Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-11
Government Troops
Make More. Progress In
Demolishing Strongholds
/ of The Spartacans
Continued from Page 1,

for an advance Of wages in n
ton with the local strike.
Berlin, Monday, March 10-(Noon)
|-(By the Associated Press)-Gov-
eminent troops were busy today In
driving Spartacans from various sec
tons of Berlin, and in. preparing Tor
q determined effort against the Spart-
acan stronghold OF Lichtenberg, q
suburb to the east of the city. The
Spartacans are reported to AVE large
depots of weapons and ammunition
IN Lichtenberg.
Government troops sent to Lichten-
berg Sunday to protect the postoffice
and police station were annihilated
by the Spartacans.
All the soldiers and police officials
who were not killed during h fight
ing pr who did not escape, were muir
tured. At least one woman was anon
! the victims. The police archives In
Lichtenberg were burned and 10000
marks were stolen from the postof-
fee.
No attempt yet has been made to
ascertain the number Of persons
killed in the present uprising, but the
Reports of. spartacan atrocities
continue to pour in and resulted to-
day in the issuance of an order by
Herr Noske, the minister of defense,
that all persons found opposing the
government troops with weapons
would be shot Immediately. Many
Spartacans were taken prisoner dur
lions began at once. the order of Herr
Noske being welcomed by the ernbit-
tered government forces.
Armed civilians stopped a Red
Cross ambulance today and killed or
wounded all the persons in it.
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dubbed two soldiers to death with the
butts Of their guns and killed a house.
holder who attempted to interfere.
The Independent socialist newspa-
pers, Die Freiheit and Die Republic.
have been forbidden to appear. AL
though the Independent socialist lead
ers protest that they are not connect
ed with the insurrection. the indie
pendent organs have been attacking
the government bitterly and endea-
voring to stir up the people against
the government n the government
troops. The leaders Of the independ-
ent socialists also continue to make
attempts to embarrass the govern
ment and to play into the hands OF
the Spartacans by demanding that
the volunteers troops be Withdrawn
from Berlin. Many Independents are
known to be fighting in the Sparta
can ranks:
There is reason to believe that Min
lister Noske has been given a free
hand to put down the revolt and the
governments preparations indicate
that force will be used to the utmost.
The government military comman-
ders expect that it will take at least
two days Of steady fighting to break
the Spartacan resistance in the east
ern part Of Berlin and to capture
Lichtenberg and suburbs Of Kopenick.
We~issensee and johannesburg. all on
the eastern outskirts of Berlin. There
communists, with help from the
criminal and Holligan elements, o n
tinue to offer stout opposition and the
government troops naturally are maxi
ing slow progress in the street fight
ing. They are taking no prisoners.
Bandit Tactics Used.
The government forces have the
task Of crushing not only the main
S%partacan strongholds but also in
combating the guerilla tactics Of the
insurgents, who realizing hat they
eventually will be outnumbered by
the troops in straight fighting, are
rorizing districts which have been
unmolested up to this time.
One daring Spartacan band last
night o a machine gun into a house
opposite the barracks Of the guard
regiment or Friederichstrasse, north
Of Inter den Linden. and bombarded
the barracks. Another squad pene-
trated the newspaper district and
threw hand grenades into the court
yard of the building occupied by the
semi-official Wolff bureau.
The possibility of an outbreak in
the radical suburb of spandau has