Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-05
STRIKE BLOW TO OPEN WAY.
FOR ARMIES OF RUSSIA TO.
RUSH INTO GERMANY, CLAIM.
Spartacans ACT to Get
olavs' Help in Revolt
battle III Berlin.


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SEIZURE OI ine town. these
troops, Aus t.,e Uane-
tn, which is Under date Of
tuesday, March 4, dISaTmeU the
SptLrtnC&a nVme guard III hVc-
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Government troops at police
headquarters fred on rioters In
the nslghborhood this morning ana
several casualties are reported TO
haya resul,ed The troops had
been called 10 disperse the crowds,
which Gere gathering In increased
nun bers arodsd the headquarters.
Reports were current earlier In
ths day that q Spartacan marine
division hsl seized police head
quarters, but tnis proved 10 be IN
correct,
Government troops ocrJpiel the
city III Halle between B6rlln aud
WeinaF. late TO-DAY. after sansuih-
aTy street iIghtiug, in which thirty
civilians were killed, according to
an aviator ~ha has arrived mere
by airPlans from halie. Ghe
troops also suffered casualties.
Troops Are Drowned,
During TIE lighting. the aviator
reports, the rlUtcFs threw officers
elf tne government forces inJo the
river baale, where they permitted
them 10 drown. There was much
leoting prior 10 and during the
and the property loss is
said TO he heavy.
The Spartacan leaders fed from
fne city and are reported to have
taken a large amount of city funds
Witn them. The government troops
have proclaimed a state OF siege IN
Halle,
tHalie, an important railroad
Junction between Berlin and Wei
mar, had been in the hands OF thr
bPaftace1s most OF last week. II
vas 6ns of the first cities In central
Germany TO he affected by the Spar
taeaa movement which since, ap-
PaFently. has spread throughout the
couaEyI,
Advlces from Bremen stats that
the political prisoners there have
been released by insurgents. The
electric and gas works are IN In
suFgsnts' hands, The attempt TO
call u general strike In Dresden
was a fla6eo
The occupation OF Dusseldorf by
government forces has bean ac-
cepted without opposition. acord
Ing 10 an official bulletin issued
toQay, The Radicals, the bulletin
adds, are eudeavorius to extend
the general strike movement to
SOU, hsastern SaXouy.
\ Spartacan marine division has
seized the police headquarters, DIS
perslng the government troops. A
general strike has been proclaimed
At Bremen.
Machine Guns Used.
Berne, March 5.-Berlin tele-
grams carry alarming reports of
the situation in Halle. They de-
clare that the troops have used ma
chino guns and that a number OF
officers and strikers have been /
killed. According 10 Norwaerts |
there has been some looling and /
arson IN the part OF Halle that the /
Communists hold.
Anarchy reigns at Zeitz, south !
west of LeipSic According TO re- !
ports both the workmen and the |
bourGeoise are on strike and d /
number of persons have been killed |
or wounded IN street fighting. The |
eral nights. Part OF the troops /
there are said to remain loyal to /
tho government.
transportation Tied Up.
Copenhagen. Tuesday. March 4
According to the North German /,
Gazette OF Berlin the strike in that /
city embraces all means OF trans
rortation. with few exceptions and !
also the electricians, postal and
officials, restaurants and
hotel employees and the newspaper
workers.
A meeting Of the workers coun-
ellis, the newspaper ADDS. has de-
cided that the food supply system,
the fire brigade. hospitals and sim
liar functions shall not be included
IN the strike.