Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-15
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 ELECTIONS
 JANUARY I9
Ebert Government State Able to Protect Elections
 From Spartacan Violence.

Berlin, Sunday, Jan. l2.-( (By The Associated Press )-The Ebert gov ernment tonight was confident of it's physical ability to defend the elections to the National Assembly next Sun day (January l9th), against violence 1 from Spartacan and Independent So- cialist sources.
 The insurrection generally, it ap- peared tonight, had been effectually put down chiefly because the new troops called in by the government had taken matters in hand and were determined to give the followers of Liehknecht no quarter. The next few days, it is declared, will witness the inauguration of further drastic mili- tary measures calculated to stamp out the Bolshevik contagion.
 Dispatches dated Berlin, Monday and Tuesday have reported that the Spartacan leaders had disappeared and that their forces had been over awed by the governments troops.)
 One of these measures covers the illegal possession of arms and am munition and it is proposed to make this offense punishable with imme diate death The military men now Incorporating with the government propose to show the insurgents no mercy and they amply demonstrated this policy during the recapture of the Vorwaerts Building and police headquarters.
 It is declared by creditable eye hn+ bo ont troops in both actions Saturday, beat down with bayonets and with clubs and otherwise killed scores of men who were Spartacan guards or civil ians caught with arms. Hundreds of persons already have been arrested and are facing severe penalties.
 The last ripples of the tidal wave which has swept over Berlin in the : the spread of robbery and footing last seven days now are being felt in which is being carried on by soldiers and sailors who detached themselves from Spartacan units. The section of Berlin radiating from the police head quarters in the last AS hours has been terrorized by armed men who pilfered food shops, cigar stores and public buildings. Three sailors walked into a postal sub-station yesterday and carried off 120,O00 marks.
 Gunmen and criminals from all part sof Germany hurried to Berlin in the first days of the revolution, ac- cording to reports, and enlisted in the Spartacan forces at the police sta tion, which served as base for prl- vate undertakings when the men were not engaged in obeying the orders ot the Spartacan leaders. During the Vandalism all criminal records, off icial documents and rogues' galleries at police headquarters. were destroy . ed. Berlin at one time ranked as one of the best policed cities in the world; tonight it is virtually defense , less against lawlesness
 . Munich, Monday, Jan. 13.-(By The Associated ress.)-The election to. day for members of the Bavarian constituent assembly was held in ar orderly manner. All political parties
 took part. One of the features of the election was the heavy representa-
 tion of women voters, especially those belonging to the religious orders, wht marched to the voting booths 1T
 groups.
 The returns at midnight indicated
 that the majority socialists woule have fifty percent of the membership of the assembly, the clericals and con servatives 32 percent, the German
 democrats IA percent and the remain , ing four percent scattered among var , ious factions. The independent socia . lists were beaten decisively. , London, Jan. 14-A German. wireless!
 dispatch received here says that al civilians will be- armed Do dtaent Berlin. Gustav Moske, in charge O
 the governments defensive measures
 delivered a speech in front of the for
 eign office Sunday, thanking th'
 troops for what they have accom- , plished He said troops had been col lected for. threatened troubles i'll thu East. but they had been employed il Berlin instead. It was impossible tt restore order at the frontiers whil'
 the Capital might was going befor' right
 Noske added that as soon as Berlin
 was normal the troops would be sen
 to their original destination. but . sufficient number would be retained . to safeguard the lections for the as r sembly.
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