The German Revolution.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 December 1918, Page 3

The German Revolution.

BLOODSHED IN BERLIN. Received this-day; 9.40 a.m. London, December 9. Tlie Rotterdam Con rant relates that Eisner, wiho is visiting Berlin, spent two hours vainly attempting to persuade to refrain from fatal revolutionary enterprises. He said.: "You will destroy German}- if your plans succeed." Liebknecht replied .-"All the better." Amsterdam, December {J. The Berlin Soviet executive was sitting in the Reichstag building when a lieutenant commanding a detachment of the Pioneer -Guards arrested them. It appears that the Lieutenant actod bona fide, but w>s duped by three individuals, one of whom lias beep arrested, while the other two, who were Foreign Office officials, fled. The Lieutenant was arrested. - When the arrest of the Executive Council came to be known amongst the troops, the soldiers, cheering Liebknecht and shouting that Ebert and Schiecfemann (the leadens of the present government) must retire, marched in procession to the Reichstag, where Ledebour promised that their wishes would be considered. Two other processionrs carried placards: "Down with Hindenburg and the officers; we must have a Soldiers' Council," and 1 also demanded that Ebert should be handged. The military charged the procession with bayonets and firing with machine guns, 28 being killed and 40 wounded. Vorwaerts asserts that- the Spartacns party are entirely responsible for the outbreak. It is rumoured that the demonstrators intended to storm the Foreign Office and remove the Govern ment.