The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-08
Bremen, Schwerin and TiIsit
Join in Revolutionary
Movement.
FLEET DEPARTS FROM KEEL
Quiet Reigns at Berlin, but So.
cialists Are organizing-Mu-
tineers Shot at Essen.


rcd flag 10 flying on all the ships in
the harbor. g.
Soldiers Get Control.
The headquarters OF, the commander
of the port has been occupied by the
soldiers council after exciting oc-
curences in which machine guns were
used. To-, .a
All kinds OF excesses took place In
the neighboring city OF Altoona. The
port commander there agreed TO all
the demands submitted by the soldiers
council.
Revolution Spreading.
London, Nov. sd. N. S0-Thc
German revolution is spreading, :
cording to Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company.
Bremen, Schwerin and Tilsit have
Joined II. r., =.
Karl Liebknecht, socialist leader w..o
was recently released from prison, has
formed council of soldiers at Bremen.
The revolution created much en-.
thusiasm at Bremen, where the church
bells were tolled in celebration.
Strict German censorship prevents
any unofficial dispatches about the up
risings, said another Exchange rele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
Bremen is. next TO Hamburg, the
principal maritime center OF Germany.
1t is situated on the Weser river. fifty
nine miles southwest of Hamburg. Its
pre-war population was about 10000.
Schwerin is the capital of the gra I'd
duchy Of Mecklenburg -Schwerin and
is situated on the west side Of Lake
Schwerin, thirty five miles southeast
OF Lubbock. Its population in 1900
was about $4,000. Tilsit. is a city of
east Prussia. 1t lies on the left bank
Of the Niemen river. sixty miles north-
east of Koenigsberg. Its population Is
about $4,000. ...
Quiet in. Berlin.
The 'Tageblatt says that Berlin Is
quiet. but that the socialist leaders.
and. Hoffman. are organ
isiny mass meetings, The situation 1t
ktel is fepoftcd nnc l1ap4 - TIE sotAs
Gil formed a. the workinen
&dd- soldiers. q Maintaining order.
Nervousness Is widespread through
out all Of Schleswig -Hoistein, where
numerous prisoners were released.
Dr. Haase, another socialist leader,
Is enroute to kiel.
Reliable information is lacking from
Hamburg, Lubbock, Altona and Flesen-
burg.
Demonstrations began in Cologne on
when crowds wrecked IN i'm
perial picture Of the kaiser. Soldiers
refused to fire upon the people.
At Essen thirty German mutineers
were shot for refusing to go to the
front.
Fire at Prince Henry.
Copenhagen, Nov. S.--Prince Henry,
Of Prussia, brother OF Emperor Will
lam, left Kiel on Wednesday in an
flying red flag, the
Schleswig Volks Zeitung states. He
was pursued by marines, who fired
1ozen shots at him, the newspaper
tdds.
Sanguinary Fighting.
London, Nov. S.-Sunguinary fighting
has been raging In the German city
If Hamburg, which is now in the hands
If the revolutionaries, said a dispatch
rom Denmark and Holland. early
oday. Many women took part.
Submarine crews in German ports
deserted and engaged in the conflict |
With loyal troops. ..5
The German high seas feet at Kiel |
las disappeared. |
Copenhagen dispatches spoke of its |
as being a mystery"
Commandant Heinie. OF the Kiel |
laval station, was killed in fighting I
here yesterday.
Some of the revolutionary leaders at
iiel have agreed to use their influence /
o have the German fleet recalled.
Gable advices to the International
lsws Service from London yesterday !,
aid that the Kiel revolutionaries had
ecided to send the fleet to aSneutral
ort.) !
Copenhagen reports the revolutionary
ag has been hoisted at Warnemunde,
t which place railroad communication.
as been interrupted.
There are no guards on the German I
Danish frontier. 1t Is reported, and
lany prisoners crossed into Denmark
ist night. Dispatches say no trains
ave arrived at Copenhagen from
today.
Cut German Railway.
Copenhagen, Nov. S.-Revolutionists
ave cut the north German railway line
outh of Flensburg. in Schleswig-
This breaks communications
.om the north with Hamburg.