New-York tribune., 1919-01-11


news received from Berlin indicates
that the government forces have
widcned the barred zones inside the
city and succeeded in effecting a juno
ton between the troops coming from
the provinces and those already in the
city.
BERLIN, Jan. 9 $3.50 %. m.).-The
government forces are in complete con-
troll of that section of the inner city
between the Brandenburg Gate and
Friedrichstrasse. It has issued ar
order prohibiting all professions. In
it's order the government gave warning
that its troops have orders to fire
without waiting for the Spartacans to
begin, and to shoot to kill.
The Spartacides apparently are los
ing hope. They failed to summon 8
mass meeting of their supporters to-
dsy, and the streets are almost de-
serted. They were without even the
usual small groups of disputants.
The correspondent is informed that
the Berlin regiment of mounted sharp
shooters is supporting the government
enthusiastically and that other troops
in the city also are loyal.
More Than 200 Killed
1t is estimated that more than 200
persons have been killed in the fighting
in Berlin since Monday. The Charlie
and other outlying hospitals cared for
500 wounded yesterday. Twelve dead
we're carried into the Chancellor's Pal
ace in Wilhslmstrasse during Wednes-
day.
The. inner city has been compara-
lively quiet during the last twelve
hours. The presence of strong detach-
mcnts of government troops who arc
patroling the downtown streets and
eliminating all needless pedestrian and
vehicle traffic has had rcassuring
effect Occasional shots fired as p
warning have resulted in the dispersal
of crowds of curious.
Newspaper Row." which comprises
the buildings of the leading bourgeois
newspapers, was the scene of fighting
during the night and early to- day. The
efforts of the government troops to
drive the Spartacides from the Wolff
Bureau Office, the "Tageblatt," the
"Lokal- -Anzeiger" and the "Vossische
zeitung' proved unsuccessful. The
owners of the newspapers had agreed
to resume publication only when the
government was able to guarantee that
the plants would be given complete
protection.
The Office Of the Wolff Bureau has
been contended for hotly during the
past few days. The building shows
traces of heavy fighting, but is still
held by the Spartacides.
The Spartacides have been driven
from the government printing Office
and the barracks of the Pioneer Guards
IN Koepenickstrasse. which was the
scene of heavy fighting Tuesday.
The Chancellor's Palace in Wilhelm
sirasse, where the five members of the
government have their headquarters,
has been converted into an armed
camp. The spacious reception hall is
filled with men armed with rifles, hand
srenades and e-throwers. Several
rooms have been fitted up as tempo
iary hospitals for the wounded picked
up in Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den
Linden. The rumor that the Sparta
cans had occupied the Imperial Bank
is declared to be untrue.
City Workers Strike
Charlottenburg, one of the largest
eaourbs Of greater Berlin, was with
cut gas and water on Wednesday
on account of strike of city en-
ployes The surface streetcar lines
are not operating and the subway is
Dadly overcrowded.
Police headquarters is in the Alex
snosr Palace. The building had been
nsid By the Spartacaas since the be-
ginning of the present outbreak, which
started in the refusal of Eichhorn to
hand over his authority to police
ehieY appointed by the Ebert govern
ment. The Brandenburg Gate marks
'bc termination Of Inter den Linden
az the Tiergartcn, one of the Spartacan
sErongholds. Fricdrickstrasse IL an i'm
2orsant crogs street and crosses Unter
aen Linden about midway between the
,iergarten and the Lustgarten, which
10 In front Of the Royal Palacc.l
Reds Retain Stronghold
ibursday, Jan. o, r p. NIT was
siSen out from official sources here
.als afternoon that the government
'ofees had rccaptured Police Head
eaart1rs from the Spartacides. 1t was
earned this evening that this state
Ment was not true and that the head
esartnrs is still In the hands of the
sesolutionisss.
With the definite breaking off Of ne
rotations between the government on
sAs one side and the Independent So
s'siists and the Spartacides on the
"aert the renewal Of the ganguinary
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