GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

(}. .. ' ' 'J 'i f» M ARMED OUTBREAK, i' ■ : - -■«- ■* \ VIOLENT FIGHTING -A^BAKZIG. ! New York, Dee. 22. | The United Press correspondent at lin states that mutinous sailors, after aakirmlah with the military guard, en-: ; trenched themselves in the Royal Palace. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. Amsterdam, Dec, 28. Violent fighting occurred at Danzig between the partisans and adversaries of the revolution. The red flag was hauled' down, and replaced by the national colors, but the revolutionaries replaced the flag, stormed the prisons, and released, 'the prisoners. A cumber of persons w'fire killed or wounded. The Danzig people are against the proposed inclusion of the town in «3?oland.—Aus. andr N.Z. Cable Assoc.

POLISH ARMY AT DANZfG. ORDER RESTORED. . • Eeeeived Dee. 26, 7 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 21. i Fifty thousand Polish troops, under general Haller, have landed at Danzig. | ■ Eeeeived Dec. 26, 5.5 p.m. New York, Dec. 23, The United Press Berlin correspondent states that order has been restored between the mutinying sailors and the Republican Guard, cabled on December 24. The trouble arose when sailors refused to be transferred to various naval bases. A deputation of Government officials induced some of the sailors to go to Kiel, while others remained at Berlin.—United Press.

LITHUANIAN REVOLT. AGAINST PRUSSIAN DOMINATION. New York, Dec. 20. The New York Times Washington correspondent states that the Lithuanian Council has announced that the Prussian Lithuanians have revolted against Prussian domination, and seized control of Tilsit, Memel, Insterberg, Darkehmen, Velau, and Goldap. They will demand that East Prussia shall be incorporated in Lithuania. A Prussian Lithuanian National Council has been formed.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

STREET FIGHTING IN BERLIN. MARINES DEFEATED. Received Dec. 27, 12.15 London, Dec. 25. Bloody fighting in the streets of Berlin took place between the Guards and bodies of marines who occupied the exKaiser's palace. The marines, after three hours, gave up the struggle, losing 68 dead and wounded.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable' Assoc. i FOCH'S REFUSAL, TO RECOGNISE SOVIETG. .Copenhagen, Dec. 21. The Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung states that Foeli, replying to Herr Erzberger, refused to recognise the workmen's and soldiers' councils.

HINDENBURG'S NEW FRONT. AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED. Berne, Dec. 21. General Hindenburg has telegraphed to the German Government that he is establishing a new front ten kilometres behind the neutral zone. The Government is demanding an explanation.

THE EX-KAISER. SUFFERING FROM INFLUENZA. Amsterdam, Dec. 21. Reports from Amerongen state thy the ex-Kaiser is ill with fever —apparent ly influenza— and is confined to his bed.