REVOLUTION A FIASCO

Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1920, Page 2

REVOLUTION A FIASCO

KA'PP REFUSED RECOGNITION. it 1.. Z. OAM.E ASSOCIATIONj (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) STUTTGART, January 15. Tiie Ebert Government refused to recognise Ivapp’s Cabinet, and declared Wurtemherg the capital. CRISIS ends ABRUPTLY. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m,) LONDON, March 16.

The “Central News” Berlin correspondent reports the crisis has ended abruptly. Herr Ebert remains in power until the elections, but will summon a new Cabinet, consisting of experts, Kapp being abandoned.

A DRAMATIC BREAKDOWN

(Imperial News Service)

(Received this day 'it 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 16.

I'lie reported dramatic breakdown of the Kapp regime is unquestionable. It has surprised and puzzled diplomatic circles, although one of the... probable reasons is the fact that the coup d’etat was inopportunely forced to a head at an unpropitious moment for the revolutionaries, by the discovery of the plot, and the prime movers decided the time was not ripe to disclose their hand, *for undoubtedly Kapp and Lutwig are mere figureheads. The agreement is in the nature of a compromise, which is doubtless inevitable, owing to the general apathy of the partisans on both sides, and the growing fear of a civil war. A number of Kapp’s terms, however, are included in the agreement, for apparently the Government' expects it means a government of bureaucrats, and the election of a President by plebiscite. This is interpreted as favouring the election of a popular military general or dynasty. On the other hand, the most striking innovation is the establishment of an inside Reichstag, or Second Chamber, of an almost exclusive economic suid industrial character, in which labour sits side by side with capital.

Meanwhile, there is unvelnxcd vigilance in the military preparations, which is the keynote of the Allies’ policy, as the events have emphasised the instability of any regime at present in Germany, and the fact- that our late enemies have not yet learned the lessons of their defeat.