Show F E AC EE FF F a n p PROVE R. R a VE v E F FUTILE C rr I LE I Dutch Torpedo Rod Boat Guards Refuge of Crown Ex-Crown Prince Princ EBERT IN I 0 t i N D Old Government R I- I Refuses Re- Re i nf fuses fuses' to Hold C ence with With Von K Kai pl Full Surrender Ask il it THE HAGUE March 16 A Dutch Butch torpedo boat has arri arrived in the harbor of island to guard he former German crown prince prince ac rac fab cording to the Nieuwe Hotter Hotter- Courant LONDON March The 16 16 Th at Berlin h held ld a cabinet council council council coun coun- cil last night which was attended by General former first quartermaster quartermaster general of the German army according to a dispatch to the Ex Exchange Exchange Ex- Ex change Telegraph from Berlin by w way y of Amsterdam COLOGNE March 16 By 16 By the theA At- At Press The The resignation of Dr DI Kapp chancellor of the now new government government gov gov- in Berlin is considered Imminent imminent im lm it was declared today in re reports to- to ports received here Field Marshal Marhal von yon H Hindenburg has written to Dr Cr Kapp advising him to withdraw The field marshal also has advised President Ebert to hold elections The Tha letter of Von Hindenburg is i. declared declared de der Glared to be having a marked effect By Associated Press jr 1 war seems imminent li tn 1 CIVIL Germany as a result of the e refusal of the Ebert government t now sitting at Stuttgart io p carryon carry on negotiations with t jle e reactionary re regiment which which self power sudden suddenly last Saturday mo Ing Unconditional surrender of at ml men mien directing the new demanded by President Ebert o bert AH- AH pounces he will continue to ttE of ot the troubled d country t The German n will meet in stuttgart i 4 11 pf I morrow afternoon at 4 Berlin is in the grip of df a a. general t i strike railed called by Socialist and labori labor i leaders as a counterstroke to the as assumption M- M of power by the i leaded headed by Dr Wolfgang KApp KJ PP who has las Issued a decree threat threatening all strike leaders and pickets with death If it here there is Interference with vital ital public services Extreme measures will bo aken taken under the decree from 4 o'clock clock his this afternoon and it ft is possible the risis of the new revolution re will quicks' quicks quick quick- follow 1 s' s J R SITUATION OBSCURE I Details of the situation throughout through L Jermany are somewhat obscure but I here there seems to be reason to believe th the ibert Ebert government go is still holding con colt con rol rol in the southern and nd western 8 se 5 while Ions while the Kapp Kapu regimes regime is rath rather r firmly In northeastern Pr s. s sl la lat and in Silesia where many towns to s nd nd rid cities are reported to have hate do 46 4 s Continued on page 3 3 JL i 1 ERT DEFIES AT AI BERLIN RUN Continued from page t 1 1 lareed ed their t adherence to the new gov- gov Fighting Is reported at various points Is said aId there was vas bloodshed In of Berlin but it sound rould seem the clashes so Tar far r reported ported been a-been been between milItia units and 1 crowds So far as is known fined r forces of the two governments ati ave not co come e Into collision DECIDES STUTTGART March 16 Refusal Refusal o negotiate with the reactionary facIOn facIOn fac- fac IOn headed by Dr Dr Wolfgang Kapp cad ado of the new government at Bern Ber- Ber n was as decided upon here today by he council of f the old cabinet over President Ebert presided Un- Un resignation of the leaders f the l e new government was demanded he Ebert cabinet which arrived ere r thIs afternoon by a special train rout rom rOn Dresden Dresden Tile The national assembly will meet In Wednesday afternoon at 4 clock clock BERT B RT DEFIANT r C March 15 16 ent Ebert In officially notifying Dr Kapp and his associates assocIate In Inh h he ew German government that no eg ego would be held between of the two regimes declared direct the country's affairs as the capital ac- ac to a dispatch received from erlin crUn Reports ports of negotiations for a a. com- com romise between the Ebert govern- govern l tent t and the reactionary regime at are untrue according to a tele- tele hone hotie dispatch from Hamburg to the ocl octal ocial l' l at midnight It saaid these rumors were spread y of Dr Wolfgang Kapp II h ew chancellor In Berlin to deello dethe de- de elm ello the public CHARGED tT Then lej constitutional government in inn n T official t iclal announcement today says The heads beads of the Berlin regime are to make malce the people believe hat they hat hey are negotiating The con- con refuse to negotiate with aPP WATCHFUL PARIS March l 16 The The The council of mba mb ss dors has been summoned to lei tonight to consider the German Premier will pr pre pre- Id Ide The cabinet t held a special at noon b but t no decision was |