THE SPARTACIST ROUND-UP

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 192, 9 May 1919, Page 9

THE SPARTACIST ROUND-UP

BITTER I'IGHTING IN MUNieil

FATE OF HOSTAGES

By JToleEfapli-Prees Association-Copyright ■ ' Copcnliagen, May 7. ' '.Tlio Communists in Munich resided till the last. The attack was of'extreme bitterncas, and tlie attackers cleared, liouso '• after, house . with the bayonet. Many women fought alongside the 'Bed troops—Aus.-iN.Z. Cable Assn. , . : tiie'ml'rderedliostagss Berlin, May 7. Tho. hostages reported to have been shot in-Munich-'by tho Sparlaciats include- Prince Albrecht of. Tjmrn' and Taxis,' Prince von Wiedo, Privy Couiicillor :Doberloin-, and Professor Stuck.--Aas.rN.Z.. Cable Assn. ••■ • ■ . -,- .• ■ !'■;• ' • -.. London, May.7.- ' . ;A Berlin wireless niei-snKe slates that ■it'ie not.yet possible tn identify all.tho murdmed hostaires, -owing to the terrible mutilations '.inflicted upon them. The heads of a number of nuns have been found. One corpse- is supposed , to bo that of. the Countess of Westarp.—Aus.-N^Z.-Cable Assn.: '- ' . .' '. /'. : lI?NDENBURg¥ RESIGNATION .] GERMAN MILITAEY ACTIVITY. ." -. s ' .... • ■■.. London, .May '7. ;■ .'■■.lnformation.- .received in Paris throws a curious-liffht oil lliiidenburc's resignation'. 'Thn rieW-Ararshal visited various towns'and'reviewed, the troops in exhorting , , them, to- defend .Germany; -which'was in danger. 'It is. believed that Hindenburg contemplates nn oilcneive'against the Polish troops. ■ The railway .'.yards ftl'o.working, at fuJl pressure; and the ammunition factories. are: producing: vast quantities'of rifles;-machine-guns, nn'd'ibonib-throwoK. It is suspected that .these activities'are not merely .intended- 'for the tight- against. Bolshevism in Germany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' FORCED TO "gOBACK TO WORK ' STRONG MEASTIBIiiS WITH THE ' : --;-' . ST.UIICEES. ' '; . '•■■. : '■ (l?ec. May.9,.0.30. a.m.) .:. . ■ .-:■■'■ , ' ■ London, May. 5, . ■'A Berlin wireless message states that in order to avoid damage to the Silesian mines compulsory labour was introduced. Seventy per cent, of tho workmen obeyed, the order. Authority :.was; forcibly taken to compel other strikers to go to their jobs.—Aus.-N.Z.- Cable Assn. -.-. '. ; COMBINED IN BUDAPEST ■ : . ■;.-/- Copenhagen, May 5. The Runiaiiian, i'rerich, Serbian, and Czecho-Slovak- forced are advancing concentrically upon Budapest, and the fate of the Soviet Government, will eooii be eetttel.'-Aus.-N.-Z. Cable Ae?n.■■'■.'• .-■■v'-' .BI3LAEUN "ESCAPES. -~'.' :- '.'..'. ! ■" - : . '■"..' Vienna, 'May 5.'■ It is reported' that Belakun "ni'id his confedei'atcs have escaped, carrying .'a large quantity of loot.—''The Times.