GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1919, Page 5

GERMANY

EISNER'S FATE. ,WAS CONTENT TO IGNORE DANGER. Received Feb. 28, 8.15 p.m. London, Feb. 23. "file Times' Berlin correspondent says that Herr Eisner was often threatened with assassination. His wife told a friend that he thought the temporary rulership was so splendid that he was content to ignore the danger. Eisner told a friend that his late bitter attack upon Germany's war policy was his death warrant—Times Service. .NUMBER OF VICTIMS UNCERTAIN. MYSTERY AS TO THE ASSASSIN. Received Feb. 28, 8.15 p.m. Copenhagen. Fob. 22. According to reports from Munich it .it still uncertain how many Ministers and Deputies were killed in the Chamber Some telegrams indicate that the attacK ■was vengeance for Herr Eisner's assassination, but this is only supported by the fact of Rosshaupter's arrest by the Spartacists. Mystery surrounds the identity and fate of the man vrho, after firing the shot Which killed Herr Auer, leapt into the Chamber and opened fire along the Ministerial benches. —Ails. N.Z. Cable Assoc. "REVENGE FOR EISNER." CONSTERNATION AT MUNICH. Copenhagen, Feb. 23. Munich advices state that the news of Eisner's death spread like wildfire through the city. Shops were closed and work Stopped everywhere. Motor-cars placarded "Revenge for Eisner" and carrying armed workmen were driven through the streets. A mob of soldiers and workers proceeded to the War Ministry, vainly searching for the Minister, Herr Rosshaupter. Meanwhile, at the Chamber of Deputies, Dr. Jaeger (President) delivered a report of Eisner's assassination, upon Which Deputy Svellier, stepping forward, fired point blank at Herr Auer (Minister of Home Affairs) and then shot Herr Osel, of the Centre Party, and also Herr Garrea, representing the War Ministry. A military officer rushed into the gallery of the Chamber, firing a revolver, The deputies fled in all directions. Herr Hoffmann (Minister of Works) «nfl Herr Frauendorfer (Minister of Communications) were wounded. Herr Osel died immediately and Herr Auer gUWlimbed after reaching the hospital. The mob outside the War Ministry enthusiastically greeted the news of the hiurders in the Chamber, and firing commenced in various parts of the city.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

DEMAND FOR RECOGNITION OF WORKERS. FACE TO FACE WITH SEVERE UPHEAVAL. London. Feb. 2fi> The Weirr.ar Government realises that It will ' impossible to restore order unless t i.j thousands of Workers' Soviets throughout the country are recognised or crushed. Herr Ebert favors the erection of a National Workers' Soviet dealing with industrial questions. Heir Scheidemann and the other Ministers oppose recognition, believing that the Soviet will gradually disappear or be criltihed.—Aus.-N.Z <"\ible Assoc. Weimar, Feb. 28. Herr Ebert believes that the only solution of the political and economic ■situation would be the creation of the proposed National Workers' Soviet as a lower legislative branch of the German Government. He thinks the Soviet will not be pacified until given recognition bv the Government. Under Herr Ebert's plan the Soviet would deal with industrial matters, but the- Reichstag remain sovereign in the legislative branch.—Aus.-X.Z. Cable Asioe. Paris, Feb. 27. A wireless message from Weimar states that Herr Scheidemann. in a speech, said that the Republic would soon be face to face with a most severe upheaval if not a complete breakdown. The action of the enemy and of their compariots in the Ruhr region was a serious menace to the provision of food and the conduct of industries. Disaster was certain unless the madness in the Ruhr district is determinedly ended.

