The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-10
'Rci)S LOSING IN
BERLIN FIGHTING
Ebert Fiegime Gaining Control
in German Capital.
LOYAL TROOPS kRRiViEG

Soldiers and Sailors Being Rushed to
Scene of Trouble to Destroy the
Reign of Terror-Machine Guns
Sweep Streets.
London, Jan. 10.-At six O'Clock
Wednesday evening there was little
| change in the situation in Berlin, al
though the government had made some
progress in strengthening its position,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
despatch from Copenhagen.
A late Berlin despatch said state
of siege had been proclaimed. The
proclanatio probably was made by
the Ebert government.
The government forces are reported
to have obtained control of the rail-
ways and to have occupied the offices
of the Red Flag, the Spartacus organ.
Large forces are expected TO augment
| the first contingent of government
troops which arrived from Potsdam
Wednesday.
The Ebert government is firmly con-
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coming the rebels, according to the
| Abendeblatt, of Berlin. At the re-
quest Of Herr Noske, the new military
governor Of Berlin, loyal sailors are
on their way to Berlin from kiel. All
the officers in Berlin have placed
themselves at the disposal of Nosi1e
and the government is forming ofiic-
erS' battalions.
Troops loyal to the Ebert govern
ment have arrived in Berlin from
Potsdam and driven the Spartacans
as far as the Tiergarten ana reoccu-
pied the printing works, according to
the Frankfort Zeitung.
German government messages, pick
ed up by wireless, say that parts OF
Berlin are scenes of bloody fighting.
The government, it is added, is taking
all necessary measures to destroy "the
reign of terror"
| The messages say that some parts
of Berlin already are without light
and water. Provision depots have
been stormed by the Spartacans, and
the feeding of soldiers and civilians
has been interrupted.
| Bloody fighting occurred at the
Auhalt railroad station. Wednesday
night when Spartacan groups tried to
occupy the building. according to Ber-
lin advices received by way of Frank
fort. They were repulsed by govern
ment troops, who inflicted heavy loss
es on them.
There was lively shooting Wednes-
| day forenoon at many points, includ-
ing the Brandenburg gate, which the
government forces had captured dur
| inc the night Several persons were
killed or wounded.
| The troops of the government di-
! rected an incessant fire from machine
, guns on the roof of the chancellor's
palace in the direction of United den
Linden and Wilhelmstrasse. Later
the firing increased in intensity, espe-
! e Al. the neighbarhaod of the
Rrandenburg gate and many more peo-
pie we're killed.
! kilograms dated in Berlin at $50
O'clock Wednesday morning and trans
mitted by the Copenhagen correspon<
! dent Of the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany, say that negotiations between
the government composed of majority
Socialists) and Independent Socialists,
failed
Independent Socialists and Sparta
cnas appeal to the working people to
meet Wednesday, in order to complete
"the victory of the proletariat"
! The government has ordered the
/ troops in nearly all the garrisons in
Germany to move against Berlin, and
they are arriving there on motorcars.
: The Spartacans control the railroads
near Berlin.