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Show lEIBKIItCHL " llfil 111 Independent Socialist. May Force Ebert Faction Fac-tion From Cabinet; Berlin Still Chaotic BERLIN, Dpc. 27. As a rutiH ot yesterday's deliberation" it ia believed in some quarters the majority Socialists will retirf from the cabinet and leave tlit independent In full control of thi a;oi ernment. ' ' ' ' t Tha cabinet was In aecret aoaalot -th greater part of th day. Tha leai-ina; leai-ina; Independenta in th fovarnment alao were In conference and thla ravi rtao to a rtimor that Hugo Haaao. the leader of the lnrtea;ndelit MocUllala. would bo oiled upon Ui Olfanlie a nei im-ernntetit. . . The) rrial I Ukelr 'o continue for A day or two and may meat with an un- foreaeon solution. , i Spartacus Group Captures Vorwaerts By Asaclat4 Praaa. BKRI.IN. Iec. 27. -The Prtnciu fai II. in was atlll In control lata Hla afl- ernouti of the offices of the Hoclallst newapaer 'orwaerta. which were forcibly forc-ibly taken puenesalon of by members of. th group on Wadneaduy night. -Chlef; of Police Kichhorn. however, had promised the edltora of the newopajwr that the Invader of the plant would' be ejected by o'clock thla evening. The erlxure of the newspaper was auggeated during the demonatratlon at the palace on Wednesday, when Dr. Karl Llebknecht and other radi-cala radi-cala delivered epeechea. There were crlea of "on to the Vorwacrta." and the demonstratore followed the Red guard to the printing plant. which was unoccupied, a th day waa a holiday. After the aeUure, volunteer rom- 7walt6raTcMtKifiiIr(rtb a "call tor skilled men and several of thea started up the linotype machines. Hpartacan writer provided copies for handbills., which were issued tinder th caption.' Ked Vorwaerta." Meanwhile th Fed guarda had poad- aentnea at (li doors and windows o repel lnvadera. The handhllla contained a report of the tlemonslratlon and explained the ' aelxure of the newspaper, which de lared to he warranted "under the new law born with the revolution." Another Ittrn declared "Vorwaerta Is the product of the blood and aweat of th tierman worklngm-n." Th new-.-paiier alao waa referred to aa a "lying dog" and a "reptile whoa poisonous teeth are now aboot to be pulled.' The retirement of Premier Kbert and Herr Hcheidemann and their Intiwat collcaguea also waa demanded. I COMBAT B0L8HEVIKI. j The lAk Anzelger annntinces thf I formation of a society for the purpose, fof combating KoUheviHin. At a recent re-cent meeting of Herlln bankers one of the questions considered seriously wm the pioblt m of fixing the status of the ruble, which Is circulating in Germany., in reaier profusion than the present economic relations with Ilussi war- rlT. I.lebVneclit end Iiepuiy Idebout ! addreioed a crowd of nbout n Ihou- ' sand In the Tieigtrten today f,pr which the crowd marched to the Fran-detil.urfc Fran-detil.urfc tsate to the former royal palace pal-ace to demand the overt In ow of th government. DAMAGE BV RIOTS. In addition to the damage s1read reported In Tuesday s f.ghting, the cathedral ca-thedral Is badly starred by machine eun fire and one of the marble columns forming the background of the innn. 4 ument of Kmr-r William I was completely com-pletely shot sway. The interior of th red jm 'ace is dsmaaed heavily by shell fire. The former royal apartments had) been transformed into a revolutionary habitation and sicnn of conston and ne-rloct were everywhere. In th prl- rate dining room of the former emper- -or Ihe cm respondent found the bodie-jt ! ef five SJlUori killed In the flgMfng-j flgMfng-j The palace ostensibly is under Ihe protection pro-tection of the revolutionary government govern-ment urn "nstnnal prMerty." bwt It la I don ht fnl whether the author-ties nvj I 7 (Continued on ae J ' f LEJBKNECHT ffontlnued from para 1.) any control over tha aallora and aol-dtrs aol-dtrs quartered there. No authoritative Hat of raauaUlea la yet available. KHtlimttea of the number num-ber of dead vary from twelve to alxty. Unleea tha auvernment prohlhlta a public ceremony tha burial of the aallors killed In tha flghtlnjr will be made tha ocraalon of a mammoth riemonatratlon by the Llebknecht rainy. Compromise Saves Ebert Government BKRLIV, Dee. ?s relgyed. An eleventh-hour compromise with the revolting- aallora by tha Kbert-Hcheldemann Kbert-Hcheldemann aectlon of tha government govern-ment apparently saved Berlin from an extremist Christmas today. (Later reports from Merlin are that the sSpartaeua faction la still the causa. I of trouble.) The sailors gained more than they sought and will remain In Herlln aa part of the republican soldiers' sol-diers' guard. The compromise provides that a dWtaiow of trow pa from tha western front under Lieutenant Oenerat le. qui, which was sent to Iterlin by Field Marshal von Hindenburg In re pons to an appeal by the government, gov-ernment, shall- retire and leave the capital under the protection of two volunteer policing organixatlona, which are dominated by the ex-t ex-t rem lata The sailors against whom tha soldiers have been antagonist ic are known to be under tha special leadership of Oeorg Ledebour, who was ona of tha representatives of tha sailors In the negotiations yesterday with the Ebert-Haase government. Tha aallora agree not to participate In any futura revolt against the government. gov-ernment. The aettlement between the sailors and; the go? eminent does not satisfy tha Vorwaerts, which expresaea the hop that they will subordinate themselves them-selves to the government and show themselves gWd republican aoldiera. Theodor Wolff. In the TagebUtt. thinks that tha governments capitulation capitula-tion leaves tha impression thai it ia Blearing a rudderleaa courae. The removal of tha troops under General Jequls, ha aaya, mav be Interpreted aa tha temporary elimination of the only agency of law and order on which the Berlin bourgeoniaa has set Its hope. |