The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-15
TROOPS ROUND
Up FINAL HUN
REBEL GANGS
Armed Gordon Thrown Tight
Iy About Berlin Suburb
Where Scattered Units of
SpartaCanS Are Hidinu.

BERLIN, Jan. Is. (By the Associated
Press. "A Gordon of troops has been
thrown around the suburb Of Moabit,
one OF the most important Industrial
sections in Great Britain, for the pur-
pose of carving out the work of dis
armlng civilians and such Spartacan
lighters as are still at liberty. The
military measure, which is being car
rled out In the most drastic manner.
came as surprise action, the troops
being thrown in and occupying the big
industrial plants of the section which
are known to be Spartacan strongholds.
Pedestrians were halted and the
houses entered by searching parties.
The telephone service has been stopped
Tor the purpose of making the siege
of Moabit alright. This section of
Berlin is notorious for its riotous ten
dencies and is generally looked upon as
a gathering place for all the criminal
elements.
The employees of the schwartzkopff
works, one Of the most radical bodies
among, the Berlin proletariats, voted
yesterday to resume work Wednesday
morning. Similar action also put an
end to the strike of railway employees.
DR., Karl Liebknecht, the Spartacan
leader; Georg Ledebour. head of the
revolutionary Independent socialist ele-
ment, and the immediate supporters of
these revolutionary chiefs were so GER
tain that their plans for the recent up
rising would succeed that they had pre-
pared a proclamation dated Jan. 6 in
which the Ebert -Scheidemann govern
ment was declared deposed and formal
announcement made that the govern
ment had been taken over by the revo-
lutionists,
Terror at End.
Berlin's long week of Bolshevism Is
finally ended. Here and there scat
tered desperadoes, mostly youths still
fire occasionally from some housetops
and during the. nights attempts are
made by small bands of the followers
of DR.. Karl Liebknecht to revive the
reign of terror. They are insignificant,
however, compared with what has
passed.
Dr.. Liebknecht's sister was arrested
yesterday, and several hundred rebels
are locked up awaiting trial, which, in
asmuch as martial law was not pro-
claimed. must be left to the regular
courts.
Losses inflicted on each side during
the last week are as vet estimated only
greatly exceed 200 dead and 1000
wounded. The overwhelming majority
of these are Bolshevists.
The reinstatement and arming OF the
police gives the government a new
force of trained men who know the
NIHullldl WOIlu anu NnOSC dpSChbC NdA"
ing the first days of the revolution gave
the disorderly element a free hand. Po-
lice records, including those of the Ber-
tillon system, were not destroyed as
was first reported. Detectives are al
ready rounding up old aequaintances
and the work of disarming lawless ele-
ments is proceeding.
Property losses during the week OF
terror amount to ten million marks
In addition to the damage to news
paper plants and government buildings,
merchants losses through looting are
very high, one youth being captured
with 60, 900 marks worth of jewels which
he had stolen. In some streets near the
police headquarters nearly every store
was looted.
Bolshevist troops holding the Slesian
station had so much butter they used
it to grease their guns and boots.
The center of the city was quiet all
day yesterday. Late last evening a few
shots were heard in different parts OF
the town, being fired by snipers and
looters. Merchants having shops along
Inter den Linden took down their
shutters and business went on generally
as usual yesterday
The government has no intention OF
slackenirg its efforts against the Spar
tacans, the Abend Zeitung says il
learns from best authority. Energetic
measures are being taken against the
leaders of the government. 1t is re-
ported documents found by loyal troops
show the Spartacan uprising was in
spired from Moscow,