Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-10
RIOTS ARE RAGING
| IN SEVERAL TOWNS
OF RUHR DISTRICT. !.
Mob Is Reported to Have
Pillaged Cathedral
at Munich.
BLOODY BATTLE TAKES @
PLACE AT ANHALT STATION.
Spartacan Forces Reported Re-
pulsed by Government Troops
With Heavy Losses.
IMPERIAL FORCES cURROUNDEDs
Boishevik Terrorism Flaming I'm in
Hungary, and State Of Siege
Is Proclaimed.
BLOODY BATTLE TAKES @
PLACE AT ANHALT STATION.
IMPERIAL FORCES cURRoUNDED3
BOishevil> Terrorism Flaming Tn in
Hungary, and State OF Siege
Is Proclaimed.

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COPENHAGEN, January 9.-Goyern.
ment troops have occupied all the p,it.
lie buildings in Berlin and thousands
OF government troops are still enter
ing the capital.
The Berlin correspondent Of the iBes..
nation, declares that the Spartacahs v
nave been beaten. and that quiet was
partly restored to-day.
late hour. the Ebert government has
emerged victorious from the fiercss
clash isr n,xI With ,s the spartacans. The lat sS
scattered-for the time being at lease.sg
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg .sisg
Ge'sevea in s,,nnr to have PLAYED leading role
,,a aindenburs has taken command ee
srs srs GoTeInment ra"tiInr troops, These now
sa Tarts thyousanG n s1n5ol # the sap
deserted l.,s,n to the Ebert government.
Which 1!S now controls 10000 troops.
see the last vestige Of terrorIsnnea 10 10
the capital destroyd. - s ~!
The he, ,newspaper avs politiken learns from
seilWeig. DussseidorR R1Hsssea ESSEN ndsDasi ssss 81
ialad.r Several towns in the RuhT d ia
hands. a. -ET|f IS'''tte2s.iih
a mob Is reported to have pillaeel
tnS MuniCn Cathedral ~
Bloody lighting occurred at tbe Az ~
halt railroad station "Wednesday ni.shts 81
When Snartacan groups tried to occunyg &
v,ces yhe building. nadr according to Berlin ,ad
They We're repulsed by governmeIfts
them. ~ a.
LIVELY SHOOTING TAKES g.
PLACE AT BRANDENBURfi&
There was lively shooting wednes
uay afternoon re fyo1
ing the Brandenburg gaGe, which tie
EoseThment s,,.s th forces had, captured dur
Killed or wounded. SSi.Sss
The troops of the government dis
peE,sa r,,ns "a an IN ,neessant fire from machine
Linden and Wilhelmstrasse Later the
nrins increased in intensity, especialiy@
IN the neishorhood of the Brandenburg
killed pe
Fighting in the streets Of Berlin yes-
f teraay resulted In heavy casualtiss.
were employed in Wilhelmstrasse aiit1
Inter den Linden. 20
where nnsre the wa Thira Feyisn seyGlt at spands
picked k. troops of the. former imperial
army. were surrounded by Spartacan
troops and surrendered Ssf.5
The situation in Munich is renortef,
banks. Wy
DR. KARI SsPGTf si5snsteH o.nEht said that
conhrmation was obtained
B0LSHEVIk TERRORISM
FLAMES UP IN HUNGARY
=, Bolshevik terrorism is flaming UP IN
hungary. \ state Of siege has been
Salgotarjan, the scene Of communisfs
liots In which siNteenla ALREADY have bee.
KILLED. As result OF terrorist out@
breaks throughout the country, there
Is serious unrest bc
classes in Budapest The position OF y
the Socialist bourgeois coalition Cabi-
become difficult.
me premter has invited the Social
Democrats to take over the govern
men, mrnt IN, IN the belief they can better cope
asdministratio The Socialists. think
ing the time is ripe to force the issue
have have refused and are withdrawing
are urging the government to proclaim,
n state of siege throughout Hunrars,0
in ,s order to fight terrorism effectiveiy.
sheviki attempted TO force entrance :td
the Premiers residence. They wers
disarmed and routed. II
:, = Hoishe vik demonstration is feared
IN budapest momentarily. Leaflets ares
being distributed by the communists
urgihs the popu!ace to initiate the eS-
a'hnie r,l OF the German Spartacides
Ine government has resolved To ta lte..ss
energetic measures. Police and por1
eminent troops have occupied tho ni,b.
lie buildings. and machine gun detaeb-
mrnts nave been sent into the sub
urbS to maintain order. The raiIwa..
stations also are held by goyernn,anf
troops. Two Russians, pretendfnp TX
be Red Cross workers, have been a,.s
rest ed eeittif oeeit az als;esq -
BRITISH oIERCHANT
DESCRIBES COSDITIoNS
british merchant just returne,is 4
from an adventurous trip to Vienna
gave correspondent to- day AN aiarn,
Ing view of Austrian and EIunnnriaI,
Internal conditions. predicting mn az
plnSlon IN the near future comna re6 II
with which the Boshev!lS upheavai
woold appear moderate - -.
rms comparison is based on the fact
that the Russian people form a ress q;
sonab!y homogeneous body, whersa.s
austria contains various nation = iItfaa 81
ready to fly at one another's tfrosfs
me informant described the Bohn- g
mian frontier as the no mans IanSiggs
who're the upheaval Is being brawc,ifs
MANY bands of desperadoes are carsSe
rying on brigandage unhindered fThefr.
is general insecurity. and tho la 70 has.
iitIie power to enforce It's mandate e. 81
Ihe Germans, Magyars, Slays!SItaf.25
tans. Ruthenians, Poles YIupRarjafg3 y
CEechs and other races In Central Ev-ssf
rope retain their hatred OF each Other.
and THIS spirit marks the warfare gbr. IS
tween the pillaging bands. Z. "a ',s,Ss
me railway systems arc disorra,J.9a \
izsu: ano labor strifc, lack or coal n ia sl
OF financial control cont ftbqts 10 ttsb =
chaos. .ConSe9nentIyyst stasvs Ion shrtal Z n