DISORDERS IN GERMANY

Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15657, 8 November 1918, Page 4

DISORDERS IN GERMANY

MUTTER INGS OF REVOLUTION,

LONDON, November 6

Reports are received of more using die* suasions, muitirings of revolution, and popular disorders in Germany. Simultaneously inspired newspapers’ assertions appear of the country's determin* atioi not jc accept terms similar to A "stria's, nh'cii Die War Cabinet fully cons cored Or.ir rs have been given t# cal! more men, causing great irritation. Forty thousmd have been drafted from Km; p° aio.i.- All munition factories remain busy Workers’ wages hav« been raiped. Military circles profess t* be.icve ■ of invasion are still remote Knqps newspaper says: All things coated* ltd, the military situation is good' General Von Gruidall, ' Germany’s delegate to the ague Conference, and Von Hmtze have been appointed to assist Von Winterfiold’s negotiations. LONDON, November 7. The German authorities are stringent* ly suppressing demonstrations at Essen. REVOLUTION IMMINENT LONDON, November 7. A correspondent at The Hague says: A well-informed Dutch authority, returned from Germany, states that a revolution is coming. It is impossible to prevent it. It will be either the out. come of a collapse similar to Austria’s, or the previous attempt to secure » military coup d’etat. The Government is only a stage property, bound to fall. COPENHAGEN, November 6. The revolutionary movement : n Germany is growing hourly. Riota of more or less grave nature are reported in different cities. Vorwaerte characterises the situation as exceedingly critical. Hamburg reports that revolutionaries seized Kiel, 'plundering ships. The battleship Koenig is dressed with red flags. The officers were ovoroowered. Infantry sent to suppress the'disorder joined the mutineers. MUTINY AT KIEL. AMSTERDAM, November 6. The mutiny at Kiel was most serious. The Soldiere’ and Sailors’ Council dominate the town. GUARDING THE KAISER. AMSTERDAM, November 6. The Kaiser’s Palace in Berlin is pro. tected by four lines of guards, consisting of Uhlans, machine-gunners and two lines of infantry, while artillery is posted in the vicinity GERMANY AND HER COLONIES. COPENHAGEN, November 0. The Politiken’s Berlin correspondent says: Dr Self regards the restoration of the colonies as a life and death matter, other-wisp Germany would become a third-rate power. S ALARM IN BAVARIA. LONDON, November 6. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily News says: The leading feature of the latest German newspapers is the outcry against the suggested secession of the southern States It is notable that there ,s a feeling of anxiety in Bavaria, where the people fear invasion. Some newspapers demand the recall of Bavarian divisions from the West, for the defence of the southern frontier. It is reported from Rome that Germany ia concentrating troops on the Bavarian frontier. ' MACKENSEN held up. LONDON, November 7. Mackensen has arrived at Buda Pest. He is arranging for the withdrawal of the Germans from Romnania. Reliable news shows that the Hungarians refused to permit six German divisions under Mackensen on the Danube to retire through Hungary. It is assumed they will fall into our hands, together with the German troops and artillery in Caucasia. General Desprey has arrived at Belgrade and is moving his forces towards Hungary. AUSTRIANS RE-CROSS FRONTIER. LONDON, November 7. A French Eastern communique re*, ports: The Austrians on the Save re* crossed the frontier. Shabatz has been occupied. Servian cavalry entered Bos- ' nia, where they occupied Vardlste. in the direction of Visegrad the Austrians retreating in disorder. Theil soldiers are returning to their homes, pillaging everything en route.