STRIKES AND RIOTS.
ZURICH, February 28
Strikers demonstrated before the Diet at Dresden. Avhich troops are guarding. A general strike had been declared at Naumberg arid Merseberg. Strike riots occurred in Halle, where much public and private property was destroyed. A fresh revolt occurred in Dusseldorff, where Government troops defeated the Syndicalists and released the formerExecutive Council and imprisoned the Syndicalist, Council.
A General strike is, in progress irij Weimar as, a protest against the Government's refusal to recognise the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils.
' 'Riots occurred -'during Eisner's fune- x ral .m Munich. Churches and. the; archbishop's palace were stormed. Troops'dispersed the rioters. ■■""".
Railway communication between Magdeburg, Leipzig, and Thuringia is stopped. > :
Berlin reports state that the Workers' and Soldiers' Council, at Aschaffenburg has declared a state of siege.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19190303.2.33.17
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9539, 3 March 1919, Page 6
Word Count
129STRIKES AND RIOTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9539, 3 March 1919, Page 6
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.