The sun., 1919-01-08
ANARCHY RULES
BERLIN AS REDS
BEGIN FIGHTING
Machine Guns Open Fire,
With Armed WOrkmen
Aiding Radicals.
GOV ERNMENT MAY FLEE
Banks and BOurse Forced to
ClOsc-Licbknccht Lead
ing Troops.
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BEELiN, Jan. T.-Rerlin is in Il
state of complete anarchy. civil war
has begun. Many conflicts are taking
place in the streets. In Untpr den
Linden | witnessed much fighting.
fear there will be much bloodshed to-
night when the Government troops
try to storm police headquarters,
where Herr Eichhorn. the chief of
police. and DR.. Karl Llcbknecht. head
Of the Spartacus group, are leading in
fighting.
Sunday evening dense crowds
massed in the Seigersallee and lis
tened to DIR. Llehknccht and others in
fiery harangues, using the pe1estnls OF
Hohcnzollern statues as rostrums.
Licbknccht declared philip Schcidc-
mann and his party hated Eichhorn
because he protected street demon
strations, stood up for the rights of
the people against the Christmas eve
bloodhoundS. | have surrounded the
police presidency with a ring of iron.
They shall not harm him. Eichhorn
shall stay whore he is even if It
comes to force against force
Tie Spartacus partlsans tried TO
take the telegraph office last night by
storm. armed with hand greuadeS.
while armed Spartacus bands marched
to the Wilhelmplatz. where thousands
of the majority Socialists were gath
cred. The banks are closed and the
Government seems determined to act
enersetically.
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CoPEN HAGRN, Jan. Tt is believed
as not unlikely the Berlin Cabinet will
take flight to Frankfort on the Main,
as Wolff's Bureau has already hnted
The Berlin Boerse authorities have
decided TO close the Boerse I'LL further
orGcr,.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. Berlin is in a
state OF complete anarchy and civil
war has begun there. according to the
Munich correspondent Of the Polititen.
His information. he says. IS based on
tteephonic messages from tho German
capital
All the banks are harricaded and n
great number of the public buildings
are in the hands OF the Spartacan, or
extreme radical. group.
Thousands of armed worxmen OF the
Spartacus faction. the correspondent
reports. are crowding the streets, and
at several points firing has begun. The
sound OF machine gun fire could be
heard from all parts OF Berlin.
Liebknecht Leads Troops.
The message reported the intention OF
the Government TO make an effort to
storm the building OF the police guards
later in the day and take possession Of
all the machine guns ard cannon there.
Dr. Kari IAebknecht. the Spartacan
leader has been seen here and there
about the city organizing his troops for
the final fight, which the correspondent
says is expected to begin very soon.
Hundreds OF persons are reported
fleeing from the city.
Adolph Joffe and Karl Radek, leaders
Of the Bolshevik mission to Germany.
are in Berlin assisting DR. Liebknecht
and Rosa Luxembourg In fomenting the
Bolshevik revolution. According to ad-
vices received here they are believed to
be at the police headquarters. which Is
the stronghold OF the Spartacans.
independents Join Reds.
The Independent Socialists. whose
leaders were recently dismissed from
the Government, are reported TO have
gone over entirely to the Spartacans.
These two groups have issued a joint
proclamation declaring that the final
fight to preserve the revolution must
now be fought.
PARIS. Jan 7-Durlng the fight be-
tween the Spartacans and the Govern
ment supporters in Berlin on Monday,
according to dispatches received here,
the Spartacans entered the Chancellor's
palace, from whicht they opened fire on
the building or the TortUdats. Eich-
horn. the spartacan police chief. is re-
ported to be fortified In the castle.
Serious lighting occurred In Wilhelm
strasse and large number of SPARTA
cans arc reported to have been killed.
The Independent Socialists have Joined
the Spartacans and proclaimed gem
eral strike In Berlin. The Majority So