Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-16
MANY ARE KILLED
as TROOPS F|RF. IN
MOB At RE|CHSTAG
Climax to Disorders Is Ex-
pected Thursday, Ami
versay of Staying Of Lieb-
kneCht and Luxembourg

a
BERLIN.-(By the Associated |
Presss) government Tuesday |
proclaimed martial law in allSsec- I
lions of Germany after mob demon i
stration Tuesday afterpoon in Which
at least ten persons were killed ana |
many others were wounded by ma !
chine gun fire from guards i'm front |
of the Reichstag building.
Rifle and machine gun fire WASH
opened on the mob at $40 O'Clock |
and lasted five minutes. 1t was |
most severe around the west porta' |
Of the building. Later the CORE |
spondent of the Associated Press |
counted at least twenty men lying |
in the outskirts of the Tiergarten, |
apparently wounded. When the |
troops began firing the crowd ran
pell nell in all directions.
At the sound of the guns, mem |
bers of the lower house of the Reich !
stag left tie assembly chamber and |
crowded into the lounging room
where there was intense excitement. |
Guards, Attacked, Open Fire
Revocation for firing upon the |
crowd was furnished by it's attempt |
to storm the west entrance of the |
building. A score of men attacked !
several guards and wrenched their !
rifles away from them just as SOL |
6iers rushed up, and then general |
firing began. When the mob ran |
into the street fronting 1.-The south !
side of the edifice, soldiers stationed
there suspected they would be at
tackled and Immediately opened a flu |
sillade. Six Slightly wounded civil |
ians were carried into the Reichstag |
building, a dozen others were trans.
ferred to the guardhouse near the
Brandenburg gate, amid a number
were carried off by members of the |
sanitary corps.
The Reichstag temporarily adj !
journed amid great confusionG$ Pres |
ident Fehrenbach was obliged TO
leave the chair, but was unable to
control the situation, an LENDERS of
the various parties engag ed an vio-
lent recriminations, and members of
the cabinet left the chandler. A
shot entered the huge glass door
leading to the lobby, which, was
crowded with agitated deputies.
When the troops dispersed theSt
crowd outside the building they ex-
tended their Gordon in the direction /
Of Inter den Linden where throngs
filled the street. An officer who
CHANGED along was SEVERELY beaten
b5 the crowd,
] FIN, an. II tiil isI1
manifesto issued today urges the
immediate election of revoiutionary
employees councils in all 3ndustrial
establishments.
AZ KILLED. 1O5 INJURED
IN RIOTING IN BERLIN
LONDON Jan. 15.-Rioting was
renewed in Berlin yesterday, dis
patches received here early toda J.
said.
The military authorities have Or
dered additional reinforcements to
protect the city.
The toll of Tuesdays fighting in
front of the reichstag, it was semi |
officially announced. was forty-two |
killed and 1O5 injured. Some eye
witnesses, according to the dis
patches. thought the total casualties
might be considerably larger.
Dispatches received in officia
quarters here indicated the outbreak |
Tuesday was not of revolutionary
nature, although some fear was ex-
pressed that revolutionary outbreaks |
might develop
1t was emphasized the German |
government must deal carefully with |
the situation because of the extreme
bitterness attending the labor agita- |
tons. particularly the railway |
strike. y
'"The crowds are remarkably cS1ka1f
he said. Most factories alose
neon, the workers marching in
lines toward the reichstag to il
iii the demonstration against thSg
vTorkmen's councils bill delay" After |
this dispatch was filed the same ere !
markedly calm" crowd had turnea |
into q mob which attempted to de-
st1oy the relchstag. The scene Of |
The quiet demonstration had become |
q shambles, with many killed and !
wounded.
A dispatch filed It o'clock said |
at that time seventy were reporte: !
Cead and more than 100 wounded.
To Try War Guilty
Owing to disturbed conditions in
Germany brought about by the riot
ing and strikes, the allies were seri-
ously considering Withholding the
presenta ton of lists of German war
guilty, whose surrender for trial BY
allied tribunals will be demanded it
was learned from authoritative
sources.
Demand for the German war gull
y at this time, it was said, Nigh;
l'recipitate further outbreaks, in
creasing the danger to the preSenf
German government. which the al
lies are anxious to have remain in
control.
Premiers Lloyd George and Clem-
erceau, it was EMPHASIZED, will not
give up their plan for ultimate sur
render Of the German war guilty. bur
viii not insist upon fulfillment Of
this clause of the peace treaty until
internal conditions in Germany be-
come calmer.
Government leaders today were I'M
Gcrstood to be reviewing the German
situation. with the view to demand
ing surrender Of the German war
guilty as soon as internal conditions
in the Teuton republic will warrant.
... Advantage of Scheme
One suggestion. it was under
stood, was that the allies abandon
their plan of trying the accused Ger
mans before allied courtmartial and
ask Germany to try them before her
own supreme court.
This scheme, it's adherents pointed
out, would have the advantage OF
preventing a German government
crisis and at the same time would
serve the allied purpose Of exposing
the guilt of the former German lead
eTs to the world.
eve are firm in our determine
ton to punish the guilty Germans"
one British authority declared.
Their surrender is as much a part
of the treaty as any other clause
II was signed by the Germans with
full realization of its consequences.
However, for the good of the allies
we desire to make execution of this