Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-10
LINE SPARTACANS
UP AGAINST WALL
AND EXECUTE 200
Most GruesOmc Wholesale
Execution in History
of Germany.
REPORTS PLACE KILLED
AT 800; WOUNDED AT 500
Police Prefecture Nearly Total
Wreck Following Use of
Explosive.
AMERICAN MISSION IN SAFETY.
flcid Marshal Hindcnburg Planning
to Use Ioluutncr I-,,ito 4,
AMERICAN MISSION IN SAFETY
rlcid Marshal Hindcnburg Planning
to Use Volunteer Units la
Drive Against Bolshcvists.

LONDON March o--Two hundred
SraTtncans taken prisoners In the pas.
"ech rebellion were summarily exc
1uted by government troops Friday
according TO "A message from Berlin
iecciNed here tonight. These prisoners,
were lined UP oGaiYst "a wall one by
enc and shot by dctachments of the
led Guards. 1t was the. gr.nmes,
and most sruesomc wholesale exocu-
Lon in the history OF Germany.
Reports. tonight also indicate that
tne people'a nav division has been
"!sarmcd and dissolved, and in mos,
quarters of- the City order has again
been restored. The telephone system
u Berlin has been resumed and many
~ The other public utilities expect 10
be In operation nomentarily
The last round Of the terrific battle
mcdS HG,wesm s9NernmSni govern. ,,l; troops and The
east section OF Berlin.
ALEXANDER SQUARE Is
WRECKED BY EXPLOSIVES
Mcagcr accounts received ton!gh,
Indicate that tho nghting was OF q
most vicious character. Alexander
square is reported looking as badly
section on the western front the
rolicc prefecture has been almost com
picteiy wrecked, the warning factions
.csoruns 10 high explosives TO ac-
conpisb their work of destruction.
Latest figures of the casualties sus-
tdlncd place the dead 1t 500 and the
wounded q. 500. making a total OF soc
Reports received tonight indicate
that all members OF the American
mission are safe. although for q part
Of the time they were In the thick OF
the lighting.
STRIKERS SETTLE AFFAIRS
IN INDUSTRIAL SECTIONS
Aoeording 10 a Ihessase RECEIVED T.. to.
night from Basel switserland. the
suit sui Vas accomplished when, minister
Ssn%arsa arrived od ana dc ia 'na,
persistent idlcrs, and that order VIII
be maintained by all means at the dis
workinsmcn 5 council OF Greater Bcr-
lin declared itself willing TO approve
in declaring off the strike were an
nounced today. They included the re-
iirement OF Toiunteer regiments from
arrested during the strike.
HINDENBURG PLANS DRIVE
AGAINST BOLSHEN1ST ARMY
Marshal Hindenburg is planning
10 use volunteer units in drive against
the Bolshcvists, IL is indicated by in
formation which has reached Amcri-
can intelligence officers.
who, in the line OF their duty. are
Keeping in touch with the progress
OF the readjustments of the cnemy's
forces. German great headquarters
seems to be following a policy OF Sc
arecy as regards the eastern front
troop question. This is believed 10 be
due 10 the fact that the Bolshevists
now have a normal military organiza-
lion and so Will be able 10 utilize any
information they might obtain con-
cerning their enemy.
Apparently the German headquarters
stan in koiberg is directing its ener-
Sics again toward organization on the
Baltic front In the confidence that there
) no longer any Immediate occasion
for concern over the Polish front
Field Marshal Won Hiudenburg is in
holberS. and the commanders of both
Inc. northern and southern armies Oh
the eastern front are presumed TO be
applying most of their efforts at pres
Ont 20 the organization Of the forces
available
Great numbers of volunteer com
panies have been raised throughout
Germany for the eastern front, ac-
cording to information here. Scores
of these small units have been identified
proceeding eastward. but whether they
were organized into divisions after
wards or whether they are undergoing
training, and to what locality have
been assigned has not been established.
The total number of volunteers nov.
on the eastern front or about to pro-
ceed there is estimated at nearly lOO,-
900. Some of the old army troops are
now on the eastern front.