Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — MANY HUNS FALL IN CANNON DUEL [ARTICLE]

MANY HUNS FALL IN CANNON DUEL

Spartacans and the Government Forces Suffer Heavy Losses in Berlin Fight. HINDENBURG WARNS OF REDS Field Marshal Urges Germans to Fight Against Bolshevik! —Derides the Bravery of the Polish Army. Vienna, March 7.—There have been sanguinary engagements between Czech soldiers and citizens In numerous towns in German Bohemia, according to reports received here. The trouble started when the Germans attempted to hold elections for the Austrian national assembly in Vienna, which the Czech government prohibited because Bohemia is Czech territory. The Germans organized manifestations against Czech rule, and the Czechs used rifles and bayonets In suppressing file demonstrations. Three persons arv reported to have been killed ut Karlsbad und ten at StCTnberg. Many Are Killed. Berlin, March 7.—Both the Spartacans and the government forces lost a large number killed in fighting before- police headquarters in the Alexanderplatz, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Politiken. The fighting finally was ended by negotiation. Considerable artillery fighting has taken place in the vicinity of police headqmrters, which is held by the government forces. Hindenburg Would Fight Poles. Berlin, March 7.—The military situation on the eastern front is painted in blackest colors by Field Marshal Hlnionburg, in an interview printed here, •bo says that unless the population generally, rallies to the defense of their homes and families it will be impossible to ward off attacks by bolshevik hordes. “The expectations of the Poles and the entente that the Poles will succeed to the German Inheritance in the east will be blasted,” he says. “I know the Poles, and the country in the east will belong either to us or to the boljheviki.” The strike sltautton tn central Germany is unchanged and a renewed effort by the. Spartacans to secure the proclamation of a general strike at Dresden and Magdeburg has failed. A leader of the majority socialists said that so far the general strike is i failure and will not receive the support which lias been expected. Wherever workingmen balloted secretly, he said, the opposition to the strike was overwhelming. The Independent tocialists had deceived themselves in estimating the sentiment among the laboring classes. Marines Go Over to Spartacana. The volunteer marine division and a portion of the republican militia, which have been supporting the government, have gone over to the Spartacans. An attempt by the Spartacans to storm police headquarters was repulsed. No newspapers appeared in Berlin this morning, as all the compositors went on strike.