Show BERLIN IS I 1 SCENE CN OF TRAGEDY Revolutionary Troops jr Fire on Citizens ns as asa a irh u Y- Y Begin Retreat x rl i Foreigners in Danger L J I v v By ay Carl D. D Groat U United Press Staff Correspondent r BERLIN March 18 N Night D Violent fighting between crowds of workmen and th the Von Kapp Rapp soldiers marked the evacuation evacuation evacuation evac evac- of the capital by the Insurrectionary Insurrectional military forces today todar Several persons were Killed and many others wounded y In the vicinity ot of or the Hotel Adlon this afternoon as asIh Ih the e Ehrhardt marine brigade the backbone back back- boo bon bone of ot the revolutionists' revolutionists military power power evacuated the Order was restored by safety police su supporting porting the Ebert government who parched arched down the historic ric street shortly after aCter 4 p. p m. m SHOOTING HOOTING RESULTS As the he marine brigade retreated a large sc crowd yd In Unter den Linden 90 looted hooted ted and there was some shooting Safety Safet police who followed the ma maw ere were forced to shoot down the street to clear a passage As the safety police progressed down the street a second group of marines appeared and andor JOT for three or four minutes the shooting was was vas general Other marines appeared before ore the Hotel Adlon and fired on crowds there Heavy firing also was as heard ard In the vicinity of the Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg Branden Branden- burg gate g The only attempt against the lives nC at foreigners came early this afternoon after after- afternoon noon noon n. n when a mob attempted to rush the Hotel Adlon headquarters o of of the 1 Carious arlous arious foreign missions This The mob I was repulsed by guards FORTY KILLED Baltic troops which had been supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting Von Yon Kapp left the city this morning As they passed through Charlottenburg a a. a suburb they fired shots into a meeting of Independent IndependentS S Socialists Forty persons were re reported reported reported re- re ported to have been killed The Baltic troops members of ot the theOld theOld theOld Old Iron division of ot General von Der Del Goltz were reported to have marched on to where they clashed with radical workmen The troops scattered the radicals killed and wounded several Sixteen persons were reported to have been killed In an undetermined explosion In the Charlottenburg electrical electrical electrical elec elec- works CLEARING CITY The safety police and other loyal Ebert troops were busy clearing the city tonight removing barbed wire entanglements en entanglements entanglements en- en and barricades ere erected ted by bythe bythe bythe the insurrectionists President Ebert it was said will not return return to the city until after the meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing of ot the national assembly at Stuttgart Stutt- Stutt gart aart which occurred today He probably abl ably will reach Berlin BerUn on Saturday Officials of oC the Ebert government summoned the correspondents to a conference at 2 p p. m m. m and informed them that all the troops which had supported the insurrection had been ordered out of the city by tonight Loyal troops will assume all guard work at that time TO OUST A strong strong demand has been made by radical workmen for the resignation of Gustav Eberts Ebert's minister of de defense de- de I Cense tense and now in charge of troops here Koske's position apparently will be 1 d difficult When Dr von Kapp and andL L General von on fled ned from Ber- Ber ln last night the democrats Immediately immediately Immedi immedi- called caned off oft the general strike de declaring de- de claring It had served its purpose in m the Insurrection The cent cen- cen t lal l strike committee of ot the Independent independent independent dent Socialists however refused to acde acde ac- ac de and Issued a proclamation de- de j aring the strike must continue with unabated vigor The fight tight now goes against the militaristic butcher of ot workingmen en as u well as our democratic L t J 1 era the proclamation said L t. t The militaristic butcher referred f t u. u J. J presumably was Leaders of or the independent Socialists were said sald saide t to hav ha e e agreed to the strike committees committee's committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's proclamation JEWS MENACED t 1 The demand of the Lefts Letts for tor- continuance continuance con con- of or the strike was considered 1 most serious as it was b believed aimed directly at the Ebert government Agitation against Jews also has been noticeable The people accuse tae Jews of profiteering and illicit trading and talk of ot pogroms has bee been heard on all aU sides Advices Advises from south Germany indicated indicated Indicated Indi indi- the situation there I is ie quieting Some fighting lighting was reported from the Ruhr industrial district In Westphalia with efforts at establishment of ot workers workers' workers workers' workers workers' work work- ers' ers Soviets in different areas Disorders also were reported in Stettin Stettin Stettin Stet Stet- tin and violent In parts of or o Thuringia Little credence was given given- rumors that both Von Kapp and Von Luett- Luett witz have committed suicide Work Vork was resumed In some establishments establishments establishments last night and there were Vere other indications of ot a rapid return to I normal life I |