Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-03-06

TRY T0CAPTU
INVASION BASE
FOR b0[SHEv|k|
Loyal Troops Put Down
Rising After Bitter
Fighting.
MACHINE GUNS QUELL
HALLE RIOTS; MANY DEAD

Berlin. March 5.--(By The Associated
Press. )-Governmen troops occupied
the city of Halle, between Berlin and
Weimar, late Monday, after sanguinary
street fighting, in which thirty civilians
were killed, according to an aviator who
has arrived here by airplane from Halle.
The troops also suffered casualties.
The aviator reports that the rioters
seized officers of the government forces
and threw them into the River Haale,
where they permitted them to drown.
There was much looting and the property
loss is said to be heavy.
The Spartacans fled from the city and
are reported to have taken a large
amount of city funds with them The
government troops have proclaimed q
state of siege in Halle They used ma
chine guns.
Would Open Door to Boisheviki.
The Spartacans have inaugurated a
movement to seize koenigsburg, East
Prussia and thereby open a route Of
communication to Moscow, SO that boil
shevik armies from Russia might move
to the assistance of the Spartacan
forces, according to an official govern
ment bulletin, today.
The government, however, the bulletin
states, has sent forces into Koenigs-
berg with the object of putting down
the Spartacan strike movement for the
seizure Of the town. These troops, adds
the bulletin. which was issued under
date of Tuesday, March 4. disarmed the
Spartacan home guard in Koenigsberg
after considerable fighting.
ABSOLUTE anarchy reigns at Zeitx,
southwest of Leipsic. According to re-
ports. both the workmen and the
bourgeoise are on strike and number
of persons have been killed or wounded
in street fighting. The town has been
in darkness for several nights. Part of
the troops there are said to remain loyal
to the government.
$4,000 Troops In Berlin.
Government troops have been as
sembled in Berlin to the number Of
2S,OOO.
Government troops at police head
quarters fired on rioters in the neighbor-
hood. Tuesday, and several casualties
are reported. The troops had been called
to disperse crowds which were gather
ing in increased numbers.
The troops also occupied the printing
plant of the Red Flag. the Spartacan
organ. without fighting. DR.. Hans Meyer.
the editor of the paper. was arrested.
1t was announced at Mondays meet
ing of the Berlin workmen's councils
that the railway men in central Germany
had declared for a general strike.
Weimar Is Alarmed for Safety.
The bourgeois committee in Leirsio
has issued a manifesto declaring the
bourgeois strike will be maintained until
order is completely restored. The doc
tors of the city announce they will re-
fuse to perform services until the light
ing. heating. water. food and street car
services are guaranteed. The workers
council. it is said. promised to make
every effort to restore the gas and cleo
tric services.
Grave incidents. including looting, are
reported from Magdeburg and Hanover.
Wcimar is hourly becoming more fear
full that the general strike will spread
to this city and bring with it the dis
tressing conditions that have been Gre
ated in nearby cities and towns.
Two of the city councillors Of Erfurt.
few miles away succeeded in reaching
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