Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-12
Charles Out, CrOlUn
Prince Shot, RumOrs


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the leading offices are being filled by the
comrades. The administration, II adds.
is retained. but its leaders are inspired
with the new spirit OF liberty"
The foundation of the new German
Republic was proclaimed by Philip
Scheidemahn from the steps Of the
Rclchstag Building
Describing the situation in Berlin late
Saturday. the correspondent there of the
Handelsblad says:
"Since morning the aspect of Berlin
has changed completely. Carriages, filled
with soldiers and civilians moved slowly
through streets crowded with sightseers,
who are not yet able fully TO compre-
hcnd the new situation.
"Thc sightseers today concentrated in
,be Inter den Linden and the Schloss
rIatz. and were remarkably calm on
Tho Imperial palace. the palace of the
crown Prince and the Government build
ings red flags were waving There were
hundreds of professions throughout the
city in which civilians and soldiers
joined
Potsdam and Doeberitz Taken
Nows has been received in Berlin and
forvarded here that the garrisons at
Doeberitz and Potsdam are in the hands
of the Soldiers and Workers Council.
Fighting between revolutionary forces
and Imperial troops was still going on
I'm Rerlin sunday morning. The struggle
that began Saturday evening broke out
afresh at . o'clock Sunday morning
The heaviest fighting Sunday morn
ing was in front OF the Victoria and
Bauer Cafes and the library of the
arsenal near the Lustgarten, where
officers. military cadets and boy scouts
were fortified,
Violent struggles also occurred In the
neighborhGod Of the Freidrichstrasse
depot. where officers with machine guns
fired on patrols of revolutionary soldiers
The reyolutionaries took refuge in
houses. hotels and large business estab-
lishments which surround the depot and
from the roofs fired down into the street.
The combat lasted. twenty minutes.
Numerous officers have been arrested.
Others are hiding in the cellars and sub
terranean passages of the royal library
and the cafes.
Combats lasted all night in the Doro-
theenstrasse where several soldiers were
killed or wounded.
| Herr Eichorn, minority Socialist Dep
utv in the Reichstag, is head prefecture
| ~ nolice. with Herr Hirsch, majority
| Socialist Deputy. as chief of police.
The fighting has been particularly Sc
,.are near the buildings of the Marshal
! Court. adjoining the Emperor's castle.
! Ntonarchists took refuge in the marshal's
huiIdinps. and utilized the underground
messages running to the castle, which
was in the hands of the revolutionaries.
! shots were fred upon the entrance to
| the castle yard.
have proposed DR. KARI LleoKnecht'
| Hugo Haase and Herr Barth as MEM
bers of the Government herman WIRE
| less message announces.
Regarding the negotiations between
both prouDs of Socialists, the leader of
| the Social Democrats announces. the
| message adds, that both parties are seek
| ing n Socialist republic, but VIII ask the
| neople and a constituent assembly to
decided.
Last Days of Imperial Power
Events within the last few months
showed the young Emperor the baseless
| fabric of his domain, made up as it was
/ Of varied nationalities, most OF when
! have broken the HapSburg connection
, and declared their Independence. The
disintegration of the Austro- Hungarian
Empire during an amazingly short pc
/ riod has been one of the many tragic
features that marked the last year oi
the war shortly before the surrender
| of November 3, which put the dual mon
| archy out of the war, the Czech, SlaN
and various other of the polyglot ele-
ments of the population had overturned
the Governments under which they eX.
isted with Charles as then overlord, anC
established new forms. Hungary de
cIared the dissolution of the bands thai
united it with Austria, and procla
nation by the Emperor who saw the
rising of the republican side threaten
ing to enguf him and his throne, ISSUED
an address to his faithful peoples an
nouncing the purpose to reorganize, IN
| country on a federalized basis. TN
did not stay the flood of revolt: From
Budapest and other parts of Hungary
the democratic and socialistic spiri
spread to Vienna, where eXcesses of tn
most violent description have been re
ported almost daily. The young En-
peror was reported quite recently Il
have fed from the capital where he en-
loved such wide popularity at the tim
| of his accession.
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