The Washington herald., 1920-03-17

IT is certain to be the outcome of
Street Fighting Continuous.
Nine are dead and number
wounded as a result of street
fighting here during the night.
The cracking of rifles was con-
tinuous in various parts of the
city, notably on the Leipziger
Platz, (ohe of Berlin's great pub
lie squares), in the center of the
city, about the Hallesches Tor
(Cate), and at the Tegel and
Stettinger railway stations, in the
northern part Of Berlin.
Soldiers Fire, Into Mob.
At the Potsdamer PIatz soldiers
fired into a mob. A woman was
shot. The tie-up of the city is COM
plete. There has been a wild
scramble for candles and a general
stocking up of provisions. as the
state of siege is expected to last
for days.
A few facts and figures suffice to
sketch the picture Germany pre-
sents today.
In DortmunJ. the big WestphaIian
coal. iron and steel center, the red
terror burst into the midst of a
great trade fair. attended by numer-
Gus foreigners aud hosts of visitors
from all parts of Germany. Fifteen
were killed and nifty wounded, in
cluding some of the foreigners.
In Harburg, just outside of Ham,
burg. thirty were killed or wound
ed. including some women and Chi.
dren.
Dresden. the capital, yesterday
the boasted new seat" of the Ebert
regime, was the zone of violent
clashes today. The casualties were
many.
Bourgeois Troops" Disarmed.
Chemnitz, chief manufacturing
town of the former kingdom of
Saxony. saw civil war in its widest
forms. The workers, victorious after
terrific street battles. formed q
committee CT action" disarmed the
bourgeois" troops and distributed
the captured arms among 5000 oe
their comrades.
Leipzig, another big Saxon city,
famous for its peace-time fairs. was
the scene of continuous fighting.
Many killed and injured.
Essen, the home of Krupps, is a
strategic center of the reds. The
fighting and casualties there were
accordingly heavy. T
The whole Ruhr district, that
great reservoir of industrial man
power and resources, is red II red
with revolt and blood. The whole
district is being organized into local
Soviets.
Hamburg is in the control OF
armed workers. Altoona, it's Prus-
sian suburb, is in the hands of Kapp
troops.
Battle Raging in Dresden.
Latest word from Dresden is that
the battle there is still swaying to
and fro between the Spartacans and
Ebert forces, including the local
garrison.
In Main, the big
Prussfan center q commerce and
finance. so were killed and $50
wounded.
In Hanover, one of the most inn
portant railway, centers of Prussia.
armored cars dashed through the
streets all day, their soldier occu-
pants trying to terrorize crowds.
The populace sought shelter in their
houses, and then replied by firing
from the windows.
With gas, water. heat and light
cut of, Berliners are experiencing
the greatest difficulties In prepar-
ing food. Hotel dining rooms are
closed and only a few restaurants
and stores are open.
The situation has developed into
q three-cornered struggle between
the old regime of Ebert. Bauer and
Ncske, the new government of Dr.
woifgang kapp and Gen. Baron Won
Luettwitz, and the rapidly increas-
ing radical party which welcomes
It's Iong-iooked-fcr opportunity TO
plunge Germany into a Boishevisf
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