The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-15
BOLSHEv|K LOSE
IN BERLIN after
WEEK OF TERROR
Reports Show Ebert Forces
in Control of German Cap
ital-Cabinet Meets.
(By Associated Press)


BERLIN, Jan. 15.-Berlin's long
week Of Bolsnevisf is finally ended.
Here and there, scattered despera-
does. mostly youths, still fire occa-
sionally from some house-top and dur
ing the nights attempts are maze py
small bands of the followers OF Or.
Karl Liebknecht to revive the reign
of terror. They are lnsignlncant'
however compared with what has
passed.
DR.. Liebknecht's sister was arrested
today and several hundred rebels are
locked up awaiting trial. which, mas
much 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 yet estimated
only roughly, but it is believed that
they will greatly exceed 200 dead ana
100 wounded. The overwhelming ma
jority of these are Bolshevists.
Heavy Property Loss.
The reinstatement and armlng or
| the police gives the government new
force of trained men who know the
| criminal world and whose absence
during the first days of the revolutlon
gave the disorderly element a Tree
hand. Police recvords, including those
Of the Bertillon system, were not de-
stroyed as was flrst reported. Detec-
tives are already rounding up old ac-
ouaintances and the work OF disarm-
| ing lawless elements is proceeding.
| Proprty losses during the week OF
( terror amount to tens of millions or
marks. In addition to the damage to
| newspaper plants and government
| buildings, merchants losses through
| looting are very high, one youth be-
ing captured with $4,000 marks worth
of jewels which he had stolen. In
some streets near the police head
quarters nearly every store was sys-
tematically looted. ..
Bolshevist troops holding the Slles-
/ ian station had SO much butter that
they used it to grease their guns and
boots.
Inspired From Moscow.
| The center Of the city has been
quiet all day today Late in the even
| ing few shots were heard In differ
ent parts of the town, being fired by
snipers and looters. Merchants hav-
ing shops along Unten Den Linden,
took down their shutters and business
went on generally as usual
The government has no intention OF
Stacking it's efforts against the Spar
tacanas, the Abend Zeitung says II
learns from best authority. Energetic
measures are being taken against the
leaders of the moevment. 1t is report
ed that documents found by loyal
troops show that the Spartacan up
rising was inspired from Moscow.
A Gordon of troops has been thrown
around the suburb of Moabit. one OF
the most important industrial sec
tions in Greater Berlin, for the pur
Ipose of carrying out the work of dis
arming civilians and such Spartacar
fighters as are still at liberty. The
military measure which is being car
ried out in the most drastic manner
came in the nature of surprise
action, the troops being thrown il
and occupying the big industrial plants
of the section which are known to be
Spartacan strOngholds
German Cabinet Meets
Pedestrians are being halted ant
the houses entered by searching par
ties. The telephone service has beer
stopped for the purpose of making the
siege of Moabit as alright as pos
sible.
This section of Berlin is notorious
for it's riotous tendencies and is gen
orally looked upon as gathering
place for all the criminal elements.
The employees of the Schwartzkopf
works. one of the most radical bodie!
among the Berlin proletarians, voted
today to resume work Wednesda,
morning Similar action also put al
end to the strike of railway employe:
at noon today.
The German cabinet met yesterda.
to discuss the new constitution and t
consider proposals for the meeting o
! the general assembly. Germany's par
ticipation in the peace congress wa
also taken up. The meeting will b.
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