Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-22

Late Reports From the Hague
Are to Effect That New Re.
public Has Been Formed by
Communist Party.
TWO KINDS OF FIGHTING
GOING ON IN CAPITAL
Workmen, Excited at Condl-
tion Of Affairs, Try to Form
Army Against Kapp Soldiers
MANY Clashes in Suburbs.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
The Hague. March 21.-lt
is reported that Berlin is in
the hands of communists, and
a soviet republic has been de-
clared.
By PARKE BROWN.
New York Times. Chicago Tribune, Cable.
Copyright, 1920.
Berlin, March 2l.-Two kinds of
fighting are going on actually IN
Berlin. On one side are the kapp
troops and on the other are wcik-
men with the sicherheitswehr.
The other fighting is between the
reichswehr and sicherheltswchf.
Workmen, excited about new shoot
ing, arm themselves and try to form
an army against the kapp soldiers.
Many encounters have occurred al
Steglitz. Charlottenburg, Schoenc-
berg and Wilmersdorf, all suburbs
of Berlin. Two hundred people are
reported killed,
Other encounters occurred IN the
city between workmen and troops
of the Ebert government. About
o'clock determination between the
workmen and soldiers seemed to be
planned. the real object being the
disarmament of the troops.
., Small Tank Used.
On the cast side of the Branden-
burger gate small tank was placed
firing three times. A shell, burst
i.s next to a motor car will, SIX
people, killed all of them. 1t is re-
ported they were Kapp's officers.
Rifles and machine guns killed three
more. A. Alexanders, workmen
surrounded an armed motor car. A
machine gun was fired, killing eight
civilians and wounding fifty.
The military power has been con
serrcd on General Won Seeck. who
is doing his best to disarm kapps
troops. The troops actually IN Ber-
hr are OF President Ebert's side and
will try to protect the city against
the reds. Erhardt's troops. who
fired into the crowds before the tAd-
Ion hotel yesterday, has taken pos
session OF the military school at
Charlottenburg. kapp's troops are
masters at Shoenburg and part OF
:hem have entered the barracks at
Neukoelln. They declared they will
leave Berlin with their arms. 1t is
believed they will be attacked by
workmen ii they drop them.
~ Call Workmen to Arms.
The socialist and communist or
ganizations have united to call the
workmen to arms. The chiefs at
Wilmersdorf are said to be strong
enough to proceed against the kap-
pists. The situation becomes more
difficult as small bands of sparta
c;sts try to attack the Noske troops
at several places. Strikes are M
creasiug.
Only few trains left Berlin
yesterday. At Adlershoff the rails
have been destroyed.
A revolt is going on in West
nhalia east of geographical line
from Gelsenkirchen TO Elberteld,
including these two towns. Military
measures are being taken.
Ebert in Berlin.
The government of President
Ebert, which left Berlin week ago
when DIR. Wolfgang Kapp and his
reactionary troops entered the city,
is again in power in the capital.
President Ebert and the members
of his ministry reached here at II
o'clock this morning from Stuttgart,
and soen afterwards the order for a
s.ate of intensified siege was with
drawn
The situation in parts of the eoun-
'ry appears serious. From the group
OF industrial centerS on the Rhine
AMI the Ruhr district continue to
come reports of spartacan agita-
ton. In several places. particularly
the Ruhr district. the spartacans
are said to be in absolute control.
Here their available force is esti-
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