Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
BOCHE SOCIALISTS UPSET
NEW GERMAN CONGRESS
Licbknecht and Followers Gain
Platform by Trick and Har-
anguc Delegates.
By Associated Press TO Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Berlin, Monday, Dec. l6. 6.-The centrs
Congress Of delegates from soldiers snt
workmen's councils from many parts o
! Germany opened today in the buildin,
formerly used by the Prussian diet. Their
were three women among the $50 dele
gates
During the organization of the Congress
| it became evident that the Independen
Socialists and the Spartacus group wer'
greatly outnumbered. A significant de
velopment WAS that none OF the inportarit
posts in the congress were given to dele
gates from Berlin
The Spartacus group made futile
attempt TO intnidate the Congress. Early
D the session, resolution WAS submitted
that DIR Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxen
burg, leaders of the Spartacus group, be
invited TO attend the Congress as g,Ieets
with advisory powers.
Presentation OF the resolution caused
Il great tumult throughout the hall The
followers OF DR.. Liebknecht and spectators
IN the gallery Joined in the uproar, which
lasted twenty minutes and threatened To
result in various fist fights. The resoiu-
ton then was defeated, five TO one.
Later while Herr Mueller, chairman Of
the workmen's section of the executive
committee, was speaking the chairman Of
the Congress interrupted 10 say:
There rs a oomrade present who wlsheS
TO submit o communication
The newcomer announced that he re-
presented $50 600 workrnen who we're
then gathered outside the Diet building.
He read list of demands indentical with
the SpartacSis program. including reten-
ri I-r* hn
men councils, no national assembly and
the formation of Red Guard This
aroused a storm of protest and in the
general nproar the intruder left the cham
ber
The 10000 workmen who he said
were outside the building proved b be
about 1000 from five factories, whom
the Liebknecht agents had induced 10 60
on strike temporarily. In The meantime
Or Iiebknecht succeeded in entering the
building and made 3 speech 10 the crowd
from window
The elections To a national assembly
IN the former Duchy Of Anhalt, which
is the first German federal state to vote
for a oonstitutuent body, resulted today
in a marked victory for the majority
socialists. The socialists polled 90 go
votes against q total Of Sc, ,951 for the
combined Bourgeoise groups In the
Reichstag election IN 1912 the socialist.
had 81 ,465 against 36,649 for the Bour-
geoise parties.
The increase IN the number of votes
was due % the lowering Of the age limit
and the votes Of women
The Anhalt national assembly will be
composed Of % Majority Socialists IL
German Democrats and two Conserva-
tlves. The independent socialists failed
70 get sufficient number Of signatures
necessary to nominate . ticket. The
'middlesfand group, composed of sub
ordinate government officials, including
school achers failed 10 poll enough
votes necrssary to have representative
IN the assembly.
Copenhagen, Dee. 1.-THE elections
to the national assembly in the former
Grand Duchy Of Mecklenblrg we're
announced to the congress Of soldier
and workmen's councils in Berlin as
follows: Socialist , Liberals 10, Handi-
craftmen 3: Peasant party. |.