Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-10
REVOLT IN
GERMANY
SPREADING
R A P|D
Outbreaks Occur in Many
Cities as Government
Troops Pour into
City of Berlin.
BY Associated Press.

Copenhagen, Jan. 9.--GoverE:nens
troops have occupied all the public
buildings in Berlin and thousands OF
government troops are still entering
the capital.
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Berdlingske Tidende, who sends
this information, declares that the
Spartacans have been beaten and
that quiet was partly restored today.
Bloody fighting occurred at the
Anhalt railroad station Wednesday
night when Spartacan groups tried
to occupy the building, according
to Berlin advices received by way
of Frankfort. They were repulsed
by government troops, who in
flicted heavy losses on them.
There was lively shooting We'd
nesday forenoon at many points, irl-s
cluding the Brandeburg gate, which
the government forces had captured
during the night. Several persons
were killed or wounded.
The troops of the government
directed an incessant FIRE from ma
chine guns on the roof of the chan
.cellor's palace in the direction 81
Inter den, Linden and WilheIin-
strasse. Later the firing increased
in intensity, especially in the neigh
borhood of the Brandenburg gate,
and many people we're killed.
Red Riots Spreading.
Serious Spartacan riots are going
on at Dresden, Brunswick, Dussels
dorff, Essen and Dortmund, ae-
cording to the Munich corre-
spondent of the Politiken. Several
towns in the Ruhr district are in
the hands of the Spartacans.
During the rioting reported IN
Munich on Tuesday evening mob
of several thousand persons at
tempted to storm one of the largest
banks, but was repulsed by ma
chine guns, according to a Munich
dispatch to the Politiken. The
riots, the dispatch states. were pro-
NOTED by the Spartacans.
State Of Siege Proclaimed.
Amsterdam, Jan. "a state of
siege has been proclaimed in Ber1
lin, according to late dispatch
from that city. The proclamation
probably was made by the Ebert
government.
The government, it Is repcrteds
decided to take energetic measures
and assembled large number OF
troops. Premier Ebert issued 1,
manifesto 10 the workers. bour-1
geoise and soldiers" denounc;ng the
Spartacans as being responsible for
many persons being killed ard,
wounded. The manifesto continues !:
" We now must accept the fight
into which we have been forced
We have hesitated too long and
must be prepared to intervene WITH
out restriction for the defense OF
revolutionary order. We appeal to
you in the view of forming volun-
teer republican defense guard. We
must not stop until order has been
re-established in Berlin and the peo-
pie assured the possibility of enjoy
ing peace and the fruits of the revo-
luton"
Heavy Fighting in Streets.
Berlin, Jan. 9.--Heavy fighting
continued throughout last night at
various points in Berlip The civil
warfare already is estimated to have.
cost 2G times as many lives as were.
sacrificed in the overthrow of the
Hohenzollern dynasty 60 days ago.
The Spartacans held the reichstag
building, the approaches to the
Brandenburg gate and the Silesian.
railway sts'ion
War on Berlin to restore
order is threatened by Bavaria, &C.
cording to a speech made today 10
the Bavarian Chamber of Deputica
in Munich by Herr Auer, the minis.
ter of the interior. Bavaria, he said,
proposed to intervene with arms If
conditions in Berlin continue unset
tied.