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IN GERMANY.

THE SPAJITACUS REVOLT,

HEAVY FIGHTING oontintes

(By Cable.—Pr®*s Association.— Copyright.) (Australian and 3.4. Cable Association.) COPENHAGEN. January 12. On Saturday night the troops attacked all t * lo .IV . strongholds. In the afternoon thejsur^ rounded tho district in which the new. paper offices ire situated, hard struggle captured the ° r " ac [ buildinc. and other lcadeu, who were inside were taken away uikescort. One hundred and tireaty-fi dead bodies were found m the buildm - The troops are still attacking the Berliner Tageblatt" building. , w The Spartacus supporters Drought great quantities of weapons . to large Boltzow Brewery, which is stroii - ly fortified. Eichorn and ' are directing the battle there. L. h . keeping up the defenders spirits by continually declaring that a Russian armv is on its way to Bsrlin. „ t Two thousand Spartacus supporters at Hanover commandeered a train ana left for Berlin. Mobs from all parts of Germany are making their way to the capital. After tho armistice on Saturday, fighting was lenewed in the newspaper quarter of Berlin, and continued all night long. Thirteen thousand Government troops reached Berlin on Saturday, making a total of 40,000. . The Spartacus supporters killed since the outbreak are estimated at 1300. including 400 around tho <r \ orwaerts Office. _ , , a. T Troops arrested Herr Ledebour at his residence. LOOTING GENERAL. | LONDON, January 13. j The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Dailv Chronicle" state? that thousands of criminals flocked to Berlin and participated in the looting and Taidmg > oi shops. They secured arms by joining tho Red Guards, also motor lorries, by means of which organised . bands ol criminals carried out extensive pilla-go* In spite of tho street fighting there are thousands of sightseers in tho streets, who hurriedly fly when firing is heard. The street hawkers are becoming accustomed to the fighting, and do not remove their stalls unless tho firing] comes close. Ever, then they retire only a few yards up a side street, returning as soon as the firing ceases. Tho sightseers also return, and the shops resume business. _ Organ-grinders anq other street musicians continue playing aniidst the firing, while street beggars remain at their posts. SPAKDAU RECAPTURED. COPENHAGEN, January 12. General Noske, commanding four regiments and many volunteers, recaptured tho greater part of Spandau, and also captured and shot tho Spartacus leader.

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" says tho Spartacus supporters barricaded tho "Vorwaerts" "office with largo reels of paper, and posted machine-guns behind these, and also at tho windows. The Government's artillery demolished part & of the front of tho building, burying - some of the defenders under the debris. t The others fluttered l handkerchiefs and white paper from the windows, pro- ' claiming their surrender. Three hun- ■ dred were captured. TROOPS DISARMED. AMSTERDAM. January 13. The Workers' and Soldiers' Council at Leipzig refused a passage to a troop train going to Berlin, on the ground that tho motives of "the troons were ' anti-revolutionary. Tho revolutionary" - police attempted to disarm the soldiers, i and firing ensued on both sides which j caused several deaths. Eventually tho police were victorious.. Similar enooun- ' ters took place subsequently on the ar- ' rival of other trains. The troops were i disarmed. BAVARIAN PREMIER'S WARNING. ' (Renter's Telegrams.) (Received January 15th, 7.10 p.m.) , ( AMSTERDAM, January 13. A semi-official message from Berlin states that the Government troops and the Spartacus supporters signed an agreement on the evening of the 10th ■ inst. by which the Government -undertook not to receive reinforcements and to cease hostilities, the resumption of which would be subject to twelve hours' notice. Dr. Eisner telegraphed to the Berlin Government "that the murderous civil war must end, otherwise all Germany will slowly perish. Berlin's example is everywhere producing insanity." BRITISH AT DUSSELDORF. (Australian find 2?. Z. -£nb]© Association.) (Received January 15th, 8.15 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, January 13. It is reported that British troops have occupied Dusseldorf, where the Bolshevists had seized power. The Mayor and 150 citizens of the town fled to cscape imprisonment. The Bolshevist dictator is a man named Ocliel, who in pre-war days carried on a typical Gorman matrimonial agency and fled to Holland to avoid military service. The Poppcea of tho'movement is a Russian woman named Feuersteiu, who is the intermediary for the distribution of Russian Bolshevist money, which is used to promote anarchy. Ochel and Feuerstein opened the prisons and loosed 170 criminals, who occupied the police stations. The town guard, numbering fifteen hundred, which came into existence in November, is entirely Bolshevist in sympathy. DR. LIEBKNECHT'S FATE. fßeuter'a Telegrami.) (Received January 15th, 7.10 p.m,) COPENHAGEN, January 13. There is still no verification of Dr. I Liebknecht's death. Indeed, he has been reported as speaking at Berlin on the llth mst. It is difficult to sift the facts from the mass of conflicting reports. 1 THE WORST TO COME. « ("The Times.") j (Received January 15th, 7.10 p.m.) THE HAGUE, January 13. The estimates of the killed and wounded in Berlin are mostly worthless. Firing is indiscriminate and scattered. Half-grown lads swarm the streets, often shooting for the pleasure of doing so. J The "Roto Fahne," in an article, c mocks at the fury of the Berliners. It s says: "Gentlemen, you will suffer many j days of intolerable wretchedness. Peace ! and order will not return for a long time. Tho present experiences are j only a subordinate part. It is but t one stage of the gigantic revolution to come in March." a REVOLT BROKEN. n e (Renter's Telegrami.) a LONDON, January 14. C Advices from Berlin state that the n

Spartacus revolt has been broken. Military operations practically ceased on the 12th inst., after which only desultory firing in the newspaper quarter occurred. Tho newspapers aro now republishing.

Tho Minister of War declares that the military are now disarming the population, and a systematic search for arms has begun. Owing, however, to the food shortage the future is pregnant with difficulties for the Government, as future support from soldiers and civilians largely depends on better supplies. but it is authoritatively stated that the shortage is likely to be worse.

It is reported that Dr. Liebknecht fled to Leipzig and von Eichorn to Denmark.

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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16422, 16 January 1919, Page 7

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IN GERMANY. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16422, 16 January 1919, Page 7

IN GERMANY. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16422, 16 January 1919, Page 7

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