Mspd

MSPD said they believe the suspect and the victims are known to each other.

In this time, the radical left-wing parties, including the USPD and KPD, were barely able to get themselves organised, leading to a solid majority of seats for the MSPD moderate forces.

In view of the mass support for more radical reforms among the workers' councils, a coalition government called " Council of the People's Deputies " (Rat der Volksbeauftragten) was established, consisting of three MSPD and three USPD members.

Led by Ebert for the MSPD and Hugo Haase for the USPD it sought to act as a provisional cabinet of ministers.

The MSPD decided to make use of their support at the grassroots and put themselves at the front of the movement, demanding that Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate.

The USPD leaders were outraged by what they believed was treachery by the MSPD, which, in their view, had joined with the anti-communist military to suppress the revolution.