GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

GENERAL STRIKE IN BERLIN. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS. ' REVOLT AGAINST GOVERNMENT. r-". tflr.cton, March 4. A wireless message from Berlin states that the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils ,on Monday decided on a general strike. The proposal was carried by a bare Jnajoritv amid great uproar. The strike ■v besan forthwith and railways and tramto stopped. Copenhagen report* states that the strike began with riots, great Ittacking and disarming the policemen' tnd entering and occupying several jolice stations.

Herr Noske arrived in Berlin frrVn Weimar and his first art was to deflare a fttate of siege, to form a special wnrt-martial. and to order the troops fo shoot anyone in the street after 6 oVtffi-k in t,he evening. TKp National will adjourn to-day. It is feared in political circles that .ilrt Asfemblr will tiew again he •nmmoned —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Amsterdam, March 3. Onti a7id « hilf million Workers are trtrikinff- The Berlin strike, proclaimed t»T the Workers' Council"- is an attempt +>•" ErtHmists, including the Tnd°pendent Socialist'. to overthrow (he Fb<t+-§oheid»mann Cnvernment and NV A'semhlv with . the watchword "Renew the ibattle for the revolution " The- Roverttment b** *n»nmnni»d thr<*» divisions of troops to where the Greets and squares re=emblp at Pnartaeiw rebellion in The attitwV ,of the troops itTsv-p"-^in bit tV Marines am ho;til(> to the Gox-errmwst,— Atj«.N Z. Cahte A?«rc. DMINOUS NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. CIVIL WAR LIKELY. London, March 4. The city on Tuesday was entirely Without water, electricity or gas and Workmen in every factory eeased worV The position of the Government is critical Many thousands of Government troops are known to he ready to join the SpartaclstSL

A general stride prevails throughout Saionia afld even threatens Weimar. Strong joint action is possible from the peasants, who are elreadv forming a utrona armv in Bavaria There is equally ominoits news from Teinzig and MunM>. There is a grave likelihood of civil far at ant moment —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Amu.

flßlftfAtf .4X15 THE ALLTTTr FORCE'S. SBEmCx EMPLOYMENT. Amsterdam, March 5. .Thousands of Gertnan officers, from generals to lieutenants, are approaching the Military Commission in Berlin with a view to employment in the Allied -armies or colonial forces. The requests are invariably refused, but the < Hermans insist, and point out that they tannot try their luck in agricultural Work or the coal mines: they have families icai roost live, and will hare no shame in abandoning their home when they are aJjfc.—Awt.jfZ. Cable Assn. . HINDENBURG INTERVIEWED. BELPISG AGAINST ANARCHY. London, March 4. - A Berne wireless message says that fiindrtibtrrg, Interviewed by the Bayerl«Aer Kurier, said he was only retaining his position in the army to help tits •Muttrr against anarchy during the transition frcjp war to peace. He found Bo satisfaction ift his work and intended to r«tire into seclusion at the earliest possible moment. He retained his loyalty to the monarchy and the Prussian H« had no sympathy with the resent system, hut did not anticipate jHiy counter-revolution. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable 'Assn. CONTROLLING THE SITUATION. THE GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT. Received March 6, 10 p.m. Amsterdam. March 4. fl* latest Berlin reports indicate that the Government is confident it will tie able to control the situation. Many factory workers refused to strike. Government troops are ponring into the city, encountering only slight resistance. There were only twenty victims in yesterday'* rioting.—Aus. N.Z. Cable 4.6 jOC. SPARTACISTS REPULSED » DISORDERS GENERAL. Received March fl, 10 p.m. Copenhagen, March 4. Advices from Berlin show that the gparWcist attack on the northern station web repulsed. Mobs stormed thirty-two police stations. and plundered the jewellers' shops. Three divisions of troops were sumnoned, these and other troops arriving aastily, but the attitude of the troops is uncertain.

A naval division is openly hostile to the Government, which can count on the loyalty of only half of the Berlin troops. The loyal troops seized the artiOcty depot at Spandau, together with Jnige quantities of arms and ammunition, upon which the Spartacists had teen relying. Disorders are general in many of the large cities. At Zeitz many people were during the shooting in the streets. Bloodshed and looting are also reported from Magdeburg.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Aswciation. GERMANS ANXIOUS TO EMIGRATEBerne, March 5. The Munchener Neuste Nachrichten, referring to the etßetness of Gertnans Jo emigrate urges the establishment of k State Emigration office. It declares thai Russia, the Argentine, 'Brazil and Oilli offer the best immediate opportuni- %».;. Tka outlook toward* Australia, is Jget teastiag,—Aus.-N.Zj OWa Amu,