GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

SPARTACISTS SURRENDER, TWO MILLION MARKS TAKEN FROM BANK. H*'"-' ■•V'g: Received Feb. 2, 11.55 p.m. London, Jan. 30. A Copenhagen message states that the Spartacists at Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven have surrendered. A state of siege was declared at Wilhelmshaven, and the Spartacists declared Wilhelmshaven an independent republic on January 27, but the people declared a general strike and demanded the arrest of the Workmen, Soldiers and Sailors' Council

The Spartacists agreed to negotiate, but entered the Reichsbank and removed two million marks to the barracks. Street fighting followed, in which the Spartacists were compelled to surrender.—Aus. and N.Z, Cable Assoc,

GERMAN AUSTRIA. -IATTACHMENT TO GERMANY. * Received Feb. 2, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 30. The Mittag Zeitung's Vienna correspondent declares that the Governments of Vienna and Berlin are arranging for tlio attachment of German Austria to Germany, regardless of the conference's decision.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

ELECTION RESULTS. Received Feb. 2, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Jail 3J. The Prussian elections resulted in the Majority Socialists securing 142 seats, the Catholics 87, Democrats 01, Conservatives 41, Independent Socialists (Stresemann parfcv, formerly National Liberals) 18, and others 7.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

TO RESIST THE POLES. Received 2, 5 5 p.m. New York, Jan. 31 The United Press Berlin correspondent states that more than twenty thousand volunteers have left for the eastern front in order to oppose Ihe Polis'h invasion, which ia now approaching the province of Brandenburg.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.