The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
Declare Ii@hkneckt Dead.

persists that DIR. Karl I.iebknecht is
dead Universal Service. in cabling
the first rumor Thursday evening, eau
toned against giving 1t full credencc.
saying II was unconfirmed. II still Ia.
but the report was repeated over and
over today and .circumstanttal stories
telling how the leader of the German
Reds died after beginning to come
In. He is said toe have been shot
through the head.
Liebknecht's death. IL IL proves true.
LIS a body blow to the Spartanides. A
woman. Rosa Luxcmburg--"ned Rosa"
As her disciries call her-has been his
probably step into hts shoes. Her
fanatfcai devotion to the cause
coupled with utter fearlessness and
flaming eloquence have won terrorism
In Germany the majority OF It's ad-
herents, but behind the woman guild
ing. organizing and planning was al
ways LAebknechts brain.
~Redsr Believe Doomed.
eUnieAs some pirtnresuus Russian
steps upon the German stage to act in
Liebknecht's role the cause Of the
Reds liz therefore believed doomed
to follow him In death, for II has been
largely a personal movement person
ally inspired and maintained. Tho
situation in Berlin Ia described In
mesgre dispatches from that city to
have been comparatively quiet though
fighting in various parts Of the city.
The government troops appear to have
the situation on the whole well IN
hand. The Breslau railway station and
police headquarters. however. remain
in the hands OF the spartacsdes- Gov
ernment soldiers have seized Die Rote
Fahne, Liebkuecht's official organ. In
the meantime the Ebert government
faces grave problem In the east
where the Poles are showing signs OF
fresh aggressiveness. Ebert has sent
but an appeal for volunteers against
the Poles, charging the latter with
an imperialism.
Worse In Bavaria.
Just now the situation in the Bava-
rian capital. Munich. seems to be worse
than in BERLIN or elsewhere. Street
fighting la continuous there. Trouble
also is reported from Dresden where
the 'Reds" made an unsuccessful at
tempt to sei1e the newspapers.
Strikes are rampant In the Rhine
land and Westphalian towns. Twenty
Ave factories have had to shut down
because the workers, totaiiing 100000
walked out.
In Munich. says dispatch Just com
ing in. thousands Of demonstrators be-
siegsd the foreign office. Premier Els
ner has arrested three additional Spar
Ta
other cities reporting rapid growth
Of the Spartacide denominations In
the last few days are Hamburg. port-
mund. Dusseldorf. Augsburg and
Stuttgart
FIrinx ~ nasIrsaAa.
Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE government IN
tends to recaptnre tho vorwaerts
building and the state printing works
tonight
Tho Spartacides have captured the
Excelsior hotel and fred on the An.
halter Bahnof. one Of the most ilnpcr-
tant railway stations Of Berlin.
The fighting here has been more Sc
we're than that which took piacs In
Petrokrad ut the height Of the Russian
revolution. The casualties to date are
killed. 200; wounded. 800.
The government has reEAined al
railway stations but one. Tho under
ground railroad 10 IN operation again.
Strikes continue. Part Of Berlin II
without light or water. Police head
quarters IL bristlinx with machine
guns. The counter-revolutionists have
ordered a general strike.
In furious fighting this afternoon tha
government troops captured two food
depots and the office OF the Tageblatt.
A heavy attack by the Spartacites on
the chandeliers palace was repulsed.
The Berlin citizens council has asked
an inhabitants Of the capital 70 arm
themselves In defense against the ter
rorists 1
In the battle for possession OF the
Tageblatt office most Of the 500 Trad"
defenders were killed or wounded.
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