BAVARIAN SEPARATISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 209, 3 September 1919, Page 7

BAVARIAN SEPARATISTS.

THE PALATINATE REVOLT. AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC. PARIS, September 2. The independence of the Bavarian Palatinate has been declared, but there is no indication of the extent of popular support for the movement. Probably the movement is similar to Dr. Dorden's recent effort to establish an independent republic of the Rhine provinces. The Germans again allege French collusion without any foundation.

The French authorities at Ludwigshafen deny that the revolt was directed against the French troops in occupation. They state that there was a sanguinary encounter due to the excessive nervousness of the local police, which resulted in the deaths of two postal officials. Order now prevails in Ludwigshafcn and the Palatinate.

The " Frei licit" states that the Ger- I: man Government has prepared lists of j the principal revolutionaries. It intends sending the latter to France for j reconstruction work in the devastated areas.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) DRUNKEN MUTINEERS. AMOK ON AN OILSHIP. OFFICERS OVERPOWERED. LONDON, September 2. An exciting story of a mutiny at, sea' was told at the Portland Police Court, ! when five of the crow of the oil tank j steamer Mariska were charged with several offences. The captain said that the men broached some alcohol which I was part of the cargo. They behaved (like madmen. They wanted to hoist a [red Hag, and rushed the captain, whose , revolver had been interfered with and would not fire. The men overpowered ! him and chased tho captain's wife, who 1 attempted to jump into the sea. The mute prevented her. The wireless operator called the War Khan, which sent an armed party aboard and placed the mutineers iv irons.—(A. and N.Z.) ITALIAN KING'S GIFTS TO SUCCOUR WAR SUFFERERS. SUBMITS TO TAXATION. ROME, September 2. Tin- King of Italy, who has renounced all the royal domains for the benefit of the peasantry and soldiers, and also 'six of his finest palaces, with their 1 parks and villas, for disabled soldiers and war orphans, is also renouncing other ' buildings attached to the Crown lands in favour of institutions for succouring ' sufferers by the war. The King has resolved that his private patrimony shal 'Ibe subjected to taxation. He continues Mto dispense £8,000 to the poor as for- ' j morly. It is anticipated that the King's •'initiative will have a salutary effect, ! coining on the eve of the Kalian Government's low of a compulsory loan.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

RESTRICTIONS WITHDRAWN. TRADE WITH GERMANY. LONDON, September 2. Import restrictions, except those connected with key industries, censed to-day. A message from Leipsic states that liritish, Belgian, Italian, and American buyers of toys, porcelain, and fancy ware attended the fair which opened nt Leipsic on Saturday. The fair exceeds its usual proportions, and much business has been transacted. —: (A. and N.Z.. Cable.) ARCHANGEL EXPLOSION. NOT WARNED OF DANGER. LONDON, September 2. With reference to the explosion on an ammunition barge oil Archangel, it is clllciallv stated that the crews of the monitors Olowworm and Cockchafer wire not aware that the barge was loaded witli ammunition. They endeavoured to extinguish a lire which had broken out on the barge. Twenty-one were killed and nineteen injured.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)