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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol LXXIX No. 2<>,7S<> ICopyrlght. 1920. "?*w *<"?>* Tribune Inc.J , Eirsrto tast-^thejtruth: ^ews'tdiUriaU-A^^rm^^.. atrUnmt THURSDAY, MARCH '18, 1920 * * * . -.= $*" Creati-r ?w yerk and I THREE ( R.VTI TWO C/:>T8j Wlthin rommntine cJUtance I Elnewhriv Bolshevist Uprisings Spreading Through Germany; AjliesJ3ccupy Constantinople to Stop Massacres Fleet's Guns Cover City as Troops Land Eleven Slaiu When Turks Offer Brief Battle at War Offiee; Quiet Re stored in Few Hours Allies to Uphold Power of Sultan Ottoman Empire Must FuIfillTreaty Terms and End Reign of Disorder CONSTANTINOPLE, March 17 (By The Associated Press).?Con? stantinoplc was oecupied vesterdav morninc; by Allied forces under Gen? eral Sir George F. Milne, of tlie British Army. This long looked for military demonstration by the Allies against Turkey was carried out with only one untoward happening, a se? rious clash al the War Offiee, where thc Turks rcsisted thc Allied troops. An exch:inj:p of shots resulted, in which several Puujabi, of the British East Indian forces. and a few of thc Turks were killed. Shipping Is Suspended Allied forces fook possession of thc Ministries of War and Navy and assumed control of thc posts, tele graphs and telephones, which have been temporarily suspended. Ship ping also has bocn suspended. Thc British. ! rench and Italian high (- ssione- i sucd thc following pro( la mation: First- Occupation is provisional. Second?The Entento power* have Li :nientioti to destroy tho Sultan's j:--':-:.v. They wish rather to ? rerglhon il in all places which shall main under Ottoman administra "Thi-i Thc Ententc powers per ci.-; in their purpose not to de-prive thc Turks of Constantinople. But i . God forbid, troubles develop and massacre occur that decision prob? ably will i>o modified. ."Fcurth ln thi? ~ritical hour every one musl attend *.-, his own affairs and assisl in maintaining general sc ?nrity without permitting himself to l: deccived by those. whose frenzy tends to destroy the last hope of building upon the ruins of the an cienl Turki -h Empire a new Turkey. In short, it is the duty of every per? son to obey orders issuing from thc Sultan, "Fifth- Certain persons implicat cd in threats, of which more will be told later, have been arrested in Constantinople. They. naturally, will bc held rehponsible for these acts find for thc consequent results." Notification of the occupation of Constantinoplc was given thc Grand \ Lijor in a formal letter signed bv the French, British and Italian High Com? missioners, i Among the agitators arrested were Djemal Pasha, former Minister of War, and his chief of staff, Djevad Pasha; Senator Mahmud Pasha and an imperial prince. The Cabinet met late Tuesday evening. ihe excitement caused by the occu? pation quieted down before darkness. The landing of the forces of occupa t.O'i was carried out under the guns w the formidable Allied fleet anchored j in the Bosporua. The British dread noughl Benbow was moored at the Galata quay, her guns trained upon j stamboul. Another man of war faced l?e arsenal in the Goldcn Horn, while ?"' ' " other warships in the Bos Porus were standing by wilh their oecks cleared for action. Little Resistancc Offered Ksceni in ihe instance stated. how ?Y?.P? there was no resistanco to the AUied forces as they carried out the | o?ters for the occupation of the historic ! ?P?tal of the Ottoman Empire. The I Population, in fact, showed little alarm, JJT waa there any sign of panic ex- | ^pi ni one section of Stamboul as we commanders of the Allied troops; orought their forces ashorc. r Ajiesc forces includcd -1.000 blue ?? k- 8nd ,narines from thc Britiah flrships and contingents from the i }"?ea of all the Allies represented '? /<-"- Indian detachments having Mos ' m on their rosters were among the "?oops taking part in thc operation. Dl?n?mpuc'!1u',lsiv0 miHtary and naval out r i a made ,,or enrryingj pa?(- A!'>ed measures and pre-I numK?nai'y,s,ePs taken- Last night aj number of Turks and other persons1 fcSftfVk re*arded aa possible disturb invV Peace were arrested. includ- i K thc commander of thc 10th Turkish i ?fiaion. _i?^n8tnntinople has been placarded | II." a Pfoclamation by Major General treW V M- WilSOn, of the British! xinl declaring that anv one commit-i ofTkaI1L?.ct that threatened the safctv i ? the Alhed forces would be tried by j or 7 '?artlal a?