The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-07
MI: WS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
SeparatistS, Communists and
Reactionaries Make Things
Lively in Germany.
GOV. WALTON Is IMPEACHED
BY EDWARD w. PICkARD

oJ Il TlSNHhC
D HIHELAND separatists, Bavarian
IN rea~ctionaries, com munists in re-
volt and socialists dissatisfied gave
Chancellor Stresemann and the Ger
man reichstag a lively time last week.
On the surface it seemed the old en-
pire was on the point of dissolution,
but closer study of the situation leads
to the belief that the German fedora
ton will hold together for some time
yet, though the states probably will be
more autonomous and less closely unit
ed, and the dominating influence may
shift from Prussia to Bavaria.
Enthusiastic young separatists, led
by an elderly merchant named Lee
Deckers, proclaimed the Rhineland re-
public on Sunday. Starting at AK la
Chapelle in the zone occupied by the
other cities during the next two days,
the police giving way quietly and
bloodshed thus being avoided. The
French and Belgians remained neutral,
seeking only to preserve order.
Matthes, Dorten and Smeets, the more
prominent leaders of the separatist
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set aside. 1t was admitted by the
wiser ones that the coup had been
sprung too soon, and this became evil
dent as the socialists, communists and
workers got into action At AK, Wies-
baden, Mayence and other places the
separatists were routed from the mu-
nicipal buildings, and A1atthes and his
associates departed from CoblenZ,
where they had set up their temporary
government. AT Crefeld, a large city,
on the other hand. the separatists de-
feated the police in a long battle in
which twelve men were killed and 200
wounded. On the whole, at this writ
ing, the Rhineland Republicans may be
said to nave failed. However, there
was a rumor that their efforts would
be counteracted by the proclamation
of a republic favorable to the reich.
The communists, incited by soviet
ment on Tuesday. Orders were issued
by their central executive committee
In Berlin for the sabotage of the rail-
ways, and the york started in Ham
burg. Armed bands cut the railway to
Lubbock, b%arricaded the streets and at
tackled the police stations. The reichs-
wehr, police and more conservative
citizens turned out against them in
full force and for many hours there
was fierce fighting in Hamburg and its
suburbs. Warships from Kiel and ar
onraE oo,.c ~ cant 70 tho aCSiGtqnPQ
of the authorities. and thirty hours
after the revolt began it had been eff
fectually squelched. In other locali-
ties the Reds broke out and are still
fighting.
Bavaria appears to be getting the
upper hand in Germany. Minister of
Defense Gessler tried 10 depose Gen.
Won Lossow, military commander IN
Bavaria, who sided with Dictator Won
Kahr. The general refused to submit
and was supported by the Bavarian
directorate. At first it was believed
Stresemann would send troops to en-
force Gessler's orders and that such a
course would be supported by the so
sialist government of SaXony, which
naturally is opposed to the reaction
aries of the neighboring state. But the
chancellor called the state premiers
into conference and, receiving only
qualified support from them, an
nounced "The govern ment is ready to
follow the road of unde rstanding with
Bavaria. The government also Is ready
TO open negotiations with the states as
soon as possible to discuss the ques-
ton of greater independence, with the
condition that the questions Of settle.
ment be on a constitutional basis"
This eapitulation of the government
enraged the socialists and it was said
the ministers belonging to that party
probably would quit the cabinet.
Bavarian socialists on wednesday