The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-10

y Copcn 1aHca di"TalCn ifS S'''Fu
day says the Spartacu$ group has gain
cred nil the best organizers in Eerlln
including the Russian HolSherik leader
I,nwiu. who has been aEltatlnE holShe'
-ism in tho Rhine provinces. The EoE-
crnment. fearing now rcvolts. has 10000
Of the publicau guard ready. SlmuI'
tannously Spartacus rff"rts are lor a
Observation-Disclosures agitation which Is
energetic. but Is considered less danger
Gus.
CLondon Times Wireless. Copyright 1918
BY Public Ledger Company.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 9.--Evcry one Is
accusing every one else Of being the
originator of the disturbances in Berlin
last Friday. and It is dIfiicHlt TO rs
certain who really was responsible, the
-cactiouaricS, the government. or Inc
Soar;acus group. The immediate cause
was the discovery that members OF the
Soldiers Council who claimed to repre-
sent the soldiers at the front were. not
delegated, so the Soldiers Council re-
solved TO reject them. Three meetings
Of the soldiers at the front were sum
moned as u protest intended to make a
ioin. demonstration. When the demon
s;ratorS had combined with supporters
uf tho SpaTtaCuS group ana were Inarch-
ing along. they found themselFes op-
posed by troops apparently faithful 10
the government, armed with machine
guns. go
Another account says that while the
Lcputation of soldiers was gone TO the
chancellor'S palace to ask Herr Ebert
ah1ut Il, vast executive council Herr
I-ichknccht appeared in front or the
house Of deputies and wanted 70 talk
10 the members of tho executive couH-
ell, but was refused permission. 1'ieo-
.lriccht and Rosa LuXcmburg were ar
resi- lc,i. but were detained only brlcl
time.
BERLIN. Sunday. Dec. S.-(By the
Associated Press. )---Thc commission ap-
pointed b. the present government to
work out Il plan for economic socializa-
ton has held its initial session but be-
youd organizing it has adopted no spe-
citic prog ram of procedure. The Berlin
buUr$" and banking and Industrial CIR
clcs. so far as the correspondent has
bc,.n able 20 ascertain. do not expect
tho immediate enactment OF radical
measures. The impression prevails that
the Fbcrt-Haasc government Is con,
WINGED That the present political and
ccunUnic situation is lnausptclouS. This
seems to have been confirmed BY recent
utteranccs Of the leaders OF both wings
Of the Social Democracy.
E.duard Bernstein. who represents the
revolutionary government in the na-
tioual ministry Of iinance and who. with
carl kautSky. undcr-secretary OF foreign
affairs in the soldiers and workmeTs;
government, shares the lntellcctu2l
leadership Of the Independent Social
lists in Il speech las: night, said the
most urgent problem at present ~ns
maintenance OF tho nations economic
system.
disqualification cannot come overnight.
said Herr bernstein. 1t can only DC
carried out gradually, but Il Is bound %
come. for the people now are sovereign
our important weapon is suffrage re-
form. which is now 4 fact. 1t will COM
pl.tcly reconstruct society and cvcntu-
ally lead to- state control of important
industries"
Herr bernstein said ho was opposed
to contiScatiun or appropriation. Our
present situation is most crltical-morc
so than most of uS realize" he added.
we ara lacking in raw products. food
stu(fs and other commodities. 10 pro-
cure which "" shall require immense
amounts ot money. We cannot seize
III" wealth of the rich people people. FOR
then tn" whole system OF production
would become paralyZrd. Our state
railways. which in bygone years nettcd
4 surplus OF 6.0o0.o0nneO murks now
show Il deficit nt l.0O0.n00.0OO our credit
abroad is undetermined the Dutch and
Swiss refusing uS because OF tn" insta-
bllity OF our economic conditions
COPENHAGEN. Dec. a.-According to
reports from Berlin. filed in the German
capital at > o'clock this morning. tho
demonstrations there yesterday were
without uatuward Incident.
PARIS. Dec. ?.--Addttional troops
r.-1I, nv.