>d sentenced to death i mightfi. ? Peilalt>' a* the court French Patroling Stamboul int Q?FrP.nch this evening ?re patrol The nmboul with Kengalcsc troops. subnvk ltlsh, aro t.'?arding Pera. the ?hi|rb northwest of the Golden Horn, ts . tne I'alians are guarding Scu-1 thpV'-0 .porti<>? of Constantinoplc ou nT * side of 'h<- Bosporua. boui > lUor ,hat occurred in Stam- [ the ? V f troops marched in was on Wa* n?- ? tnc shopkeepers near the Thr Air whero the cla8? occurred. "teir 1CM ar(" declared to believe for t.meas,i'es have provided amply : order' ,"aintcna?U"e of security and i it J,?,n. Con3tantinople, and consider j ?allirt v abH> whether even thc so- I *?? National ist forces in Anatolia This is the first picture oi Mr. Wilson since he became. ill. It was taken yVstcrday as he started for an automobile ride with Mrs. Wilson. State Leaders Say 3,50 Beer 'ass {Following a Conference, Senator Walters Cluims More Than a Majority in the Upper House From a Staff Correspondent , ALBANY, .March 17. -Colonel Ran? som Ti. Gilletf, Republican member of j the A'ssembly from Columbia County, i at a conference to-dav of legislative I leaders presided over l>y Senator J. I Henry Walters, president >>ro tcra. : ci' the Senate, agreed to urop his light ' wine and beer bill and introducc a 3.50 ; per rent beer bill. Tho bill which Colonel Gillctt will i introduce is word for word the '?)'<() , per cent beer law of Xew Jersey, and ; has been introduced in the Senate by j Senator James J. Walker. minority I leader. Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet did not attend the conference. Nor was he in? vited, becdure of hia announccment that ! he would fighl any beer. or light wine ; and beer bill. j The ignoring of Sweet was followed by his speed^' departurc for Xew York ! City, where, it is believed, he will trj | to line up scme of the local Republican ; leaders behind ii ir, proposal to do noth? ing on the "wet" and "dry" question at this Session, ivy fear it wili injurc him politically. After the conrercnce Senator Walters declared that there were 2~ votes in the Senate, one iuere than the required majority- ready lo pass the 3.50 beer bill. ln the Assembly, according to friends of Colonel Gillett, there are at least eighty members ready to vote for a ".?"?fi per cent beer bill. That such a measure will bc" signed by Governor Smith is a forepone coif clusion. / Sweet Aids Threaten Walters Friends of Sweet hastened to his support immediately after it < became known that Senator Walters had openly defied him. One of Sweet's supporters eaused a report to he published that Senator Walters, because of his atti? tude on the "wet" aud "dry" issue, might have his leadcrship taken away from him. Republican Senators characterized the report. as absurd and unlrue. The fact is that the report origiuated in th$ mind of Sweet's chief propaganda agent. Tlie fighl between the "wets" and the "drya" was started again in the open to-day. when Senator George F. Thompson, of Niagara, who intro? duced the Thompson-Slaccr Anti-Saloon Lcafrue enforcement bill, served not;-e that he would move to suspend the Continued on pao* four Four Men and Gambliiig OutfilJTaken in Raid Police Say Play in House on 74th Street Averaged $50,000 a Night Detectives of Chief Inspector Daly's staff raided a house on West Sevcnty fourth Street, opposite the Ansonia Hotel at 1 a. m. to-day. Four men were arrested and two roulctto wheels, sev? eral stacks of car(is and a bag of poker chips were carted away in a patrol y-ngon. According to the police, the place was friquented by men and .women in even? ing dress and the play there averaged $50,000 a night. They said it had been in operation for three weeks. The raid was made without the knowledgo of In? spector Henry, in whose district the house is. Six detectivea made the raid, Ihree of them gaininjr entrance. through a tear window and admitting the other three. Only the four men arrested were fo'ind in tbp homA Sweet Opposes Housing Bills, Lockwood Savs Threatens to Kill Ami-Prof iteer Measures Because Could Not Take Credit for Work, Senator Asserts From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY, March 17.?Because he had not. been permitted to take the credit; for the work oT the joint legis? lative housing