Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-17
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN FIERCE FIGHTING
Soviet Councils Are Established
at Essen and Other Labor
Centers.
WORKERS CONTROL SEA?ORTS
Men, Women and Children Are
Slaughtered in Charges by
Reactionary Troops.
WORKERS CONTROL sEAoORTs
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BERLIN. March l6.-Red revolution
! RACES over vast areas of Germany and
a reign OF terror threatens to engulf
the whole empire
y Soviet republic has been proclaimed
in bavaria. the heart Of South Ger
many. and Soviet regimes are springing
up in other big Industrial centers.
including Berlin. is n battlefield. The
death roll mounts int" the hundreds.
Industry. commerce and traffic are
totally laid lame by strikes and sabot-
age. which even machine sun fusillades
nave IaIcd TO crush.
Troops Join the "Reds.''
Many dctachments Of troops tired OF
nartsrins oaths OF allegiance between
governments that do not govern, are
going now over TO the Reds
What was exclusively foreshadowed
IN these dispatches last night has come
true; the contiagration has swept be
yond control Il men Of the Kapp and
In thc chaos that has been raging
working masses are united or.nniznJ
and unbendlng. The troops are split:
| thos" in northern and central Germany
rebellion. the remainder stick to Ebert
Most of the aristocracy and upper
neither is armed or organized. That
great mass OF orderly. law-abiding. in
scfh ns the eySi5aIers Sai iss usually refsrred to
but is overwhelmingly and bitteriV
against Sorietism.
Charmed and uuorganizcd.
But this multitude Of burghers is also
unarmed and unorganiaed, and IAaf cJ.GS
emily shrinks from civil strife. s6Nat ar
ef-defense Therein lies the treiifEn.k
colipact, organized. determined fieht-
ing mass impellcd by one and the same
idea. acting while its opponents are
SO il came that while DR.. wolfgang
i;a kapp t,a ana iricdrich Ebert and their re-
inttiul hours Win demands and coun-
Ierdi.mands. that compact mass OF
hmmsr Wherver 'p poiice lice or nIEo tToons S,ea IN
civilians throw themselves against II
In my W.e Were hurled back. dead or wound
casualty lists for civil war is no re.
sprcter of sex "
In berlin. still the stronghold Of Or
sanized military force. The Reds male
littic headway in nghting: violent bar
now.T n,eM were fought: however. and blood
put down the strike here or elsewhere
failed utterly.
Fighting in Many cities.
lew facts and figures suffice TO
day. ~ 's9c"'" 10
In Kiel there has been savage ight-
M between the workers and the rcyo-
iu1tionary troops ana sailors. backed BY
the gums Of the fleet. and hundreds .re
reported killed and wounded
IN port nund the big Wcstphalian
coal. iron and steel center. The Red Ter
ror burst into thc' midst OF a rreit
trade fair. attended by. numerous for. Or
PARTS OF Germany Fifteen We're killed
ana ana ,hiiy wounded, including some of
In uarburg. just outside of HAMBURG
ihlrty were killed or wounded. imciud
ing ing some women and children, in light
kapps Baltic troops "u
sent rfSaen OF TN Inc rhlps rshapita YESTERDAY the
scene of violent clashes TO-DAY TN
s. fi"Snn,'iaS ,ha, ,,S were many one report has
Il ihah ina! !oo 5'fiEnins We're killed and more
the post Office from the Ebert troops
,hhemnitZ, chief manufacturing town
CYL [y war in its widest forms: The
nworkers Victorious after terrific street
lion d,sard iurined =. i COMMITTEES of ac-
and distributed the captured ar,ps
among 1'ooO or their comrades.
bnttles in Essen and i.eipzig.
nous GspGE' foF itI anG,her n! biz Saxon city, IA
scene of continuous fyhiini, "'S Stnn .ne
ar" i reported Killed and injured. Dur.
KiiiiDa HI on" sorte troops fired into a crowd,
Essen. the nome Of Iirupns n,s'Ei
i;aratesir center Of the Reds The fight
ana = so Soviai i.Sulmiss .!a,,ni, there here are heavy.
hs me whole kuhr district. that grent
resouroar Fcar " indnstriai man power and
blood. The district - BENZ ifn rerott and
iito local SovirtS. 9'''''"e"
ri'' DHHrg IS IN contro, OF armed work
rs Altnid, its Prussian siIhurh a.,
IN The hands OF Baltic troons hmt IS
S"ininhnder. Colonel Won Rerchtoid .,n
"'u!yT" nuiinG the street tighting
,b ne ,alt.i word from Dresden is thar
nt "t lt!c there is still SwaSinr to ~
!ro. between Spartarist. n,H 10 ana
iorees. including the local earrivon
m ~ y frankfort on the Main. ths b;
nHnnes, wnunGc,, nifty were Killed and m '96 I'd
Terror in Hanover.
In Hanover. one OF tho ,.
poa ataht railway ccnters OF prnssi.
a!lhored cars dashed through ~.
streets a day. their soldier occiinonts
nonh,isco ,rn.ns 10 terrorize crowds The
houses; and then replied by Griun
from the windows ''@
During lighting at Steglitz. soutb.
vest OF Berlin, between troops nnJ
r,"w"S mnny ,.nn. ni,sGm PERSONS We're, killed ari
respondent OF the TeIegraar and n,
Charlotienhurg. suburb Of the can
itai. 4 ha!f dozen are reported to hay,
heDn zen slain by troops.
monarchy by the anti-i'russians. ma,
been overnight turned into u SoqIot
republic with workers' and troops EN-.
nattitd N tcrrihc street riots, especiai-
iM IN Goo,. Munich; UNI i,s The Eavarian arm,
i.uettwitz regime, but the workint,
masses have been saturated wifi
doctrines or ;proletariat revolt" every
since the short lived Soviet regime OF
lslS' when The Spartacists tried 10
for their dreamed of Utopia.
These are but few details OF the
battles that are rocking the empire 10
its foundations. fNf sE54g