Revolution in Germany.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3436, 16 March 1920, Page 5

Revolution in Germany.

A COMPLETE SURPRISE. WORKERS,’ ATTITUDE UNCERTAIN. LONDON, March 14. The public of Berlin was taken completely by surprise by‘ the revolution. The chief interest to financial and commercial circles is the sudden and remarkable sire in value of the mark during the past few days. Persons who have been -hoarding f oreign money to speculate are unloading as fast as possible. The attitude of the miners, and railwaymen is uncertain. The shipyard workers at Hamburg decided to strike. General Luttwitz has assumed executive powers at Berlin, and extended martial law to the whole of Germany. VON JAGOW BACK. LONDON, March 14. Herr von Jagow has been appointed the new German Foreign Minister. The Weekly Dispatch’s Berlin correspondent. states that ‘special guards protect the Embassies of the Entenfe Commissions. The members of the Republican Cabinet surrendered at Dresden, where the garrison supports the coup d’etat. The Monarchists. claim that they are receiving -the general support. of the whole country, except Brunswick and Magdeburg.

NO HOHENZOLLERNS WANTED. PARIS, March 14. French observers who have just returned from Germany are satisfied that that country is not prepared for a new adventure, and will not accept any Hohenzollern. DUTCH ALARMED. ROTTERDAM, March 4. The Dutch Government hurried troops and special police to 'Amerongen to reinforce the guards watching the «Kaiser. All communications from Germany are controlled. THE HUN REVEALED. ‘ PARIS, March 14. The Temps ‘states that the success, of a carefully planned coup d’e'tat now makes the whole history of Germany for ‘the past few months singularly clear and logical. Interminable discussion retarding the treaty, explosions of rage following the demand for the surrender of the War criminals, and the attacks upon the interallied commissions, all were symptoms of the counter revolution. Whatever the ultimate result, the Allies henceforth Know how to estimate the worth of the democratic regime wlu"cl1 Germany pretended to establish as a durable guarantee of peace.

SHADOW’ OF CIVIL WAR. BERLIN, March 14. General Strikes are increasing in the provinces. Water and electric power is cut off from Berlin, and the food supplies are failing. Dr Kapp’s troops are strengthening the barbed wire defences and patrolling the semi-deserted city in armoured cars. The Democratic Party has issued a manifesto declaring that civil law is now threatening the country, giving the Allies an excuse for further territorial encroachments. ALLIED CAUTION. PARIS, March 14. The Matin states that the Allies would not incur the risk of supporting the Dresden Government, which undoubtedly represents a great majority of the German people. KAPP’S PROCLAMATION. BERLIN, March 14. The new Dictator, Dr \‘Voll'g:lng Kapp, has issued at lengthy proclamation charging the old Government with corruption, and instancing the l<]rzborgcr case. The proclamation declares that this old Government, was incapable of w.'n'<ling otl’ Bolshcvisnr, which was threatening the nation." It also alleges that the National .#\'SS€lllbly had continued to ;;o\'orn without a mandate,'and had illegally poStl)oDt‘<l the t-loCflollS. The proclanmtiou pro—-mist-s that the financial conditions of the I<‘ntle.ral .‘3tnt'v.< shall he vmlstilll- - restored, aml that t‘-conomic freedom will be restoretl to 1111‘ law!‘ ed }n'olwl't,y, which will he propt‘l'lY taxed. Strikes and s:tbr»t;lgj<a will ‘be rutlllessl_v suppressed. The (lov.~rll- - will hold the tJ&ll2lllC<~' between Capitalism and L2lbo‘J.l', sllieltlin;;‘ the WOl'km'g; :Ig‘ainst .~'¢“rV'itll(l(%. The pror'|:=m:vtion colic-ln(lv.>.s: “Work is the prilu'i[>J.l duly 01' (‘\'t‘l“\‘ mun. Ht'l'Jll2ill_\' shnll be a moral community of‘ 1121hour.

THE MONARCHIST COUP.

BLOODY CLASH IN BERLIN.

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"LONDON, March 14

Ajnsterdam advises state that up to this, Sunday morning, the RhineWestphalian area was quiet, but the whole region disapproves of the Berlin coup d’etat. Fresh .an7ci-Monarchist denlonSh.a_ strations are reported in Soufjlem Germany, The Bavarian and Wurtemburg Governments in a manifesto state they remain on cfigty and W“; not accept Orders from the Kappg Government.

