Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
ENEMY CHIEF
YSREvOLT
is PUT DOWN
Reds Suppressed, Claim
u. S. General Tells of
German Situation.

! Basel. Switzerland. Thursday
March 13.-The Berlin insurrec-
tion may be considered as sup
! pressed, Gustav Noske, the minis.
ter of defense. announced in the ma
tional assembly at Weimar today
a German dispatch reports. Only
one question remained to be clear
cd of the Spartacans, the minister
stated.
The disarmament Of the popula-
ton must be hastened, Herr Noske
said.
1T is especially the fault OF GER
tain newspapers, notably the Frei-
lieit. and the Red Flag" he con-
tinued, that acts of pillage, brig
andage and murder have been COM
mitted in Berlin. as they have been
melting the people for months past.
Blames independent Socialists.
The Independent Socialists did
all they could to support these dis
graceful, shameless actions. The
great mass of the workmen OF Ber-
lin are honest men, but. as in all
great movements, impure elements
seem to have crept in among the
loyal, thoughtful workers. The hy-
enas of the Sparticides brought
about all these crimes before mar
tial law was proclaimed and before
the troops had been ordered to ad-
vance upon Berlin.
Yank General Describes Situation.
Paris, Thursday March by
the Associated Press.)-Brigadier
General George Hairless coin
mander of the American military
force at Berlin, has been here for
several days TO appear before the
supreme war council 10 render a
report on the military and eco
nomic situation at the German cap
ital and throughout Germany. Gen
eral Harries has given dramatic
recital of events in Berlin during
the past three months, eliminating
IN the serious street fighting of the
last fortnight.
When the American party left
Berlin, the government forces un-
der Gustav Noske, the war minis
ter. were gaining control and. in
General Harries' opinion. the gov
ernment will control the situation
particularly if food is sent. in hold
ing the bolshevism back from the
eastern border.
Had Narrow Escape.
The American forces in Germany
consist of so officers and 500 men,
a considera BILE part Of the cOntin-
gent being stationed at 20 camps
at various places in Germany
where 100000 Russian prisoners
are being cared for by the AmerI-
cans. The headquarters in Ber-
lin are on the second floor of the
Hotel Adlon, in the heart of the
city, where much fgFting has been
going on. During the early stages
OF the fighting, General Harries
had 4 narrow escape. He was
sanding in window OF the Amer
ican headquarters. Watching a
clash between opposing factions
when a sniper's bulled grazed his
breast and buried itself in a win
dow casing by his side.
No Panic Among People.
During the more recen; disorders
in Berlin. the electric lights have
been extinguished. street cars stop
ped running, telegraph and tele-
phone wires cut. newspapers left
idle. and stores closed. and yet the
public, according to General Har-
ries. shows little evidence of panic.
The streets have been crowded
with people. including women and
children, but the military forces
have kept the crowds constantly
moving. The rattle of rifles and
machine guns echoes throughout
the city both day and night but the
spartacan bands have been gradu-
ally driven back and have lost con-
troll of strategic positions