THE COMMUNAL ELECTIONS. PROTEST BY BELGIUM AQAINST ' DISSOLUTION. IOCH FORBIDS NEW ELECTIONS. Received Feb. 23, 8.15 p.m. Paris, Feb. 22. The German Government having ordered the dissolution of the Communal Councils and their re-election on a popular vote, and as this is calculated to ?auae great changes in the administration of the occupied territories, the Bel»ian military authorities have demanded Ihe maintenance of the existing organisations. Marshal Poch shares the Belgian view, therefore he forbade the elections. — Aus. N.Z. Cable Asset*. SAXONY A REPUBLIC. GENERAL STRIKE AT LEIPZIG. Berlin, Feb. 27. A Soviet Republic has been proclaimed throughout Saxony. The railways have been brought to a halt by a general strike at Leipzig.— ftcuter.

STRIKE IN COAL DISTRICTS. SCHEME TO CRUSH REVOLUTIONARIES. Copenhagen, Feb. 26. There is a general strike in the anthracite coal district of middle Germany for the purpose of forcing the Government to recognise the Workers' Councils. There has been fierce fighting in Dusseldorf between the Government troops and the Spartacists.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. London, Feb. 20. A Copenhagen message states that the Politiken's Berlin correspondent reports that the Radicals intend to proclaim a Soviet Republic in Saxony. There has been further rioting in Bavaria, where the extreme elements threatened to break the agreement made with the Majority Socialists. Communists in the Ruhr district refuse to give up their arms. The Government troops are now marching into the district and a conflict is expected. The Government Bill to create a new army is meeting with strong opposition from the Socialists, who regard it as an indication of an attempt to re-establish the militarist power with a view of crushing the revolutionaries. Herr Noske declared that the Bill was necessary to provide for internal • security against Bolshevism, and that it could in no wise be regarded as likely to arouse- suspicion among foreign Powers. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. NEW GERMAN CONSTITUTION. PRUSSIA UNDIVIDED. Received Feb. 28. ",2a p.m. New York, Feb. 27. The New York Times' Berlin correspondent. states that the new Germ-in constitution, which will be submitted to (he National Assembly, embraces the existing constituent States, and continues the present constitutional system without barring in any way developments towards centralised aovernment. Prussia remains undivided, hut is restricted to i one-third of its old representation in the new Reichsrat. The southern States have restricted treaty-making rights.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. LUDENDORFF THE SAVIOR OF GERMANY. Copenhagen, Feb. 20. ! Ludendorfl has written to Herr Ebert announcing his indention to return to Germany and serve the people as formerly. He point" out the necessity of the people understand in; • that lie was not responsible for the war. and Heir Ebert should exonerate him.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

MILITARISM UPROOTED L\ T BAVARIA. Geneva, Fell. 2fi. The Munich Workers' and Snld Council lias issued a proclamation l>v wireless staling that, a« a consequence of Herr Eisner's muni".™, the Bavarian proletariat has risen In defend (lie supporters of the revolution. Socialist unity is established in Bavaria and militarism uprooted.—Aus. N.Z. Cable \ssoc. TROUBLE AT DUSSELBORF. ARMED SPARTACIST.S IX EVIDENCE. (Special dispatch from the Now Zealand Special Correspondent.) Leverkusen. l-'eb. 24.

Armed Spartacists in the neutral zone in and about Diuseldorf are ready to resist the German soldiers, and it may tit* necessary for the Allied troops to occupy that city and the adjacent territory. The Spartacists have proclaimed a general strike in the Ruhr coal mines Street lighting has occurred in Egerkeld between the Spartacists and the German police, with casualties- Yesterdav arvced Spartacists earning red flags marched down one of the Dusesldot f street o . The factories are picketed by strikers, some of the shops are closed, and the strikers have blown up mines on the line between Dusseldorf and Duisberg. Bnsseldorf station is picketed by striker®, who are examining the trains. The "New Zealanders apparently will not b? affected 1»y any operations necessary to quell these disturbances. Tn their own area, however, they are dig"ling in and v.-irinp strong points, as a precautionary measure. The Headquarter; >aff will move from T.everkn«en to "Mulheim, near Cologne, on February •28.