FIGHTING IN BERLIN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 147, 17 March 1919, Page 5

FIGHTING IN BERLIN

CASUALTIES ESTIMATED AT 1500

LICHTENBERG OCCUPIED BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS (Rec. March IG, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, March 13. Berlin advices stale that the damages done-in Die recent lighting exceed forty million marks. The number'of the dead is estimated at i>oo and of the wounded over 1000—Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn. Berlin, March H. Government troops have occupied the Liclitenbei's quarter.--Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STORIES OF SPARTACIST ATROCITIES MANY FABRICATED BY' MILITARY PRESS BUREAU. (Eec. March IG, 11 p.m.) London, March 15. The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent states that the discovery that the Berlin Military Press Bureau had fabricated many stories of Spartacist atrocities lias intensified public resentment at the horrors perpetrated by the Government troops in wiping out many innocent with the guilty—Aus.-N.55. Cable Assn. THEWEIMARGOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. (Rflo. March IG, 5.5 p.m.) Weimar, March 11. The Government has appointed Herr Brockdorilaiitzau President; Herr Gierabert and Dr. David members of the Cabinet, and Br. Mueller . MTnister at Berne.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. PRUSSIAN NATMAL ASSEMBLY

OPENED WITHOUT INCIDENT. (Eec. March IC,. 11 p.m.) Amsterdam, March 15. Despite Spartacist threats, the Prussian National Assembly opened without incident. Troops guarded tho building and searched the deputies for arms before they vera admitted—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.