Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-27
BERLIN RIOTS END;
SAILORS PLEDGED
TOMA|NTA|N ORDER
City Quiet Again Except for Soci9l-
istic Demonstrations; Palace
Turned Into Morgue.
ARMY TO BE WITHDRAWN
by Associated Press TO Every Evening

Berlin, Dec 81 a u m As
result OF today's deliberations, IT Is
believed in some quarters, the ma
jority sociaIsts viii retire from the
cabinet and leave the independents
in full control of the government.
The cabinet was I'm secret session
the greater part Of the day. The lead
ing independents in the government
also were in conference aud this gave
rise to a rumor that Hugo Ifaasc, the
leader Of the independent socialists,
would be called on to organize n new
government.
The crisis Is likely to continue for
day or two and may meet with an un-
foreseen solution Today passed
quietly IN Berlin.
Berlin, Wednesday, Dee 25.--An
eleventh hour compromise with the re-
voting sailors by the Ebert-Scheldemann
section Of the government apparently
saved Berlin from an extremist Christmas
today 1.nter reports from Berlin are
that the SpaTtacus faction still is the
cause Of tr9uble) The sailors gained more
than thev sought and will remain in Berlin
rs part of the Republican soldiers guard
The compromise provides that a
tBFtaNBH u tiBftBH fFHiEi lAEf@ HSAs1fl II b4tbib
under Lieut. General Lequis, which was
sent to Berlin by Field Marshal von
IIindcnhurg in response 10 an appeal by
the government, will retire and leave the
capital under tho protection Of two vol
unteer policing organizations which are
dominated hy the extremists The sailors,
against whom the soldiers have been an
tagonistic, are known to he under the
special leadership Of George Ledebour,
who was one Of the representatives Of
the sailors in tho negotiations yesterday
with the Ebert-Iiaase government.
SAILS NOT TO JON REVOLT.
The sailors ayr not to participate in
any future revolt against the government.
The settlement between the sailors and
the government docs not satisfy the
Norwarcts which expresses hope that the
sailors viii suborlnate themselves 70 the
government and show themselves good
republican soldiers. Theodore Wolff IN he
Tageblatt thinks the government. !
capitulatlon leaves the impression that it
Is steering 4 rudderless course The re-
mcval Of the troops under General Iequis
he saws, may be interpreted as the tenn
porary elimination Of the only agency Of
Law and order on which the Berlin Bour-
SEES DANGER FROM RUBLE-
The LokaI Anzeiger announces the
formation Of society for the purpose OF
combating BolsheyIsTn. The correspondent
IS informed that at recent meeting OF
Berlin bankers one Of the questions con-
sidered seriously was the problem OF
fixing the status Of the ruble which Is
circulating In Germany IN greater pro-
fusion than the present economic re-
latIons with Rus Ia warrant. The bankers
are said to have solved the mystery since
the. exchange of wireless compliments be-
tween Hugo Haase OF the Berlin govern
ment, and Adolph Jotfe. recently the
Russian representative here.
Berlin was quiet today except for noisy
Spartacus demonstrations n the Ter
garten. DR. Liebknecht and Deputy
Ledebour addressed about ten thousand
persons IN the 1iergarten. after which the
crowd marched to the Brandenburg gate
10 the former royal palace to demand the
overthrow Of the government.
In addition to the demonstration al
ready reported in Tuesday 5 6ghting, the
Cathedral is badly SCARED by machine
gun FIRE and one Of the marble columns
forming the background of the monument
VI
destroyed by battery.
DEAD SAILORS IN PALACE.
The correspondent Inspected the in
terror of the red palace and found il had
been damaged heavily by shell fires. The
former royal apartments had been trans
formed into a revolutionary habitation
and signs of confusion and neglect were
everywhere In the private dining room Of
the former Emperor the correspondent
saw the bodies Of five sailors killed IN the
fighting The palace ostensibly is under the
protection of the revolutionary government
as national property" but it IS doubtful
whether the authorities have any control
over the hundreds OF sailors and soldiers
quartered there.
Estimates of the number of dead vary
from twelve To sixty That great number
were not killed Is considered remarkable.
in view of the extent of promiscuous
shooting by both sides Unless the govern
ment prohibits u public ceremony the
burial of the sailors killed IN the lighting
will be made the occasion of a mammot
demonstration by the Liebknecht party