Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-08
GUNS CRACKL INC
FROM W|NDOWSOF
FEDERAL OFFICES.
Defenders of Ebert Govern
ment Are Now Firing ;
by Plat0Ons.
SHIPPING lNCESSANTLY
IN SECTIONS OF CITY
Banks Are Barricaded by Sheet.
iron and Steel
Plates.
MAY WITHDRAW '7RoM CAPITAL
British Holders of Large Financial
Interests in Germany Take Gloomy
View of the Situation. ~

LONDON; January Red revoiu-
and public buildings of Berlin. 5S
"Platz'' and "strasse," from the win
dows tls of government offices and from
roors. The defenders OF the Ebert
government are firing by platoons.
Their attackers, adherents of the Spar
tneus .i s:oun. are sniping incessantly In
rival factions of workers. strikers and
soldiers are clashing in parks ana
other open spaces. 2i
such Is the news received this eyen-
ing from private channels by at least
three big financial groups in the city
-London's Wall Strcet-where tinfor-
mhinb ,nh lion so sometimes is ahead of stllts
Thus appears to be confirmed stba
sinister but accurate prediction in tile
uispatch cabled on December l2 saw
ing ,ng that 1T would be very difficult FOR
the new government to avoid a crnsiit;
Within the ten weeks Intervening until
the national assembly elections ma
According to alarming privat tas, sa
vices to London fnaneiers. ali stha
oanks i'll Berlin are barricaded nv, ,shssfS =
IRON and steel plates : -
tofE OF STABILTrY Is ~ AK r3,sslSi
Z SAID TO DE ,sHATtrisfSTSO
me nope OF the German capitniistsI
TOT stability OF government 4 ~ sass.sa5ji NJ
n1Pon the national assembly eleetioSs
IS apparently dashed because Of aitis.s it,s
s,pHIs'oiiity er,bss either of a national as
Bcrun. --f' eisli omssnt rssl
me possibility of the Ebert royeFFia, !:
in, ~, ,w'1narawing from Berlin, letys
~ .ns tne capital to the raging RedSsSsa
.aieo IN financial circles as deansr
",,1.co.a dangerous policy, lest. fushednpys
foilowsrs f me inov violence of Iiebltncelfgs
seethe beyond Berlin's confines jANSo n aSjNS
guit the int 'strial and co,nmersIai
Gar, Gters, devouring, the. very vitals Ttof
British holders of large nnanc;oi S,,se
,grests ,ti In Germany take Eioons.
x,e" ,n or the situation. anxiouslys lysawait
ing further information through tbeiSWi
"A frankfort telegram 20 .h
Rpe Rap apur Foiitiken. At Copenhaeen. ssys
iated htr,in will soon be Completely isSs isSs
The Wolff Bureau has re, 80 .sssst ss
saqters quarters to Frankfort. The Ebstr
70, teefh,ment is expected to follow IN.
.ReI,. 'aiI tido aeMsperate Mi effort to stem. The
qYarters. quarters. where Chief pooiee OF peIias hengs
Eichhorn is ,defylng the Ebert feisso eas
Civil , war = ofner in All iTe;m1oying I'M him"
Lying beside wall norres,G res oeGun.
Witnessed many loyaiists en~aans1 NJ
a. sharp rifle battle with adherents -
Linden Sroup III Unter den
Many conflicts and serious h,ood
sned s.n are feared Tonight. when Ii,a
oeei iioc hanm nmGn, Is scheduled TO storm Spos s
aari,, 5r9iokheSht boasts of the support: os;
nnesIIiy ne.Ii:y all soldiers in and arous,l
SPAtTACUS GRoIrp s.,xcS
CHIEF GERMAN RANTx
,,eneVa dispatch Tonight saws tba -
The the Sp9a,,aa SSpa9rtaSans at Berlin have seiSed
German official banking instifntinnaSst
ana other important buildings In tic
ner,is,n,p nertfai part OF Berlin. Women are arc,
pd,Ecipatin@ in the street fighting 80
Advices from Copenhagen tonight
sata s that German officers and marines
soIdiersy aIturray attempted t to overthrow the
tIu,S.hnaven, near Hamburg. \ violent
battle ensued. LoyaIists recanttrsd5
Inc me onrracas arr from rebels and are hold
haid ,s as toWh. Leading citizens are
From Berlin Tonight comes a mos
sage saying that there are ru.nors OF
ment. At a mass meeting Of the Ger.
ma man national Union youths cheefed
Trouble Is brewing in the Spartaeus
gronp as result of the dismissal OF
|nrst r., OF Police Eichhorn.
Ihe Foreign Ofllce refused tto alIow
the correspondent to go TO PoserS be-
cause the Poles would hang out Br1t-
isn HaES on his arrival and the Ger,
mans would tear them, causing more
The Polish forces are nearing prom.
nerGi i the civilians of which town are
The Germans have evacuated Wins.
At Bouschon (Silesla) German re.an.
lorcements have arrived in armorsr3r
FINAL CLASH ABOUT
READY TO BEGfS
DR., Karl Liebknecht. the Spartacjis
leader has been seen here and theTos
about the city organizing his troo;s
Tor the final fight, which, the corrcaf
spondent says. is expected to Begin
:, Hundreds of persons are reported
fleeing the city ss1Js
Reports from Berlin Monday, relaysl
through Amsterdam. indicated a dig
Iurped condition Of affairs In Berlin
sunday due TO another attempt Of TIC
Sspartacus group to obtain control sof B
q, me Guy. and. thereby, OF the eentraIS
German government. s7a5s
rhe ultra-radicaI forces opposed SO
tne EDert government. seized several E
,,,,eWsnaper 81. plants. including those afS
!I ne Iageblatt. Vossische Zeitung, Lo-
lost, together with the Office ofs1he
Wolf bureau. tho semiofficial neWs% a
EBERT GOVERNMENT ~ XIV u!
es IN CONTROL OF WIRELESSf 81
Apparently the government; stfti IA. Is
tanned control OF tho German wtrsiess
service, Tor contemporaIieousty,s.r ~ + WITH XII
these reports ofrey0lu;lonary actlyftsxs &
on the part of the Spartacus yscstDjt