comniittee, Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet, is said to have threatened to-day ? to block all bills aimed at rent profiteers and measures intended to remedy the housing situa? tion. Senator Charles C. Lockwood, chair? man of the housing committee, who is fearful that Speaker Sweet will attempt to kill the legislation in the Assembly, said: * "Sweet was indignant because he had not been given all the credit t'or the prcparation of the housing commit tcc's bills and threatened to-kill them. .They are not my bills, nor his. as I j pointed out to him, but the housing I committce's, and are introduced not to ] help any person*s political fortuncs, but j to solve a very^serious situation." I Speaker Sweet had a lively row with I Senator Lockwood this morning be? cause the Brooklyn Senator caused tho ! legislative program to ? bo published j m the morning papers. But, as Loek i wood made clear, Speaker Sweet is not , a member of the housing committe, | which has been holding public hearings on tho rent profiteering and housing i situation since last April. Sweet's Idea Called "Absurd" "Sweet's idea of solving the housing | problem," said Senator Lockwood, "is ! to increase the legal rate of interest, on mortgage loans from (', per cent to 9 j per cent. Such a rate, if enacted into ! our law, would be nothing short of i legalized usury and I, for one, would I not stand for it. And I don't think a : corporal s guard could'be mustered be j hind such an absurd proposition." j The quarrel between Lockwood ana Sweet occurred in the latter's office. I'he Speaker was seated at his desk, , which was covered with newspapers telliug of the program decided upon ' by the Housing Committee after con ferences with legislative leaders. Sweet alone had not attended these confer ? enccs, although invited on four occa sions to attend tho conferences. The story _o,f the row in Speaker Continued on pngi. four Peace Conference Big 4 Often Crawled on Floor Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemen eeau and Orlando Forced to Kneel to Scan Large IMaps LONDON, March 17.?Paul Mantoux, ! who was official interpreter to the I peace conference in Paris and who is I now . director of the political section | of the secrctariat of the league of na- ] | tions, has given the public a glimpse j at the lighter side of the "big four" at j work. "Mr. Loyd Georgf," he said. "sat in' a large comfortable armchair by the fireside, and beside him was M. Clemenceau in another armchair. President V/ilson sat on their left facing a window and I was at the other end of a long table, witn Signor Or lando at?my elbow. "Conversation was often very friendly and informal, and when some unknown place was mentioned a large map was brought in and, much to my j delight. I had the privilege of sccing ' those four great men crawling on the I floor. ?_. I "We had our moments of relaxation," | he continued, "and when the council svas wniting for some document the 'big four' told stories. President Wil? son was then brilliant andihad a fund of amusing anecdotcs which were al? ways mpch enioyed." Senate Kills New Treaty Plan!39to25 Lenroot Compromise De? feated by Union of Wil? son Democrats and G. Oo P. ^Irreconcilables' Final Vote May Be Reached To-day Test Roll Call Indicatcs Defeat of Ratification as Real Test Ncarg From The Tribunes Washington Bmenu WASHINGTON. March 17. The Sen? ate to-day took steps to hastcn the final vote on ratification of the peace treaty with Germany. An agreement was unanimously adopted to limit de? bate on the remaining reservations, in the hope of disnosing of them all to morrow, so the vote on ratification can be had to-morrow night or Friday. Republican and Democratic friends of the treaty played their last cards to-day injin effort to win the few Demo? cratic votes that are needed to ratify the pact?and they lost. William J. Bryan came to WashTng ton and conferred at length with sev? eral Democratic Senators, but failed to persuade them to join the revolt against President Wilson and prevent the treaty from becoming an issue in the campaign by ratify ing it. The new "American foreign policy" proposed by Republican Senate leaders to reassure Europe that the United I States will not dcsert the nations that were allied with her in the waa*, was I offered by Senator Lenroot. of Wiscon I ejn, as a reservation to be attached to the treaty, but