The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-13
Lose Political influences.

Lose Political influences.
London, Jan. 1.-THE arnistics
between the contending factions AZ
Berlin mas been broken and fightine
has been resumed, according to CO.
penhagen advices received here. Ar
tiliery and machine gun fighting VA
In progress all day. ~
Government troops numbering 13,ooO
arrived In Berlin on Saturday. but wit1N
this Strengthening of Its military forces
the cabinet u reported to be losing itS
political influence among the masses.
planned for today at Berlin for the
purpose Of offsetting this trend. These
meetings. which were to be addressed
by ministers of party leaders were ex-
pected to lead to a renewal Of the coll
lisions with the Spartacans. II 10 re-
ported several banks AMI shops werc
plundered by mobs on Saturday and
that great crowds are continually pa
rading the streets.
Spartacan leaders had been able to
conclude an armistice on fairly even
terms. 1t was stipulated government
troops should not be reinforced during
the truce nor resume operation without
e adlay hali.dsy's ,iS notice: The capture Of the
important strategically. The plant is
not in the group of other newspaper
offices. but lies deeper into Spartacan
territory between the principal news
paper quarter and the Spartacan quar-
ters at the central police station. Its
capture, therefore, interferes with the
Spartacan communications with out-
lying detachments. The Vorwaerts
building was badly damaged by artil-
lery fire.
LIebknecht Not Killed.
The arrest Of Georg Ledebour. leader
OF the independent socialists, is koked
upon as significant as complete break
in his relations with the cabinet and
presumably the end of the clandestine
negotiations looking to a compromise
OF existing difficulties by arrangement
for the disappearance of particularly
Objectionable propositions on both sides
and the postponement OF the elections
for the national assembly. There is no
confirmation of the report that DR..
Liebknecht has been killed. He has.
however. faded from sight with Chief
OF Police Eichhorn. His disappearance
may. have given rise to reports OF his
death or arrest.
Spartacan forces outside of Berlin
have been able to a certain extent. to
interfere with the arrival of German
reinforcements. At Lautsch. near Leip-
sic, they are reported to have disarmed
three train loads OF troops on their
way to Berlin.
Arrest Rosa Luxembourg
Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 12.-12:20 p.m)
IA. P)-Rosa Luxembourg. associated
with DR.. Karl Liebkneeht in the lead
ership of the rebellious Spartacan
forces in Berlin. has been arrested by
government soldiers. according to re-
port in the Tseglische Rundschau. The
arrest is said to have been made when
the troops were cleaning out the cen-
trail office Of the Spartacans last night,
when DR.. Liebknecht's son also is re-
ported to have been taken. The Boet-
zow brewery has been captured.
Arrest Russ Emlssary.
Kari Radek, representative OF the
ing Karl Liebknecht to organize the
Spartacides and spread bolshevik
propaganda in Berlin, has been arrested
on orders of Chancellor Ebert.
2,100 Casualties.
Zurich, Jan. 13.-The Spartacans stis-
tanned 2.100 casualties in the lighting
in Berlin during the past week. il was
reported from Berlin today. Six hum
dred were killed and 1.5O0 wounded.
Many Spartacist prisoners are re-
ported to have been executed at Berlin.
A crowd attempted to lynch some
OF the prisoners. including the bolshevik
agitator. Levin.
Tons of bolshevik literature was
burned in the streets.
Reds Killed at Dresden
Berlin. Jan. 12.-(Nia Copenhagen.
Jan. 13)-Thirty Spartacans were killed
at Dresden last night when they st-
tempted to capture the plant OF the
Dresdener Nachrichten. a local social
ist newspaper. The attack was repulsed
by loyal troops who had Constructed
hidden machine gun nests.