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ae Bavarian Covernment. arrested Pr.- mier Von Knilling, arrogated the right to form a Reich Government, made Gen- eral Ludendorff chief of the German army and made Adolph Hitler, who has only been naturalized a few days. arbi- ter of Germany’s destinies. Whnever supports the movement is guilty of high treason. All measures to resist the coup d’etat have been taken and will be exe- cuted with the gr=atest energy.”’ Berlin, Nov. Bh.—Telephone commu- nication with Munich was nterrupted shortly after midnight, the Minister of Defence has ordered the suppression of all news from Munich unless corrobo- rated. General Von Secktr has been ap- pointed Commander-in-Chief of the Na- tional Army and given militaiy authori- ty. The Central Government has sev- ered all relations with Bavaria and will withdraw all federal support until con- stitutional conditions ar2 restored. Wil- helmstrasse had been given increased military protection. The Munich rebel- lion s reported to be against the autho- rity of the Central Government, which is declared to have no further controlin Bavaria. Berlin remained guiet after midnight notwithstanding the vavious rumours current of the revolutionary zae- tivity in Bavaria. Early leports receiv- ed at official quarters indicated that Pre- mier Von Knilling’s government had been deposed and replaced by an ultra- monarchist military regime, but the im- pression grew that General Ludeadorft and Adolph Hitler had proclaimed a re- bellion against the Central Government and that the Ebert-Streseman govern- ment bad been declared deposed. The position of Dr. Von Kahr, .¢ Military Dictator in Bavaria and Genera! Von Lossow, Commander of the Reichwenr, is still obscure, so far as reports reach- ing Berliu are concerned, except that private messages indicate that Von Kahr i helding out against Ludendor{i and Hitler, and that Von Lossow appeared to be giving support 1o Von Kuhr. The Reich government has issued a mani- festoc to the German people, saying it has refused to recegnize the overinrow of the Bavarian Government and an- nouncing that all mz2asures have been taken to stamp out the insurrection- ary movement, The maniiesto declares these steps will be carried out with ruth- less energy. Paris, Nov. Bth.-—France warned Ger- many today that this Government can- noi remain a disinterested spectator in the event of an atempt to establish a military nationalist dictatcrship in Berlin. The representations presented through the French Ambassador in the German Capital were couched in diplo- matic terms, but under the polite torms used in such communications aspiring dictgtors were told te keep their hands ott.| France has no intention of in er- terring with Germany’s internal affairs, it was said at the Foreign Office touight. S T 01l 1 V> | But areturn of the militarist party to ! power in Germany would mean the ' almost certain repudiation of the Treaty ' of Versailles. ‘lt is believed here that ~ the oppositi>nof the Nationalists to the . succeeding - Republican Government has | been due to ‘what they regard as the t lu >warmness of these Governments in ' their resistanee to the execution of the ' treaty. The advent of a military dicta- ' torship in Berlin would make useless any ' mwore diseussions as to the organization | of an expert comwittee to investigate . Germany’s capacity -to pay, it is held here, since the poliey of the new regime - would probably be absolute repudiation . of the repariations debt. Hence the ' French Government decided upon the | warning, no* only as being oppcrtune, but | necessary. 1. isknown that Marshal Foeh, - who is closely watching developments . in Germany. has come to the ccnceiusion . that a new tide of Pan Ger.nanism is | rising. He has said that there is coming ' in Germany a Nationalist movement - conpared wth that which followed the | downfall of Napolcen, when Prussia . was given the post of watchman of the { Rhire, and that the Allies wouid be . stupidly b ind if they fail te see and vio- | vide for it. The q.estitn has been a . subjee of disrussion amor g the military . advisers to the inter-Alhed Coun:il of . Ambassadors, but éxtreme rumours cir- . culated here to the «tiect that Fiance 18 . arranging to call out Iwo contingents of | troops are dcclared. prepesiercus in offi- cial circles. » Doorn, Holland, Nov. 9th.—lt is stated ' today that the Government, 1 confermi- ty, with the underiaking it has given for ' the security of the Allies, wiil prevent ¢x Crown Prince Fredervick Wiitliam from going to Germany. [Frederick William L remans at Wioringen, whete Lie took up | his residence when he fled frow Germany - at the end of the war. Berlin, Nov. 9h.—The outbreak in " Munich has been srppressaed, . London, Nov. 9th.—A Central News despatch from Berlin says Ihe tollowing messages has been received from Mu- nich. ''The putsh is considered to have - ~ ended. The Ludendorft and Von Hitler . have barricaded themselves in the war ministry which is surrounded by troops. - Von FPoehper who had assumed the " Premierskip of the new Government has . been arrested. The Reichswehr are loyal . to the Beriin Government.”’ Paris, Nov. 9th,—The general staff ' foresces the necessity tfor ceri¢in mii- tary measures to protect the French . treops in the Ruhr, in the event of grave - disorders in Germany, or in case there | is an armed movement against the occu- . pational treeps. The first of these mea- . sures would be to straighten vut the . military line in Westphalia as tihe Ruhr I now formsa sort of square pocket ex- posed to attack on three. sides. This | operation would be accomplished by tak- ' ing strategic positions to the South. Such eventual dispasitions of troops cou'd bs exeeuted w:theat dolay. If the cir- cumstan *2s should seam-to require them, France could easily put in motion 200, 000 men. 55.000 are already in the Ruhy 95.00) more are in- the Rhineland, while an additional 50 000 are within easy reach of the frontier. Large garrisons ave stationed at Metz and Strassbhurg, small- er ones are all along the Rhine in Al- sace, while there are reserves at Belfort Epinard, and Verdun, not far away. The Freneh H'eh Commander is not likely to b 2 surprised by any develop- ment in Germary that 18 hostile to France, as its svstems of intelligence s understood to be most compiete, Paris, Nov. 9th.—The inter-Allied Counecil of Ambassadors has been sum- monaed to meet at five o'clock this atfrer- soon to corsider the situation in Gep- many. Ixchanges of views are pro- ceeding beiween France and her Alhes as to the action that may be necessary if the movement in Bavaria extends (o other Siates in the R«ich. 1t was learned today that the French military seciet service became aware of the move ment in Bavaria vesterday morning and that it was this that prompted the French Government to notify Berlin that it could not tolerate the establishment of a military dictatorship. . Lordon, Nov. 9th.—Civil war in Ger- many is regarded here as the only logm- eal outeo ne of the action in Munich and on the face of news hitherto received such a result is considered inevitable, The uttimate purpose of the Hitler-Vou- Kahr-Ludeadortt combination 1S not yet apparent, out all advices reaching l.ondon seem to point to an attempt o restore the Monarchy in Germany, with Bavaria veplacing Prussia as the dom- nant. State-General Ludendord scems to he the military dictator of the Reiech and the Republic is to be swept awayv. Whe- ther he and his fellow conspirators are men of the rizht mettls to eifect the change remains to be seen, but the reputations given by Von Kahr and Hitler in despatches to the aglish news- pap2rs during the last few weeks, do noto suggest that these wmen possess the necessary qualifications tor carrying ouc such a momentous undertzking, No word reaching London indicares the atti-- tude of the Reiciwehr toward the Munich revolr, but on the loyalty of these troops to the Berlin Goverament everything of course depends. ONE LARGE FISHING BOAT in goo! repair with sails and oars. Price $35.09 FFor further particulars apply as this Office. - .