There was a bloody collision in Berlin between ‘the new Goveu-nment’s troops and workmen, in Which seve.-3] were wounded and 0118 killed. The new Cabinet will meet on Tuesday. Von Hamel is the new Foreign Minister and von Jugow Minister of the Interior. K 8131) has ordered the arrest of El'Z‘bel‘g€l'The fact that the German Democratic Party has joined the majority, and the Independent Socialists, with a View to defending the Republic, has considerably weakened Kapp’s position.

Saxon troops, of whom Noske has assumed chief Colnmand, are 'regarded as absolutely tl’“S’tW°l'thY.

A SCARCITY OF NEVVS.

EBICRT GOVERNMENT SURPRISED.

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LONDON, lhirch 15.

The la‘tcS'n‘ official telegrams indicate that the militarist movement is not spreading in Germany “to the same degree as the -general strike, but only brief cables have been received from Lord Kilmarnock, the British representative in Berlin.

Mr Lloyd George did not judge it necessary to stay in rtown on Sunday, though he kept in touch with Downing Street A number of messages to English newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph, and Daily Express, were cancelled on presentation at the telegraph ofiice in Berlin. Those received must be read in light of the fact that they have been censored by Lincoln. Bult‘ for traitors among the revolutionaries, who communicated the facts to Noske on Friday at‘ternoon, the Ebert Government would have known nothing until the revolution was ac.eomplished. Newspapers in Berlin, at midday on Sattirclny, when the success of the new regime was assured, issued vast. editions, but there was no speecli-making to the ermvds. which were a feature of the I'eVolut.ion of November. 1918. Kapp forebade the publication «of the Majority Socialist, or of delnoe,ra;:ic newspapers, and prohibited any newspapers being published before Monday evening. This accounts for the present seareity of news as to the events of Sunday.

MANIFESTO BY EBERT’SGOVERNMENT. THE INSURRECTION DENOUNCED. A GENER./\l. STRIKE DECL.-\RI2D. BERLIN, March 14. Eberts Government has issued a manifesto from Dresden, denouncing ‘the iI1S1l1'l‘0(:1'l011 as the work of Baltic El-l\'e11tllI'(-‘1’£<. and predicting an early collapse. The mainfesto says the new 1-egim.o,'s decrees are illegal and will not be recognised. The Governnlenls of Baden, Bavaria, and Wharteinburg have issued pi-oclumations «lcclui-iiig that they 3.130 oppo.<od to the unconstitutional inachinatioiis of reactionai-ics and that they recognise only the Imperial Government and the National Assembly, in which their peoples concur. Meanwhile a, general strike llzzs been proclaimed in Fl'ank”’r'ox't and Hamburg. where great processions of workers are parading the streets. The xvorkes in the Ruhr basin are opposed to :1 geneml sftrike.

FOCH. (TONFERS WITH BRITISH AND AMERICAN LEADERS. COBLENZ, March 14. Foch. Sir Henry Wilson, and the Anle.l-ican conlmander, are holding né (-.onf’ex-mlcezl‘rMuyenco. 11110 TV-mu-h Rhine mmies 11oadq11m'tm's. MILITARY SUPPORT NEVV GOVERNMENT, LOND(‘)N_ Mal‘(2h ‘li. The I'llilitary thrmlghout‘. (}r.~n':‘.-.-'51.? }l.‘l\'«' nlv).<t]_\' <‘T<‘('l':‘(] in sll})pov'7 711"‘ Gm'm-mnent. HELGI U M WA’l‘(’7l-1 IN G THE‘ !<"RON'I‘H"CR. BRIZTSSIVILS. M:u'ch 754. The Pl‘elllim* .s‘l:ll‘t"_.- that in \7)'«§>‘.’.' -‘Hf (wants in Berlin "the Gm'ernlm_=n: has‘: taken I]1(".'/1Sl1l‘\(3,.'\‘ for completely safeguarding tho fl'Ollti(‘}'S._

E B {*l RT STANDS ALOOF.

LONDON, March 15‘

Berlin L"on;<ervatives and National Liberals announce that they are Willing to support Dr Kapp if he appoints experts as Millisters and issues election writs within 60 days. Ebert refuses to negotiate with K-app. PARIS, March 16. Max-cel Hutin learns that the French Foreign N.[llliSf.E‘l‘ is fully informed regarding events in Gerxnany, and has gone to London to confer with Mr Lloyd George.

