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Show T Issued at Berlin Proclaims Von Kapp Chancellor A Military Pronunciamento ' C?J 3 cth cBj tftj rj tfti GGUPYBK ConcenSoldier Juit Returned! From Baltic Province VioNo trate at Doeberitx and Advance on Berlin Have Delence Ha Been Reported But Socialist Start of Monarchist clared General Strilte Revolt Struggle. 1 I1IJUJV. MMi IS, nom. Imperial mliuwry lioe hem formed. It follow! M Inpftal Oillnf-- ofI r. lUpp. MlTb K(iAMllr itmiwwd lloeeoe Ccuml IVarua too UrUVi. l.irr of IWf Trsub. TV oJrr Mini err of Obllo BVihlp-P- r. f I nan rs I bank. - at( not u )rt brew apfariaied. 0lalla kl (rmi I ed here M I Orknrk thl BIlRUN, Murh IS. A wand to rM and Ual tba goveramcot mnmlnf staling IV Harr of the mjuc ha a d Into lha band ot General IMirrtor Kats aim Vnna rtiamvIWir and haa a ptmtntrcle General a on laBlaiU ommamlrr-ln-iliof lha military forma. Berlin dlalrlra axatc. Il la 11m pnalamaUon dorian-- I bo naikmal aonibly tfUanKad. fioriell I hat a IN' pvtM gmrmmcnl I bring fomad. Th haa rfn laml a grnrral (Srlkc, lha dlapaioha add. follonad lha occupation of I bn Taa iMimtr of lha almr lla pitmunrtll balldlng ara aliaaiad by I coop who IhmI rriamad from lla liaJt Ir and haul bean In bnrrack al DnrbcrUa. In Ilia a bar ha. Tla troop anlarrd ' H o Berlin UUa morning. It la alalad. Troop Hagan Moling. Berlin had been threatened during lha night by lha Immadiat dartgar of a violent revolution. Il became known bodies M midnight that revolutlorary troop had baeun to moa on Berjf lin from iHicberlU. Cenaral von Oldershaueen and von Ovan and Lieut. Co Wetzel went to meet theaa troop and aarn them of the consequences Of their action. Troop from tha Baltic have joined In the revolt. , The iroope which were concentrated t Dneberltx. Including th Erhard and Loewenfeld naval hrldgea. nevertheless. continued their advance on Berlin and at five oclock thla morning station. were at the Ttergarten Guards on Duty. The public aecurlty guard thie morning occupied the offices of Vorwaerla Agency. and the The crv Ices to the province and abroad were provisionally expended It was reported during the morning that a manifesto had been prepared and signed by Iresldent Ebert, Min- biter of Defense Noske and others summoning the workers to a general strike. President Ebert and htff wife left Eerilil at five octocR mis morning:" 1 Schleswig Voles On Rejection of semi-offici- Xti al i j ' The name associated with the new tevolutionary movement In Germany Indicate lie reactionary character. It appears that Germany Is In the throe of the frequently predicted counterrevolutionary. monarchist struggle. . Dr. von Kapp, reported as having assumed the chancellorship, Is probably Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, a former conservative member of the relch-sta- g and general director of the Oer-ma- n agricultural society. He was one of the deputise who early In 1918 urged the government to speed up building. He became president of the Fatherland party, the notorious organisation which urged that Germany carry on the war to the hitter end. After the abdication of Emperor William and the signing of the armistice. Dr. Kapp was one of the men for whose arrest the independent Socialists clamored on ths ground that he and his associates , had been responsible for the continuation of- the nar and the hindering of "peace."Duett will .Married American. .Xlaj. Cen. Baron von Luettwitz, who according to the dispatcher, has been was mflr named commander-in-chle- f, governor of Belgium in the early iary of the war. He later was a comdays mander on the Verdun front. When the German treaty came up for action by the government last June he was one of the leaders of the military party in opposition to the peace He has an American wife, who wha a Mins Cary, of Cleveland. Ho always has been classed as thorough' ly Prussian. Before the war General Luettwltz held the posts of military attache of the German embassy at London ana He was born In later at Petrograd: Senator Lodge Offers Change On Article X at WASHINGTON. March IL In an effort to reunite the Republican senate forces Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the party leader, today Introduced an amende ment to the substitute Article X reservation offered yesterday. The change proposed at the suggestion of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, leader of the would Insert the words "Including all controversies relating to territorial Integrity or In political independehce scribing the international contro- verslea In which the United States would hot interfere.. 