Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-14
HOSKE CALLED TO SAVE
BERLIN FROM THE MOB
New Allied EnvoYs Appeal TO-
Home Governments for Mill
tary Protection.
p7 s,g~fste,i Pre-, 70 Ev--7 gwu'1e

RtH AeNf~- HfAf1 kFttFh IN FfHfar#
BrELw, TrTsDtT. Is~ I3 mir ~
TIE government tonight grncisinsS
martial law III ail grrtioa~ n f,c-rsnY
following fbr mob demonstration ttis
afternoon rs which af aaet Ten PERSONS
urre killed and scorce VI Others we're
wounded hv machine y1nSrr from 2uar,is
IN front ~ The Kcicheiag building
Gustav $oske. tho minister ~ defense,
has tatn appointed comma nder-in-chi~f
f5r hc greater Berlin district end Bran-
danhfrg province street paradeg meet
nrz -snd demonstrations ~ at sinds hsvo
toan prohibited
Thc rnch c-qanized by ertr~raists ~
p protest against the Industrial council
hi now before che RalehefaR. no18n ~
gather this morning 3v noon every street
leading n the 4 crzarien vac crowded
with masses pf ueouie rarr3InV rec aaRs
and piacards Anticipating q 9enonstra-
tinn before ne Hnichstay 1mldlgg The
suthorines had surrounded the building
With public ecr5uitv guards snd machine
glrnners. who barred approach In the
.dsGan as tne n8seecl The crowd wss
jcdned hv striking tram employees and
soon nflammatory speeches we're 1eg1n
~ 2rtators
8oR SURROUNDS RErcHsTAG BwLnivG.
When lhe Reichztag convened at 3
o'clock the crowd surrounding the hnid-
ing Was roughly estimated - 5000
and new delegations If working People
carrying red Aaa~ and banners Inscribed:
tii power 10 the ~0viets continued To
arrive Troop rcinforcrrnenfs In hrae
motor trucks we're added 10 the guards on
duty, Dut oaiv one arrest had heen made
since aoon. i he non .akrn INTO CllE-
frrixr rs sand IN Hrya lupf4Earl lrras
with Noske
Thc Guards attempted - d1sperse tne
nou quietly 1ut Il refused 70 heed warn
fngs from rne poiIce At last f1c EoD marie
& rrIsn acaInst The police lines tryInE ~
alsarm he guards and disable the machlnG
guns IT ne defenders of the building then
opened hrp. The shooting was n close
range and the front of the building was
Uttered with dead and wounded
The most severe casualties we're IT.
ficted On the crowd which approached
from the sInonsJrasse side of the strlo-
rure. Order was soon restored
The i,eichstag continued rs sitting
luu, 5 clock. b. which time was au-
0ounced ten bodies 81 persons k'ilCd 10 the
hght bad been brought into Che court Il
.he building
CsE MACHINE GUNS ry FTGEr.
Rifle and machine gun fire was opened
On the moo at $40 cloCk ana lasJea
FIVE minutes. Il vas most severe Aroun0\
the vest porta. Of the building Later
the correspondent Of the Associated Press
COZ nted at last twenty men iyIng ID sEs
outskirts of the TieTgarten. apparently
wounded.
When .he troops began firing the cro~d
ran nel nell ia 3H directions. At the
sound Of rle guns members ID the lower
house e sd, ReIthstaC left he assembly
chamber aE1 crowded ilto Tie louaEus
roorL where there was intense excite
ulenL
sAEar Confusion N sEICBsrAS-
The 4eiobstag temporarily 4G.ourneG
aul3 great confusion President Febren-
bach beng Obliged ID leave ,ue chair, -
be was unable % control the situation
Member, "a various parties engaged n
violent rtSrwla-ons an0 members 0f
tae cabinet lefr the chamber A shot ired
from point directly u front % The Bis
rnarck monument entered the huge glass
door leading 20 the .8bby which was
crowded with aE.tateG deputies the bullet
passing q few feet from the spot where
the correspondent was m conversation
With Herr Stresseuann, p 1s4onal-1bersl
member ol the Rel-bslae
When the troops dispersed 5a crowd
Oh lsiia the building -hcv extended ,h0-
Gordon iu the directions of I arer den Li1-
cen. where throngs cleo the street "A
offcer Who chancc6 along aas severely
beaten hy he crowd
SoUsE & rAAEs Rncess
After 4 bort recess The hUu. yisn,y
queted down. and President Fuhrenhacb,
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