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Show SERIOUS EIGHTS WITH COMMUNISTS Considerable Losses for Both Sides at Freising in Friday Fri-day Battle. CZERNIN ARRESTED German-Austrian Authorities Take Count When He Tries to Cross Line. BERLIN, April 19 (via Copenhagen.) Copen-hagen.) Serious fighting between Bfl varian communist and government troops occurred Friday near Freising, resulting in fairly considerable hisses for both sides, a Munich dispatch to the Tageblatt says. BERLIN, April 19. (via Copen hagen I Count Ottolcnr Czernin, for-nier for-nier Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, minis-ter, was arrested Wednesday by the ! German-Austrian authorities when he' attempted to cross the Swiss frontier The arrest was made at Feldkirch, a few miles cast of the Swiss frontier at j Bucbs. BERLIN. April 19 (Via Copenhagen.) Copenha-gen.) Bamberg, which has been t!ie seat of the Bavarian government of Premier Hoffmann, was the scene yesterday yes-terday of a srrong communist uprising,! according to the Vossische Zeimng. The communists occupied the central railway station, the former r",tl resl-! d-Miee and all the militar barracks in Bamberg. Four Persons Killed. COPENHAGEN, April 19 Four per-! sons were killed and 24 injured at Offenbach Of-fenbach in Hesse, near Frankfort, Friday, Fri-day, when government troopa attempted at-tempted to stop a communist procession. proces-sion. Great excitement prevails, according ac-cording to advicea received, and a state of siege has been proclaimed. LONDON. April 1R--A German wireless wire-less dispatch received here this eve nlng dealing with the situation in Cer-many, Cer-many, says: "The general strike at Bremen continues, con-tinues, but the unloading of food ships is assured. "The communists of Munich in expectation ex-pectation of heavy righting, have occupied oc-cupied all the roads leading to Munich and provided them witfi Held artillery, stationed fl I 1 pu.-t-! around the town and had trenches dug and provided them with machine uns. "Government troops have advanced to Bachau and are in touch with the communist defenders. "Cenrnii Merker has been instructed to dismiss the existing government In Hrunswick, dissolve the workmen's council and form a new government No resistance is expected.'' Five Policemen Killed COPENHAGEN, April 19 Five polh . in' ii were killed and lortv wounded and twenty demonstrators and bystanders were injured during de disturbances in Vienna Thursday when a I rowd of Bolshevik! sympathizers sympathiz-ers attempted to storm the Austrian parliament building, according to Vienna advices received hery. |