GERMANY’S NEW GOVERNMENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12012, 15 March 1920, Page 8

GERMANY’S NEW GOVERNMENT.

Second Edition.

KIEL' FLEET HANDED OVER. SOCIALISTS DECLARE GENERAL STRIKE. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received March 15, noon Main Service London, March 14 “ Hamburg has reported that the Kiel Naval Commander-In-Chief has handed over the fleet to the new Government A general strike has been proclaimed NEW CHANCELLOR’S PROCLAMATION, Berlin, March 14 The new Imperial Chancellor Kapp has issued a lengthy proclamation charging the old Government with corruption, instancing the Erzherger case, declaring it incapable of ward ing off Bolshevism which is threaten • ing the nation, and alleging that the National Assembly continued to govern without a mandate, and illegally postponed the elections. The proclamation promises that the financial conditions of the Federal States will be constitutionally restored, and economic freedom will be restored to landed property which will be properly taxed. Strikes and sabotage will bo ruthlessly suppressed. Government will hold the balance between capitalism and labour, shielding the worker against servitude. The proclamation concludes “Work is the principal duty of every man. Germany shall be a moral community of labour. ’ ’ London, March 14 The Foreign Office learns tha t Ebert and his principal colleagues fled to Dresden, hut have not resigned. The apparent failure of Noske to defend the city is puzzling diplomatic circles, as it is known that Berlin was strongly prepared tor many months to resist revolutionary outbreaks. Its garrison included 20,000 special military police, heavily armed. Yon St. Hamer, Charge d’Affairs at London, emphasises that only one side of the story has been told and suggests that the public should await the disclosure of Noske’s plans. According to the latest advices from Berlin the new Government declares that It is not monarchical. The Sunday Times states that the possibility of the crisis developing into civil war is discussed in official quarters in London. A prominent authority, suggests that the Republicans might ask the Allies’ troops to advance on Berlin in the event of extreme urgency, and adds that the situation has cast great responsibility on Holland as the custodian of the Kaiser, as it is assumed that the Monarchists will quickly follow up their initial success. Paris military critics say that the Supreme Council is indirectly responsible for. the German crisis, owing to its dilatoriness in enforcing the Treaty and failing to deprive tne reactionaries of excessive military strength.' STRIKES EXTENDING. WMCWBiti Berlin, March 14 General strikes are increasing in "the provinces Water and electric power have been cut off in Berlin and food supplies arc falling Kapp’s troops are strengthening barbed wire defences and patrolling the semi-deserted city in armoured oars . CIVIL WAR THREATENED The Democratic Party has issued a manifesto declaring that civil war is now threatening the country, and giving the Allies an excuse for further territorial encroachments