The Washington times., 1919-01-09

DRIVEN BACK
| WHENR|OTNG.
IS RESUMED

LONDON, Jan. 9. 9.-Spartacsna
after accepting a truce with the
government yestrday, resumed dem
onstrations in Berlin. official wire
less dispatches from the Germss
capital reported today.
1t is reported in dispatches via
Copenhagen that German troops
have entered Berlin and that fight
ing is now going on.
The Spartacans have been drives
from Tergartcn and adjacen
Government Holds Rssds.
AsSsf troops are now nshtirr =
recapture the public buildings -
goytfnmsnt machinery that ths
spartacans ssized earlier IN the wen.
Twenty persons were killed whes
rioters attacked the Anericaa en-
bassy. The dizpatca does not 90
whether they were Americanx. but d =
assumed that Americans we're In th1
agents are handling American sffziu
there The embassy is located vhers
the most violence has taken place.
The government 10 waf learned q
reliable authority today. 90 sgrin ~
control Of the railways.
Chaotic conditions and the attenlptx
Of both the government ard tfa.,
Spartacans to cens,r press disr atchae
make news from the German capitnI
meagre and unsatisfactory. What
appear to be authentic reports OF .
~. a.
later by dispatches telling OF riotina
ana bloody street lighting.
One dispatch. which slipped by th1
strict German censorship. said thai
several shots had been fired at the
Danish Red Cross buildings
Loyal Troops Pour In.
The governments position is hourfy
being strengthened by the arrival q
loyal troops. All are well equipped.
The city OF Berlin is described -
being a veritable armed camp.
Due to Spartacan and Bofshss
Wiki propaganda, opposition is vtsibiy
increasing in south Germany. and the
movement to call a general strike IN
industrial districts throughout thu
empire is gaining momentum. Ths
date for the strike is set for January
scheduled to be held.
A semi-offIcial dispatch said thai
the war office at wilhelmstrasse has
been taken by the Sparticides and
with it's cApture one guard reginenf
went over TO them
A Rotterdam dispatch says thsf
during the disorder wednesday
hand grenade was thrown into .
crowd of 10000 persons in front %
the chancellor's palace in Berlin and
many were killed and wounded.
In the same report, IL was stated
that the German government had
issued an ultimatum saying IL would
not treat with the Spartacides until
all except actual soldiers were die
armed.
Dispatches Conflicting.
Dispatches today from various
sources are conflicting. On wednes-
day advices said that the government
had gained the upper hand and that
a truce had been declared. Today
they indicated that further lighting
was in progress.
While the original German revolu-
tion united the Socialists OF the old
regime, the Socialists are now hght-
ing each other. The independent So
cialists have Joined the Spartacans
in attempting to overthrow the gov
ernment, which is dominated by ma
jority Socialists.
Karl Liebnecht, addressing a crowd
OF demonstrators in the Tiergartsn.
said
"Workmen and Brothers: The mo-
ment has come for action. Don't re-
turn to the shops until the work u
done. The Berlin garrison will JOIN
us. Ebert and Scheidemann must "a
Your confidence and YOUR actions win
bring Us success. and will prove that
the Socialist republic is not a lie buf
a reality.
To-day the world knows The Ss-
: cialist revolution has begun at last
4; practically the same t.rae
/. Scheidemsnn VAS ADDRESSING q thronG
in front OF :he Reichs.aEt building.
This mess must end he said. I'VE
VIII no, allow tAe minority to ter
roTize tae majority any longer. The
goVerRne3t will san?-css the Spar
tacan movement with srma"