The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-25
RIOT
RACKS BERLIN
(partacus Group, Led by
|liebknicht, OverthroWs Re.
/ publican Government.
(Ev0LUTI0N S P R E A D.S
herman Internal Situation
Frows Highly Critical-Mili-
|tary Coup d'Etat Probable
(EvoLUTIoN S PREAD's

London, Nov. fisherman radicals,
d by Carl Liebknecht, have over
f6wn the republican government
Berlin, headed by Chancellor
rederick Ebert, according to advices
ON Berne and Copenhagen. to the
ketch today.
Turmoil prevails in the German
pital, the dispatches said. u
1.-THE followers of Ltebknecht are
hown as the. Sp6rtacus group and
Re in sympathy with the Russian
blsheviki.)
THE Spartacus group Is In COM
|ete control at Dusseldorf, SolinsAns,
Nh D6hAse,Dsid, where they have ar
sted the city ofncials, 1t was stated
q dispatch to the Daily Mail.
Bloody Battle.
Xhere has been bloody fghting in
erlIn. ~
The Copenhagen correspondent of
}e Central News wires that the Gen.
al government at Berlin called
any troops to that city and that
De downtown buildings are packed
18th soldiers.
Earlier advices said that stores Of
nmunition were collected in Berlin
r use against the extremists. but
at the city was quiet on Saturday,
lllowing a two day burst OF fighting
hen the bolsheviki attempted a
Sup.
Situation Critical.
The German internal situation Is
3ghly critical and a military coup
etat is almost certain unless the
burning troops vigorously support
e Berlin government. said Munich
spatch to the Daily News.
The Rotterdam correspondent Of
e Daily News quotes the German
hr food department as saying that
c food situation is satisfactory. Be-
ff Is expressed, adds the corre-
Sondcnt, that Gen. Barth and Ger
|an politicians exaggerated the peril
obtain an easy and speedy peace.
Modification Of Armistiee.
On the other hand, the Copenhagen
Srrespondent Of the Central News
ported Berlin advices as saying
at the pope has appealed to Anglo
jench episcopates and the French
Svernment for a modification Of the
mistics terms ""in view of the
mime in the Rhine provinces"
Kurt Eisener, head Of the Bavarian
|public, was quoted in dispatches
! saying that bolshevism or a Ber-
h Dictatorship would result in the
|pture of Bavaria. He favored
|iit-up into ten German republics
living equal authority ana rights.
|Strikes have broken out In the coal
lids of upper Silesia.
|The information reaching Wash
|gton from various sources today
falling with the internal situation in
ermany was conflicting in many re-
|ects. From Scadinavian points the
ports say that the various states
Imposing the German federation
|e contemplating insisting on their
kht to set up q separate republic.
|The soldiers and workmen's coun-
at Kiel is insisting that all author
y be vested'in 1t Until the fruits of
|e revolution" can Be safeguarded.
he council has also proclaimed,
|ese reports say, all Of sthe North
h coast Of Germany from Holland
Denmark a republic. The council
workers at Cologne has openly
(vocated q republic to be composed
the Rhine provinces, while unrest
Is spread to all Of south Germany.
addition, the attitude Of the re-
|rning soldiers Is not known here.
Is this fact that has added to the
lar o. an attempted military coup
btat designed to place a military
|ctator In control Of German affairs.
he next few weeks must be fraught
lth serious danger to any proposed
able German government.
Tremendous Excitement
THE decision has caused tremen-
bus excitement throughout Ger
|any. and the final result is that |
independent republic has been
|rmed in northern Germany with |
amburg as the capital.
This republic includes Oldenburg,
hst Friesland. Bremen. Hamburg,
Id Schleswig- Holstein.
South Germany Wurttemburg |
Id Baden. as we'll as Bavaria--are
,clnrsng they will not submit to the |