the Senate rejected it. Senator Lenroot ..nd other Republican advocates of the treaty with rescrva I'tinns had hoped to swing the votes of several Democratic Senators for the ! treaty by attaching the proposed new I declaration of foreign policy to the j pact as a reservation. / Lenroot Amendment Beaten l The "irreconcilables" .joined with a ; majority of the Democrats who were 1present, and defeated the Lenroot res i ervation, 25 to "9. The "irreconcilables" : asserlcd that the declaration would i nullify the reservation to Article X. ! Republican leaders plan to extend the assuranfce of American interest in the peace of Europe, as part of a resolu? tion cstablishing a separate peace with Germany, to be brought into tbe Sen? ate if the treaty fails. The treaty of alliance with France, which President Wilson signed at Paris, will not be ratified by the Senate, Republican leaders said to-day, sand their plan is i to substitutc the declaration of the pro 1 posed new foreign policy in its place. The declaration. as enunciated in the I Lenroot reservation defeated to-day, ! reads as follows: "lt shall bc- the declared policy of this government that, the freedom and peace of Europe being : gain threatened by any power or coiv'iina tion of powci's. the United States will regard such a situation with grave concern, and will consider ' what. if any, action it will take in the premises." The vote on the reservation and the agreement to limit cieriate came after ' the Senate had debated the cause of tho Irish people and self-determination i for Egypt and other subject nations for four hours. Democrats I'nswayed by Bryan Before the Senate met several Demo ; cratic Senators, including Owen, of ' Cklahoma; McKellar, of Tennessee, and ? Kendrick, of Wyoming, conferred with I Mr. Bryan and reported to their col ; leagues that the Commoner's visit had i not changed any votes in the Senate. The Owen reservation declarir.g it to be the understanding of the United States that Great Britain would event- ; ually restore Egypt to freedom, with i the Shields amendment reeognizing the independence of ireland, was pending when the Senate met. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, j offered a further amendment including ] the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico and j the Philippines among the peoples j that would be given their independence. j Senator Kellogg, Republican. of Min nesota, moved to table the Owen res- i \ ervation, and his motion was carried by a vote of 54 to 21. All amendments and substitutes to the Owen reserva Continued en pags thre* Britain Planning Biggest Navy LONDON, March 17.?Intro ducing the naval estimates in the House of Commons to-day, Wal? ter Hume Long, First Lord of the Admiralty, said the government was firmly adhering to the tradi tional policy that thc British navy should not be inferior to the navies of other powers. Then, referring to the United States as the only country whose navy approached that of Britain in strength, he said that the idea of competition in armaments be? tween the United States and Great Britain was repugnant. Va. Delegates Are Instructed Republicans Back Illinois Governor for President Afler One of the Stormi est Political Session 8 ROANOKE, Va.. March 17. In one ot the stormiest. scenes that ever at tendod a political gathcring in the state, Virginia Republicans in conven? tion here to-night elected four dele gates-at-lar-ge and four alternates to the national convention in Chicago, and instructed them to support Governor Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois for the Presidential nomination. The opposition fought for unin? structed delegates. Support of Henjry W. Anderson, of Richmond, for ViCe-President also was instructed, the delegation recciving tho instructions for both men by a vote of 314 to 104. A motion, which prccirji tated the fight, was offered by Repre? sentative C. Rascom Slcmp, of the 9th District, asking for instruction in favor of Lowden. A storm of protest ' immediately followed. Several speak ! ers who attempted to second the mo? tion were drowned out by cries and ' cat-calls. Minnesotu's Big Four Aro Instructed for Wood ST. PAUL, March 17. Two delegates ^ uninstructed and tw0 others oledged to j i vote for Leonard Wood for the nomina j tion for President at the National Re-i 1 publican Convention in Chicago were] ! named to-day at two district conven i tions. F. II. Carpenter and W. J. Williamson i I were Ihe uninstructed delegates chosen in Minneapolis to represent the 5th Congressional District.