Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-10
BERLIN STREETS
SWEPT BY CANNON;
REDS ARE BEATEN
Centre of City Scenes of Bloody
Clashes; Many Spartacans Shot
Down by Troops.
EBERT GAINING CONTROL
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Berlin, Thursday. Jan. 81 p. m
II was given ont from official sources
here this afternoon that the government
forces bad recaptured police headquarters
from the Spartacans. II was learned
this cvcting, however, that this stat
ment WIS not true and that the head
quarters Is still in the hands Of the Sparta
can forces
The inner city has been compare
tively quiet during the past twelve
hours. The presence of strong and num-
crons dctachmcnis Of government troops
patrolinV the downtown streets has had
n reassuring effect Occasional shots
fred rs q warning have resulted in fho
dispersal Of crowds If curious.
Newspaper row which comprises
the buildings Of the leading Bourgcoisc
newspapers, was tho scene of fighting
during tho night md carlv today. The
efforts of tho government troops 10 drive
the spartacans from the Wolf Burca1
Office. The 1aeeblaft tic f.okal tnzeigcr
and the Nos-lscho zcifung. proved IN
successful
The office of tho Wolff Burcau has bocn
contended for hotlv during the past
few days
The Spartacans have been driven
from the government printing Office
and the barracks # the pioncor guards
in kocpenickerstrassc which was tho
scene Of heavy fighting Tuesday
The ehahcellor's palace III Wllhclm-
sirasse. whcro the five members of the
government haze their headquarters.
has been converted INTO IN armed camp
Charlottenhnrg one Of the largest
communities If greater Berlin, vas with
out gas and water on Wednesday on
account Of strike of city employees
The surface street ear lines arc not on
Grating and The subway IS badly over
crowded
The rumor tnat the Spartacans had
occupied tho Imperial Bank " declared
to be untrue
Berlin. Wednesday, ian S-Liveiy
firing, IN which artillery has been en-
pIoyed, has been heard IN various sections
of the city during the afternoon, Inter
den Linden, Wilhelrnstrasse and the sec
fion around the Reichstag building have
been scenes Of especially sharp contests.
The situation appears 70 have mi
proved somewhat since Yesterday. Gov
ernrnent troops have recaptured the
Brandenburg gate and the ~llesian rail-
way, the General Railway and suburban
stations which have been IN the hands of
the Spartacans Spartacan forces At
tempted at | clock to retake he Brand
cnburg gate, but were beaten OF BY rifle
and machine-gun fire and shells from artiI-
lerv from loEal forces holding he gate and
the Reichstag building rhe Relchstag
building IS garrisoned By students from
the University OF Berlin. five hundred OF
whom offered their services 70 the govern
ment They are under command Of
veteran officers.
Spartacan troops also made tBo saI.es
westward along Unter den Linden toward
the Brandenburg gate but fled after several
had been shot by loyal troops. No Sparta
caik have been able TO approach the gov
ernment tNIildlngS aS the streets approach
ing 1t are strongly guarded. The Hotel
kaiserof has been vacated by guests and
garrisoned by roya! troops many bodies
of which reached Berlin IN the after
noon Last night heaviest lighting WAS
at the Anhalt station aad the corner ol
Charlotten and ImmrI streets, where
the Wolff Bureau was situated The Spar
tacaus desperate ely attacked the Anhalt
station three times but were defeated los
ing fifty killed aud forty wounded. ac-
cording to the NorWaerts The eovcrn-
ment forces lost one Killed and two
wounded.
The government troops made a series
OF attacks to capture the Wolf Bureau,
but al were unsuccessful They lost five
killed and twenty wounded Spartacans
again assembled early today, Inc crowd
being estimated 70 number about I'D coo.
It vas noticeable that II contained fewer
women and children Police service has
been entirely suspended