THE SILENT REVOLT.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1920, Page 5

THE SILENT REVOLT.

(MONARCHY NOT WANTED. STATEMENT BY NEW LEADER. ■PLOT OF THE MILITARISTS.

Prew Assn.—Copyright. Received March I<s, 7.2 c, p . m .. New York, March 15_ *Tlie Berlin correspondent of the Chicago Daily Mail and News interviewed Dr. Kapp, who said: "We threw out the Ebert Government because it was composed of a lot of incompetents. They prolonged the life of the National {Assembly beyond its limit without appealing directly to the people. They tiever would have keen able to carry out fhe terms of the Treaty. "We will not tolerate any sort of Jtonarchy. We expect to have a certain tamount of trouble, but believe we shall bold fast and show the world we are able to evolve from all this chaos a true democratic Germany. The Presidential elections will be held under absolutely fair conditions, )ree from any coercion. Whoever elected will be the actual choice of the people."—Aua.-N.Z. Csble Assn.

A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.

DR. KAPP ON HIS AIMS. "TREATY WILL BE FULFILLED. Received March 16, 2.20 p.m. London, March 15. While the Press agree as to the necessity of taking the censored news with Mutjon, the consensus of informed opinion reveals the fact that the Junker plot was cleverly engineered and more generously supporter! by the army than tit first was supposed. Herr Noske was hoodwinked and fcaiJUht napping, believing in the fidelity pf the Berlin garrison. The Times states the movement is tether an attempt to establish a mliitarv dictatorship than a counter revolution. , von 'Kapp, addressing foreign corespondents, gave fdrther assurances that, the new Government would loyally fulfil the Treaty so far as was reconcilable with German honor and the country's economic fntnre. adding: "Wo shall put down any attempt at a genera! strike. Th e war criminals will shortlv he tried, and we shall relax the censorship at the earliest Service-

A MILITARIST SCHEME.

J-I'DENDOPIPP pltlls the strings. London, March 15. Ueneeral Marker, commanding at Dresden (Saxony) declared for the new regime, so Ebert, Noske and Bauer went on'to Stuttgart (Wnrtembnjrjj), Where they are now organising a general strike. It is rumored that the revolutionaries desire the Kaiser's second son, Prince •Eittl, to succeed to the throne. English newspapers are generally of opinion that it is too early to judge the significance of the Berlin events or to decide whether intervention will be nepessary. The Daily Chronicle demands that the Kaiser shall immediately be removed farther from the frontier. Major-General Maurice, says the chief reason for the successful coup d'etat is that the maiority of Hermans are In a state of dull despair and do not care what happens. There is little doubt Z/tidenrtorfT is pulling the strings. Kapp Was put in to keep the Presidential chair warm for Hindennurg. The commanders of the Rhine armies had a conference with Marshal Focli Immediately and troons have already moved forward from the rear cantonVents.

TO FIGHT BOLSHEVIKS.

GERMANY PREPARING ITS ARMY. CONDITIONS IN BERLIN. Berlin, March IS. General T.uttwitz. the new Minister lor War, interviewed, said that Germany plans to fight Bolshevism to tiie death. In order to do this more than 100,000 troops will be required and. with Allied permission, the offensive will begin in May. Luttwitz further stated that he had 7000 troops at his disposal in Berlin, and would use machine-guns against the strikers if necessary. Collisions occurred between the police and workmen at Frankfort in which 15 were killed and 100 wounded. The police were forced to leave the town as the crowd was in possession of the depot where the arms were stored. All the troops in southern Germany Jiave joined the new regime. So far there is no hostility to foreigners. Officers of the Entente Mission to-day in military motor-cars have been allowed to pass the barricades at thp entrance to the Wilhelmstrasse Outside of the British Embassy, sowever, the street is by barbed wire and protected by field and gunsThe ordinary Berlin citizen has up to How treated the revolution outwardly With little apparent concern, tut an Undercurrent of uneasiness is prevailing. The opinion is expressed that the Agrarians will support the revolution and Bispateh large quantities of food to Berlin with the view of maintaining the prestige,of the Government. The newspapers Freiheit and Vortmts have been suppressed, and the offices occupied by troops.—Renter. THE ATTITUDE OF AMERICA. Washington, March 15. Although the American troops aK tinder Marshal Foch's control, no move jne»t will be made into Germany unti President Wilson orders it

THE ALLIES WAITING.

