Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-05
revolt
COMING IN berlin
Ljebknecht and 5000 Arm.
ed to Lead Outbreak Tomor-.
row Night, Is Report.
FOOD RIOTS IN COLOGNE

PARIS, DecemD DER . (ndNdS).-a tei
rorist revolution under the leadership
of Dr.. L;ebknecht, the radical socialist,
will break out in Berlin Friday even
ing, according to advices received by
the Zurich correspondent Of the Jour-
nal. Liebknecht, the reports say, has
$4,000 men well armed.
The population of Berlin, according
to reports, is at the mercy Of gangs OF
marauders, and there appears to be no
authority there.
German Politicians -Embroiled.
LONDON. December British
Wireless Service).-The political sit
uation in Germany continues to be
extraordinarily obscure, says the Am
sterdam correspondent of the Daily
Express. Everybody seems to be quar-
reling with everybody else. and every
member of the socialist party Is try
ing to outdo his comrades IN the 1er-
vor of his repub1icanism.
Two grave dangers, the correspond :
ent declares. appear to be confront
ing the new German republic one
is the separatist movement, neaoeo
by Kurt Eisner. the Bavarian leader,
who is issuing propaganda against
the leadership of Berlin and appears
to be willing to create south Ger
man republic, including Bavaria
Wurttemburg, Saxony and several
other states. The otner danger, Whicn I;1l
pressing, is that arising from the
quarrel between the Berlin military
soviet, with its majority Of extrem-
lists and bolsheviki, and the Berlin ex-
ecutive committee.
Situation Is Chaotic.
1.-The whole situation indeed is cha
otic." the correspondent continues.
and of this chaos the extremists
naturally are making capital. The
republican government is not even
able to settle the question of sum-
moning the German electorate for the
elections to the national assembly;
1t is announced that the election Will
take place February 16. and 1t will
extend to the whole German terri
tory as it existed August l, 1914,
which is farcica1, as no election to the
reiclistag ever can take place again
in Alsace-Lorraine.
"On the other hand, the government
urges the allies to bring about a pre-
l.minary peace some time In January
and before Germany has real respon-
sible government. The whole German
political situation is characterized by
similar contradictions. The Germans
want the allies to treat them as an
orderly government while they give
every sign OF an early shipwreck In
anarchy" s
Bavarian Council concstra.' 49,
AMSTERDAM, December 5.-The
Bavarian soldiers and workers. council
has approved unanimously: the pro-
gram Of the German government, par
ticularly the maintenance of imperial
unity and the convoking of a national
assembly, according to telegram
from Munich.
Fire on Cologne Food Rioters.
COPENHAGEN. December s. (by the
Associated Press). ,Machine guns
were used in suppressing food riots
in Cologne on Tuesday, according to
reports received here. Several stores
in different parts of the city were
plundered. There were number of
casualties in the ranks of the demon
strants, several being killed.N
After plundering the stores, a great
crowd gathered at the food depot, but
the welfare committee. of the city
decided to suppress the disturbances
without mercy. The mob retreated
when the machine guns were brought
into play.
Other casualties occurred in con-
f1icts between mobs and the police
throughout the night.
Drive Against Ebert.
BERLIN, Tuesday. December 3 (by
the Associated Press).-Dr. Karl Lieh-
knecht and his followers of the Spar
tacus group of socialists are carrying
on a vigorous campaign against Pre-
mier Ebert and his colleagues, whom
the Spartacus socialists accuse of hav-
ing induced the mortal enemy If the
German revolution, namely, interna-
tional capitalism, represented by
President Wilson, to make the deliy-
cry of food conditional on the mainte-
nance of orGler.''
The bo1shevik organ, the Red Flag,
says: This is treachery against the
revolution. Any attempt to send food
to Germany must be opposed as capf-
talistic effort to beat bolshevik aims