Show FORMED BY R RADiCAL GROUPS u o J fill u Q o u t J o ovo vo V N KAPP A D W UFE IS REPORT r I EDET 1881 RUl U-LES U AT AT BERLIN UN I IMi Mi Military it ry Control Is Assumed ASsue Assumed As AS- sue t as Von Von I Kapp a pp Quits its t Under n er Threat I f r of off Counter Revolt LONDON LONDO LONDO March 18 Fighting Fighting in inthe inthe the the- str streets et o of Lei o-Lei Leipzig has b been en continuous con cons t since e 4 o o'clock 1 lock yesterday afternoon after after- n noon nt pcr nwee were killed In Ip an h attack attack at at- ta tack kon on the railway station lon at Jeren- Jeren burg The rh attack was re repulsed t. t A j.- j. At stob k a k G fn fi se i ers made mad a a. surprise rI alt attack attach c C pJ the e barracks arracks LONDON March 18 Rumors 18 Rumors arc are current in Berlin that Dr Wolfgang Kapp who was head of the reactionary government set up in Berlin last Saturday Saturday- and who who- resigned yesterday has committed suicide according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph company from Amsterdam The reports were received by telephone in Amsterdam from Berlin By Carl D D. Groat United Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN March 18 The The Von Kapp Kapp- counter revolutionary dictatorship ended last night Following resignation of Chancellor Chancellor Chan Chan- von Kapp and General von on Eugene vice chancellor chancellor chancellor chan chan- under President Ebert to took k kover over the government at 6 p P P. m m. m Simultaneously the red white and black flag was hoisted over the government government government gov gov- buildings as a symbol of ot the I defeat of ot the monarchist movement The central committee of ot railway workers a a. a the same time decided to end their strike immediately I WARRANTS ISSUED The Ebert government r restored stored to power has ordered the arrest of ot Von I Continued on pal page page- 8 8 I EBERT AGAIN RULES Continued from page 1 1 Kapp Vo Von Police e Chiet Chief von Jagow Admiral von Trotha Dr Bredereck Colonel Beyer and Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Gerhardt The text of or Von Kapps Kapp's parting t was as follows The Bauer government having decided to fulfill our our m most st e essential demands Rejection of which caused the establishment of the Von Kapp government Dr von Kapp regards his mission as fulfilled He retires giving up his power to the military commander In chier ehler m. m ved by the conviction for the ne necessity necessity necessity ne- ne of or avoiding the establishment of a soviet republic DEFY SOCIALISTS Earlier in the the day th the Von Von Kapp forces had announced that the ultimatum ultimatum ulti ulti- of the independent Socialists demanding withdrawal of or the revolutionary revolutionary revo revo- government an and 1 disarmament disarmament ment of or the tl troops had been flatly refused It was evident however that the dictator was greatly worried because of the rising influence of or the Sparta- Sparta cans A report w was c received that Bolshevist groups were in control of W Wilhelmshaven ven All AJI conditions now prevailing prevailing- in Russia threaten us us one official de declared declared de- de dared with anxiety TROOPS ARRIVE Shortly after this Ernest Daumig Daumig- Issued issued- d' d a statement calling upon the tha proletariat to hold firm until its dictatorship could be established through an election Military reinforcements arrived in Berlin to assist In maintaining order Troops took advantage of or a a meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing of striking workmen of or the electrical elec dec plants at Charlottenburg to surround the workers and force them to return tb tO their posts so the plant plan could be be operated to supply Berlin with electricity |