New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Small Bands of Followers
Of Liebknecht Fail in At
tempts to Revive Fight
Property Damage Heavy
Several Hundred Sparta
cides Locked Up and Po-
lice Are Seeking Others


y;sm is finally ended. Here and there,
scattered desperadoes, mostly youths,
s.;il ire occasionally from soric house
ION. and during the nights attempts are
made by small bands of the followers
~ DR.. Karl Liebknecht to revive the
,eion OF terrcr. They are insignificant.
however. compared with what has
passed.
A few Spartacides tried TO rccapture
tbe Charlottenourg police headquarters
She night after they were taken by gov.
ernment troops.
Dr. Liebknecht's sister was arrested
to-day and several hundred rebels are
lacked no awaiting trial, which, mas
much as martial law was not pro-
claimed, must be left to the regular
courts.
The wife and youngest son of LieD
knecht who were arrested when Lieb-
knechts house was surrounded by
soldiers and searched yesterday, have
been liberated Many discriminating
Bolshevik documents were seized.
Lebkuecht Still Missing
Liebknecht's eldest son is still IN the
hands OF The police. Among others ar
rested was Fraulein Jakob, secretary Of
the Spartacus Union. Still nothing is
known of the whereabouts of DR.. Lieb-
knecht, former Chief of Police Eich-
horn or Rosa Luxembourg
Losses inflicted on each side during
the past week are as yet estimated only
roughly, rat it is believed that they
will exceed 2OC dead and l 900 wounded
The great majority OF these are Boil
shevki.
The reinstatement and arming of the
police gives the government a new
force OF trained men who know the
criminal world and whose absence dur
ing the first days of the revolution
gave the dsorderly element a free
hand. Police records, including those
Of the Bertillion system, were not de-
stroyed, as was first reported. Detec-
tives are already rounding up old ac-
quantances and the work of disarming
lawless elements is proceeding.
Property Damage Big
Property losses during the last week
OF terror amount to tens of millions of
marks. in addition to the damage to
newspaper plants and government
buildings Merchants losses through
looting are very high, one youth being
captured with 10000 marks worth of
Jewels which he had stolen. In some
streets near the police headquarters
nearly every store was Systematically
looted. Bolshevik troops holding the
Slesian station had so much butter
that they used it to grease their guns
and boots.
The centre of the city has been quiet
all day to-day. Late this evening few
shots were heard in different parts of
the town, being fired by snipers and
looters. Merchants having shops along
Inter den Linden took down their shut
ters and business went on generally
as usual
The government has no intention of
slackening its efforts against the
Sparticides, the "Abendzeitung" says it
learns from best authority. Energetic
measures are being taken against the
leaders of the movement. 1t is re-
rorted that documents found by local
troops show that the Spartacan upris-
Ing was inspired from Moscow.
A line Of troops has been thrown
around the suburbs of Moabit, one of
the most important industrial sections
In Greater Berlin, for the purpose Of
carrying out the work of disarming
~ GyI- fa,
as are still at liberty
Troops Surprise Rioters
The military measure, which is being
carried out in the most drastic man
ner, came as surprise, the troops
beng thrown in and occupying the big
Industrial plants of the section, which
are known to be Spartacide strong
nods. Pedestrians are being halted and
Inc houses entered by searching
parties. The telephone service has
oeen stopped for the purpose of max
ing the siege of Moabit as alright as
possible. This section of Berlin is
notorious for its riotous tendencies and
- generally looked upon as a gathering
pisce Tor all the criminal elements.
The employees Of the Schwartzkopff
WORKS, orc of the most radical bodies
among the Berlin proletarians, voted
20 20 resume work Wednesday morning.
oimilar action also put an end to the
today.
Lieokneeht. Ledebour and the imme-
else supporters Of these revolutionary
ssu'~s were so certain that their plans
~ ~ the uprising would succeed that
SSsey had prepared proclamation
Sst SSssse January 6. in which the Ebert
JJsasiaefn2nn government was declared
nsposed and formal announcement
t.ae .aue mat the government had been
'aAeh over by the reyolutionists.
Addressed to Comrades
me proclamation was addressed to
~"mrades' Workmenin and read:
e.. Inc government Of Ebert and
ss.naneidemann has made itself impos-
sssDe. 1t Is hereby declared deposed
~ tne undersigned revolutionary
lhi[tee and representatives. Of the
Ts1iu'ionary workmen and soldiers
pendent Social Democratic
IA. ssI.s ana Communistic party). The
sasIsigned revolutionary committee
temporarily taken over the gov
sfaInent's affairs.
s,.- Lomradcs and Workmen! Give
st support to the measures OF the
ags.o,nonary Committee.
epIsfii1, Jan. 9, 1919.
@hsa1 The REVOLUTIONARY
@ COMMITTEE, per
ysneDour. Llebknecht and 8cboIze."
tss =, proclamation, which, including
feaeskznsstufes, ~as typewritteu, mar
x.e sssTn nsss 70 lieutenant HAMBURGER at
Mxsisn xsi'..f1 ~. 81 War on January 8 by a