Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-03-13 | Page 1 | Kapp Takes Title as Premier

4 LAff Arp TAKES lAKE A AS Is Issues ues Mandate Saying the fhe National Assembly Has Been Dissolved New Cabinet Formed r t B BH H M l BERLIN March 13 The The proc proc- proclamation proclamation declaring that the thee j e entire tir authority of the state has rp into i to the th hands of General Provincial rovin ia Director Kapp as im iril- imperial p chancellor and nd premier of ot sl eta says jays the mandate of ot the national assembly assemble to create a a. constitution an ant and t c h pr a u Gile Glares dares clares t the e national assembly dissolved I it adds adds- As soon as aa Internal order has been stored we shall return to const constitutional tu- tu ional conditions and prescribe new elections I READS EADS PROCLAMATION It was announced that General Baron von yon had been ap- ap comm commander in chief chiet of ot the military by Dy the chancellor chancel or and that a anew anew anew new government of order freedom and nd action was being formed The proclamation appeared at at the corner of ot Unter den Linden and the at 10 A. A mounted soldier armed and helmeted rode up and handed the proclamation to a a. sm small ll group of ot people They flocked around him while the document docu- docu document document ment ment was read The proclamation ter was read on street corners comers h In various various va va- rious parts part of ot the city I FINAL HOURS The meeting of ot the old cabinet extended extended extended ex- ex tended far tar Into the night with with an anxious deliberation on means of ot de- de tense Nothing came of ot the Tons rons and at 6 5 o'clock this morning word came that mutineers had reached the outskirts of ot the city No resistance nce was offered to the approaching ap ap- ap forces and they were y in possession P oses a grow of the city President Ebert Lbert w wes was s one of ot the first to leave Dr Kapp proclaimed himself Imperial and prime minister of ot Pros Pru- sla fda and Immediately appointed Gen General ral Von on n commander in chief NE REMAINS Dr JJr minister of ot Justice In Inthe n th the Bauer ca cabinet inet is said to have pave been one me of ot the few tew to remain and with Dr Albert undersecretary of ot state rc- rc rc- rc the newly form formed d government Premier Bauer was the last of the oi old d ministry to leave the government building Censorship on telegrams going ab abroad odd has b been en placed in the hands handsor or of Ignatius Lincoln n former member member of ot the British parliament who is as deported ed from England In August AuguRt 1919 after atter his certificate of ot natural natural- had been revoked Publication of the evening p pP s a was prohibited this afternoon leaflets bearing the new governments government's govern- govern m ments ment's nt's proclamations appeared on the t e streets r NEW MINISTRY n n imperial ministry lids has been formed It Is provisionally composed a follows I j Imperial chancellor japp fapp Minister of defense General Baron von on i r Minister of ot The Fhe rat tank Minister of public T rr au aub The other her ministers have not a a as yet ye een een appointed i t