GENERAL STRIKE AT KIEL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1918, Page 5

GENERAL STRIKE AT KIEL.

SOLDIERS AtsTl WORKMEN TATUs CHAKGE., i'¥\X.\ '" London, Nov. 7. The- Jatest advices state that a giw eTa! strike hub Wen proch. med in iviel and General Souchon, the Governor, imprisoned.

The Soldiers' and Workmen's Council has issued a proclamation stating: "Eor the first time in the history of Germany political power is in the hands of the soldiers. Orders have been given to the navy to leave tho harbor and for the release of all military prisoners."—AusN.2. Cable Assn. London, Nov. 7. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Express, telegraphing en November 7, says:—The revolution in Kiel has been raging since Sunday- It is reported that there were great fires in the warnhnuses. where formidable explosions Java occurred.

sreer inflammatory Socialist speeches j>i(, marched to the barracks, fmi?ni irm jwc xs and liberated imprisoned sulors The procession continually increa«iii*r met the soldiers guarding the main streets. A lieutenI ant's order to disperse was received i-with laughter. The soldiers fired and I "tent were killed riul 21 wounded. On Monday fta miitinx_started on the battleship y*'"*.. i»ie sailors tore the Ro;<al Standard •\Acam and hoisted the Red 'Flag. Some officers were thrown overboard and allowed to drowri.

Infantry companies sent to quell the outbreak' threw their rifles into the wateA

The mutineers later formed a Sailors' Soviet and decided that all the officers must tear off the Kaiser's initial from their uniforms and be allowed to retain their rank if they obeyed unreservedly-—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE LATEST AT KIEL,

RED TROOPS HOLD ALL WARSHIPS. ALL OFFICERS DISARMED. CHEERS FOR REPUBLIC GIVEN. Received Noy. 8, 7.30 p.m. London. Nov. 7. The latest news of the situation at Kiel shows that all tlia warships there and a great part of those at Sehleswig are iu the hands of.the ißed troops, but Uicra are no disturbances The Reds hoisted the red ba-nners on the \'arships, occupied the castle, imprisoned the military govwnor, disarmed or arrested all officers and now-coma. who have not joined the Reds. 'The latter are controlling the fool distribution, the tramways and railways.

The Workmen's and Soldiers' Council demanded from the Reichstag that all 'military measures against the soldiers' movement immediately cease and that military prisoners be released. The prisoners accordingly were released. I Last night, JJaskij, a member of the ißeichstag, in a fjpeech a,t Kiel, declared tliat-ithe armistice wotfldjlbe concluded in 1 asfew days, and all the just wishes of the soldiers and workmen would ibe speedily fulfilled. Cheers lor the Te#u»lic frequently interrupted -Nosfce.-Aleu-ter Service. 1

RIOTS IN HAMBURG.

y MA&X!. KILLED DT THE-STREETS. ') ' .. Blew .Yorfc,rNbv. I %/Phe fFJbited Press correspondent at I CSspihagan states that the Polivikeii tiere.isa'rewolution in Hani-