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ft the benefit of oil tho Gpmnn people, tho now Government Invites bcartlly tho acceptance) and cooperation- - of the I elaboration of laws for tho better-- . xocnt of the worklns classes.\ Tho manifesto charges tho Socialist Government with overburdening tho people with taxation, falling to creflt0i conditions for fin Increase or proauo tion In nil lines, suppressing papers which criticise It and otherwise inter- fering vrith personal liberty, and to dtesolvo tho National ly and Issue writs for new elec- tions. \Last but not least,\ says the manifesto, \ft government whoso chief upokcsman is JJrzbergcr must be uwept away!\ It further declares that n change f mvorniiifnt Is nurely an Internal , - ....... affair nud n Cicrman question, wnlcn ixlono cnticerns tho German pcopic. It promises to uso every effort to maintain Internal and external pence iiud prevent recurrence of the mis- takes of \a government now happily defunct and obsolete.\ Tho I.'bcrt Government had knowl- edge beforehand of the pending coun- ter revolution, but tho precautions taken proved to bo entirely inade- quate. The entrance into Wllhclmstrasse from Unter deu Linden is barred by barbed wire and further protected with field guns and machine guns, Numerous troops, with their lurries nnd field kitchens, are bfatloned out-- t tide tho British Embassy close to the comer. Their flag, Germany's for-- j iner naval colors, Is leaning against the Embassy window. There has boen no attempt to molest foreigners, and members of the tilled misMons find no difficulty In passing in their cars through the bar-- i ricades. The ordinary Berliner Feems to treat the counter revolution lightly, but on investigation one finds gen-- ; cral feeling of uneasiness as to what the future may bring forth. ARrtrlan Help Uxpectrd. It is thought that the Agrarians, who naturally support the movement, will tend food to Berlin quickly and in as large quantity as posslblo In order to maintain the prestige of the new government But no one knows wttat the worker In the Ituhr coal fields and the railway men will do. AleianderplatA near the Police Prefecture, is crowded with people this evening, for the most part work ers, tho number of whom In estimated at about 50,000. According to the Tagcblatt the counter revolutionary troops are com- - posed principally of the Erhardt and Txiewenfeld brigades, about 8,000 in nil. The Chief of Police, Eugen Ernst, replying to the request of Gen. Von Luottwltz to remain nt his post to pre- - vent disturbances, said that while It would be to the Interest of the father-- ' land for him to remain provisionally nt his post and do everything In his power to avoid civil war and fresh bloodshed he could only give his final answer after consulting his party friends. The Deputy Chief of Police in short speech to his subordinates requested them to continue to perform their duties. Outside of the Security Police and the Noske troops on patrol, nothing Indicated at o'clock this morning that Berlin would wake up to find the Ebert Government turned out. The President himself left Berlin with some of Ills followers two hours uftcr that time. Admiral von Trotha had been de--' epatched toDoeberltz Friday night for ihe purpose of conferring with the troops and admonishing them to de-- '. Fist from any violent procedure. He returned and informed tho Cabinet that the agitation had subsided but that the danger was not wholly re-- Xokkc'a Troops ot Loyal. The realization was finally brought l.home to the Cabinet that the army which Herr Noske was supposed to control was' far from being the loyal organization he counted upon ana that the Berlin garrisons had also been Inoculated by the officers of the old school and were ready for the rising when the call came. The se- - crecy with which the revolution wan planned and carried out has stunned every one. Field Marshal von Ilindenburg is reported to be favored by the now regime as Imperial President, but thus far he has remained in the back' ground. The former Minister of For eign Affairs, Gottlieb von Jagow, and Gen. Baron von Falkcnhausen, former Governor-Gener- al of Belgium, are LONG SANG TI CHINESE CURIO CO. IMPORTERS REAL CHINESE GOODS Fine JiJes, Porceli'ru, Jewelry, Art Embroider! ei, Objects, Chinese Bronzei, Silks INTERIOR DbCORATIONP. Ac. BEND roll KUEE \A Collection I'ejrU\ 323 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK. RatsiiiceEtc. Scieniitkatty Extenmna' .leainiMours a34HrniWEmmtatjraiu Phone Pennsylvania among tia leaders cr the counter revo lutlon. Whilo th movement has been car- - ,ety of j,, M to possiblo futuro occurrences. Courier measures aro xpected noon, although no ppwvermn nc mAniKra rtrtl \7 could hi reached under arrest. rteports from outside Berlin declhra tho counter revolutionary movemnnt has affected the troops In large num- bers throughout tho