Herr Liebkneoht on Monday renewed his attempt to expel the
Berlin Socialist Government by force and establish sheer Anarchy in its place. As modern revolutionaries begin by seizing the telegraphs and newspaper offices, the news from Berlin is fragmentary and confused. It seems, however, that there was some street-fighting of an indecisive character. The Spartacus group was encouraged by its Russian paymasters, the Bolshevik envoys Joffe and Radek. By a piquant reversal of fortune, the Germans, who stirred up disorder in Russia, are now being repaid in their own coin. The German Army still holds aloof from these Socialist quarrels in Berlin. The Army leaders may be holding their hands until the public, weary of turmoil, Implores them to re-establish order on the old lines. It is clear that Herr Liebknecht's following is in a very small minority, and that any disciplined force could dispose of it in a few hours.
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