THE KIEL REVOLUTION

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13850, 9 November 1918, Page 3

THE KIEL REVOLUTION

Spreading Everywhere f _ ... WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Revolutionists cut the railway south .: of Flensburg, isolating* Hamburg,. 5 The German revolt is spreading. > Bremen;, Tilsit, and 1 Schwerin have 9 joined the revolutionaries. THE POSITION IN BREMIN. The esba>bl!isihmeinitl of a isoldiiers' and workmen's council at Bremen rei solved' arc a. "populiair demonstratiion * ( in the streets. j HOW BERLIN IS AFFECTED. j The news of tihe revolutionary" movement haa greatly excited Ber-Kj-lin, especdially ,-workmen and sol■Ldiers.- ".' '■""' ';. ' ■' ' ' FURTHER EXCESSES AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8. Ptfior tfo relea^iingi prisoners 'at Hambua'g the caiawd! ovei*powered j 1 and disarmed the iguards "at the I'a.w ! courts, and prevented soldiers at the' station from retua-ming to the front. ! : The latter threw dn their lot with* | ' the mutineers/. ' • j The crowd dhangjed 1 the miachine guna whicih were established at the harbour in ordei* to prevent the marines from leaving the port. Many ' were wounded. Later red flags were hoisted at tihe harbour,•;> .and.", tiie -nautdneera disarmed thje police^...: ; ]..;'■; Kfteen thloliisand/ .-.• fflrhm£ng|ers :StirUQk. T. -;.-.. ■ ■;;(>• .-,''; ..,;■ • } .'. I ThefSoldiera'i: Gouncil, at Altona .

forced Me ; coraroaindaTit to aooede >to their demaands. ' • ■ . 'nn - : Red fla§» were hoisted, at . CuxHear. Dittmaiwv; iou 'i; speeohj deolaiped' that" Mr''Wilson-'s distrust of I Germany was fiitly juispfcified, and de^ matoded tihat'a Gerniainf-Repaiibliia be> prooleained.—A:: : and '-$>&* Gable;t; i ■'. ■"■•V :!;\LONjXJ^, {Noy^nber .B'''--'; T3h.^j; Dad^y.-jCihirpniole's ''Amstercßaiii! c<^es.|wndent! states : r jjpfhe>, . disturbaacea at KieL originated wjtli..;. the naval men's grievances; „, It quickly developed into a .great, moyemient in favour of Socialists and a republic. The sailors heavily fired on the battledhip' Konig from the shore until she hoisted the red flag. The police joined the movement. The sailors occupied the station, a.nd_armed motors patrolled the.town. l>eputy Noske and State Secretary ' Neussmann were ovatiomed inpon ainnounoing that the" mutineers' demauds were awepted. There wers. oi-iea of, "Long live tihe republic." DEMONSTRATION AT H^BURO:

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 8 j , Tlhere are,- serious reivoiuttonaiy I demonstrations at rLianbwg. Thousands of soldiers and sailors and some Russian prisoners led the rioters. A mass meeting marched to the courthouse and released soldier prisoners during trfaJ. A torpedov boat hoisted the red T!he> Labourers' Socialist Council occupied all the important points of j the town. The authorities trained ! heavy guns oTHthe port. j The inoib at Rostock pulled downj the Kaiser'a flag 1" and hoisted the ; Red flag. Tha whole payees, including tjie Socialists, arge« a fight, against Bolshevism by every means.