Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-10

| Diets palace they found 1t already in
| charge of Fischers men. whereupon they
marched to the Brandenburgher gate.
There they met the palace guard or
sailors under Count Metternich. The
Franzers Joined the latter, and together
they marched to the Chancellor's palace
and Joined in the ovation to Ebert.
As they were entering Lipzigerstrasse,
homeward bound, they encountered an
automobile, in which were seated two
former members of their regiment, who
| persuaded Commandant Franz to lead
| his men to the offices of Die Rote Fahne
| and make n search for the stolen Gov
ernment seals and money said to be In
the possession of Liebknecht. They were
admitted without difficulty, but they
! found no seals.
After holding the Office of Die Rote
| Fahne for an hour and half, n deputy
of Commissioner Haase appeared and
declared that the Government had not
authorized the seizure. He told the
crowd to clear out which 1t did with
! alacrity
Under-Oficcrs to the Rescue
An hour before Commander Suppe, in
charge of 5000 under officers. who on
recently organized for the protection OF
he Ebert Haase government was noti'
| fled by telephone that crowds Of soldiers
and masses of people had assembled on
| Unter den Linden, on Wilhelmstrassc
and in the Diet building, evidently in
tending to cause trouble for the Gov
ernment. Suppe Immediately summoned
| about 500 former officers and proceeded
down Inter den Linden. He took n po'
Sition at the corner of Wilhelmstrasse
and closed both streets to the public
r l. ,n,t tn,in ,Nto tnNt
toward the Chancellors palace. The lat
ter was met by the palace guards, home
ward bound. Not knowing whether the
under-oficers were friendly or other
| wise, Metternich's men prepared for ac'
ton. So did the under-ofl1cers, Blood
shed. however. was avoided by Meter
Mich calling for three cheers for the
Peoples Commissioners, in which the
under-ohcers joined,
The afternoon papers all urge the
| Government to make a thorough investi'
cation and spare none, whoever he may
be, and whatever his intentions. Die
! F'reiheit calls on the people to revenge
the outrage and make an end of Scheide.
manu. Ebert and their ''reactionary
| friends
| Your correspondent was Informed
| this afternoon that the Government had
| already commenced an investigation. IL
g thought quite likely that tile person
who gave Fischer the order for the ar
rest of the executive committee of the
! Soldiers and Workmcn's Council; Cap
tain Kessler, who dered the Franzcr
| Regiment to take part in the arrest anC
! the ovation to Ebert the unknown man
who announced to the deserters' coun.
Gil meeting in Sophia Hall that the ar
| rest of the executive committee had
taken place: the officers who melted the
guard fusiliers TO bloodshed lin the
Chausseestrassc. and the person who
rotifled Suppe, commander of the under
officers, all acted under the influence o.
some as yet unknown parties, who sough
to create trouble and confusion. unde'
cover of which. perhaps, more seriou:
attacks were planned. Others, however
re still inclined to see the occurrences
of last night as merely the irresponsible
activity of well-meaning hotheads.