GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS. AN AMERICAN REPORT. Received April 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, April 4'. The Times' Coblcnz correspondent interviewed members of the American military commission which visited Berlin for the purpose of making' a report on the conditions thert:. The members said they thought that the Ebcrt Government would keep in power until peace was signed, and would then be forced to resign. The new government might be autocratic. The members declared that the reports of the Spartacist uprisings had been exaggerated by the German authorities for the purpose of influencing the Paris Conference towards a speedy decision as to the peace terms.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A MILITARY REVOLT. BREAKS OUT IN'BERLIN. Received April 8, 12.30 a.m. Copenhagen, April 6. It is rumored that a military revolt has broken out in Berlin. Noske is acting drastically and making many arlests. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE RISING IN BAVARIA. CIVIL WAR EXPECTED Received April 7, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, April 0. The Spartacists occupied the Parliament buildings at Munich and proclaimed a Soviet republic. A similar proclamation was made at mass meetings throughout the city. The troops did not participate, but refused to fight for the Government, declaring that their sympathies were with the proletariat. Civil war in Bavaria is expected, as the peasants, who are armed and organised, are inarching on Munich.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A PLOT FRUSTRATED. Received April 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, April 4. The Tribune's correspondent at Coblenz states that a well-defined Spartacist plot to seize American arms stored at Coblenz was frustrated by the military police, and nearly a score of the leaders were arrested.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.