Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-15
Spartacan Leaders Are in Hid
ing and Citizens Found With
Arms Are Put to Death In
stantIy,
LOOTING AND ROBBERY
PREVALENT IN BERLIN
Army Officers Now Have Af-
fairs Well in Hand News
paper Plants Are Being Re-
paired for Business,


Berlin. Jan. ~ Sunday The
Ebert government tonight was conf
dent Of its ability to defend the cleo
tions to the national assembly next
Sunday, against violence from Spar
tacun and independent socialist
sources.
The insurrection generally, it APP
peared tonight. had been effectually
put down chiefly because the new
troops called in by the government
had taken matters in hand and were
determined TO give the followers of
sssNs.,.ssatsao- quarter The next few
days. 1t is declared will witness the
inauguration of further drastic mill
tary measures calculated to stamp out
the Bolshevik contagion,
dispatches dated Berlin Monday
and Tuesday have reported that the
spartacan leaders had disappeared
and that their forces had been over
awed by the governments troops)
Drastic Measures Taken.
One of these measures covers the
Illegal possession of arms and ammu-
milton and it Is proposed to make this
offense punishable with immediate
death. The military men new coop
Grating with the government propose
to show the insurgents no mercy and
they amply demonstrated this policy
during the recapture of the Norwaerts
building and police headquarters.
It is declared by creditable eye-wit-
nesses that the new government troops
in both actions Saturday beat down
with bayonets and with clubs and 9TH
erwise killed scores of men who were
Spartacan guards or civilians caught
with arms. Hundreds of persons al
ready have been arrested and are fac
ing severe penalties
Robbery and Iooting.
The last ripples of the tidal wave
which has swept over Berlin in the
past seven days are now being felt IN
spread of robbery and looting which
is being carried on by soldiers and
sailors who detached themselves from
Spartacan units. The oection of Ber-
lin radiating from the police head
quarters in the past forty-eight hours
has been terrorized by armed men
who pilfered food shops. cigar stores
and public buildings. Three sailors
walked into postal sub-station yes
terday and carried off 10000 marks.
Gunmen and criminals from all
parts Of Germany hurried to Berlin
in the first days of the revolution ac-
cording to reports, and enlisted in
the Spartacan forces at the police sta :
tion, which served as a base for pri-
vate Undertakings. and when the men
were not engaged in obeying orders
of the Spartacan leaders. Berlin at
one time ranked as one Of the best
policed cities In the world; tonight II
Is virtually defenseless against law
lessness.
\ yeritablc Fortress.
The promenaders deserted Unter
Den Linden today and crowded into
the newspaper area, where the pub
fishers were busy getting their badly
disheveled plants into order for Mon
days issue. The material loss and dis
order caused by the rebels was espe-
cially heavy in the plants of Vor-
waerts and the Tageblatt. Even the
business offices were invaded Rec
ords and accounts were strewn about
and bulky ledgers were jammed into
windows to serve as barricades for ri
f.emen.
The Vorwaerts building was con-
verted into veritable fortress and
arsenal combined. After breach had
been blown in with canon the Spar
taeans began to weaken and later
gave in. The military discipline Of the
Spartacans is said to be irreproacha :
bic as long as they are permitted to
rob and plunder Mt will That they
xere particular as to their personal
comfort is amply proved BY the stores
oodstuffs. cigars and clothing found
In premises recaptured from the Spar
taoans BY the government forces