The present symptoms of unrest among the monarchists of Germany recall] the events of 1920 which were so very critical for the country. It is only a month since the leader of that former movement, Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, died, and a review of what he carried out on that occasion is worth while as bringing out the trend of the people's ideas on govern-tment. For to-day we can no longer regard the German nation as the apparently single-minded entity it was once supposed to be, but we must realize the diametric opposition between parties such as Ludendorff's and sections of the proletariat. It was on March 23, 1920, that Dr. Kapp engineered his Youp d'etat in Berlin—the "Kapp Putsch"—in which, with the assistance of General von Liittwitz and a number of reactionaries, he tried to force himself upon the country, and figured as Chancellor of the Reich until March 17. During this reactionary interlude the Republican authorities fed from Berlin, and the capital was occupied with every circumstance of martial dies inj precaution by sailors, marines, and "Baltic" troops. Dr. Kapp disclaimed any intention of restoring the monarchy, but re-hoisted the old Imperial colours. President Chert appealed to the working-classes to strike at large in order to paralyse the attempt of the militarists to seize the government of the country. The response was almost universal, and none of the Federal States supported the-usurpers. Owing to the strike Dr. Kapp was unable to enforce his authority even in Berlin, and on March 17, realizing that this insurrection had completely failed, he abandoned his post and fled to Sweden, where he was permitted to reside pending good behaviour. There months ago Dr. Kapp announced his willingness to stand his trial for high treason at Leipzig, and returned to Germany on April 17 and was immediately arrested. Dr. Kapp. was one of the leaders of the Pan-German party before the war, and it is more than interesting to mention that he was the son of a Democrat who had emigrated to America in the middle of last century because of the state of politics in Germany.
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