Evening journal., 1921-03-24
BERLIN HOLDS
Up MARTIALLAW
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The attack on the officers was so
vicious they were compelled to draw
revolvers.-
Two policemen were beaten down
and killed, while the mob swept
over them. The remaining officers
fired into the crowd. killing fifteen
before the streets were cleared.
Hamburg quieted at night. with
the streets heavily guarded An
other rush was expected today, but
police declared they were able to
meet any attack. officials bore out
their statements
Three attempts were made to dy-
Mantle a courthouse at Leipzig. Oc-
cupants of the building were driven
out. The third explosion did great
damage TO the structure. The nearby
streets had been cleared and no cas-
ualties resulted. Three deaths were
reported at Freiburg. when a court
house there was dynamited. Two
more persons were wounded in the
crashing masonry.
IOlAit ntAA 4ih a HAitAA ~ NWA ~
Hettstedt which stormed a line Of
officers. demanding that the town
hall be handed over to them. Revo-
lutionary banners and flags cropped
out in the mob.
A large band OF radicals drove
guards away from a small bank at
Rodlewisch, tore the bars from the
windows and obtained quantity Of
currency.
Communists gained the support OF
other workers at Marienburg when
heavy guards were stationed at fac
tory gates. The workers united in
declaring war on the officers.
Police quickly suppressed a mob
which formed at Auelbach' intent on
wrecking the town hall.
Rioters used armored lorries in
terrorizing Mansfield. A large crowd
fired on a squad OF police early IN the
afternoon. The officers did not
answer the shots and the crowds be-
came bolder. Later other mobs
formed. Fifty rushed the post
office. overpowered the clerks there
and took all the valuable mail they
could find, leaving the Office in con-
fusion.
Another band mounted a machine
gun on an auto truck which was
halted on a street intersection, COM
manding the approaches to the state
Savings Bank. The gunners Kept
the street clear while the vaults were
emptied Of 100000 marks.
A private bank was robbed in the
same way
Another bank robbery occurred al
| Wansleben. The same bands, which
included number Of electrical
workers cut the great transmission
cables supplying power to big factor
les there. Street lighting also was
crippled by the, workers.
/ Defiance was shown the radicals
at Halle. Ober- president Hoerstine
issued a proclamation declaring the
lawless bands would be combatted
I to the utmost.
Hoersting declared he would
, mobilize the security police If neees-
sary.
Watchmen and private guards, HI
I said, showed they feared TO inter
! fere with the rioters.
IlG IknN0AlHF ~ AAtNA -'N-+t1 - $50
swer to the announcement was thu
imm mediate declaration Of a genera
strike in that district
The mining district about Eislen
ben was paralyzed. Where tn
levels we're not flooded tracks wer'
ripped and workers were threatened
when they attempted TO report 70
, work.
Near the Eislenben station polio
were entrenched.
Communists there pointed to tn
, act as one OF war and called on al
workers to mobilize.
The situation threatened NOR
serious trouble in all industrial cen
] ters. Determined TO show thei
! contempt for all things sacred, com
+ munist leaders declared they woul
E force all to work on Good Friday
- thereafter resuming the strike.
Working in the public's dissatis
e. faction with the Allied terms. rad
y calls are seeking to stir up a genera
S revolt. They hope the demonstra
3 ton will land them in power. TIL
s dynamiting Of the victory column
e Berlin was the first step.
The radical press. led by the IRE
= Flag" here is urging action wit
d weapons in hand"
Government officials declared the
: were confident they can supprel
n the uprising but admitted that MOI
property damage and bloodshe
might result before II Is Quelled.