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Show PUBLIC BUILDINGS DYNAMITED AND BANKS LOOTED LIVES OF 25 TAKEN III RISK Wide Diffusion of Disorders Dis-orders and Attitude of Radical .Papers Show Concerted Plot y CARL D. CROAT, dinted Prose Staff Cocroependont. BERLIN, Marrh 24. Oerman comtnuniat fought today for control of the government. They instituted a rrijm of terror ter-ror throujrti raid Oennany. Loot- Inc. properly destruction and twenty, five deaths followed Ue trail of dem-onetraliona dem-onetraliona from" the area! ehlpyarde In Hamburg to tha mining regions In the eouih and even to Iba ouleklrle ,of Bertie. Tha Baxnn town of F.lsleben waa mad a concentration point for communistic com-munistic rioters today. Ke porta from officiate thera aald the "wore!" waa expected. Thouaanda of "rede" from all pafia of cenlral (lermany flocked to the oily, moat of them carrying arm a. FACTORIES SEI2E0. Advices from Torgau, another manufacturing man-ufacturing renter In Saxony, aald workers were seising tha faclonea there. Tha radical leadera urged the workmen work-men to follow the Italian example by driving ('lit their employes and operating oper-ating tha planta for themselvea. Thi atreet fighting waa renewe4 today. The police training echool at Kialeben waa bealeged. Cadets were Intrenched near tha buildings, ualng riflea and hand grenades to fight the rioters off. Heporta from the entire mid-Herman erlion aald bombings were occurring, that the rallwaya were being demoralised demoral-ised and that workers appeared to be getting beyond control. Hanks were robbed and public buildings build-ings dynamited. Mines were rendered useless. They were flooded or the railways torn out. Mlnera who desired to work were held off by red pickets. APPEAL TO BERLIN 1'ublic officiate appealed to the Berlin Ber-lin government for military aid. The cabinet went Into aeaelon with theaa appeals and read eecret reports from the centers of dlsturbsnr. After long study, the cshlnet declared local officlala appeared to be getting the upper up-per hand and that martial law would be withheld. Kfforta were made to connect tha Russian soviet a with tha uprislnaa. Thla connection waa not shown. It wss said, slthough the demonstrations were etsgvd by eympathixera with tha aovlet cauee. j With Hamburg aa the peak of a Irl- angle, 'the region covered by the dem- ; onstralione spread gradually past Berlin Ber-lin on one side and Halle fin the south until II reached Ha greatest width in Hsxony. POLICE INTRENCHED. I'nlice are Intrenched In a score of cltlea to withstand armed attacks. Dynamiting of public buildlnga. bank robherlea and looting accompanied tha outhurata. Germany's radical press urged concerted con-certed violence. f) . Tha death Hat Includes aeventeen In I Hamburg, tiree In f'retbur and five I In Klslrhem. Klslehen wss tha scene of a partlru- I larly violent demonstration. Hlreet fighting broke out there, with the police po-lice beleaguered In their barrarka. The Frsnkfort-lterlln expreaa waa derailed when communists tore out a section of track. Twenty thnussad workers at the big Iuna worka went on atrlke, joining the atreet crowds and making tha work of tha police more difficult. SCENES AT HAMBURG. At Hamburg the fighting began when communlata urged fellow ship-workers ship-workers to join them In a atrlke. police po-lice Interfered, using their revolvers 'r'0n"nyrj!! on Pge 11) : aaeklng to atlr up a general revolt.' They hop tha darnon.traU.ul would land them In power. Tha dynamiting of tha Victory column In Iwrlla waa th flrat atep, Th radical praae her, lad by tha "Red flag." la urging -action with ' weapona In hand. Oovernmrnt official declare they wera confidant they can fuppreaa lha uprlalng. but admitted that mora prop-, arty damaga and bloodahad a ty raeult bafora It la quelled. 'commanding lha approaches to tha Mtala Having bank. Tha gunner kept lha alreet clear while tha vault wer emptied of lOU.Oto mark. A privet bank wag robbed In lha anf way. Another brfnk robbery occurred at VYanaleben. Tha aama band, which Included a number nf electrical work era, cut tha great Iranimlaalon cable upplylng power t big factorlea I her. Hirecl lighting alao waa crippled by tha worker. Defiance waa ahnwn tha radical at Hall. Ober ITeaident lloerallng la-tied la-tied a proclamation declaring tha lawleaa band would b cnmbaiied to lha utmoat. lloerallng declared be would mnblllia tha aecurlty pollco If neceaeary. Walchmn and prlvat waa expected today, but police declared they wer able to meet any atlarka. ATTACK ON COURTHOUSE. Three attempta wera made to dynamite dyna-mite a courlhutiae at leMpsig. Occupant Occu-pant of the building wer driven out. The third exploalon did great damaga lo the atructure. The nearby street had teen cleared and no c-aiiltf r- lllled. Three death were reported at Frl-liuig Frl-liuig when a courthouse wss dynamited. dy-namited. Tnlice beat back a great crowd si Hetiated. demanding thai tha town hall ba handed over to them. Revolutionary Revo-lutionary banner and flag cropped out In th mob. " A large band of radical drove guard away from a small hank at Rodlrwlarh. lore the bars from the wlndnwa and obtained a quantity nf currency. Communlat gained the support of other workers at Jdarlenburg. when heavy police guards wera atatii.ned at factory gate. The workera united In derluring war on lha police. police quickly uppreaed a mob which formed at Auelbach. Intent on .wrecking tha town hall. ARMOREO LORRIES USED. Rioter ued armored lorrlea In lerrortng Manafield. A large crowd fired on a squad of nolle eurly In the afternoon. Th officer did not in wer the shot and th crowds became holder. lister other moh formed. Klfty nihed th potofflc. overpowered overpow-ered th clerk thera and took all the valuahl mall they could find, leaving th office In confusion. Another band mounted a machine gun nn an automobile truck, which was halted st a street Intersection, guard, he said, ahowed Ihey feared to Interfere with the rtotera. The reapnn to Hoarding announcement an-nouncement w th Immedlai declaration decla-ration of a general strike la that dlatrlrt Tha mining region about Klaleben waa paralysed. Where the level were not flooded, tracks were ripped out and workers ware threatened when they attempted lo report for work. Near tha Klaleben station police wer entrenched. Communlat thera pointed to the act aa one nf war and called on all workers lo mobilise. GENERAL REVOLT INTENDED. Th situation threatened mora aerlou aerl-ou trouble In all Industrial center Determined lo show, their contempt for sll things sacred, communlat lead-era lead-era declared Ihey would force all to wrk on Hood Friday, thereafter resuming re-suming th trlk. Working on th public's dlaaatlafac-tlon dlaaatlafac-tlon with tha allied terme, radical ar LIVES OF 25 - (Continued from page 1 ) and rifle. Two policemen and fifteen communlat wer killed. Huge band of communist. Joined by lnwlra elements, looted banks snd poatofflcea at Wanalebrn, Mansfield and J-clpalg. Fighting In Hamburg began at noon when lunch hour crowd left in big ahlpyarda. Arguing violently for a strike, communlat com-munlat precipitated smnll flat fight, which grew Into riots. 1'ollr chsrged the swirling crowds. Two policemen wer besten and killed while the mob swept over them. Their comrades fired Into the crowd, killing fifteen before the streets were i cleared. Hamburg quieted at night, with the atresia heavily guarded. 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