GERMANY WITHIN.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1919, Page 3

GERMANY WITHIN.

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SILENT AND DUSTY (Deceived this day at 9.25 a: '.) LONDON, Feb. 20The “Daily Express” correspondent vho succeeded in visiting Krupp s works at Essen, found the great factories and miles of workshops silent end ghostly, covered with rust and cobwebs. .Until November, Krupp’s turned out from 21 to 22 million shells monthly and a gun every forty-five minutes. Eortv thousand workers were demobilised within a fortnight of the signing of the armistice. Director Bauer hold the correspondent that the original idea of Big Bertha was to construct » g' lll to bombard London and Calais after the first advance. The retreat compelled the abandonment of tlie ldea "i the final offensive neared Paris and then Bertha’s was constructed for the Paris bombardment and sighted by a Berlin mathematical professor. Krupp s are planning (the conversion into a place of industries and are rapidly establishing a cradle for a potential commercial war. The Director’s declare they have enormous stocks of iron ore from Alsace-Lorraine and Sweden.

A DICTATORSHIP. (Received this day at, 1.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 23

According to a despatch from Munich Simmon lias been proclaimed President of the new proletariat Republic of "Bavaria workers and soldiers at Munich,, and has declared a Proletariat Dictatorship.

MUNICH RIOTS

Jvecejvod this dnv at. 2.3 d p.m '

LONDON, Feb. 23

The “Express” Geneva correspondent reports after a wild scene in Munich Chamber in which revolver firing was general. Parliament House was placed under military control and martial law proclaimed by the leaders of •three Socialist parties. Np civilians -were in the streets after seven in the evenings; the shops were closed and only armed motors were seen in the etreets.

Workmen have declared a general •strike. Red flags are half mast on public buildings and revolutionary troops occupied the newspaper buildings, telegraph and post office. A counter revolution is feared, not only in Bavaria, but throughout Germany,

GERMAN TREASON CHARGE, j-.occived this day at- 2.30 p.m.,) COPENHAGEN, Feb. .23

It is reported that Republican troops at Weimar have been dissolved as they attempted to persuade other troops to act against the National Assembly. The leader Lindemnnn, has been arrested for high treason.