The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-05
BERLIN IN GRIP
or STRIKE AND
REVOLT BEGINS
Effort Is Made TO Overthrow
Government
ALL TRAFFIC. IS STOPPED
The Spartacans Plan to Take Over
All Factories and Dismiss All
Government Troops
ALL TRAFFIC IS STOPPED

Berlin, Tuesday, March 4.-Goy-
ernment troops at police headquart-
ors fired on the rioters in the neigh
borhood late today, and several casu
alties are reported
Berlin, Mar 5.A-The Spartacans
inaugurated movement to seize
Koenigsberg, east Prussia, thereby
opening route Of communication to
Moscow. so the Bolshevik armies
from Russia might move TO the as
sistance of the Spartacan forces, ac-
cording to an official government bull
letin today
Basle, March 4.--Goyernment
troops have been gathered in Berlin
to the number OF twenty-eight thous-
and, according to adyices here, 1t
was announced at Mondays meeting
of the workmen's councils that the
railwaymen in central Germany had
declared for a general strike. Ply
sicians at Eopsic announced they
would refuse to perform services un-
less order is restored
Berlin, Mar. 5.--Berlin was orderly
today. Minister of War Noske had
taken measures which seemed to be
effective.
Copenhagen. Mar. 4.-The Prussian
government has declared state OF
seige IN the police district of Berlin.
Spandau and other suburbs of Berlin
in order ito protect the bulk OF the
working people from famine and the
terror of the minority Minister OF
War Noske. dispatch from Berlin
says, has assumed executive power.
Copenhagen. March T. Crowds
forccd their way into the various po.
lice stations IN Berlin Monday night,
disarmod the policemen and cut the
telephone wires, according to tele.
grain from Berlin.
London, Mar. IA general strike
began in Berlin last evening A Ger
man wireless message received this
evening announces all traffic has
been stopped on the street cars and
the elevated and underground rail
ways. Berlin is without water elec-
tricity or gas tho Exchange telegraph
correspondent at Copenhagen reports.
Berlin, Monday, Mar 1.-THE ma.
tional Spartacus league and the
Greater Berlin communist Organiza.
tions have Issued an appeal for an i'm
mediate general strike and the over
throw Of the National Assembly and
the present republic The aims of the
proposed strike as called by the Ber-
lin Spararans include the introduc.
tion of councils in all factories to reg
ulate affairs and ultimately the taking
over OF the factories. the dismissal OF
the government troops and the dis
armament of all nOnsocialists. the
withdrawal Of all troops from West
phalia, Bremen and other regions des
ignatcd. and the formation of n red
guard undor the control of the sov
cts, which would take over all police
powers.
The Liberation of all political pris
onorB and the establishment OF Il rev
olutiunary tribunal TO try the chic
culprits OF the war, the Hohenzol
lcrns, Ficld Marshal won Hindcnburg
Gen. Ludondorfi. Admiral Tirpitz anC
the TRAITORS TO the revolution" Pres
ident Ebert, Chancellor Schnede
mann and Gustav Noske, the minis
Ter OF defense, are also called for. Th'
immediate conclusion OF peace will
Russi0 aud the establishment of di
plomnilc relations with the Russian
soviet republic are likewise demand
cd