Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
New Elements Rally to His
Support, While Radicals
Are Losing Hope.
OFFICIALS SUPPRESS
LIEBKNECHT PAPER
Loyal Troops Receive Orders to
Shoot to Kill-Processions For
bidden-Eichhorn Flees.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Thursday, January 9 $3.50
pm The government forces are in
complete control of that section of the
inner city between the Brandenburg
gate and Friedrichstrasse. 1t has is
sued an order prohibiting all process
sions.
In issuing it's order against process
sions the government gave warning
that it's troops have orders to fire.
without waiting for the Spartacans
to begin. and to shoot to kill.
The Spartacans apparently are los
ing hope. They failed to summon~a
day and the streets are almost de-
serted.
The streets of Berlin today were
without even the usual small groups
of disputants
The correspondent is informed that
the Berlin regiment of mounted sharp
shooters is supporting the govern
ment enthusiastically and that other
troops in the city also are loyal
Scenes of Conflict.
Police headquarters are in the Alex
ander place. The building had been
held by the spartacans ever since the
beginning of the present outbreak,
which was caused by the refusal Of
Eichhorn to hand over his authority
to a police chief appointed by the
Ebert government.
The Brandenburg gate marks the
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the Tiergarten, one of the Spartacan'
strongholds. Friedrichstrasse is an
important cross street and crosses
Unter den Lindednt about midway be-
tween the Tiergarten and the Lustgar-.
ten. which is in front of the royal
palace.
Loyal Elements Rally.
PARIS, January 10 (Havas).-The
latest news received here from Ger
many. although fragmentary and
sometimes contradictory. indicates
that the Ebert government has woh .
victory over the Spartacans, owing to
the sudden impetus given the govern
ment's cause by the support of the
loyal elements. whose numbers i'm
creased with the prospects of the gov
ernment's success.
In the sanguinary fighting Of the
last five days the Spartacans are re-
ported to have suffered very heavy
losses.
Aviators Aid Government.
COPENHAGEN. January 1o-The
fighting in Berlin. which the Berlin
correspondent of the Ber1ingske
Tidende describes as a victory for the
government, began Wednesday after
noon when the Sparta cans were de-
feated in an attack against the for
eign office. At midnight a battle was
raging in southwestern and central
Berlin.
The government troops attacked the
Spartacans at the Silesian railway
station with bombs and sixty-five per-
sons were killed. The government
forces were aided by aviators.
Later the government troops at-
tackled the Lehrter railway station,
on the north bank of the Spree, op-
posite the Tiergarten.
PARIS. January 10 (HavaS).-Eich-
horn, the Spartacan police chief in
Berlin, is reported to have fed from
that city, according to a Zurich dis
patch to the Matin.
Red Flag Suppressed.
BERLIN. Wednesday. January
g pm).-Details of the achievement
by government troops last night in
which DIR. Liebknecht's newspaper
organ, the Red Flag, was suppressed.
show that the invasion of the news
paper premises came as surprise TO
the squad of Spartacans and troops
of the red guard, which were scatter
ed over the premises. The defenders
hastily barricaded themselves behind
rolls of print paper. but were over
come after brief resistance.
The government now is occupying
the plant in which numerous ma
chine guns and rifles were found con-
cealed.
A score of the Spartacan guards en-
tered the editorial rooms of the
Taglische Rundschau Tuesday night
and threatened to stop the publica-
tion of that journal. The invaders
were later driven of by government
troops, and the newspaper appeared
today.
Reports from outside show that the
Rhenische westfaelische Zeitung OF
Essen the Rortmund Nachrichten. the
Dusseldorf Nachrichten and the
Zwickau Volksblat have been forcib1y
seized by the Spartacans. In addition
TO the brunswick Nachrichten the
Spartacans have taken possession of
the Landes Zeitung and the General
Anzeiger. these three being the only
bourgeois papers in the city.
Cabinet Promises Relief.
BERLIN. Thursday, January tby
the Associated Press).-Premier Ebert,
Philip Scheidemann. Gustave Moske
and Herr Landberg. members of the
German cabinet. have just issued q
pr proclamation calling on the people to
support their efforts TO down the Spar
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
"Citizens: The Spartacus element Is
battling for complete power. The gov
ernment, which will in two days bring
about a free decision of the people. Is
to be overthrown. The people shall
rot be permitted to make free de-
ciSion.
you have seen the results where
the Spartacus adherents rule. All
personal freedom and safety are abo1-
ished, the press suppressed and tramc
Portions of Berlin have
been the scenes of bloody battles.
Others are without light. water and
provisions. Depots are being stormed
and the provisioning of soldiers and
civilians has been prevented.
THE government is taking all nec-
essary measures 10 destroy. this donf-
nation of frightfulness and prevent
long for these decisive measures.
Be confident as we are confident Take
your places with frmness beside thoss
who bring You freedom and order.
Force can only be fought with
force. Tho organised might OF the
people will make an end of suppreq.
sion and anarchy. The isolated eo4s