MARTIAL LAW AT MUNICH.
REVOLVER FIRING GENERAL. ! (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) (Received Feb. 25, 2.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 23. Tlie Express' Geneva correspondent reY ports that after a - wild scene in the Munich Chamber, in which revolver firing was general, Parliament House was placed under military control. Martial law was proclaimed by the leaders of the three Socialist parties. No civilians were allowed in the streets after seven in the evening. Shops were closed, and toamways stopped. Only armed motors were seen in the streets. Workmen de- \ clared a genqral strike. Red flags flew at half-mast on public buildings. Revolutionary troops occupied the newspaper buildings, and telegraph and post offices. A counter-revolution is feared, not only in Bavaria, but throughout Ger- , many.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14846, 25 February 1919, Page 6
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