German Revolution.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3441, 22 March 1920, Page 5

German Revolution.

THE JUNKER FIASCO.

KAPP ’S HURRIED EXIT.

LONDON, March 18.

The Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent says that Dr. Kapp and General Luttwitz and their misguided colleagues fled last night. in the rain and mud to an unknown destination. The correspondent was present at the Chancellor ’g palace when Kapp, pale and worn, and a few friends, entered a motor heaped with luggage and documents, and disappeared at high speed down the Wilhelmstrasse. Quite a procession of motors preceded Kapp bearing junker oificers eager to escape the wrath to come. Trebitsch Linclon is not findable. Comparatively friendless, be will probably hide his identity in Berlin, or seek the frontier while4Ka.pp is escaping. The troops 31'“ Pl'°P‘lTiUg to quit the city, and HPFY Ba11<‘!"s officials are returnin-g. A small knot of civilians saw Kapp g - No3l‘ by was his daughter, who was silently weeping.

PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT RE’SUMED.

BUT DAMAGE INESTIMABLE.

Received 10.50 am.

LONDON, March 20.

Deputy-Chancellor Schiffer, on behalf of the President and the Government, has issued a. proclamation which states that the armed rebellion has broken down. The Constitution Conditional has been re-established. Kapp has unconditionally vacated his office. The State Government is now in full possession of the powers which the nation conferred on it. The nation’s_first determination has succeeded in a few days, side-tracking the disastrous violation of its political and economic life. The damage inflicted on the German nation. at home and abroad is inestimable, and industrial life has been severely shaken. The Government appeals to the nation to resume Work in order to prevent :1 complete breakdown. LUDENDORFF’S COMPLICITY. Received 10.50 11.111. .' LONDON, March 20; A Stuttgart message A states that Noske has resigned.’ Bauer, in a speech in the National. Assembly, emphasised the fact that Luden-dorff was the first to visit Kapp in the Chancellery. .

BERLIN -LIKE A P-.\RREL OF

POWDER

CONFI.IC'I.‘S BETWEEN TROOPS .' AND VVORKERS.

Received 9.30 am

LONDON, March_ 19.

. 'This m'ol“ning’s telegrams from Berlih compare the city to a barrel of gunpowder, whil_e the whole of Germany, except the Southern Sfates, is in :1. rebellious condition.

The departure of the Iron Division of the Naval Brigade yesterday was attended by further bloodshed. The soldiers marched through Brandenburg Gate wilth drums beating, _Prus—sian flags flying, and men carrying loaded rifles, with fingers on triggers. They could not have behaved with more provocation. Despilte the rain, the Crowds. composed mainly of Workmen, gathered and jeered at. the troops. An e]ep;antly dressed woman at the Adlon Hotel, waved a farewell to the soldiers. The crowd suddenly broke, upon which the 'troops fired, mostly ‘in the air. Four werekilled and ten wounded. When the next detachment passed the crowd rushed them, and a desperate encounter ensued, the soldiers turning their own weapons on their own comrades in the chaos. The casualties were considerable.Ano’r.her encounter took place a'f Charlotitenl)ul'g, twenity being killed. There was a more serious outbreak in the Kottblltzen district. of which no details have been received.

Correspondents state no one believed the troops would be disarmed.

'.l‘ho .-\us‘I1':lliall Press Association learns that privalfe telegrams indicate theft" the troopswiid not proceed to Doobicrtz. but oricanrped on the outskirts of Berlin, awaiting development. The troops ‘may be expcdfcd to take arivumtage of any situation created by the Spa:-racists. The attitude of the workers is awaited with anxiety, and the general strike coniinues. The leaders demand the resignation of Noskc. and the Prussian Minister. Heine, no amneslr_v for Lutfwitz and his confedcratcs and the extensive participation of workers in the new Government.

KAPP A CATSPAW. . OF A MILITARY CLIQUE. Received Noon. ' I BERLIN, March 19. The Government is determined to order a great treason‘ trial involving revolutionaries and many generals. It is stated Kapp, when he discovered in. _..‘

his desperate game had failed through many prominent men refusing to support him, behaved like a frightened; schoolboy, broke down completely, and wept copiously. The fact that Kapp was the catspaw of a military. clique won’t be regarded as lessening the seriousness of his criminal action. The Westphalia Workers’ Red Army, which is variously estimated at three hundred and sixteen thousand, is now reported to be marching on Munster. The’ position at Stettin is critical and workers hold Rostock.

SOVIET REPUBLICS ESTABLISHED. 7 Received 10.50 am. ~. PARIS, March 19. Telegrams from Rhineland indicate that 18,000 armed Spar-tacists are marching towards Elberfeeld. A Sov~ iet Government has been" proclaimed at Gelsenkirchen, five miles from Essen, also at Wiesbaden. British’ troops occupy the locality at Treves. Noske has ordered the arrest of Luttwitz: Kapp. and accomplices. ' LONDON, March 20. Ofiicial circles in‘ London consider there is no good prospect of a complete restoration of order. During negotiation the workers’ leaders greatly increased their demands, insisting on labour control of the army for the maintenance of law and order; also complete nationalisation of coal, copper and potash mines. po'iv‘e‘r" sta‘tions. It is unknown to what extent these demands will he met. but the messa‘ge states big concessions will be made. .

BATTILE IN BERLIN.

GRAVE C HARGE AGAINST

LUDENDORFF.

Received, noon. LONDON, March 19.

The Daily Chronicle ’s Berlin correspondent says the spectators breathlessly watéhed the Hotel Adlon battle from the windows. For a few moments ii appeared a. terrible massacre, was likely,.soldiers running hither and thither, firi_ng rifles and throwing hand gl'enades, inachine-guns chattering. Later the ‘troops emerged from their shelters, reformed their ranks, and in a deadly silence resumed their historic march, which marks the end of junkerr " dom. A bomb exploded outside the I" British Embassy while the Naval Division was passing. "Several people in the street. were killed and injured. The B‘nll_;a_ssy was not damaged. _ _-

Bci'n‘st'ein denounced Lud'erl’dol'ff‘ the evil genius Behind the revolution, and describes hini"2'ts the chief wirepuller, What the . revolu‘tioll has _ aéllie\'e<l has been to increase the Ger~,_;. man people’s hatred of nlil_itarism,.-3.. which will result in a. strong democratic control of the army. _

FRANCE MUST PROTECT HERSELF.

Received 10.5 3.111

PARIS, March 19

M. T Millerand, interviewed, said while France does not intend to interfere in German_v’s internal politics slic canndt stand.idly by if events threaten France’s national security. Franco does not pursue *1 policy of hate towards :1 beaten enemy, but

must insist on no ccinlpronfise in regard to the Treaty ‘corms. France alone would suffer from any revision or modification of the Treaty.