Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-08
Hundreds Dead
in Berlin ReUOit
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the Independents and Spartacans. how
ever. are surrounding 1t from all sides,
evidently planning to attack.
In the artillery barracks. not far from
Orlenburgerstrasse men standing by
their guns seem only awaiting for the
command to attack.
"ro attack what" asked the Corre-
spondent of his uniformed informant,
why. police headquarters of course
or the royal stables, where Eichhorn
conferred with the sailors leaders this
morning" was the answer.
There was one black sea Of people on
the wide castle square and stil q pro
cession of more arriving from all sides
/ The Sparacans and Ebert men passed
each other. There was cheering and
hootlng:
Down with Ebert go Down with I.ieb-
knecht :" "iIoch :" and "Hurrah :"
Earlier in the day il was said that
there had been some shooting. but your
correspondent up until . p m. had not
witnessed any In the afternoon these
professions assumed a more serious as
pec, Women. boys and men. very de
! termined looking, and mostly in civilian
clothes marched in closer formation
! and carried rifles
One could never tell to what eide they
belonged. because all wore red armlets
As the afternoon wore on more Of these
armed battalions made their appearance.
Sometimes they would have to stop to
let armorcd automobiles filed with sol
ders and machine guns pass
They eyed each other SuspiriuusIy. but
passed without exchanging greeting or
putting questions.
All these baltaliOns aud most of the
armored cars. too. seemed to move to-
ward police headquarters in the Alex
anderpiatZ. heard by telephone thar
Al p m the Eichhorn group was Srill
in possession of police headquarters
Eichhorn had returned from the royal
stables
BH O'Clock in TIA" afternoon an nrac,s
Of business were closed aud the streets
We're tremendously crowded lmuromutu
meetings were in progress everywhere
January 6 tmuruingD. DELAYED Herr
EIrhhuru, the drpos-d police chief. was
stll In possession Of police nraduuar,,rs
lat" iast night ami win probably re-
main thrr" for some DAYS At i,asl
When Herr Ernst, 1h" newly appointed
chief arrived AZ police headquarters YES
ierday afternoon Ia take charge. .dInfs-
l.dI Z.
however. E- was admitted 80 = large
room, whore hr found Echhorn in front
Of table surrounded by many soldiers
when told Of Erus'S mission. E'rh-
/ horn refused 10 surrender his posi- ON
the ground mentioned iu my prrNiuus
Telegram Chat he held a direct mandate
from the peop"D ending hat he would
reSis, by force. ana he pointed 'u e
IarGr army revolver lying ON rh" table
Eruo, then appealed to the soldiers
Uhu were doing police duty There at.
several thousand of these soldiers, and
the ma Jority only few DAYS ago de.
olar-d that whatever happened they
would only serve the Government. II
fact = delegation of these mon unl,
Yesterday. after Eirhhorns dSn ssai
repeated this ayOWal a. the ihaLceI
lors palace. adding lha, rh" uur~, ioI
Of who was police pr-siden' did no
concern them
But IL so happened that most Of th
soldiers present at IN" Ernst and Ei,h
horn interview belonged to Eirhhoru'
body guard which forms du orgdujza
. fiou within 'nr organization. TN
opinion O.. the m~u prove 'o hr '"r
much divided. Some favored ,0rrr iu
Elcluuru at ono" from ih" hvild.ug. bu
most Of them sided strongly with hin
Ernst was about 20 leave the p'ar
when EiCuhOrn said
'Nuu have not even given me a 'haur
to defend myself before YOU ouudrunr
, me I demand 10 b" uied by ia" cen
= ''raI council
r. il stated that lh" Goy"rumer
y wishes 80 grant Jh's chance before tab
ing drastic measures The whole ana
uuprrsses one very much as Il the iud'
, u.ud.u's and H." Sptracaus v"r" Try
.ng to make il basis for on" last cuu
against the Government and The nation;
convention. becaus" Eirhh0ru IS ;h-
, last mau in an Influential position.
- After a demonstration In front OF p'
lie. headquarters last night, il~hNnr'l
i led par Of tn" crowd Ia IN" No
" yaer,s' office. while Ledebour proceed,
with another par, to the Wolf burra
and SEIZED tho offices