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Show RED LEADERS BUSY SPREADING UNREST THROUGH NATION BERLIN', Friday, February 2S. (By the Associated Press.) Spartacan lead-ers lead-ers in the strike district of central Germany Ger-many are sending out propocanda by trains and automobiles into districts not as yet affected by the strike. An unscheduled un-scheduled train of which the Soartacahs had obtained control attempted to pass the station at Kothen, but was stopped by station guards, who opened fire with rifles and machine guns. One woman was killed and eight civilian passengers were severely injured. The Spartacans had distributed incendiary literature from Halle to Kothen. At ISdderitz, the authorities halted an automobile occupied by Spartacans who were headed for the An ha It mining region re-gion for the alleged purpose of inciting a. strike there. Appeal for Counter-strike. BERLIN, Saturday! March 1. (By the Associated Press. ) Berlin newspapers, with the exception of the Socialist organs, or-gans, were prevented from appearing today, to-day, as a result of the siidden strike proclaimed pro-claimed uoday. it is uncertain whether this strike is a prelude to, a general political po-litical strike for which a large part of Berlin labor is agitating or whether it is due to trade demands. The municipal council of Greater Berlin Ber-lin today published an appeal to the non-Socialist non-Socialist population of the capital urging a general counter-strike in case the independent in-dependent Socialists carried out their threat to call a general strike. The council coun-cil asks the people to combat force with force. The prestige of this organization, however, is not high. Troops Occupy Halle. COPENHAGEN, March 2. Government troops have entered Halle, Prussian Saxony, Sax-ony, which now is quiet, according to a report from Berlin. Serious food d 1st ur nances a re reported from Thorn, west P. ussia. Soldiers intervened in-tervened and a mob tided to storm the military Jail. A number of persons were wounded before the troops restored order. K""1 ports from Munich sny the soviet congress there lias chosen a minist ry headed by Herr Sgltz. who also will be minister of foreign affairs and minister of the interior. Czecho-Slavs Face Famine. LONDON. March 2, via Montreal. Reu-tei'J Reu-tei'J is informed bv the Czecho-Slovak legation here that, according to the Journal Jour-nal Ceske Slovo. Prague and the entire Czecho-Slovak republic are on the verse of famine. Kiour. fat, meat and vegetables are nowhere obta inahle. Ad Mocks are exhausted and the population cannot hold out until the next harvest. In one hospital in Prague, it wa s said, sixteen patients out of 3i'o died of inanition, ina-nition, only fifteen pints of milk being available, for them. Tn the maternity institute in-stitute oulv three pints were available for five Infants. Carnival Festivities Prohibited. COELEN2. March 2.By the Associated Asso-ciated Pre;-?.) -Carnival festivities anon? civilians have been Prohihite;! by the Coolers Co-olers municipal governnient for the re- ' rra InnVr of the year. In thn nkin; the j Cobif police department for having pro- 1 hlrvr festivities in Cobler.z. the Yoiks ZfU'.ins says: M "We a'so thank the American military authont:. whir-n clearly are determined to y.ipprc-ss excesses 'ny those vlso are only interested in amusing themselves." |