The Washington herald., 1919-03-07
HUNS RECOGNIZE
S0v|ETS AS RIOT
RULES IN BERLIN
Constitutional Status Of
Workmen's s and Soldiers
Councils Provided.
MARINES JOIN "REDS"
Detachments of Division
Take Part in Attack on
a Police Station.

Berlin, March 6.-The marine di-
vision has deserted to the SpartacAns,
Is was reported in dispatches received
from Berlin today. Detachments OF
this division were said to have par
ticipated in an attack on the central
police station yesterday afternoon.
While Spartacan civilians were firing
on the station from the tops of nearby
houses, sailors crept near to the sta
ton and placed machine guns. be
fore they could be used effectively
government troops cleared the streets.
Agrees to Recognise soyiets.
The German cabinet, in an effort to
end the revolution-the crisis of which
has not been passed-has agreed TO
constitutional recognition of the sovi-
cts as economic controllers of labor
and production, it was announced in
official dispatches from Weimar to-
day. A concession was also made for
immediate and extensive specialization
OF industries.
The Spartacans have also economic
recognition. but say this Will not be
sufficient-that full political recognI-
ton Is necessary. Immediate and ex-
tensive Specialization of industries,
however. Is a victory for the radicals.
After hearing the report of a dele
CATION of majority Socialist strikers.
which conferred with the cabinet in
Weimar yesterday. a labor caucus to-
day sent a mixed delegation of radi-
calls. Socialists and Democrats to Wei
! mar to attempt a compromise. The
delegation will insist on the resigna-
ton of Chancellor Scheidemann. War
Minister Noske and Justice Minister
Landsberg.
Score Killed In Battles.
\ score of persons. including several
women. were killed by machine gun
fire and hand grenades last night.
when government troops stormed
Spartacan barricades in Weinberg
strasse.
The government, reinforced by sew
eral regiments from outlying garri-
sons, appears TO be mastering the SIT
uation. though there is still consid-
cradle fight left in the radicals.
Government troops have occupied
The railway stations, telegraph Of
tices, Reichstag buildings and Reichs-
bank
Mobs unsuccessfuIly attacked troops
in Inter Den Linden. Several stores
were pillaged in the Moabit discreet.
DR.. Meyer. director of the newspaper
Rote Fahne. was arrested Dr. Rein
hardt was reported to have been ap-
pointed military commander of Ber-
lin. The university has been closed
and the students have been modified
by the government
Decide to Extend Strike.
The Spartacan union decided to eS-
tend the strike throughout the coun-
try. Majority Socialists of the Ber-
lin workmen's councils met and ac-
claimed the reading of the confiden-
tial vote of eighty factories. which
was said to be overwhelmingly in
favor of the strike
At Spandau. public buildings were
occupied by government troops. There
was a clash at the electric works
between Spartacans and employers
The current was interrupted and sew
eral factories were forced to close
down because OF lack of power. Coal
miners in the Essen district have
struck for higher wages In the
Ruhr industrial region. 100 workmen
were reported to have walked out.
Embassy Train Held I'd.
After it was decided to remove the
American Embassy to Vologda, | went
to Lenine and asked for a special
train. 1t was granted without hesi-
tation. l decided to remove the Red
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