Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-24
GERMAN REDS
ARE IN REVOLT
-Four Killed and Twenty Six
Injured in Ham
burg
WRECK COURTHOUSE
Dresden, Aurebach and Freiberg Also
y Scenes of Outrages in Which Much
= Property is Destroyed.
.N

Berlin, March 24.-Thc red flag
pf revolution has been raised in Ger
fnany by Communist workers. Re-
ports from many of the larger citi:s
and Industrial centers tell Of upr;s-
ings, bomb outragcs, destruction of
municipal buildings, co.rthous%s,
banks and police headquarters.
The uprising is believed to be con-
: Anected with the Communists at
tempt to force a general strike. 1t
has the active Endorsement of the
German Bolshcvik organ published
in this city, The Red Flag, which
openly advocates the use of rifl2s
nd bombs.
\ The uprising, which appears to
ktyave been carefully planned, bega?
Gyesterday morning in Hamburg,
where the Communists hoisted red
flags and seized the Blohm and Voss
Ehipyards. 1t soon spread to other
plants, where the employees quit work
Ind began organizing mass demon
trations.
The police attempted to disperae
lie Communists and a battle WAS
aged outside the famous Vulkan
!ipyards. Four persons were Kill
I'd and 12 badly and ID slightly
'ounded ( IS. ...s. os
In face or the spreading disorder
AZ City Senate has declared "a ss-saipor=
late of siege.
In the cities of Central Germany
Leipzig, Dresden. Auerhach. Frei-
berg ,Rodewisch and otherS-the Boil
shcvik element among the workers
Eesorted to bombs in their attempt
q 10 create reign Of terrorism.
u The Courthouse in Leipzig was
|vSrcckcd by bomb, which blew off
lthesTsef, shattered all the windows
md reduced the lobby to mass of
Debris. Windows of other buildings
within a radius of two blocks also
were broken.
The City Hall in Rodewisch Writ
lually was destroyed by bomb which
bad been concealed in the base
nent.
Dynamite was used against mu-.
kcipal buildings in Dresden, Aucr-
ch and Freiburg. At least three
lrssns were severely injured and a
Intber of others slightly hur..
heavy property loss was caused.
Fifty armed bandits attacked the
+ H,stoffice at Mansfield last night and
] this morning similar band robbed
| The District Savings Bank nd the
Kredit Bank. Yesterday a, .rnoon
strikers surrounded mec.lng OF
police and maletreated and robbed
5tthem. Later, after the police had
retired to their barracks, fire was
kept on for two hours.
At Eisleban the streets resounaed
TO rifle fire and the explosions OF
hand grcnades all night.
The strikers blew up railway
and three of the great Mansfesa
copper mines. The excitement was
Increased by the appearance in
9rrectine of strikers of man pre-
hendinr to be Hoelz, who teTTorlzed
the region of Plauen a year ago.
Another attempt 20 wreck train
by removing the rail spikes occur
FED near nieskan last night. A To-,
comotive and 3 passenger coaches
were dersiled A much more serious
wreck occurred a few days ago n
the same region, also caused by
drawing the spikes.
The Red Flag in serious OF IN
f'ammatory Proclamations yesterday
advised its followers that the time
for drastic action has come and
urges them to seize arms from the
military, the police and bourgeoisie
and distribute them among the
wcrkmen.
The only arrest thus far reported
in connection with the uprising .oc-
Cured at Auerbach, where young
nan who claimed to be from Dar.
zig was caught with sack Of dyns
mite. A companion, who fired !,
the police, escaped.