'pan-Germ- v Pen-Germ- PAPERS HAVE HINDENBURG IS SUSPENDED IN SPOKEN OF AS BERLIN; NEWS an . MAN TO HEAD Fried Vh Hurt, formerly Load of the mala committee of the rvOch-ta-g atd a trader ed tha Mortal Dvaaocsatin party, was rtertrd m prsal. W lor a tens of rvi 'TT'.0?1 prnCTr Fob. II, 119, by the aatleoal sasisatily at Wet mar. He has bora char. "ff-W- AGENCYSENDS OUT GOVERNMENT REPORTS KEPT HIM OF GERMANY Ml arliLilxJ as S type od lloheaaoUrm dyaasty (wars with Germs ay. S''h ' 1,,a or ImperUliatki Paa-Gerau- ui forrrwwat whkh aJ whir arc--e KocUliat. from the rmabird the Falcate Alllrw 1m d the hr former Leipccor W illiam atxtirwlrd and Bed, rhamwOor, having ee receded Prince MaxtmlUaa od Hadea aha was tmtrwmmaal Is Belief Expressed in France argntUtlag tha armidior. He at ore Ebert Cabinet Ha Establish Baeumed eoaaaaad and aaoooeded Is S ceiling rrvotatioaary os tbreaks. The ed It Seat at Dresden That Entente Allies Will Orf ws hoisted over tha Bras-drabaStrike I - Intended as Stand Aloof and Permit Gate and the royal palace After wild but so fa Berlin where the Means of Barring Former German People to Deterpeople shoated Loag Live the Kepsb-He- r and aaag ths Marcrlllelaa. Kaiser From Return to mine Form of Government t Eberts of Government, "Th new Themtelvea. will be government By Germany. of th Chancellor government people," Aver TW Lack of. ConfiEbert said. "It must maka every f . e. to secure In th quickest possible fort " BERLIN. March II It la reported COPENHAGEN. March II. Teledence Prevented Immetime fete for the German people and phone messages received here from consolidate the liberty they have won. that It Is Intended to proclaim Field News agency th German Th new government he taken charge diate and Effective Marshal von , .Hjndenburg "Imperial In Berlin which hee resumed Its servof th administration to proeerv the ., moet Important pubice, etete that-thGer Man people from civil war and With Allied Pow president. lic building to Berlin were occupied famine and to accomplish their legitiby the public security mate claims to autonomy." polio thla Dresden Ebert in Out ers Sea Th Th Independent Socialists, includCarrying newspaper Verwaertg morning. and Frelheit have been suspended. ing a radclal element favorable t PARIS, March II. (Hkvaa) Th Bolshevism and known as Rpartsolde. Program. . .. Ebert government in Germany haa esEbert's problem. When compllestrd Retain Of fleet tablished It seat In Dresden, th capihe became chancellor many of thee radical. Including Karl Llebknecht WASHINGTON, March IS. BERLIN. March II. 10:40 a.m. tal of Saxony, according to advices end Rosa Luxemburg, war freed from The members of th Ebert governHerbert Hoover, called Into the afternoon. this ment are retaining their officee, alprison and th two mentioned wer mate Investigation of the navy's : . I subsequently assassinated. though they have left the capital, acwar conduct Former Kaiser the at of Th national assembly which elected the request Against cording to the Lokal Anselger In a ' Ebert was formed for th purpose of of Rear Admiral Sima, refused to-special edition Just Issued. The newsBERLIN. March'll. Th proclaadopting a conaltutlon. It document paper says the old governmeot.xefuBed day to diacuaa the navy's policy was approved last Aug. t procallwhich with th ultlmdlum premation Issued by- ths old regime, or its work during the war. He vided that "th executive power lies sented by General Erhardt, of the told the committee of Inquiry that ing on th people for a general strike, with th people." Th power of th naval brigade, which expired at 7 declared that it Is the only means he had little knowledge of the subupper chamber of th relchstag wa o'clock this morning, th government against the return of William IL ject. limited similar to th British house officials leaving Berlin by motor car, Mr. Hoover said, however, that without resigning their-- poets. ,of lord. There were special protecthe All lea were- on Cheverge of Officials Seek to Find . tion for labor and "generally accepted . starvation (Tom April to KcpCem- -' rules of International law wer in cor- on Carrying Effect ber, 117. and that only the deAllies to Keep Aloof porated In the new Instrument. Elbert feat of Germany's ruthk-- a submaPact Peace of Oat took th oath of office on Aug. SI and rine campaign