ANXIETY REGARDING MONARCHY. WAR, LEADERS IN PARIS. "J; Received Mareli 17, 12.55 a.mVancouver, March 15Lord lieatty and ill'. Winston Churchill (Secretary for War) have gone to 'Paris. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking in the House of Commons, said the Allies would regard with anxiety any movement representing Monareliial reaction in Germany. In the meantime, they are awaiting developments before taking action.—Reuter Service.

AGREEMENT REPORTED.

BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS. FIGHTING AMONGST GERMANS. Paris, March 15. A news agency reports that the new Government in Germany has reached an agreement with the F.bert regime. Fighting is reported at Hamburg, Eisenhac-h and Frankfort. Many were killed and scores wounded. The ships at Kiel fired on the city. The soldiers drove out the women and sailors at the point of the bayonet.—All3.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

NEW REGIME OPPOSED.

ANTI-MONARCHISTS DEMONSTRATIONS. WHAT THE STRUGGLE. MEANS. London, March 14, Amsterdam advices state that up to this, Sunday morning, the Rhine anil Westphaliau areas are quiet, hut the whole region disapproves of the Berlin coup d'etat. Fresh anti-Monarchist demonstrations are reported in southern l»ermany. The Bavarian and Wurtemburg Governments have issued a manifesto stating that they remain on duty and will not accept orders from Dr Kapp's Government. There was a bloody collision in Bor lin between the new Government'.troops and workmen. Several wen wounded and one kilied. The new Cabinet will meet on Tues day. Herr von Haniet is the new foreign Minister and Herr von Jagov Minister of the Interior. Dr. Kapp has ordered the arrest o Herr Erzeberger. The fact tiiat the Or man Democra fie Party has joined the Majority and Independent Socialists with the viev of defending the Republic has consid era lily weakened Dr. Kapp's position The Saxon troops, of whom Heri Noske lias assumed chief command are regarded as absolutely trustworthy PRUSSIA V. THE REST. . The Times, in a leader, .states tha although Noske was too late.to defca the Berlin plot he forced the revoln tionarv party to act before its plan were complete, confining their success t Berlin and East Prussia. In the presen state, therefore, the struggle is betweei Prussia and the rest of Germany. Noske apparently underestimated tfi danger, although sufficiently warned )> the sinister growth of military organis at ions masquerading under the names o public safety police, civic guards an< emergency technical volunteers, whe with the regular army, gave a militar strength of more than a million. Had the Supreme Council aotc promptly when f/ie Times pointed on on January 2 the serious growing mei ace these forces constituted, it had bee better for Germany and ourselves. Significant coincidences are Admire Horthy's extensive Hungarian moliilisp Hon, tlie attitude of the Coi Rtantinople Oover'nment. and the Mo: lem unrest, which was never more dai permit nor widespread. All these con bine to make the whole situation or demanding extraordinary vigilance. \\ must be prepared to act qtiickl should fuller knowledge reveal dange ■ not only to German lihsrlies but to oi

own. STRICT CENSORSHIP. The latest official telegrams indicate that the militaristic movement is not spreading in Germany to the same degree as the general strike, but only brief cables have been received from Lord Kilmarnock, liritish representative in Berlin. Mr. Lloyd George did not judge it necessary to stay in town on Saturday, though he kept in touch with Downing street_ A number of metises to English newspaper?, including the Daily Telegraph and the Daily .Express, were cancelled on presentation at the telegraph office in Berlin. Those received must be read in the light of the fact that" they had been censored by Lincoln (a former member of the British Parliament). But for traitors among the revolutionaries who communicated the facts to Noske on Friday afternoon, Ebert's Government would have known nothing until the revolution was accomplished. The newspapers in Jlerlin, at midday on Saturday, when the success of the new regime was assured, issued va:;t editions, but there was no speech-mak-ing to the crowds, which was a feature of the revolution of November, 1018. Dr. Kapp then forbade the publication of Majority focialist or Democratic newspapers, and prohibited any newspapers being published before Monday evening. This accounts for the present scarcity of news as to the events of Sunday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii. ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH. Berlin, March 15. Dr. von Kapp has announced that, the Reichstag elections will be hold on April 11.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.