CHAOS IN BERLIN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 80, 30 December 1918, Page 5

CHAOS IN BERLIN

SITUATION AGAIN GRAVE EXTREMISTS CONTROL THE CAPITAL "VORWAERTS" NEWSPAPER SEIZED By Megropli-PreEs Association-Copyright Copenhagen, December 2G. Marines on Monday night invaded the Chancellery at Berlin and imprisoned Heir Ebert for a time. Tlie Government was forced to bring- in the ex-lni-p3rjal Guard from Potsdam to restore the position.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

ANARCHY RAPIDLY DEVELOPS FLIGHT OF SCHEIDEMANN (Rec. December 28, 3.30 p.m.) Berlin, December 27. Tho lied Palace is battered by , shellfire. Women Bolshevists are participating in the fighting... It is rumoured constantly that Berlin is on the verge of an anarchic outbreak. The sailors hold portion of the palace, refusing to surrender. The situation is confused.—Aub.N.Z. Cable Aesn. (Rec. December 29, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhaqcn, December 27. A German semi-omcial message gives an account of Tuesday's happenings in Berlin. Some large pillars were destroyed in the palace, and the Royal stables w.cre heavily damaged by violent artillery firing. Tho Cabinet Council thereupon decided to withdraw the troops not belonging to the Berlin garrison. The siiilors remain, and the, other troops will be disarmed.—Renter. GOVERNMENT POWERLESS. (Rec. December 29, 5.5 p.m.) \ London, December 58. . A message from Berlin dated Wednesday states that the will permit the marines to remain in Berjin. Extreme unrest continues. There are reports that the Spartacus troops are masters of the capital. Extremists' have seized the "Von/nerts" newspaper. The Ebert Government is practically power-liss.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.'. THE WORST HAPPENS. (Rec. December 29, ,5.5 p.m.) London, December 28. The Bolshevists hold Berlin. ScheiUemann has fled, and the Government is collapsing.—Reuter. STORY OF,THE RIOTING MARINES.THE MAIN TROUBLE.

(Rec. December 29, 11.10 p.m.) . Copenhagen, December 27. The latest telegrams from Berlin state that the rioting had l-.othing to do with tho Spartacus group.' , . It was duo to t\yo thousand marines from Kiel and- Wilhelmshaven, who started the revolution on November 9, and lad since terrorised Berlin. The Government had long de'eired to get .rid of them, so had formed tho Republican Guard, nominally against Liobknecht. i'.'i.e marines then refused to go home. Some seized the Red Palace, and others went to the Chancellor's Palace. When Horr Ebert was prac-. tically arrested the Cliauoellery was closed for an hour. The telephone exchange was taken over. Ebert, Laiidsbcrg, and other Ministers were detained. Meanwhile the Republican Guard, armed with machine-guns, were attacking the Red Palace, so the sailors left the Chancellery, and fighting in the Red Palace commenced on Monday afternoon. A man named Wets, who was formerly ;i trade union secretary, and who previously had been arrested, was .released at midnight, about the time the marines liberated Ebert at the Chancellery. During tho night the Government brought the ex-Imperial Guard from Potsdam, and massed them in the Unter der Linden, where the Guards (stormed the Red Palace, driving out the sailors with hand grenades. The marines took α-efngo in the stables, and intimated their desire to negotiate, whilst the Spartacus Group sent civilians, women, and children before the Guards, who wero thus prevented from firing. Tlie situation ,is etill critical. The sailors are expecting reinforcements from Kiel. The city looks like a camp, and civilians everywhere are fleeing.— Aus.-N.2S. Cable Assn.

NO PEACE TILULLIES ARRIVE (Rec December 30, 1.35 a.m.) London, December 28. The "Daily Express" Berlin correspondent, {"legraplung on Christmas Day, states: "Tne Government lias given way to the sailors' demands, and allowed them to remain in Berlin. We are rapidly approaching anarchy. Many .wives and sweethearts of the sailors are now armed, and some took part in yesterday's fightin;;. Not a few of ths sailors openly state that there will bo no peace in Ger- , many until the Allied troops arrive. French troops occupied Mannheim owing to the murder of several Allied prisoners who were interned there.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MONARCHISTCONSPIRACY THREE GENERALS DISMISSED. Amsterdam, December 26. The German AVar. Minister lias dismissed Generals von der Marken, von Bathnerkraft, and von Delmensingen for heading a monarchist conspiracy.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. WHY SOLTRETIRED

HIS VIEWS ON BOLSHEVIK ' . MENACE.

London, December 27. The. United Press correspondent at Berlin interviewed Dr. Solf, who said:— "I resigned from the Ministry because I could not work with the radicals, although Herr Ebert and Herr Scheidemann approved-of. my policies, Bolshevism is more dangerous outside Russia than within, Bolshevism has been planted in France and Italy, and Bolshevism is sticking up its ugly head in Germany. The' Allies must forget that Germany is their enemy, and wo must unite in tho one great purpose of saving the world from the consequences of Bolshevism."— A116.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS EXPECTED SOUTH GERMAN CATHOLIC EMPIRE PLOT. Paris, December 26. The "Matin" Zurich correspondent states that tho German Government will shortly publish sensational revelations, proving that King Ludwig of Bavaria conspired to create a South Uernian Catholic Empire, which would conclude a separate peace to the detriment of Northern Germany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asen. HINDENBURUNTERVIEWED LOYAL TO THE GOVERNMENT. Vancouver, December 27. ' A correspondent of Canadian newspapers interviewed von Hindcnburg at his headquarters at Cassel. Hiidonburg eaid the difficulty of delivering to 'the Allies tho rolling stock was indicting hardship on tho German people, and it was almost physically impossible for them to comply with the demand. Hintlenburg refused to discuss politics, but announced his intention to retire from the Army after he was certain the country had been saved from chaos. Ho admitted that Germany had lost the '.\ar, and professed loyal adherence to the present Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.