Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-19
GERMAN REVOLT
is WIDESPREAD
Red Flag Raised; Mutineers Kill
Officers; Riots in Big
Towns.
10000 DEsERTERs PARADE
RevoIutionists Control Much of SchIes-
wg-Scidiers' Council Rules at
kieI, Aided by Socialist Min
lister and Deputy-Big
Demonstrations

London, Nov. "a number of Ger
man garrisons on the south Baltic
coast have deserted and are going to
Kiel, says 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 Ex-
change Telegraph company.
a strike of dock workers at Ham
burg involving 10000 men, is reported
by the Exchange Telegraph CORE
spondent at Amsterdam.
Stockholm, Nov 9.-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.
Copenhagen, Nov. "a revolt has
a dispatch from the correspondent of
the Politiken at Vanrup. Violent ar
tillery firing was in progress in the
streets of the city when the CORE
ispondent's informant was deported,
the latter 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 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 proclaz
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 it's realization can
take place the organization of our
movement was necessary. We have
formed council of workmen and sol
diers and it will be responsible for the
preservation of order"
The following points were passed
by the council:
1. Secretary Haussman will take
care that the demands of the soldiers
and workmen's council shall be for
| warded to the reichstag
2. The immediate cessation of all
military measures directed against
| the movement of the council
B. The navy has been ordered to
| leave the harbOr.
4. Military prisoners to be released.
| London, Nov. 1.-THE revolutionary
movement In Germany is assuming ire
| mendouS proportions. Here are the
salient developments:
| Prince Henry of Prussia brother of
| the emperor and commander in chief
of the German navy, forced to fee
from Kiel, was pursued and fired at
| by mutinOus marines. He escaped to
Flensburg, Schleswig. His chauffeur
was wounded
Commanded by mutinous sailors Il
greater part of the German navy
sailed from Kiel with red flags hoist
ed. With officers navigating under
| command of sailors some of the seized
| warships have arrived at Flensburg.
The great German maritime ports of
! Hamburg and Bremen are in the hands
of the revolutionists, according to re-
ports from Hamburg newspapers print
! ed by the Cologne Gazette. The red
| flag is flying on all the ships in the
harbor. DR.. Karl Liebknecht is said
to have arranged for the formation of
a soldiers council at Bremen. Essen.
home of the Krupp gun and munitions
! factories, Hanover and Sassnitz re-
port fresh revolutionary disturbances
| The German ports Of Bremenhaven
and Cuxhaven are in the hands of sol
diers' councils, the Schleswig Volks
Zeitung says.
| Sonderburg, PcusSian town in
| Schleswig, Is miles northeast of Flens-
burg, is in the hands of the revolutions
aries The red flag has been hoisted
on the ships there.
Schwerin, the capital of the grand
duchy of Macklenburg-Sc hwerin, has
joined the revolution.
The Third infantry regiment has
taken possession of the airdrome at
Oldeiburg in Holstein.
Blankenstein. a commune in West
| phalia, "a miles northeast of Dusel-
dorf, has joined the revolution.
Spencer Beats Folk.