Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-06
OVERNMENT TROOPS OCCUTY
HALLE AFTER HARD FIGHT

HALLE AFTER HARD FIGHT
Government troops occupied the. city
late Monday, after sanguinary street
lighting. in which thirty civilians We're
arriSed here hy arpIane w''fqp from wH9 ae
The troops also suffered casualties 4,
During the tishtins. the aviator re-
government forces and threw them
into the River Saalc. where they per-
mitted, them TO. drown. There was
ishtins. and the property loss is SAL;
The spartacan leaders ned from the
city, and are reported to have taken
large amount Of city funds with
them The government troops have
proclaimed state of siege in Halle.
Halle. an important railroad juno
tion between Berlin and Weimar. had
been In the the hands OF the Spartacans
first cities in Central Germany TO DC
affected by tho Spnrtacan movement.
throughout the country.
ALARMING CONDITIONS
ENIST At HALLE;
Reports received tonight from Bern,
switzerland. report alarming condi-
tions existing at Halle. Troops here
strikers were killed. LootinS and arson
are also reported 10 have taken place
according TO Copenhagcn reports to-
night; the strike situation in Berlin
embraces all means OF tranSportat ion.
Electricians. post and telegraph OH
Gals, restaurant and hotel employees
as we'll as newspaper workers. have
Joined the strikers.
Gil today 1t was decided that the food
supply, fire stations. hospitals and sin-
liar functions will not be included IN
the strike.
SPARTACAN ATTACK REFUSED;
FIVE RIOTERS ARE KILLED,
a report received late today told OF
FIVE rioters being killed in clash OH
the northern railway terminus last
The government. the dispatch adds.
has taken the most energetic meas
&c in. and other rc-cnforcements con7
tinuc TO pour in. The attitude. OF the
ttroops. however, is uncertain. 4 naval
division is openly hostile to the GOV
crnment, but the government believes
1t can count on half Of the Berlin
troops.
The spartacan bureau in Wilhelm
strasse was occupied, but all tho lead
ers escaped Two Russian Bolshevists
portant documents scizeu. Govern
ment troops at Spandau have occupied
the the a,iriiiliery depot, containing great
which the independents counted upoi,
sezins.
GOVERNMENT BRINGS
$4,000 TROOPS TO BERLIN
The government troops have been as
semoled in Berlin to the number of
$4,000. according to advices from the
German capital
1t was announced at Mondays meet
ing OF the Berlin Workmens Council
that the railway mon In Central Gcr-
many had declared for general strike.
The bourgeois committee i'm L.eipsic
mas issued a manifesto declaring the
bourgeois strike will be maintained
until order is completely restored
The doctors Of the city announce they
VIII refuse TO perform services until
the lighting. heating. water food and
street car services are guaranteed
Grave incidents, including iootias.
are are reported from Magdeburg and
WEIMAR FEARFUL THAT
STRIKE WILL COME TO IT,
pitpatches tonight declare weiniar
is hourly becoming more fearful that
the general strike will spread TO this
city and bring with IT. the distressing
conditions that have been created ia
nearby towns and cities Two OF tho
city councillors OF Erfurt. a few miles
away. succeeded In reaching Wciniar,
this mornigs. and Immediately de-
not eaten for two days. They re.s
ported tho majority OF the population