The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-26
Hoist the White Flag and Are
Allowed To Leave.
Government Troops Occupy
Palace and Royal Stables.
REPORTS TODAY ARE BETTER
The Battle Opened on Tuesday
Morning in Capital.
Republican Guards Tried To
Take Royal Stables.

London, Dec. 26-The mutinous
s-ilors who had been holding out in
the Red palace at Berlin have hoisted
the white flag and have been allowed
to leave under guard, according to ad-
vices from Berlin sent by the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
Amsterdam. Government troops, the
message adds, now occupy the palace
and the royal stables.
One Hundred Persons Killed.
London, Dec. 26.-Nearly 100 per-
sons were killed in the street fighting
which began in Berlin on Tuesday
morning according to the latest re-
ports from the German capital trans
mitted by the Exchange Telegraph
correspondent at Copenhagen.
The republican guards tried several
times to take the royal stables and
the headquarters of the revolving sail
ors, but were repulsed.
The Alexander and Franzer regi-
ments have openly Joined the revolt
ing sailors in Berlin, and 1t Is pre-
dicted in advices sent from Berlin
late Christmas night, that nearly the
entire Berlin garrison will support
them, leaving the government without
troops.
lin guard and few of the republican
guards Joined the sailors Vorwaerts
reports.
large number of armed civilians were
continuing to join the sailors not only
at the royal st~bles but in the Koenig-
strasse The street with all it's houses,
was reported in the hands of the
sailors, who were supported by the
Spartacans. They demanded that Pre-
af1r II a a O.
sign and be replaced by George Lede-
bour and DR.. Karl Liebknecht. DR..
Liebknecht it is added, went to the
chancellor's palace and had a long
conference with the ministers, the re-
suit of which was unknown.
Further fighting is anticipated, 1t
was added as the Spartacans and the
sailors had decided to attempt to force
the guards to return to Potsdam. The
guards were stationed in Unter den
Linden and on the Werderschen platz.
500 Sailors Form Guard.
According to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen
force of 500 sailors on Monday formed
a guard and seized the red castle, one
of the former royal palaces. They
blocked the main streets and entered
the public buildings and arrested Herr
Wells the military commander of Ber-
lin; Herr Fisher, his adjutant, and
DR.. Bongard.
Inc republican with
guns and artillery bombarded the cas-
tie Holes were made in the walls.
the porches were destroyed and all
the windows smashed. The balcony
from which former Emperor William
once made a speech in which he de-
clared:
II know no parties was partly
smashed The guard eventually oc-
cupied the castle. but the sailors were
still holding another large building at
the time the dispatch was filed. The
square in front of the castle was lit
tered with stones and missiles.
Reports state that large numbers
of sailors are reported to be going to
Berlin from Kiel to join their COM
rades in Berlin.
Arrest the Commander.
Berlin, Dec. 24.-Herr Wells, the
military commander of Berlin who
was arrested Monday by revolving
sailors during the fighting in which
many sailors and republican guards
were killed and wounded, vas re-
leased shortly before noon today. He
spent the night in the basement of
the former royal stables. Some of the
sailors were in favor of his immediate
execution, but cooler heads opposed
the plans. Some proposed that he be
locked up in a small chamber with
the bodies of sailors and other victims
of Mondays fighting. That he es-
capped violence was due to the inter-
cesson of socialist leaders. Looting
has been in progress in the palace
since yesterday and many private pos
sessions of the former emperor and
former empress have been carried
away or destroyed.
A report was in circulation at 2
o'clock this afternoon that the ma
rines were expecting heavy reinforce
ments from Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.
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