country, tho pew Security Guards as well as the eld army forces. The events that led up to thesejde-vclopmen- ts wero dramatic and rapid In sequence. Jrnt evening It became Icnown rthat tho Government of President Ebert and Minister of Defence Noeko had como upon traces of serious plat to overthrow tho republican regime. Or . . ... a f J i j ; ; j j ; a J j j ' a ; ' t t i , , ' ' ' ' , a ' ' 3 , ; j ' ! ! ) I 1 ? of . . i , k n - ... I . . ... I . a . .i ! ' own were wiwi w u urrc vu w. Thco were. Ilrst and chiefly. Dr. Wolffffang Kapn, noted as a reaction ary, who has been prominent In) all agitations of tho Fatherland partyand an cxtremo antagonist of the republi- can government, and Gen. Von Liett-wlt- z. who was In command of the- - first group of Itelchswcbr, oncm- - plre defenco forces. With them were associated CapL Pabst, a cavalry officer of tho Board, who had taken a, leading part In sup- pression of the Spartaclst revolt last year. Apparently, despite tho precau- tionary measures taken by the Gov- ernment, the plot had gone too for to be arrested, as tho troops selectetl for the seizure of Berlin were already on the way and force at the dlspoml of the Government was not only Insuf- ficient but was not altogether depend- able. When the news came that revolu- tionary fores from tho big camp at Doebeiitz were on the march, officers of rank belonging to tho Government troops were sent to meet them, as emissaries of the President, to prder them to desist and return to their quarters. The mutineers, who. mainly to r.aval brigades, with some additions from Baltlo troops, whn havo always been disaffected an3 undisciplined, met tho Government's representatives, of whom the chief wa Gen. von Oldershausen, and pro- posed some terms of an extremo dhar-acte- r, which were referred to tho Cabinet In Berlin. 3Iake I'race With rollce. The Doeberltx garrison, contposed chiefly of former Baltic troops, marched through the Brandenburg Gate eariy in the morning and found the Berlin secur- ity police puardlnc the Government buildinss. They made their peace, with thn police aad then took possession of the bulldlnKS. Wherever detachmcsts of Noske's troops were carrisonal In greater Berlin on duty, they also Joined the lnvaderu. The Ebert Cabinet after an all night setslon took to flight with the approach of the Erhardt marine brigade, which is . assigned to patrol WUhelmstraase. Two meml-er- s of the old Government, however, remained. Dr. Schlffer, Minis- ter of Justice, and Dr. Albert, Under Secretary of State, and received tho new Government Prior to the arrival of the lnwadlng forces the Government quarter in Ber- lin was occupied by forces under CoL Thaysen. Barbed wire entanglements were conspicuous, not only there but alto around the Reichstag and Imperial printing works. Placards were set up with the notice: \Halt! Any one' who gees further will bo shot\ Tho bridges and most important etreet crossings were occupied oy military, and guards were stationed in oil tho roads leading to Berlin. As events proved, these guards and the Govern- ment military forces were not disposed to offer serious opposition to tne icoun-t- er revolutionists. Proclamation rrepared. At the same moment a proclama- tion, prepared in advance, was issued, promising tho people freedom and or- der and dissolving the National declaring that tho Assembly's mission, which was to establish a and conclude peace, had been fulfilled. Tho leaders of the lato Gov- ernment have, on their part, issund in anneal to the people, claiming their support against the reactionaries and calling upon them to organize a gen- eral strike. At 10 o'clock the cltytwas still pre- serving for the moment Its usual aspect Carriages, taxlcabs and street cars were In movement as though nothing had happened. There was no change In the appearance of Unter den Linden ex- cept for the presence of a considerable body of troops at the Brandenburg Gate, the Adlon Hotel and the corner of Unter den Linden and tho Wllhelm-Btrass- e. Tha riroclamatlon appeared at tnis corner at 10 o'clock In tho morning. A mounted soldier, fully armed and nel- - meted, roue up ana iianaea tr.a procla mation to a small group or people, uney flocked around him while the document v.aa read. The proclamation later was read on street corners In various parts of the city. The Social Democratic party (Ma 10:30 - 2:30 jority Socialists) this morning issued tne following proclamation: \Workmen Comrades me military revolt has come. Erhardfa natal divi- sion is marthlng on Berlin to enfore the reorganization of tho Imperial Gov- ernment The mercenary troops who were afraid of the dlibandment which had been ordered desire to put the re- actionaries Into the Ministerial posts.\ \We refuse to bow to this military constraint We did not make tha revo- lution la order to recognize again to-d- tho bloody government of mercenaries. We entei Into no covenant with the Baltlo criminals. Workers, comrades. w ihoold be ashamed to look you in the face If we were capable of acting other- wise. \We say No.