The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-15
j. S. GENERAL
GIVES FIRST
tale OF HUNS
Commander of Military Forces
in Berlin Tells of Conditions
at Capital.
FIRST AUTHENTIC
SPEAKER HEARD
Tells of Fighting in City Streets
and Own Narrow Escape in
Rebellion.

Paris. March i4.-Brigadier-Ce General
Geo. H. Harrison. commander OF the
American military force at Berlin. has
been here for several days to appear
before the supreme war council TO rcn-
der a rport on the military and eco
nomic situation at the German capital
and throughout Germany.
General Har~.son has given a dram-
'-atic recital of events in Berlin during
the past thre Irorths. eliminating. in
the serious street fighting OF the last
fortnight.
When the American party lef. Del
lin. the government forces under
Gustav Nosk, tire German war minis-
ter, had the upper hand. and. in Gem
sral Harrison's opinion, the government
viii control the situation. parti .ul;. rly
!: food is sent in holding back the
Folsheviki movement from the eastern
border
out.;cs tho Occupied Zone.
The American forces in Germany
consist of 50 rf,icers and 600 men a
considerable p; TT of the cont! 1yc,t
being stati mc1 at 20 camps at various
I.sCes in f,t'lrany, where 600t TO
Russian prisoners are bing card for
by the Amer icsLs. The headqu .tcrs IN
Esvlin are u. the hotel Adlon, III II e
reart OF the city, where much sghii,g
has been going en-.
Turing t..s curly stages of the II, IT.
Ing severalpHra shrdlu mfwy mnlm
ing General Harrison had a narrow
escape. He was standing in window
of the American headquarters watch
ing clash between opposing factions
Ia ~2~~> Hat 1n4e
breast and buried itself in q window
casinz w his side.
AiFoerSpes stops.
During the recent disorders in Ber-
lir the cicctric lights ha &c been ex-
tinguished, street cars stopped. tele-
phoue and telegraph wires cut, news
paper presses left idle and stores
closed. yet The public schools. a,co.a-
ing to General Harrison. show little
evidence Of panic. The streets have
ben crowded with people. including
women and children. but the military
forces have kept the crowds constantly
moving. The rattle of rifles and
machine guns echoes through out the
city both day and right, but the Spar
a can banus have been gradually driven
oack, ind have lost control OF strasc-
gic centers.
Thousands Of Russian prisoners,
General Harrison says are clamoring
to return rome. but this would pres .nt
a ss.ious problem. rs 1t would mean
tho scnasng of 100000 Russians into
IN. la.rCs of the Bol sheviki
The latter are threatening the Polish
front and have a pow srful organiza''s 's'n
a. y-ilra. with unu-n.ted funds Tor
propaeanda work. vh ch is under li-
rection OF Adolph 1offe. former Bol-
ss..yski ambassador ar Berlin. 1t -
relieved strong military zone IN
Poland, between Russia and Germany,
together with food relief, offers tho
sures; means OF holding back the Boil
s!sevilsi advance.
Under American care. the Russian
prisoners are in reasonably good con-
dition, with adequate food and little
sickness and mortality. Steps will
probably be taken to return them to
Russia by way of the Black Sea or
by other routes, SO as to avoid forcing
them into the Bolsheviki ranks.