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Show oo ANARCHY NOW THREATENING IN OLDJAVARIA MUNICH, Friday, Dec. 20. (By The Associated Press) So chaotic have conditions become during the last week or two that three of the leading parties have combined for the first time In years to Issue what amoilnts to an ultimatum to tho Bavarian gov-1 gov-1 ernment. The Bavarian people's party, par-ty, the German people's party and the Munich branch of tho Liberal party have signed the appeal. The Socialist party did not sign the ultimatum, which reads: "Recent occurrences, especially those of tho last few days, leave no doubt that wo are facing danger from anarchy. The press Is threatened, freedom of assembly exists no longer and the ballot is at atake. Will the I national assembly, if it is over chosen, be able to count on meeting. The government will have no rule or no powers. "Your own party, a majority of the members of which are so spared from death during the war, wants a rule of terror by unrestrained rowdies as little lit-tle as we. But the power and strength of order is crippled if the government's govern-ment's will to rulo ceases. Does the government want order or does It want anarchy? We direct those questions ques-tions openly to the provisional government, gov-ernment, especially to the present minister-president Eisner. We expect and demand a definite and unequivocal ansirer; not only in words but in action, ac-tion, with comprehensive and aggressive aggres-sive acts that will brook no delay. "Should this answer not be given, wo will know and all Bavaria will know that neither from the present government nor from the assembly to be elected under its responsibility Ib there anything else to be expected than steady degeneration into the Bol-I Bol-I shevist abyss." oo |