GREAT GERMAN COUP

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10538, 15 March 1920, Page 5

GREAT GERMAN COUP

MILITARISTS PREVAIL SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN BERLIN. MONARCHIST GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE REPUBLICAN. GENERAL STRIKE DECLARED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. A counter-revolution is reported from Berlin. Tho National Assembly has been declared dissolved. The military party has captured the Government. The Socialists hare declared a general strike. The militarists intend to proclaim -Hindenburg Imperial President. (Eeutsr’s Teleurani.) ' (Received March 14, 3-3 p.m.) BERLIN, March 13. Peaceful revolutionists occupy the Wilhelmstrasse, and have declared Ur Wolfgang Kafp Chancellor. Troops returning from the Baltic marched into Berlin before the announcement that tho Government was overthrown was made. United Service Telcßram. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March, 13. The German War Minister states that a Monarchist Government will replace the Republican Government. " NEW REGIME TO ACCEPT TREATY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, March 13. Reports from Cologne state that the now Government intends *to accept the Versailles Treaty. SITUATION MOST SERIOUS. FOOH SUMMONED TO SUPREME COUNCIL, (Reuter’s TeleeramY (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, March 13. The French Foreign Office views the situation at Berlin as most serious. Marshal Foch has been summoned to tho Supieme Council. Herr Ebert is reported to have fled. There was no bloodshed. AMERICA NOT SURPRISED. Australian and K.Z. Association. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 13. The news of tho German revolution is regarded philosophically at White House. Officials declare that they fully expected it. -