The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-09
German Method Of
Warfare Prevails
in City Of Berlin
Blood and Metal Prove
Ehficacious Cure for
Bolshevik Outbreaks II,
Hun Capital and Gov
eminent SURPRISES the
Terrorist Opposition.

Merlin. March S-BlO0d and from
once moro have proved an erica
cfcus cure for terrorist outbreaks
In this capital. with utter ruth
lsssme~u. vvoYkinG ON the theory
that no pPfes In lives n too high to
nay fer savtnx the fatheYland from
anarchy ana chaos, War Mintstev
Neske Aas Put down the spartacan
rekeIlion and tonight Berlin n quiet
ana orderly again though sessa of
tts pFlneipal streets and sauspes
reS<mble the bIooAiest battiehelds
in France.
The week was the worst in the city's
history. The battle reached it's climax
yesterday morning and began to sim
mer down at noon. the rest of the day
being spent In "mopping up" the nests
of reds holding out to the bitter end.
The price came high--l5o killed and
at least 500 wounded. The death toll
may prove higher. From many q pile
of debris which was q stately struo-
swept down upon IL and dropped bombs
rise the muf1ed means OF wounded
rebels and the rescue work Is necee-
sariIy slow.
s<rfke II stnf On.
The wAnerAl strike IL stili in force,
but the majority Of workers are ex-
pectsd TO return to their jobs by Mon
day At the latest.
In no previous outbreak have the
spartacists shown such death defyins
and at the height OF the
battle the governments chances looked
slim. Battalion after battalion Of for.
m srfy loyal troops were going over q
the rebels or refusing to obey ths
shoot on sight" order. But fresh forcea
came IN from East Prussia In time K
play q decisive part. The thing thai
finally doomed the spartacan cause wa,
that they were virtually leaderless
There was no rAebknecht, no Radeck
no Red Rosa" TO spur them on TO ove'
new sacrifices. Nor had they sufficien'
arms and ammunition and when thu
government began to put into play thu
terrible monsters OF twentieth centur,
warfare-afrpIanes. mine throwers
\ couple Of tanka-only guerilla fight
irg remained 70 them and those wht
stuck II out to the last were smoked
out or moppAd up like trapped rats.
All tsmporisinx tactics have beer
thrown 20 the winds by the government
Every new revolt has confirmed ths
lesson that Futhlessness alone does tn,
trick
~ oA~e< a. Nfsesss.
Nssks has lot n b known that o
the 800 odd reds now under Arrast thu
majority viii 81 shot. II there wsrt
any Lis6knechts among them he NIGH
hesitate 70 take this step for to pro.
vide the cause" with Messiah martyrs
had proved dangerous business. But
tho psfssaera are Of the Tom. Dick and
Harry sort and the government be.
lievss the only efficient way to prove
to their comrades II means business Il
TO deter them by demonstration that
the man who raises his hand against
law ard order forfeits his life.
The government took special meas.
ures to insure the safety Of the Amsri.
can missions In the Adlon and Palace
hotels and II Is authoritatively stated
that no harm came to any OF the Amer.
teams.
scheidsmann and hts cabinet seer
safe IN the saddle again.
Meanwhile the government 10 deter.
mined to make \ clean sweep Of Hol.
shevism throughout the land. In Ba.
vArfa the reds are sti1i firmly en-.
trenched ana there turks the chief
menace. Ebert therefore has sent word
60 Munich amounting virtually to ar
ultimatum that = proletariat dictator
ship will not be tolerated anywhere in
the 0SrmAn confederation. and that un.
less the Bavar1ans forthwith establish
q parliamentary government military
forces win be sent into the former
Kingdom to break up the spartacar
regime