestige oi the reich In the Ruhr. in the opin- ion expressed in official quarters today the belief prevailing that the unfortunate synchronizing of the two eruptions has had lamentable effect upon the morale of the Ruhl people.
 Bavarias intransigeancy is prov. ing timely ally to the secessionists in the opinion of the government leaders, who see a concealed deter imitation to force the political de- tachment of the Ruhr basin from the dominion.
 A considerable force of reichswher troops. including artillery and cav airy, has entered Leipsic and will be distributed among other centcrs of Saxony.
 According to q Dresden telegram with the endorsements which have now arrived, there are over 6O,0Oi troops concentrated in Saxony.