Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — ERBERT REGIME RULES BERLIN [ARTICLE]

ERBERT REGIME RULES BERLIN

Socialist Government Again In Control of Affairs In Germany. RED FLOOD IS RECEDING J Regular Troops on Guard in Streets —Kapp’s Soldiers Fire on Crowds Which Jeered Them. Berlin, March 19.—The Ebert govet'nment Is again In control In Berlin. Vice Chancellor Schiffer, In whose hands the sudden retirement of Dr. Wolfgang Kapp emporarlly placed the administrative power, and Gustav Noske, minister of defense, are engnged in bringing about order in the city and restoring activities to their normal basis. President Ebert and the full ministry are expected back in Berlin today. Regular Troops on Guard. Itegular troops, loyal to the Ebert regime. at* guarding the streets and detachments of them spent part of the day in tearing down wire entanglements and barricades which the revolutionary soldiers had erected In profusion. '

In this connection there was an unfortunate accident, the firing of a mine to destroy a barricade at Kottbuser, In southeastern Berlin, killing 12 per* sons and Injuring 28. The Baltic troopl, leaders of the Insurgent bands that marched Into Berlin Saturday morning, took vengeance on the people who hooted and jeered them In Wllhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden. / After withstanding the Jeers for a time they opened tire, wounding several persons. After the troops had passed Brandenburg gate they fired a parting volley with machine guns, wounding a score more. Geneva, March 19.—Colonel Bauer, former chief of staff of General Ludendorff, and other military leaders of the Luettwitz troops In Berlin and Hamburg have been assassinated by their own men, It was learned from Beilin. Americans Ask Aid. Coblenz, March 19.—Two hundred Americans who have been attending the fair at Leipsic have telegraphed nnd telephoned Major General Allen, ( commanding the American army of occupation, urgently asking for- help to leave Leipsic, where they describe conditions ns dangerous to their lives. Firing Is almost continuous In various parts of Leipsic and all the light and water services have been cut off, according to the Americans, who are principally buyers from various parts of the United States. General Allen has directed the German railway commission of the Rhineland provinces to prepare a train, which will be in charge-of American soldiers. The train will carry sufficient fuel for the journey both ways and food for several days for the guards and the returning Americans. The latter will probably be brought to Coblenz, but may, if the majority desire, be taken to the Swiss frontier. Kapp Suicide; Report. London, March 19— Berlin report says Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, head of the reactionary uprising, who resigned, has committed suicide, according to an Exchange Telegraph company dispatch. The reports were received by telephone In Amsterdam from Berlin. President Ebert has arrived in Berlin, according to another telephone message received In Amsterdam. He has ordered the Imperial court at Leipsic to bring action against the leaders of revolution. Doctor Kapp, Gneral Von Luettwitz, Gottlieb Von Jagcw, Admiral Trotha and Captain Erhart, the correspondent says. General Von Luettwitz has left Berlin with his forces, according to the telephone reports. Gustav Noske, Ebert’s minister of defense, arrived In Berlin by airplane.