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Show v BERLIN REDS LOSING FORCE Government Gets Strong So Rapidly Spartacides Grow Ludicrous. Anarchist Leaders Being Surely Eliminated Because Be-cause of Own Acts. (New York Timos-C'iiraio Tribune Cable. Copyright.) F.KRLTN", Dec. 7, via Copenhagen, Per. S. The covernmcnt at Berlin Is gaining so rapidly In strength now that it can well afford to look at the gTotcsque moves of the Spartacides with generous tolerance. tol-erance. . jr While keeping a quiet watch on the re-actionary re-actionary Intrigues, everybody today lauds the wise moderation with which Kbert treated the counter-revolutionary elements ele-ments ot both extremes, while yet everything every-thing was chaos and most people did not know where they belonged. The slightest mistake on the part of the government might have gained the Spartacides tens of thousands of followers in those first V days of the revolution, who would proba-bly proba-bly have spilt their blood for the ideals of liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg without really knowing what they meant. The government has given the people ample time to learn for themselves what .Spartacism really means, and has given Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg rope enough to hang themselves. The latter have promptly made use. of the opportunity, oppor-tunity, so that today the serious danger from that side may be regarded as eliminated. elim-inated. In fact, there is a mysterious counter-movement on foot. The other dav red bills were posted everywhere with this inscription: "Kill Liebknecht wherever you meet him. He is your country's worst enemy." Guarded Constantly. Now Liebknecht is surrounded by bodyguards body-guards and sleeps every night In a different differ-ent place. The government is making an earnest effort to search ou t the originators origina-tors of this murderous plot, but so far has been quite unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the Spartacides give the moat grotesque evidence of their being still alive. Here is one example: Last night there was a large meeting under the auspices of both the regular and I independent Socialist parties at Treptow. a suburb. Just before the meeting opened an unknown person placed a note in Ledebour's hand, fading: "There is something wrong with the lights." As nothing really seemed wrong the meeting proceeded. One orator was demonstrating the necessity of the collapse of the old regime when suddenly with a deafening noise, the whole celling, together with the heavy chandeliers, fell on the platform in a cloud of dust, bruising many persons, but not j,' hurting anybody seriously. The matter is . etill under investigation; it is believed to have been a Spartacide plot, and that dynamite was used in blowing up the ceiling. j Burgomaster Ousted. Tn a like grotesque manner, the Spartacides Sparta-cides unexpectedly Invaded the municipal . government session at Nauendorf, another suburb, chased the burgomaster out of the building, and with Liebknecht's friend. pCbertein, presiding, proceeded themselves to administer the business. Doubtless there shall be such performances' by the Spartacides, especially In out of the way-places, way-places, for a while yet. but their time for becoming a serious danger has gone. Little has been heard of any signs of reactionary activity in the last few days. One example today is reported from Brunswick, the grotesque government of which state acts as an almost Irresistible provocation. Yesterday Brunswick's populace lined the streets from the railway station to j the barracks to welcome the first squadron of Brunswick Hussars. When the squadron squad-ron left the station they suddenly found ' themselveB facing members of the Bruns wick soldiers' and worker's council carrying carry-ing red flags, which they expressed a , desire to carry in front of the squadron on its march through the city. Officer Shoots Child. ' It seems that the commanding officer misunderstood the situation and gave an order to ride Into the friendly masses. One young lieutenant loot his head completely com-pletely and fired on the people, killing a child three yearn old. Thereupon, members mem-bers of the soldiers' and workers' council seized the officers, tore them from their horses and arrested them. Some shots ', were fired from the soldiers' council ma- j chine guns and a few hand grenades exploded ex-ploded without, however, doing further harm. J The council and the hussars soon came to an understanding and together proceeded pro-ceeded to the barracks to quiet an Infantry In-fantry regiment that was just getting ready to repress the riots. Most of these cases in which returning soldiers from the front are involved have no political significance. |