prevented a col-l- a PARIS, March II. Ths opinion extwo days later tha national assembly campee. f The pressed in official circle at the moceased to exist. It being superceded by ment is that allied government will WASHINGTON. March II. Auura paign, he added, wat one of the new th ba abla relchstag. most important contributions of take an attitude of aloofness and dein that tha royalUU might Fhlllpp Scheldemann waa th first tachment toward the civil strife In the United Stale in the war. to gain complete control In Germany of to the under Ebert. attention premier Germany and offlrlala turned their Germany permit the German peoGustave Noske, formerly minister of WASHINGTON, March II. Docu- possible effect on the carrying out of ple themselves to determine the form demobilisation and bafor that govof their government The armed dis- mentary evidence In support of his th term of th treaty of Varaallles. ernor pf Kiel, wa named the firat orders In Germany are looked upon as charge that the navy department Latest reporta here ahow that th minister of army, and navy.. By n most unfortunate both for that coun- failed to keep him Informed as to Its organised military force in Germany of hla drastic enforcement of new try and the remainder of Europe at policies and plans was presented to- consist of th reichwehr- of slightly ha became known a a regulations the time when reconstruction had day by Rear Admiral 81ms to th leas than 00,000 men and tha homa dictator. senate Investigation commission. been begun. guard conatabulary of about (00.000.to Because of his lgnorancs of th de- Tha ralchwahr la to be. reduced ". Ebert Cabinet. Other member of tha first Ebert partment's plans, the admiral con- 100,000 men by July 10 under th Not Monarchists Move cabinet The homa guard tinued, the allied admiralties carried follow; altpulatlon. new on direct negotiations with the navy treaty Minister of, Interior, Herr Paeua; COLOGNE, March 1, Th was formed to maintain internal- order minister of justice. Herr Bendsberg; to auppreae local government eet&bllshed in Berlin Is department In Washington. Allied and Is subject to not Intended to promote the alms of teamwork was Impaired and American uprising. The German navy la aafd minister of commerce, Herf Muller; the monarchist or the reactionaries. interests suffered as a result, he said. to minister of labor,. Herr Bauer; minisbe practically French IS The March PARIS, It is declared in a dispatch to th CoAdmiral 61ms said the first. Intimater of Th principal elements 'Of disconCount von.' government has hot and 111 not, Brockdorff-Rantsa-foreign affairs, tion he had that he was not In the tent are aatd to be tha junkers who logne Gazette from Berlin today. former Oerman ' send any instructions to AmbasThe new gov full confidence of the department yearn for Prussian! supremacy, the The meeeage. reads: minister of Denmark; under foretgn came ernment under Chancellor Kapp says after he submitted his first re- Spartlcists and returning war prleon sador Juseerand In' Washington minuter, von Richthofen; 'minister of In Its program to be made public that ports from London. Ha learned then era who ara dissatisfied with the slow finance, Herr Schlffer; minister of President Wilsons regarding tt will honorably fulfill the treaty of by accident, he said, that an agree- construction methods of the adminispostal and telegraphs. Herr Oelsberg; Versailles.' It gives emphatic assur- ment had been reached by the navy tration and tha reactionaries. Includ . charge of militarism' against ministers without portfolio. Dr. Mathiances that the government ha no re- department and British and French ed In the reactionaries,. It Is said, are as Ertberger armistice commissioner, France, It was said at the foreign naval officials in Washington, early the 81,000 troops recruited by Von der actionary or monarchlal alms. ' fpriuer state secretary and leader ef -office this morning. A report reIn April Regarding the disposition of Ooltx for their the Centurlst party; Eduard David, loyalty to tha former ceived from the ambassador statAmerican The of terms naval forcea the fore 7 This occupied president of tha national assembly and Order Preserved government.. ed that on his own Initiative he this agreement were cabled to Admiral Baltic states until Its withdrawal was Herr WIsseL BERLIN--. March II. Up to o'clock Jellicoe by the British representative forced called upon Under-Secretaof ' by the Allies and was After .Ths, Ebert