The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-11

No attempt has yet, been made to
certain the number OF persons
He'd in the present uprising. but the
lumber is believed to exceed $50.
Reports of Spartacan atrocities
pntinue to pour in and resulted to-
by in the issuance of an order by
ferr Noske, the minister of defense,
bat all found opposing the govern
hent troops with weapons would he
hot Immediately. Many Spar,acans
we're taken. prisoner during the fore
oon and summary executions began
- once, the order of Herr Noske
Xeing welcomed by the embittered
Xovernment forces.
IA Stopped Red Cross Ambulance.
IA Armed civilians stopped a Red
'Eross ambulance today and killed and
Wounded all the persons In it. An
4ther band of Spartacans dubbed two
|3oldters to death with the butts Of
<heir guns and killed a householder
ho attempted to interfere.
Il The independent socialist newspa-
|pers Die Freheit and Die Repubhk
Dave been forbidden to appear. Al
Though the independent socialist
leaders protest that they aresnot con-
hected with the insurrection, the in
dependent organs have been attack
ing the government in pitter invec-
lives and endeavoring to stir up the
people against the government and
the government troops. The leaders
pf the independent socialists also
Continue to make attempts to embar-
rass the government and continue to
play into the hands of the Sparta
leans by demands that the volunteer
troops sbe withdrawn from Berlin.
Many independents are known to be
fighting in the Spartacan ranks.
n There is reason to believe Minister
Spske has been gtten q free hand te
put' down the revolt, and the govern
nlent's preparations Indicate that
force viii be used to the utmost.
The government military COM
manders expect it will take at least
two days Of steady fighting to break
the Spartacah resistance in the east
ern part OF Berlin and to capture
Lichtenburg and the suburbs of
Kopenick, Weissensee and 'Rummels-
burg. all on the eastern outskirts CT
Berlin. The communists, with help
from the criminal and hooligan ele-
ments, continue to offer stout oppo-
sition and the government troops
naturally are making slow progress
in the street lighting. They are TAX
ing no prisoners.
Must Combat Gusrillas.
The government forces have the
task of crushing not only the main
Spartacan strongholds, but also IN
combating the guerilla tactics Of the
insurgents, who, realizing they even
tually will be outmatched by the
troops in straight lighting. are sepa-
rating into small bands and terroriz-
ing districts which have been unmo-
Tested up TO this time.
One daring Spartacan band last
night succeeded in taking a machine
gun into a house opposite the bar
racks of the guard regiment on
Friedrichstrasse, a short distance
north OF Inter den Linden. From
this point OF vantage they bombardcd
the barracks. Another squad pene-
trated into the newspaper district
and threw hand grenades into the
courtyard Of the building occupied
by the semi official Wolff bureau.
The possibility of an outbreak in
the radical suburb of Spandau has
been met by the government by the
disarma ment of battalion OF pioneer
troops whose loyalty was questioned.
The order calling off the general
strike was obeyed only In part to-
day. Nearly all the small establish
ments and a number of the big
plants resumed work. but workmen
in the small factories dominated by
radicals declared they would not re-
turn to work until the government
troops had withdrawn from Berlin.