Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-09 | Page 3 | Government Now Again in Control of Berlin Affairs

GOVERNMENT NOW AGAIN IN CONTROL OF BERLIN AFFAIRS COPENHAGEN, Friday, March 7. German Ger-man government troops have captured the police headquarters at Berlin and i have completely cleared Alexanderplatz of strikers, according to a Berlin dispatch received, here. Fighting lies ceased in the center of, the city, but continues in tho Moabk sec-lion. sec-lion. The government troops suffered slight losses and ct.ptured many prisoners. prison-ers. To relieve the garrison of the police po-lice headquarters the government troops , turned their heavy artillery against the I houses nearby and three shells hit a I house which wns used as insurgent headquarters, head-quarters, scattering the occupants in all directions. Gas was used effectively in the attack on the strikers, according to the German Gazette of Berlin. Conference Results Satisfactory. "WEIMAR, Friday, March 7. (Byv the Associated Fress.) Social Democrats who I egan a consultation with the German cahinet yesterday relative to tho Berlin i strike and what concessions and guar- 1 antees could be offered the strikers left1 ! for Berlin this morning. The conference i Is reported to have been satisfactory. ' The terms which were decided upon ; will be laid before the strikers at Ber-! Ber-! lin this afternoon and are said to provide I for the recognition of the soldiers and workmen's councils by the new constitution. constitu-tion. This is looked upon as a most rad- ical step. It has been urged, heretofore,. but has been rejected. It 1 known that the entente allies do not favor )i. Break in Strike Ranks. AMSTERDAM, March 8. The majority Socialists have withdrawn from the strike committee in Berlin, according to a telegram tele-gram filed there Friday afternoon, and it was considered doubtful at that time whether the trades unions would support the strike further. At the meeting Fri-dav Fri-dav of the Berlin workmen's council the independent Socialists and communists proposed three resolutions extension of the strike to the gas, electric and water works, the executive committee of the workmen to take over the command of all the troops in Berlin, and negotiations with the government to be broken off. The first resolution was carried by only a small majority, after which the majority major-ity Socialists left the meeting. Later the miilor;ty Socialists held a meeting and decided to end the strike Immediately and to call on the workers to resist terrorism. BAKFL, March S. Government troops have suppressed the armed revolt at Berlin, Ber-lin, according to a dispatch from tint city, and are now protecting workman who want to return to' their labors. New Wuertternberg President. STUTTGART, March S. (Havas.)-Herr (Havas.)-Herr Bios, president of the state council of Wuertternberg, has been elected president presi-dent of the state of Wuertternberg. The Herr Bios referred to Is probably Wilhelm J. Bios, a ournalist and author. Before the fall of the monarchy he was leader of the Social Democrats in Wuertternberg.