government underwent thla afternoon order, had been well on April II, 1917, he declared. wards reported to have disbanded. It many changes by reason of political, and ' den Polk State him of the told, In Unter the The city.offioer withalso preserved charged that was of men all of whom economic and popular demands. Linden was crowded, small knots of out notifying him beforehand, the de- werea picked army surprise and emotion caused in to be out of sympathy The first real crisis to threaten tha people having a tendency to form partment arranged with the French with areported France by the president's letter.. Ebert regime, however, arose over th republican government. exnaval attach to send 10 or - more suddenly' around The ambassador added that he question of accepting th peace treaty and to dis- yachts to qombat submarines off th ponents of the situation terms. Ebert. 8cheidemann and other solve when they- - tired of the orators. French coast; arranged to establish Strike in Frankfort made no representations. leader were opposed to yielding to th The men of the naval brigade from two naval bases In France; sent naval No comment was obtainable in Entente demands. 8cheldemann reDoeberitx, heavily armed aijfl disMarch IS. aviation forces to that FRANKFORT, German', country; 'clroles official with the and a signed were patrolling by twos and patched six destroyers from 'Boston; cabinet Inexception declared A general strike has been Dr- - August Mueller and of threes. The Wllhelmstrasee presented sent 100 cannon to Franc on naval cluding of as to expressions curiosity workmen A hers, great procession of an extremely martial aspect. Secretary Bauer, former social-1- st whether President 'Wilson would started a campaign in the Is parading th streets. member of-- th was or. Revolutionary troops are reported colliers; sea bara North for mine newspapers take the opportunity afforded by ganixed. Bauer In relchstag, In possession--of a apeech at Wei- - ' Munich, - destroyer fifth the rage; dispatched mar before th national assembly deRumors are current that Gottlieb from 8t. Johns to Queens- Have Artillery n squadron Polk to correct the disagreeable von Jagow, former minister of nounced the treaty In strong terms sent town additional four and destroyhis assertions have but announced the government's affairs will be f oreigtamlnlater ers from New York to Join his forcea deLONDON. - March 1 . OfficlaL ad T Impression J , made barer in the new government. cision to sign. Borne of thee Vessels, he said, st- vices reaching tha Press association The following members of th old Becks to . Check Panic. rived overseas before he'knew of their ara that th revolutionary, troop government are reported arrested: Turks Seek Yankee Berlin. For weeks before th revolution brought artlHery-tn- to Minister of Justice Bchiffer; Prus- allocation to his command. existed with , That great confusion broke out In Berlin there wa a They state also that the member sian Premier Hlrsch; Prussian MinReformer to Conduct r run on German banka Ebert,steady ister of Worship Haenisch, and Prus- regard to, the establishment of th of th Ebert government have jro then sian Minister of the Interior Hsln. bases In France. .The admiral said he - seeded to Dresden to aet up their, re- - 1 had a conference In Berlin Prohibition Campaign chancellor, received a letter early in August front- gun. on November tK With I deleth officer assigned to command the gate from various part of Gormany, French Export to' U. S. CONSTANTINOPLE. Starch 11 Wil- said: Bordeaux base saying Th situation Proclamation Issued was In ruin whan "Everything liam E ("Pussyfoot) Johnson, or some we took Is not clear, to me and that Show Material Gain inTrance charge. Now, other American however, a orasked he organiser had upon being when will bo asked by the Turkish Green Socialistic republic has replaced the BERLIN. March 11 Th- procla- Crescent command of base com and dite here PARIS, March It. (French Wireless dered to the were he had tha has power monarchy been and In society been un- mation. declaring that th entire au- rect the absolute prohibitionFrench exports to th Unit- what his duties Service.) the hands of-- th workmen andputsol- - ' thority of the state has passed into the Inaugurated on March 6. The campaign diera." Tb first aim ed States during January showed an able to obtaifi any Information. to b achieved, actual head of tha Moslem be Increase of 600 per cent as compared "After waiting about four weeks I hands of General Provincial Director slid, was peace and the aecurlty with the ame period last year, accord- received order to proceed with a Kapp as Imperial rhancetlor and pre- church, said hs would throw ths full of an economlo basis. Influenes of the church to tbs support Liberty, he ing to statistics madwerepublic yester- party of eight persona but still no mier of Prussia, says the mandat of of maintained.' was worthless The figures th society. day. respectively inktructiona." th officer a id,: without th national assembly to create a conAt saloons 116,000.000 and 11.000.000. era not allowed food, and employment and It was a, A similar condition, axleted with re- stitution and oonclud peace has ex- - withinpresent 60 yards of a mosqua months ending Btam-bou- t, a of During th seven result this conference that tha to American naval aviation forces th Turkish section of ConstanJanuary tl imports to Franc of Ameri- gard i sent 'abroad. Admiral Sima said. can goods decreased by 476,000,000.' (Continued on page two.) . tinople, has no saloons. (Continued oa page tarnocUon two.) fg rg I semi-offici- al Co-operati- on - e at - - French ViU Not raa--ro- - Make Stir Over Wilsons Letter -- u, ' ToExcitement NO VO ROSSI SK. Caucasia, Mar. con-TroP- br tj, Depoied President Hu Been CKxrxcterued a Type Of or Imperialistic SocialUt Hi Poli-ci- e and Attitude Contributed to Apparent Success Of Entente Allies in Concluding Peace With Ger many Had Optimistic View as to Future of Re-'-" . ' public. ft ry pro-trea- ty or 'Pan-Germa- ex-rul- apilal non-existe- Refugees !&&, His- - falher-M- ax Freiherr von Luettwits died in 1887, Th commander-fn-chie- f s marriage to Miss Cary, took place on July 14, 1892. She was born on' Jan. , 189. a Sabinet Lggvgs - Small Revolt-St- irs April The couple have two children, Irma and Gustav. There has been a strongly held ben lief that the Monarchist party was merely biding Its time and awaiting ap opportunity to seize affairs. This bell Of C4 U sed "the Allies worziment when they conelde-ere- d the nearness of Jqrtner Emperor William's retreat at Amerongen to the German border and prompted their to Holland of strong representation the danger to the peace of Germany and the rest' of Europe of his presence response to this' the " Dutch ther$.4'' t keep government promised dose- guard over -- the WilFrederick Fortner Crown Prince liam also Is a refugee iq Holland, but section two. I (Continued bn page EbGri EBERT GOVERNMENT ROSE FROM RUINS OF KAISERS REGIME Fur-cons- COPENHAGEN, March It. Exrlteenrnt peers I la thmuthest the second pMIsdis aone of Brhleswig where the people will tomorrow determine whether their country shall remain under German control or again shall become a part of Denmark, from which It wae divorced In 188 by the treaty of Vienna. I I --pate he from FTens-bnr- g tell of the enthusiastic welcome given arrlvirg Danish voter and every ship that Icavgp here for Flcnsbnrg la loaded with Dane. The district where the people of Schleswig will rote tomorrow I south of the Brat plebiscite none, which voted on Feb. 10.- Several Islands off the west coast will join In the voting. 1 I A proclamation wai iaauec! in Berlin thi morning at 10 to exiit, according to a Reuter diipatch from the German capital received here. - . A military pronunciamento ha been ittued at Berlin proclaiming a new chancellor according to advice received here. Revolting troop entered Berlin thi morning and occupied Wilhelmitraite, the dispatch declare. No act of violence are reported. C&J ' German Control rslty tra WOLM March 13. NEW GOVERNMENT mliUMrr cSh LONDON, tating the German government had ceaed NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS DISSOLVED; PLAN Otw-r- e5j 9. Consternation reigned among refugees here tonight when revo- lutlonary forces attacked the rad- Id station, wrecking It. A general alarm was sounded and the British shlp. -- Empress of India, lying in the harbor,- fired her big guns in the direction' of the flght- Ing.a- It was found the attack wa made by a small force whleh was - . - speedily-dispersed.- -- Successful raids by revolution- -' ary dr "green" units of communication iiere created the Impression that' the evacuation of the city may become necessary any day. , It Js' persistently rumored her that a movement for the restoration of the monarchy is gaining 4n the Crimea. -- for-elg- -- -- lilt anti-salo- - - Shtek-ul-lela- r T- - -- -- |