\ And again 'No.' Tou must indorse what we have done. We carried out your views. Now use every means to destroy this roturn of bloody reaction. \Strike. Cease to work. Throttlo this military dictatorship. Fight with all your means for the preservation of the republic. Put aside all division. There la only one means against the return of Wllhclm II. Paralyse all economic life. Not a hand must move. No proletariat sent) help the military dictatorship. \Let there be ngeneral strlko along tho entlro line. Let tho proletariat act as a unit.\ Slrnera of ainullett. The manifesto was signed by Presi- dent Ebert, Premier Bauer, GusUv Noske, tho Minister of Defenco; Herr Schllke, tho Minister of Labor; Dr. Schmidt, tho Minister of Food; Dr. Ldu-ar- d David. Minister without portfolio, and Dr. Herman Mueller, Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Social Democratic members of the Government and by Otto Wels for the executive committee of the German Social Democratic party. Publication of the evening news- papers was prohibited this afternoon. Only leaflets bearing the new Govern- ment's proclamations appeared on the streets. The entrv of the naval brigades Into Berlin Is graphically described by tho Lokalanzclgtr. Employees of the Hotol Adlon. it says, rushed fium the hotel excitedly discussing the meaning of the appeoraneo of troops la the streets. The few persons who\ were out of doors at that early hour in Unter den Linden and Uie Wllhelmstrasse approached the groups of troops who had taken their stand there and Inquired whether they were the contingent which was await- ing the Baltic troops, who were coming from Doebcrltz. Their questions were answered with derisive laughter, and with the intima- tion that the Government had fled tne cltv during tho night. The staff of the naval brigade pro- ceeded to the Ministry of Defence, where the formation of the new Government vu discussed, the newspaper adds. Re garding the attitude of the troops which were occupying tha Government buildings the LofcaJarucIotr says that doubtless these ps were ready energetically to opposo any extreme boctansi reoii, uui they would only fight with reluctance. on,i in some cases would not light at all against troops whom they regarded as comrades. It Is understood that the two naval which apparently were the principal factors In the counter revolu iinn am to a considerable extent con posed of officers and petty officers of the old German navy. An official of the newly formed Gov- ernment called a meeting of representa- tives of tha press this morning and in formed them that tho old Government no longer existed and the new Govern- ment had taken Its place. Chancellor Kapp, he stated, had held conversations this morning with Dr. Schlffer, Vice President of the Imperial Ministry. The new Government It was further stated, was not reactionary, but was a government of constitutional liberal ac- tion, which desired neither reaction nor monarchy. A transitional stage was ncceasary, ho said, until new elections could be held. Chancellor Kapp's proclamation de claring the National Assembly dissolved says that body lacks any moral right to longer existence. \Its attempt to postpone the elections and thereby despotically prolong Its mandate.\ tho proclamation continues, \la In contradiction to the will of the people. The constitution which has Just been adopted Is arbitrarily treated by tho Assembly as a ecrap of paper. The majority of its members would prefer to have the Imperial President elected, not by tho whole nation, but by the Parlia ment' Notice has been Issued by the Imperial Chancellory, signed Von Falkenhausen, that the publication of newspaper.- - Is forbidden ur.tll Sunday evening. This action has been taken. It la explained. because of Important negotiations pend ing with labor representatives which flight be disturbed by premature publica tlon. ASSERTS IMPERIAL RULE IN HAMBURG Garrison Officer Proclaims Advent of Monarchy. Hasbcm, March 13. Baron von Wangenhelm. superior garrison officer at Altona (on the rlghtbank of the Elbe, adjoining Hamburg on tho north' west), has Issued a statement announc ing, the advent of the \Imnirlal Gov' eminent\ He declares ho Is assuming executive power over Greater Hamburg and the surrounding district During the midday lunch period, work- ers In the shipyards at Altona ceased work and left for Hamburg. OODMAN 6I6.RtTTH.AYQfl2E .Announce Mr. Goodman's return from paris wh over 150 beautiful french models MODELS ON VIEW to 12:30 to 4:30 WSOH FREE TO USE ARMY IN GERMANY United States Still Being- - at \War Ho Can Join in Mili-'tar- y Move. SENATOR I0DGE?S VIEW Ho Believes Revolution \Will Not Havo Any Effect on Treaty Straggle. Bftehl (4 Tbi Sea 19D Kaw Toss