GERMANY WITHIN,

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1919, Page 1

GERMANY WITHIN,

Australia N.Z, Cable Association.) GERMAN POLITICS. BERLIN, January 26. Chancellor Ebert proposes at the first meeting of the National Assembly to place all the portfolios of the Ministry at the disposal of the Assembly which will then appoint a New Cabinet. A .SOVIET REPUBLIC. AMSTERDAM, January 26. A congres s of delegates from Dusseldorir, -Leipzig, Essen, Halle, Hanover, Hamburg, Oldenburg, Hildersheini, Cuxhaven and Bremen has resolved to form a North West German Federal Republic. It is to be controlled by a Soviet Federation, lit will separate from the rest of Germany unless th Government of the latter is based on the system of the Soviets. STREET FIGHTS IN BERLIN. AMSTERDAM January 27. Another Sparlncusist outbreak occurred in Berlin on Thursday night, leading to severe street lighting. THE KAISER AND EXILE. AMSTERDAM, January 27. Berlin reports state the Dutch Government lias agreed to the former Kaiser being exiled to the Dutch East Indies . THE ELECTION VOTING. COPENHAGEN. January 28. In (be German elections the Bourgeois!! Party polled a total of 1 -7,000,000 votes. Of this the Democratic Government got about olio third, or more exactly live and a half million votes. Against this total of 15,000,000 the Majority Socialists polled eleven millions and the Independent Socialists two millions. ’