The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-06

LEAD IN RIOTS
Soldiers Supporting Govern
ment Turned Machine Guns
on Reds.
NINE WOUNDED IN MUNICH
Russian Bolsheviki Give Large
Sums to Finance Movement
in Germany.

London, Jan. 6.--Riots led by the
Spartacides were reported to Ber-
lin from all parts of Germany. the
Berlin correspondent Of the Daily
Mail telegraphed today.
In Hamburg. soldiers supporting
the government have turned machine
guns upon the rioters.
Nine persons were wounded In
fighting at Munich.
Rioters began looting in Berlin.
The Exchange Telegraph's corr
respondent at Copenhagen learns
the Spartacides in Germany have re-
ceived large sums from the Russian
boslheviks to finace the movement
an. aSserrnarys More than 1.600,e0t
marks have been contributed fol
arms and ammunition in Berlin.
Eichhorn, former Berlin chief oi
police, is refusing to accept dismis-
sal, the dispatch added.
Deputy Kautcky. member Of the
German reichstag, was reported In
another Exchange Telegraph
dispatch as saying that Herr Lieb-
necht admitted that Lenine, the boil
shevik premier in Russia, had prom
ised the Spartacus group food fol
three hundred soldiers for a common
hight against capitalism.
Prepare For BIoodshed.
Copenhagen, Jan. 6.-"We must
prepare for bloodshed," declared
Karl Liebnecht, leader of the Ger
man radicals in a speech in Berlin
on Sunday afternoon, according tc
a. Berlin dispatch to the Politiken
today.
Ten thousand extremists attended
the meeting.
The dismissal of Eichhorn, the
Sparticide chief of police at Berlin
has created immense excitement
among the socialist independents and
the Sparticides.
Thousands of persons attracted by
the undercurrent' of excitement anc
the fine weather thronged the streets
of the German capital all day Sun
day.
In his speech Liebnecht attacked
Chancellor Ebert, Philip Scheide-
mann and Herr Ernst, the new chiei
of police.
Bentschen is town on the boun.
dairy between the towns of Posen ano
Brandenburg. and is about forty
three miles southwest OF Posen.
Capture of Bentschen by the Poles
would be most serious for Berlin anc
all of northern Germany. Its loss tc
the Poles would cut off communica-
ton between Berlin and Silesia ano
would endanger the provisioning OF
Frankfort on the oder and all oi
northern Germany.
THE cabinet completed its consid-
Grafton of the Polish situation today
and directed the ministry of war &c
take the necessary steps to strength
en- the eastern frontiers. When prep
arations have been completed, whicf
will probably be next week. the cab
met will probably appeal to the peo'
pIe TO form a volunteer army to pro-
tect the German borders.
Wolff Bureau Seized.
Amsterdam, Jan. 6.-The Spartacus
group Sunday evening made anothei
attempt to seize the reins of power
in Berlin and occupied the offlce ol
the Wolff bureau, the semi -ofi1clal
news agency.
The last telegram received mere
from the Wolff bureau announced the
seizure of it's office.
Private advices say that the Spar
tacides occupied the Offices of half a
dozen big newspapers, including the
socialist Vorwaerts.
Poles Stormed Airdrome.
Amsterdam. Jan. 6.-The airdrome
at Lawica, near the city of Posenf
was stormed Sunday by Polish troops
According TO a dispatch from Posen'
all of the airships were captured after
a fight.
Poles Hold r. r. Station.
Berlin. Jan. 5.-(A. P)-Polish
troops have occupied the railway sta
ton at Vhroschnik. four miles from
Bentschen, and have sent an ultima
tun to the Germah commander in the
latter place, demanding that he sur
render. The demand has been re-
fused and the Germans will defend
Bentschen at all costs, according to
the Tageblatt.