The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
GERMANY PLACED
UNDER DICTATOR
President Ebert Named
DR.. GeosIer Chief
MINERS IN PROTEST
France Regards Situation Full
Dangerous Possibilities
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London, september U-
Street fighting between COM
Tnunists and sections Of the less
extreme radicals Is reported
from Dresden where the par
ties were holding meetings and
professions, a Berlin dlspafoh
to the Central News states.> Il
adds that one man was killed,
fve fatally wounded and twenty
others injured.
Berlin, September 27-oHi-
cIai opinion In Berlin incrnes
to the belief that DR.. Won kahr
will be fully able to cope with
the situation In Bavaria and
+ that the outbreak there Is un-
likely to extsnd beyond the 5a-
varIan frontiers, despite the
nSi:y agitation Of usss the nsssoss saSsions
whose fighting strength Is as-
serted to be grossly over-es-
tImated.
London, September 27.-Dr.
GessIer, minister OF defense In
the tresemann cabinet, has been
appointed military dictator OF
Germany by President Ebert to
counteract the Bavarian revoiu-
tIonary movements, says Cen
tai News dispatch from Berlin.
Paris, September T.-The Ger
man government has practically
been handed over to military, die
it is deducted at the for
eign Office from Berlin dispatches
Ell 60 rac orHo N q fr1I1 A<,f
possibilities but as fur
nishing no basis at present for any
action on the part of the allies.
The authorities Of occupation in
the Ruhr, however, are said TO De
to meet any emergency
which may arise there as a conse
quence OF today,s proclamation in .
Berlin. The extreme measlxessxes-
sorted TO are regarded as parlly IN !.
response TO the action @of the Bavar-
ians In setting up q dictaf0rship kand
In any case as .solefy relatsds 10 the
OF interior politics, in
OF the foreign situation.
Neither President Ebert's procla
nation announcing abandonment of
resistance In the Ruhr nor today's
action In giving ths control over to
the military authorities is consider
gu dS lu0 ollQdblOu oO ldl
as concerns the allies.
Situation In Bavaria.
Munich, Bavaria, September 27-
DIR. Won Kahr, the Bavarian military
dictator has prohibited meetings OF
the followers OF Adolph Hitler, the
fascist leader, and other political
The situation throughout Bavaria
is reported quiet.
The naming of Dir. Won Kahr, with
dictatorial powers Is regarded with
some anxiety, 1t being considered
such an extreme measure proves the
situation In Bavaria Is serious and
that the Bayarian government Is de-
to use every means to nip
In the bud any attempted coup by
The Barayian national socialists un-
der the leadership Of Adolph Hitler.
A dispatch TO the Tagehlatt from
Munich. states that by appointing
ian government wSehed to fore6tall
the proclamation OF Hitler 40 die
Midnight Session oabinee.
Berlin, September H.-At q hur-
riedly called midnight session Of. the
German cabinet attended By Gener-
Al Won Seeckt, chief Of stat, the
proclamation Of q state
Jf emergency throughout Germany
was decided on and Minister OF De-
.ense Gessler was given executive
authority TO put into force any mil
tary or police measures he might
ieeni warranted in the ctrcumstano-
ss.
This action Is construed In Paris. :
london and other quarters az vtr-
,ually placing Germany In the hands
of military dictator.
The action Of the German govern
nent was taken when news Of the
Of DR.. Won Kahr as
military dictator OF Bavaria was re-
seived and the proclamation issued
vas intended as an Offset to thes
Bavarian manifesto. ~
6avaria's Action Unexpected.
Bavaria's action was wholly unex
pected and the government leaders
we're at first at loss to account for
I. Although 1t Is not viewed as a
studied affront to the central goy-
srnment, the manner in which it was
aunched nevertheless was constrn
I'D as piece of censorial criticism
If the way In which the Berlr[ gov
srnment had called OF passive re
,istance In the Ruhr.
This view prevailed despite as
,ertions from Bavaria that her
measures were wholly prompted by
he suspicious activities OF the
guards of Adolph Hitler, the nation
i socialist leader, and their allied
Miners Declare Strike.
Dusseldorf, September 2T.-The
miners in the Gelsenkirchen, Reck
inghausen and Wanne districts. the
ieart Of the Ruhr mine fields. de-
;lared general strike today al the
irst action In protest against the
Berlin governments decision to give
ID passive resistance, and also
against the exploitation Of the dis
rict by the French. II is estimated
hat six thousand miners had qulr
work up to noon with thousands Of
,thers expected to follow.
Extreme Caution Advised.
Moscow, September 27.AThe Ger