Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-11

parts of the city. Grunewald. a sIlh-
urb. is without those necessities. This
suourn, however. is populated almost
exclusively by the Weather classes.
and pressure against it is not likely to
aHect the socialist government Karl
Radek, who is the chief adviser of DIR.
Liebknecht and is familiar with the
strategy behind the bolshevist move
ment IN Russia. is in Berlin. The
Spartacans are reported to be des-
perate!y endeavoring to spread thefr/
activities into other parts of Germany
Guards Turn Against Eichhorn.f
AT critical moment in the fghtinA
Thursday, according to Berlin advicesN
received by way of Frankfort, repub.
lican guards. which had been support
ing Eichhorn, Spartacan police chief,
deserted him Fourteen companies.
numbering $500 men. placed them
selves at the disposal of the govern
ment, whose troops then were pouring
into the city, to the number of be-
tween 10000 and $4,000, each carry.
ing fifty rounds Of ball cartridges.
A battalion Of students has been
raised and armed by the government,
and airplanes are lowering menacing-
iy over the buildings occupied by the
Spartacans.
The occupation of the offices of the
IL
declare, Is a greater blow to the Spar
tacans than appeared on the surface.
me of1ce served as a telephone CEN
trail for DR.. Liebknecht. Rosa Luxem-
burg and other Spartacan leaders,
who now have been cut OF from tele-
phonic communication.
Marines Disarm Soldiers.
LEIPsIG. Thursday. January . (by
the Associated Press).-A party of
marines from Berlin succeeded today
in stopping a body Of troops on their
way to Berlin by meeting and disarm-
ing the Berlin-bound force at De-
litzsch, near Leipsig. The marines had
intercepted wireless message report
Ing that the troops wer to pass
through Delitzsch and were at the
station in force when the troops ar
rived. -s~s-
The marines demanded that the SOL
diers surrender their weapons, and
sharp fighting ensued. The troops
lost two officers and three men killed
and twelve wounded. The marines
had two dead and two wounded rs a
result OF the fight, which ended with
the disarming Of the soldiers.
Recognize Need Of Stability.
LONDON. January lit appears
to be generally recognised in Ger
many" says tho Daily Mail, that the
sooner there is q stable government
there with which the allies can deal
the sooner there will be peace"
According to a dispatch from Hagn,
Westphalia, heavy lighting has oc-
Cured there between two companies
of volunteers about to entrain for the
eastern provinces Of Germany and To-
cal police troops. The local troops
were opposed to military action
against the Poles, in which the volun-
teers were on their way to take part. I.
The volunteers installed themselves
in the local crematory and defended
themselves obStinately. The outcome
of the fighting is not given in the dis
patch.
Stuttgart and Dresden Fighting.
BERLIN. Friday. January 10, $50
am. (by the Associated Press).-A
bolshevfk mass meeting and demon
stration in front Of the governments
buildings in Stuttgart yesterday led
to bloody clashes In several parts OF
The city, Munich dispatch today REL
ports. The Spartacans occupied the
plant of the Neues Tsgblatt Rioting
continued during last night The
newspaper office. however, was put
back in the hands Of its owners by
government troops, without blood
shed.
In Dresden clashes between govern
ment supporters and bolshevik ag:-
tators occurred Thursday night, ad-
vices today report. At Leipsic Tia.
workmen's and soldiers council. the
socialists and the trades
lnion central committee adopted reso-
uticns Of sympathy with the Berlia,