* At St. Paul | Wood was indorsed. and Herbert Keller I and Leavitt Corning were named to go I to Chicago 1: renresent the tth Con-1 gressional District. At, the Minneapolis meeting an at-' j tempf made to have the delegates in-j | structed for Senator Hiram W. Johnson,] of California, failed. Eight other dis-j | trict conventions are to be held Friday.1 Two delegates from Ramsey County,, ! instructed for Wood, means "that only! four delegates out of Minnesota's twenty-four are in doubt. Thev are j claimed by Johnson and Wood. It has i I been conceded that Wood has won the ! ; tour delegates-at-largc to be named by ! thc state convention. ! TOPEKA. Kan., March 17.?Two unin-; ? structed delegates to the National Re-: i publican Convention were chosen by the I 1st District convention here to-dav. j - iNonpartisan League Loses in JSorth Dakota Special IHxpatcli tn Tiv Tribune FARGO, N. D? March 17. Returns from the Presidential preference pri '?? mary held in North Dakota on Tues | day are far from complete, tho bliz ' zard making many roads impassable. j The figures thus far assombled indi cale a majority for the opponents of the Nonpartisan League. The rural vote, which is usually strongly pro Icaguc, may change this. Thc only avowed Presidential can? didate was Senator Hiram W. johnson. ln many districts. however, the names of General Wood and Governor Lowden of Illinois were written on ba!lot3. Four proposed state laws were de? feated. These bills would have legkl ized the sale of cigarettes, Sunday baseball and Sunday theaters and wouU! have established a state boxing com? mission. John Reed, Communist Editor, Captured on Way to Sweden LONDON, March 17.?A dispatchjto "The London Times" from Abo, Fin land, says that at a preliminary hearing sfind under cross-exarnination a man ar? rested in a coal bunker of a Finnish steamcr bound for Sweden recently as serted that his name was John Reed, and declared that he was the editor of two newspapers in Oregon. The man, who previously had given his name as Casgormlich and declared that he was an American, said he had arrived in Russia five months ago, ac? cording to the dispatch. A dispatch to "The Times" from Abo Monday, in announcing the. arrest of the man on board a Finnish steamcr, said he had Engiish, American,and Ger? man passports and diamonds and money aggregating a large sum. Also there waa found on him, according to the i dispatch, soviet propaganda literatute, i cunninply prepared photograph films. I reduced to the size of postage 3tamps, and a very small compass. John Reed, editor of "The Voice of Labor," said to be tr.c party organ of the Communist Labor party in the United States, was indicted in Chicago along with a large number of other alleged radicals last January, charged with conspiracy toN overthrow the gov-I ernment by force in violation of the i state syndfcalism act. Previously he was reported to have | sailed from New York on his way to Russia to join the Bo'sheviki. W*hile j in Russia, it was asserted. it was his ? intention to arrange for closer affilia- j tion between the Russians and their j sympathizers in the United States. Reed was born iu Portland, Ore., and I is about thirty-two years old. He is i said to be a close frionrt of both Lenine | and Trotzky. In February of last year j he appeared before the Congressional committee at Washington investigat- j ing ^propaganda, In his testimony he defended the Russian Soviet gov ernmwnfc. Kapp Flees Berlin; Reds Entrenching Declares in Surrendering German Government Fatherland Must Unite in War on Bolshevism Luettwitz Resigns; Seecht in Charge Press Agents Ridieule the Danger of Bolshevism; Tronblous Times Seen | BERLIN, March 17 (Evening) I (By The Associated Press).?After 1 holding tho reins of power for less : than five days, Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, the self-appointed Chanccllor and I dictator, and von Luettwitz, com ! mander in chief of the army, un | der Kapp, have retired from office j and control. Wolfgang Kapp has fled Berlin, | leaving the Chancellery in an auto | mobile at 6 o'cloek this evening. I It is stated that the Communists j are constructing barricades at many i places in the