The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-22
R|OTNC IN BERLIN THIN MARTIAL LAW
.BeIsheyik Mob Forced Back Guards 2 Before Reichstag,l aud Was Fired on With Machine Gun-The Dead and
 Wounded Litter Street

Berlin, Jan. IA (8 p. m.).-The gov ernment tonight proclaimed martial law in all sections of Germany follow ing the mob demonstration this after noon in which at least ten persons were killed and many others were wounded by machine gun fire from guards in front of the Reichstag building.
 Gustav Noske, the minister of de- fense, has been appointed commander in-chief for the Berlin district and Brandenburg province. Tonight Nos ke's troops placed riflemen with a barbed wire cordon turnout the down town streets. The Reichstag square was given reinforced patrol The Wilhelmstrasse was barred to all traffic
 Berlin, Jan. 13-Many persons were killed and wounded in a melee be- tween members of a mob and police guards in front of the Reichstag build ing here this afternoon.
 The mob, organized by extremists as a protest against the industrial council bill now before the Reichstag, began to gather this morning. By noon every street leading to the Tier garten was crowded with masses of people carrying red flags and pla- cards. Anticipating demonstration the authorities had surrounded the Reichstag building with public secur- ity guards and machine gunners who barred approach to the edifice. As time passed the crowd was joined by striking .tram employees and soon in- flammatory speeches were begun by agitators.
 When the Reichstag convened at 8 o'clock the crowd surrounding the building was estimated at 10000 and new delegations of working people carrying red flags and banners in scribed with the words "all power to the soviets" continued to arrive. Troop reinforcements in huge motor trucks were added to the guards on duty, but only one arrest had been made since noon. The man taken into custody is said to have shouted: Down with Noske!"
 Attempts were made by the guards to quietly disperse the mob, but it was needless of warnings. At last the mob regardless of the machine gunners and other defenders of the building made a rush against the police lines trying to disarm the guard and dis able the machine guns. When it was seen the mob could not be checked in any other way, fire was opened on it. The shooting was at close range and the front of the building was Uttered with dead and wounded. Order was soon restored
 The reichstag continued it's sitting until o'clock, at which time it was announced ten bodies of persons killed in the fight had been brought into the courts of the building.
 Rifle and machine gun fire was opened on the mob at $40 o'clock, and lasted five minutes. Later the cores pondent of the Associated Press counted at least 30 men lying in the outskirts of the Tiergarten, apparent ly wounded. When the troops began firing the crowd ran pell mel in all directions.
 At the sound of the guns, members of the lower house of the reichstag left the assembly chamber and crowd ed into the lounging room where there was intense excitement.
 Provocation for firing upon the crowd was furnished by it's attempt to storm the west entrance of the build ing. A score of men attacked sev- eral guards and wrenched their rifles away from them just as the soldiers rushed up, and then general firing began