Evening star., 1919-01-13
Factions Resume Fighting.

.EE LoN ptN, SUNDAY, JdHudES IL L HS
armistice between the contending fac
tfons at Berlin has been broken and
sfgh ing has been resumed, according
to Copenhagen advices received here
s The Spartacans are still in possession
of part of the Taseblatt building 1t is
said
Reports from Berlin indicate. it is
reported, that the Spartacan forces
have lost 1900 killed since the out
break of the revolution and that there
are many more wounded.
Government troops numbering $4,000
arrived in Berlin on Saturday. but
with the Strengthening of its military
forces the cabinet is reported to be
losing it's political influence among
the masses. Twenty-eight mass
Berlin for the purpose of offsetting
this trend. These meetings, which
were to be addressed by ministers and
paFfy leaders, were expected to lead
Z to renewal of the collisions with the
Spaftacans.
1t is reported that several banks and
shops were plundered by mobs on Sat-
urday and that great armed crowds
are continually parading the streets.
Spartacan leaders had been able to
c6hclude an armistice on fairly even
terms. 1t was stipulated that govern
Ipent troops should not be reinforced
during the truce nor resume operations
without q half days notice.
vorwaerts Building Damaged.
The capture of the vorwaerts build
fing is considered rather important
stfategically. The plant is not in the
Breup of other newspaper offices, but
Hes deeper into Spartacan territory
between the principal newspaper
fefs at the central police station. Its
eH1ture. therefore, interferes with the
9eHffacan communication with out1y-
fnG attachments. The Vorwaerts
bufIding was badly damaged by artii-
7sfy hre and was coming down over
s{zl4 heads of the defenders before they
Ansf rendered.
me arrest Of Georg Ledebour,
4eAd1r OF the Independent socialists.
: ~ looked upon as significant as
Z komplete break in his relations with
tn cabinet and presumably the end
~ the clandestine negotiations look
i Sln3 to compromise Of existing diff
e65fies by advancement for the dis
exbeaFance Of particularly objection
9Hh3e persons on both sides and the
s4oykponement Of the elections for the
N64f0nal assembly. There is no con-
t16afion Of the report that DR..
SL&obknectt has been killed. He has.
A1eever, faded from sight with Chief
6f Police Eichhorn. His disappear
N1ee may have given rise to reports
9f his death or arrest
1artacan forces outside of Berlin
k4e been able to a certain extent to
f4toffere with the arrival of govrn-
near Leipzig. they are reported to
have disarmed three trainIoads OF
troops on their way to Berlin.
Karl Radek Under Arrest.
LoNDoN. January 1s-Karl Radek.
/ one OF the Russian bolshevik emis-
fGrfes in Berlin, has been arrested.
Exchange Telegraph Company at
Cepenhagen. The dispatch also re-
Ports the capture of the Boetzow
bfewery by government forces.
Spartacans Surrender Weapons.
z CoPENHAGEN. January 13-Spar-
4AG4S adherents at Berlin eyacu: ted
NJ printing plants Of Mosse (where
ne Tageblatt is published) and I'LL
eesln premises and the building occu-
- by the Wolf bureau Saturday
1316G Those who were captured
were released after having surrender
81 khefr weapons and ammunition, ac-
e0fdfng to a Berlin dispatch arriving
hero by the way of Frankfort.
Look to Allies for Relief.
GENEVA, Friday. January TO-
Witnesses of the German revolution,
according to the Lausanne Gazette,
declare the most amazing feature is
the absence of interest, even in Prus-
ria, in the political intrigues and in
the fighting in Berlin, which is con-
sidered transient insanity. The idea
OF sending forces from other parts Of
Germany to Berlin to restore order
has not been considered. for that lis
held to be the duty of the allies, ac-
cording to the newspaper.