GERMANY

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 3 June 1919, Page 3

GERMANY

NEW RHINE REPUBLIC. COBLENZ THE CAPITAL. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received June 3, 9.55 a.m.) PARIS, June 2. Coblenz has been proclaimed the capital of the Rhine Republic.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER OUTBREAK PROBABLE. INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS ACTIVE. COPENHAGEN, May 21. Berlin is apprehensive of another revolutionary outbreak. The Independent Socialists are carrying on a bitter propaganda, flooding the suburbs with pamphlets urging a fight against the Government, wtyich is described as the enemy of the proletariat Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, May 21. Vogel, who was imprisoned for the murder of Rosa Luxembourg, escaped. A man wearing an officer’s uniform called at the prison, presented forged papers, and was permitted to carry Vogel off in a motor-car. A Berlin wireless message states that a big strike movement is in progress at Konigsberg, including vital industries. The middle classes have declared a counter-strike affecting bankers, doctors, chemists, and shopkeepers.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.