After the assassination of Erzberger on 26 August 1921, the conflict between the Berlin government and the Bavarian government of Gustav Ritter von Kahr came to a head, the latter showing the same recalcitrancy against carrying out the special ordinances against plots as he had previously exhibited in regard to the dissolution of the illegal volunteer force, the "Einwohnerwehr". Wirth stood his ground, and von Kahr was compelled by his own party in Bavaria to resign and make way for a more conciliatory "Ministerpräsident".