Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
FALL Of MAJORITY
SOCIALIST FORCES,
BERL|NPRED|CT|ON
Independents May Get Full
Control of Government,
With Haase as Head.
COMPROMISE EFFECTED
WITH REVOLVING SAILORS

One Rioter Says British and Ameri-
can Troops Are Needed-Reds
Seize Vorwaerts.
BY The Associated Press.
BERLIN. Thursday, December IS,
r7lidnight.-As n result of today's de-
Iiberations it is believed in some quar-
'tcrs the majority socialists will re-
tire from the cabinet and leave the
independents in full control of the
government.
The cabinet was in secret session
the greater part of the day. The
leading independents in the govern
ment 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 or
sanize a new government.
The crisis is likely to continue for
a day or two and may meet with an
unforeseen solution. Today passed
quietly in Berlin.
Eleventh Hour Compromise.
BERLIN. Wednesday. December 25.
afternoon (by the Associated Press).
An eleventh hour compromise with
the revolving sailors by the Ebert
Scheidemann section of the govern
ment apparently saved Berlin from
an extremist Christmas today. Ga
ter reports from Berlin are that the
Spartacus faction is still the cause of
troubled. The sailors gained more
than they sought and will remain in
Berlin as part of the republic soldiers
guard.
The compromise provides that a di-
vision of troops from the western
front under Lieut.. Gen. Lequis, which
was sent to Berlin by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg in RESPONSE to an ap-
peal by the government. shall retire
and leave the capital under the pro-
lection of two volunteer policing or
sanizations which are dominated by
the extremists. The sailors. against
tagonistic. are known to be under
the special leadership of Georg Lede-
hour. who was one of the representa-
7ives of the sailors in the negotia-
lions yesterday with the Ebert-Haase
government.
Pledged Not to Revolt.
iAS SshAioAS s'5iS &C itot ~ Pdk liSApdlC
in any future revolt against the gov
ernment.
The settlement between the sailors
and the government does not satisfy
the Vorwaerts. which expresses the
hope that they will subordinate them
selves to the government and show
themselves good republican soldiers.
Theodor Wolff. in the Tageblatt,
thinks that the governments capitu-
latinn leaves the innreSSinn ho &c
steering rudderleSS course. The re-
NOV n of the troops under Gen. Le-
duis. he says, may be interpreted as
the temporary elimination of the only
agency of law and order on which
the Berlin bourgeoiSe has set it's hope.
The Lokal AhZeiger announces the
formation of q society for the pur-
pose of combating bolshevism.
The correspondent is informed that
at 4 recent meeting of Berlin bankers
one of the questions considered seri-
ousiy was the problem of fixing the
status of the ruble. which is circulat-
ing in Germany jim greater profusion
than the pre3ent economic relations
with Russia warrant. The bankers are
said to have solved the mystery since
the exchange of wireless compliments
between Hugo HaaSe of the Berlin gov
ernment and Adolph Joffe, recently the
Russian representative here.
OSmd1iu OtcEtuIOW.
Berlin was quiet today, except for
Ioisy Spartacus demonstrations in the
Tiergarten. DIR. Liebknecht and Dep
about 10000 in the Tiergarten, after
which the crowd marched to the
Brandenburg gate to the former royal
palace to demand the overthrow of
the government
In addition to the damage already
tod fy =
cathedral is badly SCARED by ma
chine gun fire. and one of the marble
Columns forming the background of
the monument Of Emperor William 1
was completely shot away by a bat
terry from a range of goo feet.
The correspondent inspected the in
terror of the red palace and found it
had been damaged heavily BY she'll
lre. The former royal apartments
had been transformed into a revolu-
tionary habitation and signs of con-
fusion and neglect were everywhere
In the private dining room of the for
mer emperor the correspondent saw
the bodies of five sailors killed in the
lighting. The palace ostensibly is un-
der the protection of the revolutionary
government as national property
but it is doubtful if the authorities
have any control over the hundreds
of sailors and soldiers quartered there
No authoritative list of casualties is
yet available. Estimates of the num-
Der of dead vary from twelve to sixty.
That great number were not killed
is considered extraordinary in view
OF the extent of promiscuous shooting
ny both Sides Unless the goyern-
ment prohibits public ceremony the
burial of the sailors killed in the
lighting will be made the occasion of
a mammoth demonstration by the
Liebknecht party.
Hope Is In Troops of Allies.
LONDON, December Give shan.t
have peace here until English and
American troops come to keep order"
IS Q statement attributed to one of the
riotous German sailors in Berlin by
the correspondent of the Daily Ex-
press a. the German capital. The cor
respondent says he talked with a
aexen others of the men, who express
ID themselves similarly to the first
speaker. some of them adding: Don't
let them send the French, or there will
be more fighting"