The Washington times., 1919-05-04

ferrcd and which helped increase the
! power OF the Spartacus party, was
{ his dismissal OF the chief of police,
Eichorn. who had managed affairs
1 very eaici ieut3l-,--hIIt;-Gt ;-GtI d..-iHtAiRrusd
With Russian Bolsheviki.
Haase was not only opposed TO
EiChorns dismissal. but he urged
Ebert TO include Liebknecht in tho
Council OF Six" BY doing this. Hasse
hoped TO pacify Liebknecht. Rosa Lux
embourg, and their turbulent follow
ers, the SpartaCus element OF course.
he saw in it an opportunity to win
them over 10 the Independent Socialist
party thereby increasing its vote in
the National Assembly TO be held
January 10 in Berlin or Weimer
This. Ebert was opposed to. In au-
dltion to these causes for Spartacan
discontent. neither side had considered
the influence of Radek. an agent of
the Russian Bolsheviki. who SO in
huenced Liebknocht that he issued a
statement. declaring the Spartacans
would carry on war to the death
against all other Glasses Radek was
so. ably backed bV' .-<++e< rdIssrurSled
EEhOrn Met LiesKnecht agtermiHeli
on refBp OF terror, (which ne
launched ontJ andary 6.
ing of rthSfSixth, the Spartacans seized
a number of public buildings incIuu
ingSthe Reichsbank and Sayings Bank
fse+ general postoffice. and several
Newspaper Offices and supply depots
SAe ReiChsbank and postoffice were
quickly recap t0red. but many OF the
repHblic gpsFds $ept over SS EichOrn
whb refused 10 relinauish ms office
saying the people had put him there
and none but the people could remove
him.
Quotes From Diary.
/ cannot do better than quote from
my diary in describing this first day
OF the reign OF terror.
January 6.-"At II o'clock today the
SpartacaAs and Independent Socialists
form in the Sicegeasalle for a demon
stration. They openly display arms
The soldiers in the crowd carry ma
chine guns and rifles. Ninety per cent
OF the entire mob is armed. and all OF
the women are armed. When | last
saw the mob they were marching on
in the direction OF Unter den Linden
to pass before the chancellory. Where
the other part Of Wilhelmstarasse
runs ipto. Inter den Linden. a smaller
procession, faYqring the government.
clashes with the Spartacus procession
Fortunately. at the start, only words
are exchanged. Suddenly some fft,
odd men with three machine guns and
rifles come from the direction - OF
BrandenburgeT, Gate. I am in .the
doorway. OF" $he Hotel Adlon at this
time. This group of men Immediately
form a diagonal line from the French
embassy to the Adlon and FIRE on the
crowd, aiming phlnt- blank tkRtO the
two professions L
The crowd -sSAtteTs. and-a while Il
do not know how many casualties
there are they certainly must have
been heavy.
One, oS~tFF-BeRboys of. thP~hotS
has just .eot4e{hh, Sith the reportYt HA [
Eichorh ,hsS fortified himself in| tAe4
police office on Alexander PlatZ.
This afternoon a most extraordi-
nary incident occurred. The manager
Of the hotel came to me in a nervous
state and asked for the generals per-
mission to fy the American flag. as
ne was afraid the Spartacus groups
were coming TO storm the hotel.
Permission was granted him, pro-
vided he did not put up the flag un-
less the Spartacus troops actually en-
tered the hotel. as we felt IL would
be only like a red rag to a bull.
Mob Attacks American Flag.
Without our knowledge the man
ager put the flag up and the mob in
the street threatened to storm the
building unless he pok il down. Still !
.JaotifEinSA6ls he acqHjRsced. !
and theiheEs fpfeae like wild dre all
the way ZnSeoRIeaz. for ina YeEyi
short time our Third army headquar- !
ters had something very foTceful to .
say about, ID, over the telephone. Il" 81
"The 'gpvshument -=has~poyEs stak en-
possessioh =s.i0f the Brandenberger ,
Cate and the troops on top loTl1t are (,
ambUshed behind the big bronze !
horses which the Prussians stole from 4
France in 1870. From there they can (
lwSep UnSer.dSJT hpdSfl, ThiergStteTsi
Stfasse,. siSge&lI and Budapest /
stfasse.- = - " ~
January 7th-The street fghting I.