THE RED VOLCANO IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 139, 7 March 1919, Page 5

THE RED VOLCANO IN GERMANY

EVERY PROSPECT OF CIVIL WAR THE REVOLUTIONARIES'DEMANDS TROOPS CALLED UP

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright

London, March i. A wireless message from Berlin states that the Workers ami Soldiers' Councils on Monday decided in favour of a general strike. The vote was carried by a bare majority amid great uproar. The strike began forthwith, and railways and tramways stopped.

Copenhagen reports state that the strike began with riots. Great crowds attacked and disarmed policemen and entered and occupied several police eta(ions. When Herr Noske arrived at Berlin from Weimar his first act was to declare a state of siege, and form a special court-martial, with orders to the troops to shoot anyone in the streets after 6 o'clock in the evening. The National Assembly will adjourn to-day, and it is feared in political circles that the . Assembly will never agam be summoned. The city on Tuesday wag entirely without water, electricity, or gas. The workmen in every factory have ceased work; the position of tho Government is critical. Many thousands of Government troops wire iknown to be iready to join the Spartacueians. A general strike prevails throughout Saxony, and even threatens Weimar. Strong join!) action is possible from the peasants, who akeady are forming a strong army. The news from Bavaria is equally ominous, and the news from Leipzig and Munich is grave. There is a likelihood of an early civil war—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.