Heme, WisnixoTON, March IS. Official Washington's thoughts instantly turned y to the pending German treaty as weH as the posslblo participation of American troops In ad allied expedition Into Germany when the news came that a.' revolution had broken out In Berlin and that the fatherland or Imperialist party had seized the reins of government tliero and claimed to have driven out the Ebert government and substituted a revolutionary Junta for It Senator Idge. head of the Foreign Relations Committee, did not think a revolution in Germany would have any effect on the treaty struggle In the Sen- ate. The negotiation of treaties Is In the hands of the President, ana the Senate will have no official Information of a change la the situation as regards the pending treaty unless the President for- wards it The United States is lr. the curious po- sition of being the only one of the great Powers still nominally In a state of war with Germany. An Internal disturbance In Germany does not affect thl country In theory: and aa a matter of Interna- tional practice It has lesi concern for us than It would have If we were nominally at peaco with Germany. No question of recognlztng a de facto or de Jure Government brought into power by a revolution can Us presented now. The United States, however, is con- cerned about the state of the armistice, which Is tho only existent contract be- tween this country and Germany. The Allied Supreme Council. It was explained, would bo compelled to In- tervene If the German revolutionary Government FhouIJ undertake to scrap tha treaty which ha been signed by Germany nnd the European Powers, while America, as a Joint signatory to the armlstlco terms, would have a direct concern to Insure that Germany kept the faith pledged to that document Th fact that tho United states le still nominally In a state, of war with Ger many leavea some curious conoiuono. TV. PnuMnnt Htm Dossesses largely. though not entirely, the war powers that were conferred on him. ana inu cuwuw being still theoretically at war he would need no authorization from Congress If he should wish to send r.aval or military forces to Join m reiorm& i many for the preservaiwu ul ests under the armistice. The possibility of either Poland of Itussla finding an excuse to attack Germany In this crisis was discussed as quite iiseiy. In case of an auiec moe mau tin such as .Marshal rocn havo Intimated might be necessary, the President would be free, as matters are understood here, to follow his own Judg- - . .irn!nsT or refusing to assign any part of the American force still In Europe to ctop\' Allies The possibility of such an ex- pedition was not taken very seriously at tho Capitol, where tt was believed the German regime would be pretty new certain to avoid offending the allied Powers by an eany mum m the treaty. About ls.WJ American iiwvujo o.. j m Germany aa an army of occupation and are stationed miwiy at Coblerp. The United Eta tea ts represented In Berlin by EUta Lorlng Dressed 'upcclal commissioner, and CoL Edward Davis, military observer. It is known that they have rezarded the situation as. serious for some time, hut no word was re- ceived from them y. NEW BERLIN RULER OWAif \fcrr Kapp Advocated Ruthless Submarine Warfare. Dr. Wolfgons Kapp, who la reported, as having assumed the 'new Chancellor- ship In Germany, was formerly a Con-- 1 scrvattve member of the Reichstag and General Director of the German Agricul- tural Society. Ho was a notorious In war days, and a firm supporter of tho Fatherland's militaristic policies. He was also a champion of ruthless sub- marine warfaru, and during the early months of 1918, when American troopu wcro gathering In such numbers as seriously to threaten tho welfare of the Empire, ho vigorously urged tho build- ing of moro submarines and tho carry- ing on of a vigorous undersea cam- paign against the transports. At that time ho was president of tho German Fatherland party. His arrest was clamored for by the In- - dependen Socialists after tho collapse of the Empire, on the charge he had par- ticipated In measures for tho prolonga- tion of tho war and tho hindering of peace. Ills appearance as one of Germany's new rulers Is taken generally to Indicate that the latest uprising Is of a most ex- treme' reactionary nature. He was bom In New York city June 24, 1A54. His father had left Germany after the revo- lution of IKS. ,Gn. Baron von Lucttwttz, who has been named as the new Minister of Defenco of the Pan-Germ-an party, has an American wife, who was MUa Mary Curti3 Cary of Cleveland. A more confirmed militaristic-Imperiali- st could hardly have been selected to protect the new state. Tha General was one of the arch opponents of the peace treaty and a leader of tho mili- tary party that sought to prevent the Ebert government from yielding to It For a short while ho was Governor-Gener- al of Belgium and later he com- manded a part of