GERMAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 72, 19 December 1918, Page 5

GERMAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS

LIEBKNECIIT EXCLUDED EBERT APPEALS FOR UNITY t By Telegraph-Press Aesociation-Copyricht Amsterdam, December 17 : Advices from Berlin state that the Im- " perinl Congress of Soviets has opened in 1 (he Prussian Diet Building. Hen- Ebert, ' who with other liiemljcrs of the Govern--1 iiieut was present, appealed for unity, " and declared Hint the Government would ' lie regulated by tho Soviets until the " Xntionai Assembly met. The Soviet, by j n large majority, decided to exclude Dr. Liobknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Dr. Liebknecht's followers made an angry demonstration outside the biiilds injf, and threatened to overthrow the f National A'sseinbly.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable d Assn.-Reiiter. herr ebert protests against • allies' demands. Amsterdam, December 17. Herr Ebert, in a speech in Berlin, said that Ihe economic and political situation was serious, and protested ) ugainst the. very high demands of tho t Allies. Ho announced the establishment ; of a new nalional army of defence, which - would protect the National -Assembly.— > Au.«.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reiiler. RIOTING AT DRESDEN. Berne, December 17. Rioting occurred at Dresden, and the demonstrators pillaged the military stores. They were dispersed by the Government . troops after five had been killed and forty wounded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable j£sn. GERMAN STRIKE SPREADS TO THE COALFIELDS SERIOUS SHORTAGE THREATENED. Copenhagen, December 17. The German strike is spreading in the Ruhr coalfields, whero 16,000 men ■ are now out. A serious coal shortage i 9 threatened.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j THE ALLIES AND THE SOVIETS (Ree. December 19, f1.5 a.m.) New York, December IS. I Mr. Arno Dosch Pleural, cabling from Berlin, states that Herr Fehrlwcher, President of the National Arheiter Soldaj tenrat, demands the reassembly of the Reichstag. Mo declares that the (Iwern- , ment cannot continue with the support [ of the soldiers and workers only, lie says that tho Entente Powers will not deal [ with the Soviets., The opinion is growing throughout Germany that before- the opening of peace negotiations the Entente Powers will insist that the German Government must not be based en Soviet power. Troops who are pouring into the city from both fronts are not carrying the red flag, but industry seems to no evolving its own Bolshevism. A Berlin factory suburb, with three hundred thousand population, considers itself an independent Socialist repnblic. Afhile Bqls\evism is politically under control, 'it is spreading industrially.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ESPIONAGE THIEVES IN MELBOURNE DISAPPEARANCE OF NAVAL BASE PLANS. Melbourne, December 18. Tn the House of Representatives the Minister of the Navy announced that inquiries were being made into the alleged stealing of a complete plan of tho Henderson Naval Base.—Press Assn. AUSTRALIA'S RECRUITING EXPENSES Melbourne, December 18. Speaking in tho Senate, Senator Pearoe stated that the cost of recruiting from Jamnry, 1917, to October. 1918, totalled £31,630.-Piesß Assn. LATE SHIPPING OVERSEAS. i (Eec. December 19, 0.45 aim.) SYDNEY, December 18. Arrived.—JVa-Usend, from Greymouth (in quarantine).