UNREST IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7

UNREST IN GERMANY

CAUSED BY UTTER BLACKNESS OF POLITICAL OUTLOOK FOOD POSITION BETTER THAN. TWO YEARS AGO By Telegraph—rrees Association-Copyright London, March G. The "Morning Pusl'' correspondent at Munich states that tho unrest ill Germany is not duo primarily to economic causes. As regards food, the general condition is that the Germans are better, off than they were two years ago; Tho real sourco of the trouble is the utter blackness of tho political outlook. Tho !idea'of the Soviet system has captivated wide sections of the population.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. SCHEIDEMANN GOVERNMENT SHAKY BOLSHEVIK!' CONTROL SITUATION IN BAVARIA. . ®ec. March 7, 7.35 p.m.) London, :March G. Official advices from Germany show that the situation is serious. . Herr Scheidemann's Government is 6haky owing to tho lack of support within and outside the Chamber. The Government is obliged to rely on Herr : Noske's troops. There is every likelihood' that tho anarchist forces will spread. Using Munich as their centre, a small band oij Bolsheviki control tho situation in -Bavaria, with tho aid of armed mobs of demobilised soldiers, sailors, and hooligans. ' Tho Bolsheviki have established a reign of terror, and openly profess Russian Bolshevism. Thus for the first time a purely . Bolshevist Government has been inaugurated in Germany, controlled by Russians in touch with Mos-cow.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ■

DEMANDS OF SOLDIERS AND WORKERS' COUNCILS . London, March G. The "Daily Express" correspondent:-at Berlin states that the chief demands of the-Soldiers and Workers' Councils are: Control over the Army and Navy,. removal of officers' badges, soldiers'to olect their officers, abolition of tho standing army, diplopiatio relationship to he established with tho Russian Soviet Government, release of political prisoners, particularly Herr Ledebour,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHTING~KTBERLIN . London, March Tho "Daily Express" correspondent ftt Berlin states that 60,000 regulars liavo nAiembled and- are fighting tho Government troops. Machine-guns fl.ro popping in every street. Tho regulars are confident they could .overpower the city if they had a good leader.—Aus.-N;Z. Cable Aesn. .