Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-28
H|NCEhbURG MOVES
ON BERLIN, LATEST
FROM HUN CAPITAL
Claimed He Has an Army
That Will Enforce
Order.
WILL MODEL GOVERNMENT
ON UNITED STATES PLAN
Will Consist of Two Branches,
With President Elected
by People.
NOBILITY TO BE ABOLISHED
one View Is That Socialists Will Re-
tire From Cabinet in Favor
OF Independents.
NOBILITY TO BE ABOLISHED
One View Is That Socialists will Re-
tire From Cabinet in Favor
OF Independents.

LONDON. December 27-What is
iiap2cnng in Germany is proving
4 question Of kcenest interest among the
: diplomats and other officials gathered
mere IN connection with the visit OF the
PRESIDENT Of the United States I'm
confirmed reports coming from Copen-
iasen tonight state that General Won
'"hdenburS /! marching on Berlin al
'nc mead of a strong army OF troops
HeNotcd TO him His purpose. il IS
fiamcd, is TO restore order in the Ger
man capital and the dispatch says that
nc mas the support Of the entente
powers in his undertaking.
The news that DR.. Licbknecht has
! been elected Premier, replacing DR.
\ frtodrich Ebert the head nf the
| EoFernment. also is contained In tile
copenhagen dispatch.
| nnoiher message from the Danish
! Napital declares that the workmcu's
ana soldiers central council has been
called to meet with n view to recon
1 struc.ing the government This action
! supposedly is taken for the purpose OF
! including George Lcdebour and Dr.
h*ri idebknecht in the government.
! additional Information reached Lon
uon sources to-day from Geneva TO the
eject mat Berlin reports received there
Indicate that the present government
Is 70 constitute federal republic on
virtually the same plan as the United
states There would be a congress
composed oil TWO chambers of
srntat!v"s one to be known as th,.
TNolkshausc. or popular chamber. and th..
Other as the Stadenhaus. chamber
"f states, which would take the part
o' senate. The president would be
elected by the people and would not be
responsible before congress The bor-
Der states would be completely modi-
fed. the privilege of the nobility
abolished and Germany would annex
German Austria.
BERNHARD GIVES our
ESTIMATIi OF AiEM BERS
R?garding the probable oomposition
OF the national assembly TO be elected
M Germany, George Bernhard. editor Of
the Eos:ische Zeitung. gives the fol-
lowing estimate:
The assembly vii! consist of 433
members. OF these. about 200 will be
majority Socialists and twenty in
dependent socialists; eighty will be
VIII belong TO the Christian Social;s:
party: the old Centre party recon
strncted on broader and no longer on
a purely clerical basis. The small re-
Y mander Will be distributed among the
Snar'acus groups and the conserve
According TO one Berlin message TO-
day the majority of Socialists Will re-
Tire from the Cabinet and leave the
independents In fun control OF the gov
ernment, This statement is based or
the result OF the deliberations Thurs
day.
The Cabinet was in .secre, session
ing independents in the government
also were in conference, and this gave
rise TO a rumor that Hugo Haase. the
leader of the independent Socialists
would be called on TO organize q new
government
The crisis is likely TO continue for
day or two, and may meet with an
unforeseen solution. To-day passed
quietly in Berlin.
An eleventh hour compromise with
The revolving sailors by the Ebert
ho
ment apparently saved Berlin from an
extremist Christmas Day. G.ater re-
ports from Berlin are that the Spar-
tacus faction is still the cause Of
trouble. The sailors gained more
than they sought: and will remain in
Berlin as part of the republican SOL
dicrs' guard
EXTREMISTS TO DOMINATE
POLICING ORGANIZATIONS
The compromise provides that a di-
vision OF troops from the western front
which was sent to Berlin in response
10 an appeal by the government shall
/ retire and leave the capi,ul under the
protection OF two volunteer policing
organizations. which are dominated by
whom the soldiers have been antaSon-
istic. arc known TO be under the spe-
cial leadership of George Lcdcbour, who
was one OF the representatives of the
sailors in the negotiations yesterday
with the Ebert -iaase government
The sailors agree not 10 participate
III any iutulC IcN Oll ulnSt the gov
crnmcnt.
The settlement between the sailors
and the governmen, Dies not satisfy
the Norwaerts, which expresses the
hope they will subordinate themselves
TO the government and show them
selves good republican soldiers Theo.
dor Wolff. in the Tageblatt thinks the
sovcrninents capitulation leaves the
impression that IL is steering a rud-
Gerless course. The removal of the
troops, he says. may be interpreted $
the temporary elimination of the only
the Berlin bourgeoisie has set it's
hope.
SOCIETY Is FORMED
TO COMBAT BOLSHEVIKIssI
The Loknl Anzeiger announces the
formation of society for the nurnosa
OF combating Bolshevillism
Berlin was quiet to-day except for
noisy Spartacus demonstrations in the
Tiergarten.
In addition to the damage ALREADY
reported in Tuesdays lighting. the ca
,hcdral is badly SCARED by MACHINE
gun fire.
d The correspondent inspected the in
M terror. OF the red palace, and found
gji; had been damaged heavily by shell
fire In the private dining room OF
cnt saw the bodies Of fve sniInrs
kiltd in the lighting.
No authoritative list of casuaItic.
is yet available Estimates of the mum
ber of dead vary from twelve 10 sixtv
Unless the government prohibits a D,ib.
lie ceremony the burial of the sa;Iors
killed In the lighting Will be made
ticn by tho Liebknecht party
GERMAN SOLDIER SAYS aI,I.It,D
TROOPS ARE NEEDED IN BERLIN
we shan't have peace here untIlI
English and american troops come to
Keep order; Is n statement attributed
to ono Of the riotous German sailors in
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