Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-11
SPARTACANS SEIZE 4.
| ALL POWER PLANTS
IN HUN CAPITAL
Ebert Government, How
ever, Claims to Be Mas {
ter of the Situation.
RED GUARDS CONTROL
BERLlN'S WATER SUPPLY
Aviators Drop Bombs on Silesian
Railway Station, Killing
Sixty y-Five.
STRUGGLE FOR RULERS SEAT
Cabinet Issues Proclamation Asking
! Public Aid in Downing the
Rioting element.
FOR RULERS SEAT
Cabinet Issues Proclamation Asking
Public Aid in Downing the
Rioting element.

CoPENHAGEN, January 1o.-The
Ebert government to-day claims to be
master OF the situation in Berlin.
Police headquarters and the whole area
between the BrandenburS Gate and s
Friedrichstrasse is In the hands of the
government troops
Fighting continues, however IN
ef ri ss sy saS and mhe msia. Rse1
works and are shutting off power at Z
severai places.
Yesterday. which caused panic and pill
laying OF bakeshops.
The. The Russian. Radek. is now. de-
tacans. His chief aim Is TO create s.a
famine. because it offers the most FER,
tile ground for the seeds OF terrorisrn.
Many Russians are arriving In Berlin.
In Munich huge demonstrations by
workingmen and women continue
are guarding the railway stations and
the most important streets. Rioting
is expected. u 55
IN Indicates that the government
FORCES have widened the barred zones
nslde the city and succeeded In 8sfss
SEEMING from the provinces and those
s aefSTdnG the
T!dende, have occupied one of tbs
water works in Berlin aud now are at
,simpting tenn to seize the cattle marker.
adversar;es' supplies Of meat The
government forces anticipating the
schsme: have been re-enforced with
The lighting which the Berlin coz
respondent of the Berlingske Tidende
describes as victory for the govern.
when the Spartacans were defeated in
an attnck against the Foreign Office.
At midnight a battle was raging In
SILEsIAN STATION is
RoMBED, sIXTf-FIVE KILLED
The government troops attacked the
Sspar,aeans s,,a,, at the silesian Railway
wsre h sS n%Ss ana Ths sSsSeYe nss
forces were aided by aviators. -
Later. the government troops at
on taeked the the, Lehrter ;i Railwag Station.
posite the Tiergarten -
The immediate removal OF the Ebert.
government is demanded OF the SOL.
diers' and worlsmen's councils Of Ger:
many in a resolution adopted at Leip-f
zig by the great soldiers and work..
naan,,. msn,s council. ,, according to telegram
Determined attacks by the govern ::
mcnt forces on the plants of the Taglo-.
blat, and the Vossische zeitunG. which.
are Sill in the hands of the Spar
.acans have been going on with short
intervals of nact!oa since noon Thurs-
day.
CABINET CALLS on pUnI.IC 5
TO HELP DOWN REDS
Premier Ebert, Philinp Sche:Lemann,
GUstavc Nos.;e ond Herr Landberg,
menl"ers of the German Cabinet. have
neople to sunport their efforts to down
the Spartacans
Reports that DIR. Karl Llebknecht
has proclaimed a new government in
fNte h,, NC
Frankfort Gazette, which declares the
naval division has broken off all re-
Independent Socialists.
The Germania. OF Berlin. says 1t has
learned that 1900. Russian Bolshevik-s
:ats. disguised as German soldiers. have.
1t is estimated that more than aoJ
SsF Rersonis in have heen killed In the gh.
Charlie and other hospitals cared for
800 wounded yesterday.
GOVERNMENT FORCES HOLD
MUCH OF THE INNER CITY
dispatch from Berlin filed at $3.50
p. NJ. Thursday says that tho govern
OF that section Of the inner city be-
tween tho Brandenburg Gate and
Friedrichstrasse II has issued an or
der prohibiting all PROFESSIONS.
cessions, the government gave warn
ing that It's troops have orders TO fire
without waiting for the Spartacans to
begin. and TO shoot to KILL g
The Spartacans apparently are los
ing hope. They failed to summon a
mass meeting OF their supporters
Thursday and the streets are almost
deserted.
The streets of Berlin Thursday were
without even the usual small groups
OF disputants.
The correspondent Is informed that
the Berlin regiment of mounted Sharp
shooters is supporting the government
enthusiastically and that other troops
In the city also are loyal.
SPARTACANs UNABLE TO %
REPLACE REPUBLICAN, GUARD
The Spartacans are reported 10 be
endeavoring to replace the troops of
the republican guard who went over
10 the government by armed laborers.
but their efforts are 'hampered by the
fact that the government has cut the
wires 10 police headQua rters. tho
Spartacan stronghold.
The machine-Eun firing In the newa-
paper quarter Is almost continuous.
and the adjacent streets are not opon
to traffic. either because they have
been closed by military posts or be "
cause bullets render them unsafe IS q
The government has a4lnrSe nutnber
OF troops in readiness and tho attackss
seen likely TO continue TO a decision. d.
The Wolf Bureau offices wsYe fbs
scene OF ~ short ,cOmbat durinrf fhA