The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-27
COMPROMISE in +
BERLIN AT THE u
Eleventh HOUR
Saved Berlin From Christmas
Ruled by the Reds.
Sailors Gained More Than
They Sought.
SENT TROOPS TO BERLIN
These VIII Be Removed Under
the Armistice Terms.
George Ledbour Was in Com
mand of the RevOltcrs.

Berlin, Dec. rs (delayed) An
eleventh hour compromise with the
revolving sailors by the Ebert
Scheidemann section of tho govern
ment apparently saved Berlin from an
extremist Christmas today. (Lates
reports from Berlin are thar the Spar@
tacus faction is still the cause Of trous
ble.) The sailors gained more than
they sought and will remain in Berlin
as part of the republican soldierp
guard. The compromise provides that
a division of trops from the western
front under Lieutenant General Lequte.
which was sent to Berlin by Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg in response
by the government, shall retire and
leave the capital under the projections
OF two volunteer policing organizations
which are dominated by the extrem-.
lists. The sailors against whom the
soldiers have been antagonistic are
known to be under the special LEADER
ship OF George LedhOur, who was one
OF the representatives of the sailors
in the negotiations with the Ebert>
Haase government. .y s.5
The sailors agree not to participate
In any future revolt against the gov-
ernment. x.s.-s -
The settlement between the sailors
and the government does not satiBy
the Vorwaerts, which expresses the
hope that they will subordinate them
selves to the government. Theodor
Wolff. in the Tageblatt, says that the
removal of the TROOPS under General
Lequis may be interpreted as the teu1-
porary elimination of the only agency
OF law and order on which the Ber1in
bourgeoisie has set its hope. =
London, Dec. 27.-Wives and sweet
hearts of the mutinous German sai1-
ors have seized rifles and Joined In
defense of the royal palace against t3fp
civil guards, according to q dispatch
filed in Berlin "wednesday night and
received by the Express. today. q I:
Altho the sailors have technically
surrendered they refuse to leave the
city and have announced they will con-
tinue to support Chancellor Ebert, who
permits them to remain.
The city is on the verge of anarchy.
and fighting is expected to continue"
the dispatch said.
Two distinct conflicts are now under
way in the city-the armed Opposition
to the sailors and their women TO
cities and the efforts Of the rejpve-
mated Spartacides to overthrows the
Ebert-Scheidemann governmene.
Reds to Force Ebert Out.
The Spartacides under leadership OF
Karl. Liebknecht, have announced
their intention OF forcing the prebeHt
ministry to resign. The dispatch said
they continue in possession of the
Vorwaerts plant, from which they are
issuing the Red VOrwaerts.''
The building is defended by eighteen
) machine guns and an armored car.
! A portion of the palace was still held
=, by the sailors, while the government
| troops held the remainder. It-was be-
| ieved that Ebert, fearing the sudden
| growth in power of the Spartacides.
would halt the attack against the SOL
diers and seek to enlist them on his
| side.
| Many of them have already openly
declared their loyalty to the chancef-
! lor. in view OF his disposition to defer
/ enforcement Of the orders transferring
Troops Occupy Building.
Amste rdam. Dec. 27.-Sailors who
mutinied and fortified themselves In
the royal palace have surrendered. ac-
| cording to o Berlin dispatch dated
Tuesday. They were given their lib.
erty by Otto Wells. city commandant,
] who is a majority Socialist, the mes
/ sac said.
( The palace has been occupied b
government troops. Sailors are re-
ported to still hold the royal stables.