the German army that operated on the Verdun front In the days when the fighting there was at Its hottest. He was born in Prussia on April 9, 1S6J. EBERT'S OVERTHROW CAUSES NO SURPRISE Has Pleased Neither Radicals Nor Reactionaries. Trouble beset the Ebert regime from the time that it was established on the ruins of tho monarchy, and to many persona it may seem marvellous that It How Do You Sleep ? Restless, uncomfortable, wakeful? It's so easy to get a complete rest night after night on an OSTERMOOR It'i Dtdi for kJM Imp. Can K wi iantet .n Oiteraw' OSTERMOOR & CO. 11 ELIZABETH ST ThrMUTti li Block? tal12 Fhoct Sprtac S The New Telephone Ringing Signal You will hear it in your telephone receiver after you have given the number to the operator and while you are waiting for the called telephone to answer. It is a low burr-r-in- g sound lasting several seconds, followed by a distinct pause and then a re- newal ofthe burr-r-in- g sound. . It starts as soon as the connection is estab- lished and keeps up until the telephone you called answers or the operator tells you they do not answer. This ringing signal is designed to give the calling party definite audible notice that the work of putting up the connection has been performed by the operators concerned. Complying with the request of the Newspaper Pub-lisher- Association to cooperate in the conservation of newsprint 'during the present emergency, this adver- tisement has been reduced from the usual 10-i- sue to 2 -- col. 10-i- sire. NEW YORK TELEPHONE 00. nlali until iym. In tout nnrlslnff. TTOm tho start it seems to have been too con- servative to please tha extreme radicals or- - Germany, and too radical to pleaso the reactionaries. Ebert had the rudder of eUte thrust into his hands When the Kaiser abdlcat-e- d on November 10. 1913, the day before the armistice. He was then Imperial Chancellor, having succeeded Prince- - Mar of Ttarfon. HI selection for that no nt hA Iwn n rvirt surrender by the 'inllltfllHXIn h. thn (1 Mltisflod GCT- - radical and Sot alt pVpufar th the Kaiser's Specially Priced at M75'oi $105.00 Truly revelation of bow surpMlngly comfortable a cbalr can be. Hie ex- posed wood parts are mahocanj .tne Teat and back cushions of ttUCltd down. $78.00 An enticing D7 Bed. flclshod to ma- hogany with cano prtncLs Irec. Com-plet- e 1th comttlnitioa box :vtas awl maurrM, rufile pillow and rq vtto bol-t- r, corcrod In cretonne. JO Inches wide acd 73 Inches In length. tunxnitm Hel had been leader of the Bcal'-Democnatl- o party In Helen- - \Efcert's purpose was announced at flrM ai one of abolHtlon of militarism and re- construction afcnr democratic lines, lie objected etretwouely. however, to the terms of the Aeaty of Verjallle, andln the-etor- of docu- ment created Sn his country his rery neprly collapsed. TS,e Spartl fides, or Bolihevlk sympa- thisers In Gefmany. wnom he had trien ri 1..1..J11. o rtrnL bacame nulte menacing to iho order he had established English norfolk suits for boys from 7 to 16 years in imported tn&eds and homespuns. Top coats in impoitted tweeds, shetlands, and herringbones for boys from 10 to 17. English sailor and jumper suits for boys up to $ years. These are and bloodshed wasfnecemary to suppress them. It waa duftns the crlils created by these people fiat their leaaers, JUrl Llebkntcht nd ?toos, Luxemburg, were 'Ebert had frybed every kind of dim-cutt- y industrial, social and political during hid brfif regime, nnd his efforts have been byfot persistently at piecing together a rjnrable Cabinet and stltr.j-latli- prodtybUon. He took the oath of office aa PriBldoat,on August 24 last, (n. lowing the tdoptlon of liy his people. Prior to that time he hd ruled as hiad of the National Anernbl,- Dining Suite we arc illustrating is in rHE Hcpplewhite style and of mahogany, the line grain of the wood enhanced by a: rich, deep brown finish. The Cabinet Pieces, as well as the center panels of the chairs, are relieved by inserts of. graceful simplicity, fin-fish- ed slightly darker. The Sideboard, which is 66 inches long, has two drawers anl two cupboards of generous hmisipn8 The upper drawer is completely lined and divided into three silver compartments, the center compart-mcn- t equipped with a partitioned sliding tray for flat silver. The Service Table is 38 inches long, with a full width drawer and shelf. has full width drawer, a somewhat TVia China Cabinet also a The scroll which reheves the glass unusual fcatuw n this piece. avoid, undue elaboradoa..rtuihjrS I top Scity which characterizes the enure .suite. IV. Uuaa , (X stand, 6z inches high and is iaoaes wade. Imsm in diameter and can b: The c'iculai Extension Table is 54 extended to S feet'in length. in Arm and five Side Chain, with slip seats, complete the ten piece,! for which the .ttracrrve special pr.ee of 475.oc is in effect temporarily. W. A. 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