The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-26

the Rel palace at Berlin, have hoist
ed the white flag and have been al
lowed to leave under guard. accord
ing to adviees from Berlin sent by
the Exchange Telegraph correspon-
dent at Amsterdam. German troops,
the message adds, now occupy tbs
palace and the royal stables.
| (By Associated Pregs.)
London, Dec. 26.-The Alexander
| and Franzer regiments have operIE
Joined the revolving sailors in Ber-
lin and it is predicted in advicc3
| night that nearly the entire Berlin
garrison will support them, leavin.;
| the government without troops.
| These advices were transmitted bs.
1 the Exchange Telegraph correspon-
/ dent at Copenhagen. They add that
| large forces OF sailors are reported t,p
! be coming from KieI TO join their
comrades in Berlin.
| Nearly 100 persons were killed in
! the street fighting which began i'm
| Berlin on Tuesday morning accord
| ing to the latest reports from tha
! German capital, transmitted by this
Exchange Telegraph correspondents
at Copenhagen. The Republican
| guards tried several times to take the
royal stables and the headquarters oe
the reyolting sailors, but were re-
| pulsed.
Many soldiers belonging to fl{n
Berlin guard and few Of the Re-
publican guards. Joined the sailor,
Vorwaerts reports.
When these reports were sent II
! large number OF armed civilians weea
continuing TO join, the sailors, not
| only at the royal stables hut in fh
! koenigstrasse. This street with al
its houses was reported in the hands
OF the. sailors, who were supported
by the Spartacans. They demanded
that Premier Ebert and Secretafg
Haase resign and be replaced hr
George Ledebour and DIR. Karl
Iiehkneeht.
Dr. Liebknecht, the adyices add,
went to the chancelIor's palace AMI
had a conference with the minis
ters.
Further fighting was anticipated.
it was added, as the Sparataeans and
the sailors had decided to attempt
to force the guards to return 10
Potsdam. The guards were station
ed in Unter den Linden and on the
Werderschen Platz.
According TO an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen, n
force of 500 sailors on Monday form
ed a guard and seized the red castle.
one OF the former royal palaces
They blocked the main streets and
entered the public buildings and ar
rested Herr Wells, the military COM
mander OF Berlin; Herr Fischer, his
adjutant and DIR. Bongard.
The Republican guard with ms
chine guns and artillery bombarded
the castle. Holes were made in the
walls, the ,porches were destroyed
and all the windows smashed. Tie
balcony from which former Emperor
William once made a speech in which
he declared: 81 know no parties.
was partly smashed.
The guard eventually occupied file
castle but the sailors were still hold
ing another large building at the
tine the dispatch was filed. The
square in front OF the castle was lit
tered with stones and missiles.
The First Outbreak.
Berlin, Monday, Dec. 23.-The Ger
man foreign Office and the chancei-
lery adjoining it, which is at prea-
ent the seat OF the government were
blockaded for an hour and half this
afternoon by a squad Of sailors
which had been doing guard dutg
there for the past month.
The navy men, who were about 70
be replaced by a Republican goIdier
guard and sent back to KieI, oil.
iected to the new ruling. As pro-
test against the action of the mill
tary commanders, small squads of
sailors attempted demonstrations IN
the various parts of the downtown
district
At a guard house in the Inter den
Linden the sailors clashed with mem
taase - ~. Il ~ aa
Shots were exchanged and it rs rc-
ported there were number of cas-
ualties.
A bullet entered tho classroom ii,
the University OF Berlin of PROF
Winer Sombart, a well known econ
omist but no damage was done.
The presence of the sailors in Ber
lin has been source Of dissatisfac-
tion among the troops returning from
the front and friction frequently llae
been apparent Suspicion also r.
leanings toward the Sparatac1a
group.
Strikes IN Coal Fields.
Berlin, Dec. 24.--New strikes have
broken out In the SiIesian coal fields
as a result OF agitation carried on 81
agents Of DIR. Liebknecht, radical So
cialist leader, fhe Tageblatt says L
Is. Informed. The agents succeeded
in inducing the miners TO repudiate
the recent agreement with the mlne
owners New demands, with tha
condition that they be accepted az
once. were refused by the owners
and FIVE Of the leading mines s4Yut
down The present Silesian output Is
half the normal yield.
Tho Rhenish WestpfaIian coal
fields also are partly paraIyzed by =
strike which has cut down the uanal
output oRa-third
The Socialist Vorwaerts declares
that the entire industrial activity ii
Saxonv Will be crippled within 1s
days unless more coal is assured