The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1918-12-10
ARMED SOLDIERS
CONTROL BERLIN
And Also Munich. Force Min
lister of the Interior to
Resign and Close
THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES
THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES

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Munich, Saturday, Dec. IA
crowd of armed soldiers last night
went to the residence of the Minis
, ters of Interior and after forcing an
entrance demanded the minister 4
Resignation, which he conceded.
Revolutionists also stormed the
newspaper Offices except one. They
withdrew several hours later at the
earnest request of the Bavarian Pre-.
mie, Kurt Eisner, who hurried to
tho scene.
Herr Auer, the minister whost
resignation was demanded, was Civ
en- two minutes to decide at the
point of a revolver. He was then
forced to put his resignation into
writing. At first he wrote:
II have been overcome by about
800 armed men in my dwelling and
forced to resign the Office Of Minis
ter of Interior. ! declare herewith
that. surrendering to force, I lay
down the Office Of minister Of the
Interior"
This did not satisfy the revolu-
tionists. who demanded a statement
that the resignation vas voluntary.
The crowd was led by Birch Mneh-
ieu.. They proceeded from a COM
munist meeting to the oalce Of the
Bayarian Courtier, and appointed a
woman as editor OF that newspaper.
They remained in the Courier Once
until Premier Eisner went there
with q guard.
The Neueste Nachrichten, was the
only Munich paper able to appear
this morning.
Berlin, Saturday, Dec. THE RI
oting Of Friday in Berlin. the mys-
terious raid on the executive COM
mittee OF the Soldiers and Work.
mems Council, and the demonstra.
ton by soldiers and sailors on be-
half OF Chancellor Ebert (when b.
was acclaimed as President Of the
Republic, but set aside the honor
have intensified the existing gap be-
tween the two wings Of the social
democracy, which seems now more
than ever hopelessly divided.
Political onlookers are wondering
today whether the Ebert and Haase
factions have reached the parting of
the ways, and are asking what will
be the attitude of the Berlin regi-
ments from the front when they ar.
rive home next week.
The clash between government
troops and followers of the Sparta
Gus, or Radical, group resulted in
from twelve to sixteen persons be-
ing killed, according to various re-
ports. The number of wounded is
not expected to exceed fifty. Sever
al girls who were passengers on z
street car were among those killed.
1t appears that the audience from
one Of the three meetings Of desert
ers from the army was marching
northward in Chaussee Strasse to
join the audience from meeting
held in a hall further north. The
Fusiler guards were drawn up at the
Intersection of Invaliden Strasse and
the commander warned the people
to dispense. The marchers were cry
ing forward! The soldiers won't
shoot their comrades-!" The march
ers tried to pierce the line where
upon the order to fire was given.
Besides the wounded, several. were
badly hurt rushing through broken
show windows seeking cover.
A group Of soldiers stormed the
editorial rooms of Karl Liebnecht's S
newspaper and attempted to destroy
the paper and plant. Frustrated in
their rail in the newspaper Office by
the government orders, the soldiers
then attempted to arrest the mem
bers Of the executive committee of
the soldiers and workmen's council,
the soldiers apparently laboring un-
der the misapprehension that their
officer had been ordered BY the gov
ernment to make the Arrest.
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