Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
REDS RULE BERLIN,
THOUSANDSFLEE|NG::
TERRORISTS At TACK
Machine Guns Opening Fire on
People Throughout the City;
Armed Workmen JON Battle
BANKS ALL BAPRTCADED
By A,eocia.od Prose =, gvsry gvgnt,,
CopEvpAGgv. JAv. :

CopEvHAGES, JAZZ. z
Berlin Is in state 81 complete anarchy
and civil war has bcgin there. according
~ the Munich correspondent ~ the po-
litlkcn His Information, be says, ig based
on telephone messages from the German
capital
Aithc banks are barricafIed and great
number u the public buildings are IN .b~
hands . he partaoan Or cztreno rad,-
c1l group
thousands of armed workrnen of .ho
Spa-tacus faction the correspondent r.
rrts, arc crDwding fhc strccfs. and
sevora point firing has bcguu y he s0rrd
o machine gln fire could ~ heard from
~ par'- uf Berlin
he rne sag reported fho Intention n
the government - 'rv - forp The build
lng Of n" poi rr WI1rls alter r he dt"
and take ynescTsi0n q. al Vic nachiro
guns and cannon there
Or Mari Lohkrrchf tho @r.ayfacan
l"ader, has bern @ooa organi<fnz trrs.r- 'n-
q ho final fight which 'tr cor~refDnd,.
7ave Il expected n begin vc-v onr
Hundreds ot pcreors ayr rrpor
focing from 'Ho cifv
The nd"pendnn' -ncieljsf a-ain b
frohoit openly joined today ,t D-
karl Liobkncchf- organ 'h" knl lI,.
u an appea ~ fhc norkmer nrd ririff-
10 fner' this morning rs fhr -i.2f.-.lf
he proclamation calling for this asthc-tna
h iEncd hy trc revolutionary a-uru
and confdon'al ingruf. 81 Oraf.-
Berlin larger Factorn- and bv r.- II
scntafiycs Of 'hp independent -o,ial-fs
and It'd ~parfae1fs group n refer t
b" blopd-e+aincd ! bcr- 1orrrnu.u
md amounts ~ reality tG an Iuvocation
~ overthrow III government
Ihr RED tGrwanris which 4. tie -tla
q. the paper i--'Ied from the old Korw1rrt-
plant bv ne BnlshcyIk rlemcnfe onenlv
appeals tn the soldiers " overthrow hr
government ond replace IL nv genuine
.Ocialists m communists which thc
new name of the German BolshcvikI
The situation today II most grave
The main question ~ issuc is the demand
of the ultra-radiral element that Chief ~
Police Eichorn shall he retained in his
office. Tho government ordered his re-
noval after an invest tiaatiou declaring
he was incompetent and 4 CRATER" FIis
wIfe Is well paid as q clerk in the depart
inent and his sixteen year old daughter
had been 2 ployed by her father to re-
ceIve his callers.
Berlin, Monday. Jan. 81 r. m
The Spartacus group is engaged today ii \
big demonstration against the govern
nent. Tens q thnTsands Of followers Of
Or kari Liebknecht have been parsdng
I nter den Linden and the Branden-
hcrgerstras~c and IS this dispatch hled,
9rc roturning along inter den Linden.
TIE Nllhc!mstrs-se from [ -nter zen
l-indcn from below I.eIpsigstrsSse IS
packed ffll Oil government Sympathzers
who have been -tanding there Tor two
hours Il appears 70 be The government ;
strategy to prevent the SDartacans demon
stratIng before the government offices
hundreds "a youths and other civilians
in ne ~paTtacau ranks are C9rrylug rites.
Flst fighting has occurred at hc corner ot
ne NIthelMstrasse and inter- den L nQen.
uhern he Bolshcvik demonstrations took
tway their opponents standards Spar
t@can soldiers took stand II opn Ter
u 'front.' oi he Hotel Adl0n with their
rifles ready. Euj there wd- no ilrng.
Ihe ~partaCan msrchers. except The
voFkmen from certain factories. com2ri=s.
he STUN af tho city and iour-ifths oi the
Whole numUer gre ledcsgEled women and
,0ung girls
The American fag has been hoi-te,l
over the Hotel td!uu. here tine Amen sn
officers Feiongrg 20 the TriSoneE-aEc-i -
commission :Je 8ving
Copenhagen, Jam Adoipn ToE.
aud Va RaieN. headers 81 dc Boislell
mission . Germany ere p i}cran .st-
ng Or iirp>nccL .nd Rose luNrui lra
in fsmeHtipg q HclShrviE revolution
According I'D 1dylte> received here ey
are believed 10 neAJ the police heaJ9gaI 20
which s he ngholi oi rhe -p4Itaca.4s
1he Independent Socialists whose lead d,
were recently dismissed from The govern
uen' are reported to have g.Hc
entirely ~ 'bt ~par.tc.tn. hes, Nt
group, H. ~-us, joni proclamation
declaring The thv ,in,l night - nr.~c.,,
tho revolution mus nov d. tougni