Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-23
VOLLEY IS FIRED
into R|OTERSBY
CAVALRY FORCES
Mob Leaders Are Arrested
and Red Soldiers Are
Disarmed.
BAvARIAN CAPITAL
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Action Follows the Shooting of
Nine Men, Including Cab
met Members.
OUTBREAKS IN BUDAPEST
government Troops Arc Now March
ing On Munich 70 Put
Down Revolt.
OUTBREAKS IN BUDAPEST
Government Troops Arc Now March,
ing On Munich 70 Put
Down Revolt.

LONDON. Feb. 22.-with bloody
7shtinG in progress in many parts. ,ha
central empires arc in tho throcs q.
Civil var. the outcome of which no
one here cares to predict Reports r.,
ccived from tho Wcstpha!ian industri,.I
districts tell OF battling between coy
s srn hrns Troops and Spartacans Strises
ccntcra and plundcrinS seems 10 be ono
or inc main methods of forcing the
state of siege is announced IN
c niasiearS Sctw Bavaria and numerous
are reported. Hundreds arc .rcnnrtn..,
70 have been killed in tho cncountes.
,ns cavalry and sailors called 10 tn;in-
sH!h order having fired many voilrv.
into the rioters. .
nanau. Prussia, has been occupied ~
government troops, called there to AR
rest the mob leaders and disarm H.
Red soldiers. '"e
cAPiTAL OF nAXAnIA rs
ILAcED UNDER MARTIAL LAW
In Germany the outbreak is thus ~
still confined to Bavaria. whose canitai
Munich. was placed under martial law
iinft tisne the as Of Premier
ing, or nine men. at least four OF wio,.,
dead s, Vile .T fiSe C o,na, mrnmners
g9 nmnTI may die IRON Z she II;
has sci I'm s s,,
Munich, and a$Sa v4sian eouncit m gth,,.,
Tepnblic proclaimed. The, rebel 'rss.:i.,s {
dominant in It, is a Boishevist ;loa,.x,g,
Levin. Il friend OF Lenine. Trot.evSa,,.,,4
r EsTnn, wh h.. has, long heen one OF the
| ellis The Spartacan movement i,
| Goic%Iy crystalliZins into An out.sn,;
o GUY. no visit terrorist revolt alon,
hot'sHEt ISr uPHEACAI.
LOOKED FOR IN AUSTRIA
1hc situation in Austria ~ on.,urc
rut otuiHous reports are Glterinc
through Vienna. indicating the staec
heavai. ~
in Hungary the capital, budapest. Is
inc seat of terrorist outbreaks similar
to the Bavarian, except that so far no
bioodshcd has been reported. The citv
! Is under martial law.
re government troops are marching
on s:uhich TO put down the revolt. The
loyalty OF the masses of government.
,.oops to the regime of law and ordc.
IS IN doubt; however. and not a few
mere lea: that what happened in Pc
irosrad viii bo re-enacted--- siding OF
, the troops with the victorious rcboI,s
who arc fanaticzed ny Lcwln'9
c"nIradc. Lcninc.
GERMANY PREPARING; TO
FIGHT TERROR WITH TERROR
NJ Germany is casting about for
a~h hic ;.ten. man Of iron who Viii
CALDER looms in the ofins now, how
ever, though the new revolution MAJ
prodncn MN at any moment. Upon
and iron alone do the German peopi>
tonight pin their fain, hopes For s;,i-
walton from the most terrible civil war
the world has seen.
An interparty committee in Munich
is trying TO form new cabinet In
the committee tho majority Socialists
are outnuInbered by communists and
lndcpendent Socialists.
AT this cabling the casualty lis, OF
the Munich shooting orgy stands AS
follows:
The dead
vd Hnrt Eianer nrsm!sr: Count Arso
na rt for war; Mn'nr orr Jah h
minister OF the interior; Herr ocsci
LandtaS dcputy.
The wounded:
Herr T!mm, minister OF justice; Here
entertainer. minister of social affairs:
Herr Rosshauptcr. minister OF war (no,
coptirmed); Herr Hoffman,, minister OF
Cares: councillor of the war once
tnay be mistake for Jshre!s).
BUTCHER ASSASSIN OF
MAJOR JAIIREIS ARRESTED
The last killing reported today was
that of Major Jahreis. His ASSASSIN.
butcher. named Potter was arrested
nasG saFe snsts ee Of ar
ter The latter confirmed dispatch
from Fl. OF, Munich says he was arrested and
cate the soviet is in complete mas
terry Of the situation. having. taken
stitutions. street lighting is reported
IN continuous progress In the Pa
rarian capital. Government troops arc
said TO be hard pressed. La wlessnc9s
retSns supreme, mobs tearing through
the streets piunderins stores and
shops: y general strike has been de-
clarcd.
the greatest menace Is tho spread
OF the Munich revolt. both Throughout
Germany and German Austria
In the ttuhr district the situation IS
reported TO have calr,ed down though
the government troops are not yet in
full! control.
STRIKES AND RIOTS IN
MANY GERMAN TOWNS
Strikes and riots are occurring IN
many OF the larger German cities.
Signs of radical spirit such as
gave birth 20 tho shooting ARRAY IN
the Bavarian Landtag are noticeable
even In the constituent assembly Sit y
ting at Weimar. When Phi,ip Scheids-s &
mann. Premier and majority Socialist
leader, denounced the Munich muFdsr- 3
ers. no was Kissed by radical deputies
In the assembly. sss,5
Sixty thousand strikers at Pe.rogradst
and Moscow have been nrassed by Tho
Rolshcvist authorities for execution IS
says Berlin dispatch. The conden,ne 81 az
men are Put TO digging their op,.t az
graves after being marched thfou4t
s. "a In ,fu>- ,