Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-18
BERLIN NOW QUIET;
MORE TROOPS AND
CANNON GUARDCITY
Government Soldiers Searching for
Spartacans who Appear To
Have Fled the City.
HANOVER REPORTS CLASH
By Associated rrcss 20 Every Eveoinz

Bv Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Berlin. Tburs,lay Jan ~ Moro loyal
troops entered Berlin ioday 9nd orcIpicJ
the whole center If the citY ag woIl ~
the north and northwest sections Heavy
artillery has been placed in D0onh0T
Plafz, and Spittcl-Markt field guns stand
80 nariou7 points m the closelY guarded
district, Including Inter don Linden.
and arnorod autos and tanks have been
prepared for instant tse An ho streets
~ the sections named are under guard
~ystcmatic search ior -p9rfacans com
tlHuea. Especially strong forcc- have brrp
posted "a sections nOe' azpceod ip Che
I9Dlshoyisi suipcrs IN rrccuf days and
citizens arr warned - keep indoors ~
night
Hanover dispatches report c'ash h0-
tHrcn authorities ~ thc majority -o
aiaIsf government and the ~par'acan
and ndepcndent Socialists council NJ
brunswick Tho ~oldicrs and Wov.
mems Cpuncn. which. iH connection with
the Rrlnswick st1tc government has hrrr
using III means ~ prevent fhc disu1'r0
of troops to protect Germany 4e'ort
border, gavc notice that my troope pazs
lpg through Bruneu1rk rgilway fations
would bc dis9rmed Thc Hanover oo,Iretl
thcreupon -cnf strong forces whi~h or-
etlpicd p r7iroad station in Brinvwi~i
territory
Forrcr Spqrtacar War Minister s~h
roinfr ~ ~tuftgaart, " reported arrested
wtih q 0.hcr ~Dartacans Tho Sparta~ep
coup at ~tuttgsart is reported - bsv~
cost seven iivc-
Uany volunteers avo IrininU tho colo-s
AZ Kocrigshcrg p protect the boundaree
~ rapt Prussia frnrn Rolshavist aggression
roorlvod n Berlin
Declaring nat thu eastern frontier Will
soon ~ loef unless ne Germans awake '1
the danger. 'ho IoeaI trzeiger sav~
The Prlre have fallen iipon ogir follow
cu,intr,rncn like vondals They have pro-
clalmod martial Jaw and have Utterly
abolished German administration ln-
5icatinns are that lronbcrg Hlll SOON hcin
possession uf the Poles
Tho newspaper declares hat so0 000
Germans in P0scn ara being prevented hv
the Poles from arranging fpr elections ~
the national assembly
Procia'natInns regarding 'hc ad-
vanctng Polish army arc being ISSUED TN
the Poles who also nave regular war rc-
ports In the meantime. fhc Soldiers and
Norkmcns = Council 30 Essen II reported
III have forbidden agitation for the raIsIng
Of r0Ops for home defense. and 'ie
brunswick government has forbidden their
I transportation IN that section and Is said
- have diearned many III them lt
meeting nj Brcsl All. it was report ri that the
Czcchs have an army III 500. 600 men On
the border and threaten m invasion.
Polish troops numbering eighteen
divisions. ate sad rs hc about ~ invade
upper ~iIcsIa Lembcrc reports state that
tho people of the threatened districts nave
formulated IN appeal ID President Wilson
asking for ur0tecuon against thc Czcrhs
The appeal points out that their country
has been overwhelmingly German slncc
the thirteenth century and has been 4 part
81 Germany since l7i2 Ot lts 10 600 in-
habltants theappeai says. only i.0mspeak
the Czech language MIR Wilson 4
asked - prevent the forcibIe annexation
oi their country hv he Czechs. saying
that s,icl an annexation would hc 2
violation of the principles Of eiemcn tATy
Justice and would help SOW the seefis 81
If q new war