Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-13
Red Flag Raised; Mutineers XII
Officers; Riots in Big
Towns.
10000 DESERTERS PARADE
RevoIutionists Control Much of Schles-
wiq-SoIders' Council Rules at
kiel, Aided by Socialist Min
lister and Deputy-Big
Demonstrations.


Kiel. says a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company. The
red flag has been hoisted at Warne-
munde, a seaport of northern Ger
many, and at the port of Rostock, on
the Baltic coast.
The entire German navy and a large
part of Schleswig are in the hands of
revolutionists, according to reports to
Copenhagen, transmitted by the Tx
change Telegraph company.
A strike of dock workers at Ham
burg involving 10000 men, is reported
by the Exchange Telegraph CORE
spondent at Amsterdam.
Deserters March in Berlin.
Stockholm, Nov S.-ContinuOus
demonstrations are taking place in
Berlin, according to the Social Demo
kraten. Twenty thousand deserters
from the army are marching through
the streets of the capital.
Revolt Develops in Hamburg.
Copenhagen, Nov. S.-A revolt has
broken out in Hamburg, according to
a dispatch from the correspondent of
the Politiken at Vamrup. Violent ar
tillery firing was in progress in the
streets of the city when the correspond
ent's informant was deported, the lat
ter declared.
Travellers arriving at Gedser, the
correspondent adds, report serious
riots at several other places in Ger
many, the demonstrants demanding
peace. Artillery fighting was heard
Wednesday in the direction of Kiel.
After a conference between Secre-
tary of State Haussman and Deputy
Nocke, socialist member of the reichs-
tag, who had been sent to Kiel by the
government, and the wOrkmen's and
soldiers council, the following procla-
nation was issued:
Comrades: For the first time politi
cal power is in the hands of the sol
diers. Great work lies before us.
"But in order that its realization can
take place the organization of our
movement was necessary. We have
formed a council of workmen and sol
diers and it will be responsible for the
preservation of order"
Council Agrees on Four Points.
The following points were passed
by the council:
1. Secretary Haussman will take
care that the demands of the soldiers
and workmens council shall be for
warded to the reichstag
2. The immediate cessation of all
military measures directed against
the movement of the council
8. The navy has been ordered to
leave the harbor.
4. Military prisoners to be released.
Battleship Crews Mutiny.
Members of the crew of the battle
ship Kaiser at Kiel have mutinied and
hoisted the red flag, according to the
Cologne Gazette Officers attempting
to defend the German flag were over
powered and two Of them, including
the commander, were killed. A num-
Der of others were wounded.
Three companies of infantry were
sent from Kiel TO restore order. They
Immediately joined the revolution and
a fourth company was disarmed. Dur
ing the night hussars sent to Kiel from
Wandsbeck were encountered outside
of Kiel by steamers with machine
guns and forced to turn back.
Soldiers Council in Control.
The soldiers council has decided
that all officers must remain at their
present posts, but must obey the coun-
Gil, which controls all food supplies.
Machine guns are mounted in various
parts of the city. Cuxhaven and Will
helmshaven are quiet.
The military governor of Kiel, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen, has accepted
the following demands of the work
ers' and soldiers council: The release
of all military and political prisoners
complete freedom of speaking and
writing; released prisoners must not
be punished. Officers who acknowledge
and comply with the measures of the
council shall be permitted to remain
or to leave the service.
Internal Conditions Yet in Doubt.
Even the best informed men here
are unable to arrive at a clear judg-
ment from the many conflicting re
ports as to the magnitude of the re-
volt against war among the German
people, or how strong is the demand
for the emperor's abdication One fact
is plain. There never was such free
dom of speech in Germany as today.
Diplomats and soldiers are each try
ing to place the blame for their coun-
try's downfall on the other. Placards
have blossomed out in Berlin saying
that the emperor and the crown prince
must go. Correspondents are permit
ted to telegraph from Berlin that the
yacilating character of the emperor is
responsible for most of the nations
misfortunes.