northern and north ! eastern scctions of the city. I ' The leaders of the general strike I have issued a proclamation saving: j ''The general strike of the railway ! men has been eompletely successful, j and therefore it is suspended .forth I with." Kapp's Statement j The resignation of Chancellor Kapp j and his chief offieials is confirmed by I the following official announcement: "General Provisional Director Kapp has retired, with the object of bring? ing about internal peace, General von Luettwitz has retired for simi? lar reasons. "The Vice Chancellor, in the name of the Imperial President, has ac cepted the resignations and has in trusted Major General von Seecht with "the provisional conduct of af j fairs as commander in chief." I In a previous statement Kapp said: i "The Bauer government having i voluntarily decided to ruTfiil the I most essential political demands ad? dressed tos^t, the rejection of which on Saturday led to the establish ment of the Kapp government, Chancellor Kapp considers his mis? sion fulfilled and retires, resigning the executive power again into the hands of the military commander in ! chief. i "In this he is moved by the con- j viction of the extreme necessity of ' the fatherland, which. demands solid union of all against the annihilating dangers of Bolshevism." The semi-official news agency an notinces that an agreement has been : reached between the members of the \ Majority parties, the German National party and the German People's party, on the following points: , First?Reichstag elections to bc held ; in June at the latest. . i Second?An Imperial Fresidcnt to be j elected in accordancc with the consti? tution by the people. Third ?--Thorough reorganization of the I .imperial government. In conference with tho forwgn cor- | respondents yesterday Kapp's press j chief made play with the Bolshevik j danger. ln a second conference an at- I tempt was made to conceal the fact that ihe Berlin government was likely to be of only short duration. Although the general 3trike dealt this government a mortal blow, the decisivc fact is that Kapp aiyl his supporters had no political prestigc. their govcrn- ! ment being built only on machine guns. , Warning of "Red" Ttevoit ! The statements made at these con ferences gave a strangc impression and | caused a suspicion that the cry of alarm about the Bolsheviki was pre- | liminary to the announcement of re- i treat. The chief of the press bureau warned the correspondents against] showing themselves in the streets, as a , Communist revoit was expected hourly. \ That any kind of compromise is out ! of the (luestion now is undoubted. I President Ebert of the old government ' is strongly entrenched al Stuttgart, j where, according to semi-official ad- j vices, the Council of the Empire met j to-day and unanimoualy approved the | old government and strongly con- ' demned the military coup at Berlin. Frightened Berliners last night were! asking: "'The 'White' or 'Red' terror.j which?" This was in consequence of i an official announcement that the I "Reds" were planning a rising and call-! ing upon the people to save the coun- : try from Bolshevism. Government offieials said to The As- j sociated Press: "We fear bloodshed! to-night. It ir, difficult for us to hold i the troops back." In preparation for the expected ris? ing. offieials camped in their offices all! night. When the correspondent left j ? the Chancellery at nightfall into the;1 rlatkening Wilhelmstrassc soldiers were bringing in huge boxes of food and cases of wine. Berliners generally i scurrjed to their homes. apprehensively I soeking refuge and locking their doijca. Notwithstanding Dr, Kapp's resigna? tion. Berlin seems destined to havej. troublous times. An influent.al mem? ber of the government, talking with the < correspondent Tiiesday, insisted upon the urgency of suppressing the strike novement and communist opposition. He , added: "Time is^ on the side of the-' communists, and every ru.ur we let slip!' wcakens our position. We may expect7 great events between now and to- ' norrow." German Rail Men Call Off Strike LONDON, March 17. ?The Prussian Premier, Paul Hirsch, has issued a statement that the Kappist dictatorship has col lapsed, says a Berlin message to the Central News. General von Seecht has taken over thc com mand of the troops loyal to the Ebert regime for thc purpose of maintaining order. The Baltic troops .have been" removed, the orders of Kapp cancelled and the ban on newspapers and telephones liftecl. The. railway workers' union has decided to call off thc strike. Dutch Decree Fixes Abode Of Ex-Kaiser Place of Residence Re stricted to Doorn and Anierongen; Son Will Make Home at Wierengen THE HAGUE, March 17, (By The Associated Press.)