BERLIN V. BAVARIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 12 November 1923, Page 5

BERLIN V. BAVARIA.

j WIN FOR PRUSSIA. • jHMTARY DICTATORSHIP. ■ CBHSORSHIF ESTABLISHED. ■■ •—— I ay Csble.—Press jisEoclation.—Copyright.) liEefelT_ 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 11. The "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent, recounting the failure of the Bavarian coup, adds: "All this is official tews. None other may be published." Herr Ebert (President) has transferred the supreme command of the S_i__i_welir and all executive authority to General yon Seekt. __]1 telegrams leaving Germany are mbject to censorship.—. A. and N.Z.) StTPPRESSION OF REVOLT. SOME LEADERS RECANT. BERLIN, November U. Following the arrest of Ludendorff and Hitler, Herr yon Kahr, who was proclaimed "Lord Protector," has recanted jnd rejoined Dr. yon Knilling's Government, General yon Lossow and Herr __i_fer have also withdrawn from the Revolutionary Cabinet formed by Herr Hitler. It is believed that the whole coup is doomed to failure. The Berlin correspondent of Reuters Agency states that it is officially announced that General Ludendorff, HenHitler and other leaders were arrested ifter military buildings in Munich, in which they ihad taken refuge, were taken by Beichwebr troops. Considerable numbers on both sides were killed and wounded in street fighting in the city. It ii announced that the revolt has now been completely suppressed. A wireless message received at Hamburg from Berlin states that Herr yon Ka_r and General yon Lossow declare t3i»t their assent to the movement ied by General Ludendorff and Herr Hitler was .forcibly obtained. They opposed the movement and hoped they would be masters of the situation. To-day Herr yon Kabr ordered the srrest of all members of the National Socialist Association. The Bavarian Goveament has ordered all local authorities and the police and miltiary to "refuse to obey the orders of the revolutionaries. Communication- between Bavaria and Pronda were completely severed when news of the coup was received. Trains from Berlin were run only to tbe Bavarian frontier, telegrams were not accepted for Bavaria and the Reich bank stopped sending money to Bavaria. It is now announced that railway commnnieation with Bavaria has been restored.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) PRINCE IN FATHERLAND. CROSSES DUTCH FRONTIER. ALLIES' JOINT PROTEST. LONDON, November 11. ' The ex-Crown Prince has entered Germany. The Netherlands Government officially states that the ex-Crown Prince l«ft .Wieringen yesterday morning, aceompsflied only by an aide, and crossed the German frontier en route to his property tt Oels, in Silesia. He travelled by motor-ear. The exact spot where hie Mossed the German frontier is not known. Immediately the news was received that the ex-Crown Prince had crossed tie frontier, the following letter, signed Wilhelm, was posted up in Wieringen.— "To my best of friends. I am sorry I can only say good-bye by letter. My return to Germany must take place in ill secrecy, so that there shall be no unnecessary trouble. When I came to Wieringen in November, 1918, I was in desperate plight, slandered and roofless. Here quickly I found rest and human sympathy, and soon became myself again. You offered mc hospitality, and we learned to understand and respect one Mother. Xbw the moment has come to •ay good-ibye. "I should like to shake hands with all and thank you for" what you have done for mc. Terrible and difficult the years lave been for mc far from my native country and family, but they have been rendered bearable thanks to tho cordiality of your people. I say good-bye and wish all that is best for the island in f-tere. Many thanks till we meet •gain." A later communique, issued at The Hague, states that the French, Belgian. British, Italian and Japanese Ministers this morning presented the Foreign Minister with identical Notes drawing the attention of the Netherlands Government to its responsibility in designating the domicile of the ex-Crown Prince, and expressing the hope that the Netherlands Government will not hesitate to take immediately all special necesaarv measures. Jonkheer Dr. van Kamebeck. replying, pointed out that a fixed domicile **s allotted to the ex-Crown Prince during his stay in this country, but the ■Netherlands Government was not competent to restrain him from leaving Holland. Thg .position of the ex-Crown Prince was sYbjeet to the jsnovisions of Butch law, sad the question of obligations under international law was not involved in this particular case. It is the. determination of the French Government that he shall be expelled irom Germany. France will demand that the Allies make a concerted demand for *is expulsion. It is understood that the Ambassadors' Conference will discuss the matter on Monday. The Paris correspondent of the Exchange Agency says it is understood that the French viewpoint regarding the return of the ex-Crown Prince is that « is an infraction of the A 7 ersa.illes treaty, in which he is classified as a *-ar criminal.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) PERMISSION FROM BERLIN." ALLIES WANT TO KNOW. PARIS, November 11. A Note from the Ambassadors' Conference handed to the German Charge d'Affaires last evening demands an explanation of grave newspaper reports that the Reich granted the ex-Crown "inee permission to return to Germany. Prior to the announcement of the exCrown Prince's departure for Germany, >t was intimated flint no Allied Note *ould be presented'to the Netherlands Government, but each Allied Minister would make the most friendly representations expressing his Government's concern lest the ex-Crown Prince should he permitted to leave Holland-—(A. and

THE ALLIES" ITTITUDE. BAVARIA AND EX-PRINCE. 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, November 10. French ''well" informed circles state that the Allies have agreed on an attitude towards the Beich as a .result of • current events—especially the Bavarian dictatorship. French quarters affirm that the Conference of Ambassadors unanimously decided upon a double demarche consisting of drawing tbe attention of the Dutch and German Governments to the inconvenience that might arise if the Crown . Prince is permitted to remain in Ger- . many. The text of the Notes to Berlin-and The Hague has been submitted to the •, British, Italian, Belgian, and Japanese \ Governments for ratification.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) TJ-TDEB. COMPULSION. A CHANGE OF HEART. (Received 10.30 a.tn.i BERLIN, November 10. An official statement from Munich de- \ clares that yon Kahr and yon Lassow | were compelled to co-operate with Hitler j' and Ludendorff under duress, but when ;' they secured their freedom, took steps j to "frustrate the movement. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) GOVERNMENT PERMISSION. RIGHTS OF CITIZEN. LONDON, _?ovem_er 11. The German Government, replying to the Allied Note, states that the ex-Crown Prince requested permission to return to Germany. The Government was unable to find a judicial, or practical reason for refusing him, in his capacity of a German citizen, permis-ion to return. It therefore empowered it* representatives abroad to furnish him with a passport authorising his re-entry into Germany. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) POSITION OF HUNGARY. PLOT WITH BAVARIA. BUDAPEST, November 11. An agreement found on the person of a Hungarian deputy of the Extreme Right, named Ulain, after his arrest. contained a scheme to overthrow <.ne Hungarian Government with the help of Bavarian irregular troops and to establish a new Government. The document was signed for a national executive committee by Dr. Szeinere, who also has been arrested. The other party to the agreement is the executive committee of the Bavarian National Organisation, whose signatures are lacking, because Ulain. when arrested was about to go to Munich to obtain the consent of the Bavarian body. Besides Ulain 14 other persons have been arrested and charged with coraplicitv in the Monarchist plot.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE RHINELANDEB. PARIS, November 11. M. Poincare informed the British Ambassador (the Marquis of Crewe) that French officials in the Rhineland had been ordered to observe the strictest neutrality as regards the Separatist movement. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE WtTRTEMBtTRGERS. EOYAX. TO BERLIN. » BERLIN, Nov-__ber 11. ' Reports from Wurtemberg state that ' the Minister of the Interior issued a proclamation declaring that the Government would ruthlessly suppress any ' attempt to extend the Bavarian insurrec. \ tion to Wurtemberg.— (A. and N.Z.) 1 -——-__-