The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-11
People Shout, 'Long Live the Re-
public" and Sing the
"MarseiIiaise."
MANY KILLED and WOUNDED
RevolutionIsts Shell Buildings IN Heart
Of Berlin - Revolt Spreads 70
Other Large Citles-krupp
Works oeIzed-Head Of
Concern Arrested.

London, Nov. 11~The crown
pr,nee's palace has been seized by
the @revolutionists. The people are
shouting, "Long live the republic" "
and are. singing the ''Marseillaise."
Severe fighting took place in Berlin
between six and eight o'clock Satur.
day night and violent cannonade was
heard, from the heart of the city. The
revolution Is in full swing in Berlin
and the red forces occupy the greater
part Of the German capital, according
to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex'
change Telegraph company quoting
Berlin advicess sent from, there at three
o'clock In the morning.
When the cannonade began, the peo.
pie thought the Reichsbanks was being
-bomharded and thousands rushed to
the square in front Of the crown
princes palace. It was later deter
mined that other buildings were un-
der fire.
Many Are Killed and Wounded.
Many persons were killed and
wounded before the officers surren-
dered. The red forces are in control
and have restored order. Strong
guards are marching through the
streets.
When revolutionary soldiers at.
tempted to enter a building in which
they ssupposed number of officers
were concealed. Shots were fred from
the windows. The reds then began
shelling the building.
Great Cities Join Revolution.
,Leipsic, the largest city In Saxony
Stuttgart, the capital Of Wurttemberg
and Cologne land Frankfort have
Joined theArevolutian, according to re-
ports from the Danish frontier, tele-
,grapheds here by the. .Copenhagenpcor-
respondent Of the heExchange Telegraph
company.
The soldiers, councils at Stuttgart
Cologne and Frankfort have decided
to proclaim a republic,
Schleswig- the Prussian
province which fesmer1y belonged tc
Denmark, is to be proclaimed an in
dependent republic says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
Great krupp Works Seized.
Essen, where the great Krupp steel
works are situated, is reported to be
In the hands Of the revolutionists, says
q dispatch from Amsterdam to the Elk.
change Telegraph company: Lieut.
Krupp Won Behlen .und Halbach, head
Of the Krupp works, and his wife
have been arrested.
Delegates to the revolutionary Ger.
man navy arrived in Berlin on Friday.
according to dispatch from Gopen,
hagen to the Exchange Telegraph com
pary. They conferred for several
hours with the minister OF marine and
with members OF the retchstag maJori.
ity parties. It is stated that Huge
Haase, socialist leader In the reichs.
tag has the situation at Hamburg In
hand.
aBesi3a Re3oIces at Abdication.
Copeuhagen, Nov. l1-Berlip was
occupied by fprees sf thessOldierss and
workmen's council ON Saturday after
noon, according to Wolff bureau re-
port received here.
News Of Emperor Williams abdiea'
tion was received ON Saturday after.
noon at Berlin with, general rejoicing,
which was tempered by the fear tina,
it had come too late.
The Wolff bureau. the semiofHcia]
news agency Of Germany, announces
In a dispatch from Berlin that 1t has
been taken over by the soldiers and
workmen's council.
Mutinous Navy Shells kleI.
Copenhagen, Nov. 1.-THE German
feet at Kiel fired II shots on Kei,
killing IL officers, according to the
latest dispatch received here regard.
ing the situation there.
Revolutionaries have cut of Feb.
marn island, preventing the dispatch
OF the garrison from that point ia
suppress the Kiel uprising.
Other advices declare Herr D1tt
mann, addressing 1000 aadherents et
the Workmen's and sailors council al
Hamburg declared:
president Wilson's distrust of the
German government was justified. W,