?A royal decree. issued March 16, says the place to be allotted to former Emperor William of Germany as his residence will form part of the Province of Utrecht, and that it will be fixed later by the gov? ernment. The decree was in connec ? tion with an announcement to the Allied premiers regarding their recent '? note concerning the one-time monarch. The Premier stated to-day that the , government is considering an official attotment of land at Wieringen as a place of sojourn for former Crown Prince Frederick William. He said ; that up to the present the government I had no indication that the former Em ; pcror or his son had taken part in j any political activities whatever. The Associated Press was informed from an efficia! source that the reai j effect of the decree concerning Will j iam HohenzoIIern will be absolutely to ; restrict him to Doorn arid Amerongen j and their surroundings, and that one ; of the main purposes of the decree .. was to Cxclude him from anv large I towns, I _ AMERONGEN. March 17 i Bv The As? sociated Press).?Reinforcement of the Dutch guard at Von Bentinck Castle. which since tho Middlc Ages has been protected by moats and dfawbridges, has made the former German Emperor's refuge a veritable i>,-ison fortrcss, ca? pable of defense even in the unexpect ed event of an attack bv raiders desir ing to free the exile. The castle is situated in a big square. The four sides are moated, while two of them have additional walls. The latter two sides are on the public road, and on the other two sides, which have no walls, are private paths belonging to the von Bentincks. Constables and military police patrol the roads with loaded rifles night and day. Sentries Stationed Everywhere To the right of the main entrance is a small building. in which rest rein- \ forcements. Here sentries are on guard. Behind this main gateway, a distance of LiO yards. is another gate, barring the inner ctriveway to the drawbridge. | More sentries are stationed here. Still .' further on, where the road bends at yet another jrate, there also is a guard. i Then, turning to the rijrht, a driveway leads to the terrace on which the castle | stands. Police :>atrol this terrace. At the rear of the castle there is a ; garden, then a moat and then a private | pathway on thc dike, and this is con- i stantiy patrolled. Beyond the dike is a meadowland crossed by ditches and i hedges and in the meadow are patrols '? who are partieularly warned to guard against the landing of airplanes there. Only the Bentinck family apd Jfche former Emperor's few servarits have permission to enter the castle. Will Not- Involve Holland LONDON. March 17.?Thc Dutch Pre? mier has informed the president of tKe upper and lower houses of Parliament by letter that former Emperor William has assured the Dutch government that j he will r^frain from all political activ- i ity and do nothing which would involve , Holland in any international difficulty, j says a dispatch to the Central News j from The Haguc. W1ERJNGEN, Holland. March 17 (By The Associated Press).?The; Dutch torpedo boat which arrived here j Monday, presumablv to guard former i Crown Prince Frederick William, de parted to-day, by order of the Dutch I government. ^ Frederick William, who is thoroughly i informed of thc progress of events in Germany, is greatly interested, but seems not to be perturbed at the failing j fortunes of the "Kapp regime. To-day he boxed with the son of Burgomaster Perebom, who was a good match for i him. hut much younger. No special guards nave as yet ar- ; rived here. and the former Crcwn Prince j is quite free to move about the island. j He reiterates that he would like to re- | turn to Germany some time, but not I under present circumstances. Polish Uprising Reported Disorders at Warsaw and Other Points Laid to "Reds" BERLIN, March 17. News received . from upper Silesia, the semi-official VVoKf Bureau says, reports a rising of Bolshevik characte" at Warsaw and ' other parts of Poland. (iOOl) MORMM,: The Presklcm of the Woolwort* ??om? pany (.". antl io cent ntore?) seovred hiJa flrst poaition .);> bookkeaper with thm , .