The Matin states that the Allies may safely support the Government at Dresden, which there is little doubt represents the great inzijoi-ity of the German people. Possibly Ludendol'ff,alld perhaps the Hovhenzol- - may attempt to exploit. the situation, but those knowing Germany well, and arriving from Berlin yeste:'d:l,V. declare that such an event is unliketv. as the country dreads nothing so much as embarking on 3. new 2'dV(‘.lll'lll'9.

The ‘Petit P-arisen says it is clear fhat none of the Allies can recognise a. regime which is the -outcome of tumult, and t.he_v probably will defer action until after “me forthcoming German elections.

LONDON, March I_s‘.

A telegram from Copenhagen states that the streets of Berlin were fieserted on Sunday, except for military patrols. All electric power stations, trnmways. and underground railways have stopped, and the water supply is cut. off.

Dr Kapp has ordered the an-es-t of F.‘«bmn* and Bouer. and will accuse them of high treason. No newspapers are being published 1121131 nlid-day on Monday. News is heavily censored by Trebits-ch, whom Kapp has installed as censor ‘of foreign‘ telegmm.s.

VE RY LATEST NEWS.

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BERLIN, March 15‘

Luttwitz, the new Minister for W':u-_. interviewed’, said C'rermany’s plan is to fight BOIShC*\‘iSIII to the death. In order to d-o this more than 100,000 troops. will be required, and with Al- - permission an offensive will begin in May. . »

Luttwitz ‘ful"r}wr. stated that he has 7000 troops at hl's—.disposal in Berlin, and will use machine guns against .°~tri_kPrS if necessary. ‘

LONDON, March 15

General Marker, commanding at Dresden, has declared ‘for the new regime, so that Ebert, Noske, and Bauer went on to Stuttgart, where they are now organising a general strike. It is rumoured the revolutionaries desire the Kaise-2-s’ second son, Eitel, to succeed to the throne.

Amsterdam telegi-am's state. as a result of the counter-revolution the ex-Kaiser’g guard at Amei-ongen has been consideralbly reinforced by mounted police, under a cavalry captain. It: is reported that the Crown Prince, at Weiringen, is keenly interested. now that his intimate friend, Von Gobelti‘L.;4, who spent. his first days in exile Mt}: fhe Prince. has arrived from Berlin.

English newspapers are generally of opinion it is too early to judge of the significance of Berlin events. to decide the necessary intervention. The Daily Chronicle demands that the Kaiser shall immediately be removed further from the frontier. T\_Tajor-General Maurice says the chief reason -for the successful carup de’tut is that the majority of Gernians. are in a state of dull despair. and 80 not care what happens. There is little doubt that Ludendorff is pulling the strings. Kapp was put in to keep the Presidemial chair warm for I-T.-in~ denburg. The (‘:(m]1l1:1]1(lm‘ oi" the Rhine armies had :: c.onference with Foch Em11l9¢iia’[e1Y,Ell1di2]'O0pS have alreadv moved forward from the rear canicon~ merits. BIERLIN. March 15. (lollissions occurred between the police and workmen at. 17'ranl~:~Z'ort, when fi{’i‘e(-ii xvere killed and 100 wounded. The police were forced to leave the town as the crowd is in possession of the depot where arms are stored. All iroops in Southern Germany have joined the new regime.

SEVERE FIGHTING. ' ..._..._..__ E \.\'.\nsHl‘P‘s TAKING PART. Q I‘u'\c:eivod~‘]l.ss 2.1.111. i PARIS, March 15. c’ 14‘i_g'}1t‘i11g is rt-portod at Hamburg, s\\'nimur. Eisc-n}»a.cll and Fl'alll<fort’. g.\l:~.ny wm‘o I<i!lvd and .<cm‘OS woundfed. Shi]>.‘~= at Kivl fiwd on the city ana jsoldims drove out the Women and i.<a.ilrnu'~; at’. [.llO point of the bayou 1. { BERLIN. March :3. \’cm Isium 3121,; anlloun(.-ed the Reich» Is-_r-._<.,-' «-'z‘~:»<"li~;ms will be held on Hth 3 A.})l'il. . '