New-York tribune., 1919-01-10
Reds Hold ReichstGg
Against Heavy attacks
By Government Troops

Associated Press) Heavy fighting con-
tinued throughout last night at various
points in Berlin. The civil warfare al
ready is estimated to have cost twenty
times as many lives as were sacrificed
in the overthrow of the Hohenzollern
dynasty sixty days ago.
The correspondent is informed that
the government troops have been re-
pulsed in every attempt they made to
recapture public buildings from the
the Reichstag building, the approaches
to the Brandenburg gates and the ST.
lcsian Railway station.
The excitement and disorganization
in the city is so great that it is i'm
possible to obtain details.
Farley Probable Failure
Since Monday the Spartacans have
not repeated the attempt to capture the
government headquarters in the Chan
cellor's palace, in Wilhelmstrasse,
which is strongly guarded by soldiers.
The conference between the govern
ment and the executive committee of
the Independent Socialists was resumed
this morning, but it is believed to be
doomed to failure, because Dr. Lieb-
knecht and his followers, who comprise
the great bulk of the rebels, refuse to
deal with the "bloodhounds, Ebert and
Scheidemann."
The "Taeglische Rundschau" says:
"The Spartacan damnation has in
trenched itself and Berlin to-day is
under the terror of Karl Liebknecht
and Rosa Luxembourg"
The "Rundshauo says it learns that
the new German Foreign Minister has
informed the Cabinet that it is impos-
sible to carry out any policies in tho
present condition Of affairs.
All Industry at Standstill
All business and industry is at a
standstill and the inhabitants wander
curiously through the streets in small
groups.
The Spartacan movement is begin
ming to affect other centres in Ger
many. In Brunswick the Red Guards
and Independent Socialists have adopted
a resolution in favor of q Spartacan up
rising and seized the newspapers. 1t is
reported that the Sparacans have taken
over the government at Mulheim and
Obe-hausen, near Essen.
The Berlin Independent Socialist or
gan "Die Freiheit" day throws off
the pretense Of following the Inde-
pendent leaders like Carl Kautsky, and
says:
owe summon the revolutionary
workmen and the Socialists of Berlin
to demonstrate again to-day their num-
bers and their decisions"
The paper calls on the revolution
aries to meet in the Siegesalee, where
great mass already has collected.
Six Newspapers Suppressed
Spartacan forces to-day still occu-
pied the Offices of the '"Tageblatt," the
"Vossissche zetung," the "Loka An
zeiger," the "Zcitung Ammittag," the
"Volks Zeitung" and the "Vorwaerts,"
which they took possession of early
this week, and these newspapers are
not appearing. The "Kruez Zeitung"
Is under q rigid censorship and is
only permitted to print news accept
able to the Spartacans.
The semi official Wolff Bureaus Of
fees here have been closed for the
last two days.
Tuesdou C1o .. n,.) The curtain is
'nr In: TITO Madbouse," as a majority
Socialist editor called it yesterday,
Ape Unter den Linden, Wilhelm
strasse and the Seigesallee and all the
streets in that section have been
jammed all day by masses of pcople
who from time to time fed madly into
tiic olue SCiSeIs dHu SneILerlnE door,
ways to escape the rain of bullets from
both sides.
Casualties Are Few
The shooting reached considerable
proportions three times during the af
ternoon. but the casualties appear to
have been few.
Spartacan forces and government
troops clashed this afternoon at the
Brandenburg gate, where Unter den
Linden terminates at the Tiergarten.
Machine guns we're used in the fight
ing The correspondent saw three vic
Tins Of the firing carried across the
apparently was dead.
At 3:45 o'clock. the Spartacans en-
tered Wilhelmstrasse the government
stronghold. from Inter den Linden
crying Down with Ebert and schei,
demanni"
A mere handful of governments
/ troops, probably not more than twnntv