GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

fighting in berlil.

HOEE SEVERE THAN IN rETROGRAD.

_ London, Jan. 12. «Ie Daily Express Berlin correefxmdent, tafegraphing on Friday, reported tint a fierce attack at dawn with hand grenades against the Eeichstag tuilding foiled. The recent fitting was more severe than in Petrograd. The casualties aro estimated at a thousand. Parts of the capita! are without water and light. The heaviest fighting occurred during the recapture 'of the Tageblatt office. Herr Hosse, tha proprietor, refused permission to u?c artillery against the building, therefore the Government troops attacked with machine-guns, to which the Spartacusans replied. The trops thereupon brought up a tank and smashed m the doors, fhs building was only captured after a strenuous light, in which the armored car storming grenade party participated. Over three hundred Spaxtacus defenders were mostly killed or wounded. The Spartacusans and Independents now control Spandau, where there are many munition workers.—Aus. N.Z. CaWe Assoc. HUNDREDS OF CASUALTIES. WHEN SPARTACISTS TAKE BILESIAN STATION. Received Jan. 14, 7.20 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. 11. Several hundred Spartaohts were killed when the Government captured the Sileaian railway station. There are conflicting accounts about Lieoknecht. Some say he was shot ' dead. Others that he escaped. The Spartacists reproach independent Socialists with their weakness in requesting negotiations. The Spartacists demand fresh elections for the Central Council, excluding the majority oocialists, and fresh Soviet elections beforo abandoning their programme of violence. Thousands of disguised Russians are reported to be fighting on behalf of the Spartacists.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

SPARTACUSAN SABOTAGE,

MEANS OP COMMUNICATION DESTROYED. Berlin, Jan. 13. Eoea Luxemburg and Liebknecht'a &«n lave been captured. The Spartacusans iiave inaugurated {eneral sabotage and ara destroying telephones and all other means of communis&tion throughout Germany, thus to stop the convocation of the JTational Assembly

Radck was arrested when the police aeadquarters were stormed, but Eichorn escaped.—Aus. N-Z. Cable Assoc.

GOVERNMENT CAIN MASTERY.

STARTACUSERS' iTEW TACTICS Received Jan. 14, 1.25 p.m. Berlin, Jan. 10 The Government gained mastery of the situation on Friday, holding the police headquarters, also from the Brandenburg Gate to Fried rich Strasse. There was spapmodic lighting in other parts of the city. The Spartacusers' new tactics oi cutting off the water gas, and electricity created a panic throughout Berlin, especially as there was no bread. Radek, the real leader, is Dr Licbiinecht's principal adviser. He is endeavoring to create & famine, such as Bolshevism thrived under in Russia. Fifteen hundred Russians have arrived, foiTOing a guard for Dr. Liebkaecht. — Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

BAVARIAN DYNASTY. " UOW IT WAS OVERTHROW. Received Jan. 14, 2.05 p.m. Paris, Jan. 12. tr. Matin's correspondent hail an 'interview with Herr Eisner, who said he had only eighteen marks in his pocket when he decided to overthrow the Bavarian dynasty, which was a thousand years old—°o old and worm-eaten, indeed, that a mere touch was sufficient to ''omo'ish it.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

SPARIACUS OUTBREAKS. IN SSVEK.U fiEHhV.y CiTIES. Received Jan. 14, 2.E5 p.m. Copenhagen, Jan. 11. Spartsciis outbreaks occurred at iambijr?, Dresden, Stuttgart, Dortmund, and Augsburg. It is reported that the Spartaeusers have captured dorf.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc-. THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS. PIiSJHL'RVING OHDER. ■ ' r prf:i«ivod -J*n. I t, 7.20 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. 13. ' Horr Ebrrt, addressing the aevlyarrlw.! troops at Bwlin, said that tneir task would be to presove order for the Assembly elections. Noske said that ho would take energetic action if dletia-bancea ww» atteEjptoi A <he arrest of Lcdebour Tbcro «no flews of IfofckaccM.— GiOle Amoc. V >-r. OrtiTISH OCCUPY CUSSELDORF. & wO-jSßsf«A<ar iM^T^CSM. QaqpaiftagHi ■s•». JSB teIMIUi Britt-ii trucp h«»e oavipkt

| MORE FIGHTING. I i< ! EICHORN BECOMES LEADER. GOVERNMENT MUST RETIRE OS REORGANISE, HtNDENBURG EI BERLIN. Received Jan. 14, 6.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Jan. 11. The latest Berlin reporta state thai fighting is still proceeding in several quarter.",. The Extremists hold the Bresiau station, police headquarters, and Tagcbl&tt buildings. Since Liebknecht disappeared, Eichorn has become the leader.

The Government losses in killed total IsO, while the Spartacuaera have lost hundreds.

It is reported that the workmen at several factories, tired of street fighting, decided to resume work There is a general feeling against Ebert and i*\auy of t!>? operatives demanding that the Government miut. retire of reorganise. It is reported that Marshal von Hin- j denburg is now in Berlin. A Spartaeus riot occurred at Munich, but was unattended with bloodshed. Eisner arrested three leading Sparta-cusers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. HEAVY FIGHTING. SUCCESS OF GOVERNMENT FORCES. Received Jan. 15, 1 &.m. London, Jan. 12. The Express' Berlin correspondent states there was heavy fighting on the 10th, when the Government retook tho main doors. A storming party captured offices of the Berliner Tagebktt. Ma-chine-guns were freely used on both sides. The Government eventually employed a tark and battered down the the building. The Government also recaptured the State printing work 3. The Spartacists control Spandau, where there are many munition works.— Reutcr.