Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-18
REDS ARE
INCENSED
BY DEATH
OF LEADER
General Strike Threatened to
Avenge Killing Of Or.
LiebkneCht and Rosa
Luxembourg.
By Associated Press.


prehensions in Berlin Of genera
strike and uprisings to avenge ths
deaths Of DR.. Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa. Luxembourg, the Spartacaf
leaders, according to Copenhagsr
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company. 1t IS doubtful il tbs
elections 10 the National Assembly
can be held on Sunday because oi
the tremendous excitement
Several more SpartacanI leader.
have been arrested, but the former
chief Of police, Eichhorn, is still
at large.
Amsterdam, Jan. 1.-THE Han
deIsblad Berlin correspondent in a
dispatch received today says:
"The whole city is now swarnling
with soldiers, wearing steel he'll
NETS, carrying rifles and with hand
grenades hanging on their belts
They have occupied all the bridges
where they halt and search pedes-
trains for arms and call for the
exhibition Of identification papers
Similar searches are even being
made on the street cars.
Bolshevism Spreading.
Berlin, Jan. l7s-The German boil
sheviki appear to be in full control
in Bremen, 'the republic Of CuN-
haven" and Dusseldorf. Bruins
wick republic is also in thSshands Of
the radicals. who, while ready to
protect the results of Sundays cleo
tions, in other respects share Sparta
can views.
Martial law has been declared at
Bremen and the counter reyolutior-
aries threatened with summary exc
cution. The Cuxhaven proletariat
rulers have also occupied the gov
ernment Of the district of Hadein
and declared it part Of the republic
OF Cuxhaven, All officials, city enl-
ployes and teachers, have presented
an ultimatum to the peoples COM
missioners, demanding the repeal Of
the decree constituting the republic.
The Brunswick government,
whose president is a tailor named
Morges, continues in open rebellion
against the national government and
has issued decree threatening 70
treat any soldiers or officers sent TO
Brunswick as traitors.
Red Leaders Killed.
When it became known yesterday
that DIR. Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
emburg were at the Hotel Eden,
in the western part Of the city. a
crowd rapidly congregated and
storfned the hotel lobby. Both
were spirited to a side entrance to
the hotel, but the mob forestalled
the attempt of the troops to save
Fraulein Luxemburg. She was
beaten into insensibility and then
thrown into an automobile by the
crowd, which intended to take her
to prison.
A few blocks down the street the
machine was halted by a second
mob and when the presence Of Frau
lein Luxemburg became known.
man jumped on the running board
OF the car and shot her through the
head. The body was dragged from
the automobile and carried off. II
is supposed that it was thrown infb
the canal, but it has not been found.
Shot BY Soldiers
In the meantime, DR.. LiebknechH
was hurried into another automobile
by officers and troops, and the car
was headed for the Moabit prison.
While going through the Tierear-
ten, the machine was halted by
punctured tire. DIR. Liebknecht was
asked to get out by the officers, who
intended to hail another autonlo-
bile and continue toward TIE prison.
While waiting, DR.. Lieblnecht
made&an attempt to escape and was
shot dead by soldiers, who had an-
ticipated such an effort on his part.
Or. Liebknechts attempt at es-
cape was the last desperate dash for
freedom on the part OF man wha
had left prison only last October
When the automobile which WA
carrying him broke down he was
warned against any attempt at
flight. The officertin charge asked
DR.. Liebknesht, who was bleeding
from a cane wound in the head.
whether he felt able to walk to ire
next street. where a new autono.
bile could be found.
DR.. Liebkneeht said he could and
the party started. When near
group Of trees. DR.. Liebknecht
pushed aside the soldier nearesf
him and dashed for the underbrnsh
in the Tiergarten. The soldiers
ordered him to halt. He paid no
attention 70 their demands and sew
eral shots were fired at him.
One bullet struck him IN the base
OF the neck, squarely between The
shoulders, and his death was virAe.
ally instantaneous