Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
Spartacan Trenches Taken.

The Spartacan trenches in the Tier
garten have been captured by govern
ment troops. and the Tiergarten has
been cleared of SpaTtacans.
The I'd Guard Regiment has re
taken the Hallensee railway station
from the spartanans; The latter az az
tackled the station Friday night, hut
a guard of only thirty men repulSed
them. The station commands one rail-
way to Potsdam.
These advices. which apparently have
to do with the fighting on Friday night
state that five different collisions oc-
CURED in Berlin throughout that day. in
the course of which very many were
killed or wounded.
in street fighting on Thursday night
before the chanccllor's palace the Sparta
cans attempted a coup de main, but tae
government troops met them with n
strong fire and twenty were killed and
more than forty wounded
Report Complete Defeat.
PARIS, January Il tHavas) THE
latest adviccs received here from Ber-
1in report the complete defeat of the
Spa..acans The workers in the arms
and munitions factories, who Were con-
sidered partisans of DIR. Liebhnecht,
have expressed desire that the she'd
ding of blood be brought to an end.
Russian Money for Propaganda.
LONDON, January 11.-Spartacan
forces who attempted TO capture an
army depot in the northern section of
Berlin in order to gain control of
supplies. machine guns and hand
grenades, were repulsed with heavy
losses by the government troops. ae-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Amsterdam. The dispatch
adds that the position of the Ebert
government is improving hourly.
All the Berlin replacement battal-
ions have declared their sunnort OF
the Ebert government. according to
Berlin dispatch quoting the Nord
Aeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
The socialist Norwaerts. it is added.
reports that the Spartacans are con-
Quoting widespread propaganda
Russian money. Russian agents are
said to have placed millions of marks
ut their disposal.
Defenses Of Government.
The governmental quarter can be
easily defended from the west and
north. provided the Brandenburg gate
be held The only entrances to this
quarter are two narrow streets inter
Eecting Inter den Linden from the
i north, and Noss street from the west.
The entire western front of the quar-
ter constitutes a veritab1e walled city
protected by Il fifteen-foot stone wall.
which separates the ministerial gar
denS from the Tiergarten-
The vulnerable point is the Will
helmpiatz. upon which the former
American embassy building and the
chancellor's palace face. and into
which broad streets lead from the
therefore converted the Kaiserhof
Hotel and the Prince Leopold palace,
which command the entrances, into
little fortresses in order to guaran-
tee the defense of the heart Of its
stronghold.
Evening News, telegraphing under
Thursdays date, declares that he had
heard from a most reliable source
that DR.. Liebknecht, the Spartacan
leader. had been killed during severe
machine gun fighting near the build
ing of the Tageblatt. Liebknecht
was reported to have been shot
through the head. No confirmation of
this report Is obtainable in Lor,@s,n
Vast Debating Society.
Life in Berlin, aside from the i'm
mediate fighting ground In the inner
part of the city. has been affected only
slightly by the events of the week.
according to Berlin kilograms received
here by way of Amsterdam.
Nearly the whole population of Ber-
lin appears to have resolved itself
into a vast debating society. Small
groups assemble for agitated discus
sions at every street corner and at
every open space. Spartacan sympa-
thizeRs. 1t is declared. are not in favor
with the majority of the population
and discussions in which they take
part frequently lead to fist fights.
HavkAra Ayn1oit the onnNrtupitu bv
offering souvenirs and cheap and
Hastily prepared articles symbolic of
events. in addition to cigarettes and
sweets.
Hand organs are everywhere on the
main streets grinding out lively
tunes. They add musical touch to
the vast public snow to which the
masses of the people devote their at
tentfon. serious work being largely
neglected