THE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16407, 30 December 1918, Page 7

THE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY.

THE FIGHTING IN BERLIN. (By Ca.bl«.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.'. BERLIN, December 26. The Red Palace was battered bv shell-fire, women Bolshevists participating in the fighting. It is rumoured constantly that Berlin is on the verge of an outbreak of anarchy. Sailors hold a portion of the palace, and are refusing to surrender. The situation is confused. (Renter's Telegram*.) (Received December 29th, 5.5 COPENHAGEN, December 27. A German semi-official message gives an account of Tuesday's happenings it Berlin. Some large pillars wero destroyed in the Palace and the Royal stables wore heavily damaged by violent artillery fire. The Cabinet Council thereupon decided to withdraw troops not belonging to Berlin. The sailors remain, and the other troops will br disarmed. BOLSHEVIKS HOLD BERLIN. THE GOVERNMENT COLLAPSING. (Australian and N.Z. Oablo Association.) (Received December 29tli, 5.5 p.m.) , LONDON, December 23. The Bolshevists hold Berlin. HenScheidemann (Minister of Finance) hi* fled. The Government is collapsing. BERLIN, December 35. The Government permits the marines to remain in Berlin. Extreme unre6t continues. There are reports that the Spartacus Party's troops are masters of the capital. The extremists have soizeil "Vorwaerts" newspaper. The Ebert Government is practically powerless.

POOD. SUPPLIES. NEGOTIATIONS WITH MB HOOVKII (Australian and N.Z. Coibl® Association.) (Roceived December 29th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 27. The "New York Times" correspondent states that it is announced at Washington from Berlin that Baron von der Laneken and Dr. Reith have been appointed by the German Government to negotiate with Mr Hoover regarding food supplies. Mr Hoover sent a massage refusing to deal with those whose cruelties in Belgium during the German occupation were atrocious. EBERT IMPRISONED. COPENHAGEN, December 20. Marines on Monday night invade , the Chancellery at Berlin and imprisoned Herr Ebert for a time. The (.iovornment was forced to bring in ti.«* ex-Imperial Guard from Potsdam to restore the position. HINDENBURG INTERVIEWED. TORONTO, December 27. The correspondent of a Canadian newspaper interviewed von Hindenburx at his headquarters at Cassel. Vo.. Hindenburg said the difficulty of do livering to the Allies the rolling stork demanded was inflicting great hardship on the German people. It was physically impossible to comply wit!' the demand. Von Hindenburg refused to discuss politics, but announced hi* intention to retire from the army after it was certain that the country hau been saved from chaos. He admitted that Germany had lost the war, and professed loyal adherence to the present Government. A SOUTH GERMAN COiNSPIRACY. PARIS, December 26. 1 "Lo Matin's'' Zurich correspondent stntos that the German Government will shortly publish sensational revelations, proving that King Ludwig, of Bavaria, conspired to create a South German Catholic Empire, which was to conclude a separate peace, to the detriment of Northern Germany. GENERALS DISMISSED.

AMSTERDAM, December 20. The German War Minister has dismissed Generals von der Marken, von Bathnerkraft, and von Delmensingeu for heading a Monarchist conspiracy. LUDENDORFF'S ESCAPE. v ("The Times.") (Received December 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 27. A Berlin correspondent, describing LudendorfFs escape, states that he hid for a long time in a squalid little Berlin cafe. A nobleman procured a passport trader an assumed name, and an orderly shaved off Ludendorff's moustache. and clapped an old hat on his head. Thus disguised, the haughty General managed to elude the cordon of revolutionaries. THE GOVERNMENT GIVES WAY: . (Australian and N. 4. Catlo Association.) (Received Decenlber 3dth, 1.35 a.m. LONDON, December 28. The "Daily Express" Berlin correspondent, telegraphing on Christmas Day, states that tho Government has given way to the sailors' demands, and allowed them to remain in Berlin. "Wo are," he says, "rapidly approaching anarchy. Many of the wives and sweethearts of the sailors are now arm- - ed.'and some took part in yesterday's fighting. .Not a few sailors openly state that there will be no peace in Germany until the Allied troops arrive." THE RIOTS IN BERLIN. SITUATION STILL CRITICAL. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Beater's Telegrams.) (Received December 29th, 11.50 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, December 27. The latest telegrams from Berlin state that the rioting has nothing to d> with the Spartacus group. It is due to two thousand marines from Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, who started the revolution of November 9th, and have Bince terrorised Berlin. The Government has Jpng,de6ired toget lid of so forni-

Ed the Republican Guard, nominally against Liebknecht. Tho marines then refused to go homo. Some seized the Red Palace and others wtjnt to the Chancellor's palace. "When Herr Ebert was practically arrested, the Chancellery was closed for an hour and the telephone exchange taken over. Herr Efiert, Herr Landsberk. and other Ministers -were detained. Meanwhile the Republican Guard, armed with machineguns. were attacking the Red Palace, so the sailors left the Chancellery. Tho fighting at the Red Palace commenced op Monday afternoon. Wels, who was formerly a trade union secretary, and ; who had been previously arrested, was released at midnight, about the time the marines liberated Herr Ebert at the Chancellery. During the night the Government brought the ex-Imperial Guard from Potsdam, and massed them on the Unter-den-Linden, where tho Guards stormed the Red Palace, driving out the sailors with' hand grenades. The marines took refuge in the stables, lid intimated their desire to negotiate, whilst the Spartacus group sent civilians, "women, and children before tho Guards, who were thus prevented from firing. The situation is still critical. The sailors are expecting reinforcements from Kiel. The city look* like a camp, and civi- j Uaiis everywhere arc fleeing.