-niupany thmuKh an advertiyement in Th? I Trtbun--. Future executives still read The | Tribun". If vou need a boolikceper, cle-li | r>r other offlco help call up the tiood Morn- | ing; Ciirl-Beokman 3000?and give her your advertloement for to-morrow'B Trib? une.?Advt. Workers Set Up Soviets In Big Cities [Pispatch Says "Reds" ??; Berlin Have Proclaimee! Republic; Separatisl Movement in Munich | Kapp and Advisers Reported iu Prison j Ebert Expected to Return to Capital as von Hue sen Directs the Troops i By Arthur S. Draper From The Tribunc's European Bureau (Copyrlgrht. 19LSO. New Tork Trihun? Inc.} LONDON, March 17.--The out ? standing features of the situation in ' Germany to-day are: Chancellor Kapp and General von Luettwitz, f the short-Hved monarchist revolution, have re : signed. it is officially announced in i Berlin. Communist rislngs have assunwd threatening proportions in many places. A definite separatisl movement has been started in South Ger? many, especiajly in Munich, where the people are voting on the ques? tion of Bavarian autonomy. The Ebert government is expected to move immediately from Dresdon to Berlin. In smne quarters there i is a belief that romething akin to a dictatorahip may be set up in Berlin ; until order is restored. Surrcncler to Schiffer The rcvoV?tionists surrendeved un conditionally to Vice-Chancellor [ Schiffer, who I.as remained ir. Ber? lin throughout fno crisis. The ring leaders of the yaihtaz lv'*' swp are I said to be in prison in berlin. CJvjn ? eral von Huesen has taken command of the troops in President Ebert's name. This is considered an impor? tant step, for, although the reaction ary movement failed after four days, a difficult task remains in restoring order. Several hundred persons are re? ported to have been killed in lierce fighting in the outskirts cf Berlin, Dresden and Frankfort. The indus? trial centers have been the scenes of j the bitterest conflicts. British official reports indicate that the separatisl movement in Bavaria is being directed by Dr. Helm, who hopes to form an alliance with Austria. The collapse of the Junker revolution probably will put a stop to the open ti'-cht for auton? omy. Chief I'eril From Bolshevism President Ebert, in an interview In Stuttgart, demanded the withdrawal of tho rebe! soldiers. He declared the revolutionists intended the overthrow of constitutional democracy, but they had won no support except in tho East Elbo provinces and among tho old Prussian reactionaries. Noskc is ouoted as stating that Bavaria, Baden, Saxony, the Rhineland and Wcstphalia, as well as Central Germany, remained loyal and that he had large forces at h s disposal. Acconling to Noske's esi. mate, order would be restored ? a few days. He\and other leaders insist that the chief danger is from ihe Com? munists rather than the rcactionary militarist s. Agita tion Grows For German Soviet Independent Socialisls ln* crease Daily and Ger? many Faces 'Red' Rule LONDON, March 17.- Independcnft Socialists and Communists in Germany have commenced a violent agitation in favor of a soviet republic and an alli? ance with Soviet Russia, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tele? graph Company. Independent Socialists and Com? munists are reported to have pro claimetl a republic in Berlin. according to a telegram from Hamburg, for warded by the Central News corre? spondent at Copenhagen. The inde pendents and Communists sent Chan? cellor Kapp a list containing the names of their new ministry, together with an ultimatum. The Chancellor replied with a declaration that martial law would be drastically enforced. Ha caused the pickets throughout the city to bc strengthened and warned the citi? zens that they must be indoors by nighU fall. The situation in Berlin last nighi; was very .serious, the de facto govern? ment apparently having good ground tor {'earing a general rising by the So? cialists. Kutfalessness of the Communists and the audacity of their leaders in the in? dustrial districts cause considerable anxicty. according to the official mes sages. It is pointed out that if the Kapp government collapses the old regime will agu't.n be compelled to take a ftrm hand against the Bolshevik ele ments, and the difficulty of suppressimj them will be in proportion to the lengta