Evening star., 1919-03-10

Sy TIE lssceis ted Press.
COPENHAGEN. March so-work
was resumed today throughout the
greater part of Berlin, following
the calling of of the strike, mes-
sages from the German capital an
nouncc.
President Ebert and Secretary
Landsbers have arrived i'm Berlin
from Wcimar
BY the Associated Press -t
LONDON, Sunday, March s.--A- Ger
| man wireless dispatch received here
gives semi-officiai bureaus report
OF recent happenings at Berlin. Fight
ing there lasted from 10 o'clock Wed
nesday night, when the mutineers
opened fire with field guns and mine
throwers on police headquarters, until
late Friday night
1t is said there were isolated en-
counters even as late as Saturday
morning.
The dispatch adds that even il final
resistance has not yet completely
broken down, the crisis may be re-
garded as safely passed. The dis--
patch says that on various streets in
the northern and eastern sections of
the city there was plundering during
Saturday and little fighting of .
minor character, but otherwise tie
situation was little changed by Sat-
urday night s-@s
Intrenched in Brewery.
Spartacan forces had intrenched
themselves in the Boetzow brewery
and government troops were advanc-
ing from all sides to storm the build
ing. Artillery had been drawn up in
Friedrichshain Park in preparation
for the fight, and heavy howitzera
directed by aviators, were firing on
the brewery when the dispatch was
filed
Events at Berlin have produced a
renewal of Spartacan agitation in the
upper Silesian coal fields. it is said.
and although order has been main
tanned by troops, the situation thera
is said to be tense.
Many. were killed or wounded in
serious fighting which occurred at
Halle. Germany, on Saturday. accord
ing to a Copenhagen dispatch to the
Central News. Spartacans are said to
have drowned many students and offi-
GERS, Ia the river there. and 1t u sg4~
ported that there was a general -pit.s
lage in the parts ef the city where the
troops eventaaliy gained the mastery.
it is said. -
Radicals Take Lichtenberg.
AMSTERDAM March 10.-Sparta-
can forces Sunday occupied the Berlin
suburb of Lichtenberg and murdered
;xxf. ;r,f
station there. according to the Zei-
tung am Mittag The Lichtenbefg
police station had withstood SPARTA
can attacks since Tuesday.
Raise Imperial Standard.
COPENHAGEN, Sunday. March g.
On saturday night Spartacans hoiEt-
ed the imperial standard over the pal---
ace at Berlin, according to advices re-
ceived here from the German capitai.
The flag was Immediately removed by
government troops. Martial law has
not yet been revoked in Berlin and
has been proclaimed at Dusseldorf.
Workmen's Council Ends Strike.
AMSTERDAM, March 10.-The Ber-
lin workmen's council has decided TO ;
issue an order officially calling off the
general strike in the German capital.
SAYS a Berlin message, presumably
filed Sunday night, which says the de-
cision was taken late today"
The decision, says the message, fof-
lowed a stormy session of the couu-
Gil, in which the independent. socialists
accused the majority socialists 81
treason to the pro1etarian cause ara
the Spartacans charged the independ-
ents with weakening the cause ny
compromises.
Richard Mueller, the strike leader.
declared the workmen must now@re-
turn to work and await a suitabie
time for renewing action.
I'VE shall learn from our experi-
ences," he added.
Estimates of Berlin Damage.
RERLIN. Sunday. March 9, via Am
sterdam-The number OF individuals
who suffered property losses IN the
course of the four days fighting IN Berhn :
last week is estimated at e'eoo. Inc
money loss caused is difncult 10 &c
termine. as in addition TO me heaNs
losses through damage to buildings
and dwellings the Spartacans were
engaged in wholesale looting of shops
and private houses from the oegin-
ming of the strike last MONDAY One
of the large department stores in the
Alexander Platz estimates the damage
it suffered as in excess or S,oVo,ooe
marks.
The losses of the last week. added
to those of the week of the hrsi
Spartacan outbreak. are likely to in
yolye the city of Berlin or the state
or national government in damage
suits totaling more than 15o,euo,ooe
marks.
Leipzig Strike Settled.
RASEL. Switzerland. March S.-The
Leipzig strike has been settled and
order has been restored, the Frank
fort Gazette announces Minister
Schwarz, the newspaper adds, has
arrived in Leipzig and announced that
severe measures will be taken against
persistent idlers and that order viii
be maintained by all means at the
disposal of the government.
DR.. ALBERT GETS HIGH POST.
German Propagandist Made Under