The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-11
Wire Conduits Destroyed.

The telegraph lines leading out Of the
country are working very poorly be-
cause Of the destruction Of several wire
cond,uta transmission OF messases
| also was haIrpercd repeatedly BY the
| strikers cutting off electric lights,
The Spartacan leaders movement
| had formed detailed plan FOR the over
! throw of the Government within a def
ntteiy defined and brief period. 1t is
| shown by Spartacan papers captured by
the Government forces. Among these
documents was an elaborate plan OF the
Spartacan general staff mapping out the
course for the Instruction and showing
that II counted upon bringing the Ber-
lin revolt to a triumphant conclusion In
five DAYS the movement TO eliminate in
the proclamation of a Soviet republic.
The leaders were aware that the Gov
eminent would throw a strong force OF
troops into Berlin. but they counted upon
winning over various organizations.
Their plan Of campaign named the Alex
anderplatz adjacent to Police Headquar-
ters, as the rendezvous upon the declara-
ton OF the strike. The first days OBJ
jectivs was the capture OF Police Head
quarters, and the Spartacans were so
con ndent OF accomplishing this that they
had all ready for distribution printed
handbius announcing the capture OF the
Government troops, the latter announce
ment anticipating the detection Of the
sailors and the Republican Guards,
Aimed Mt Imperial Palace.
The second days detectives we're the
Imperial Palace. the Reichstag building
and the Inter Linden district. The
third days detectives were the Chancel-
lor's palace. the War Ministry and the
other Ministerial buildings. For the
fourth day was set the capture or the
railway stations. the newspaper district.
&c. while the NTH day was 10 complete
the capture Of the city, with a climax
reached by the proclamation Of the dlcta-
torship OF the proletariat.
The plan failed because the outside
regiments proved absolutely incorrupu-
bic and Of high fighting qualities.
The casualties, although they had not
been definitely established at this writ
ing, will probably prove greater than
those Of the January revolution. The
Berlin morgue. TO which the civilian
dead were AZ first transferred. became
filled TO overlooking during the course
of Friday and other morgues had to DO
improvised.
Reds Murder by Wholesale.
A story Of wholesale coldblooded
murders. including tho shooting OF some
sixty"csve &c tives, by the SpartRcaE forces.
was told to-day under oath by Govern
ment soldier who had been captured by
the insurgents but managed to escape.
He and eighteen other soldiers had been
captured in the vicinity OF Warschauer-
strasse, in the eastern part OF the CITY
and were taken into IA court back or q
group of buildings occupied by the spar
tacans.
The prisoners. the soldier asserts.
were compelled one by one 20 climb into
a wagon. where they were shot down ny
the Insurgents. When the wagon be-
came full Of bodies II was taken away
and another brought forward.
While this was going on band OF
Spartacans brought in sixty detectives
who had been captured in the attack on
the LichtenberE police station. The de-
tectives we're killed with revolver shots
between the eyes at close quarters
Those who resisted were held by other
Spartacans while the executloner hred
the shot. A Government bicycle courier
who was brought in about the same time
was held by the hands and feet and tor
tured before being shot
One Woman Killed Twenty.
The division Of cavalry riiemen which
IL In charge OF the work OF clearing the
city of Spartacans reports further In
stances Of cruel murders by the insur-
gents An automobile with seven SOL
diers was attacked In Warschauer-
strasse and all were murdered. Another
automobile filled ". ~ volunteer soldiers
/ was captured and 1thinrs has been heard
:. oII4 them.
a woman soldier IN the. Spartacan
ranks who was captured by the Gov
eminent troops is declared to have con-
fessed participation in more than twenty
killings The Spartacans also are ac-
cused OF using airplanes for attacks on
rYSeeahls citizens, Ths bomb which Sas