Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
GERMAN REVOLT
is WIDESPREAD
Red Flag Raised; Mutineers Kill
Officers; Riots in Big
Towns.
10000 DESERTERs PARADE
Revolutionists Control Much of Schles.
wig-SoIdiers' Council Rules at
kieI, Aided by Socialist Min
lister and Deputy-Big
Demonstrations.

london, Nov. "a number of Ger
Tsen garrisons on the south Baltic
coast have deserted and are going to
Kiel, says a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company. The
req nag has been hoisted at Warne- !
munde, 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-
cnange 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. fwenty thousand deserters
from the army are marching through
the streess of the capital.
Copenhagen, Nov. "a revolt has
broken out in Hamburg, according to
dlspatch from the correspondent of
the Po-itiken at Vamrup. Violent ar
tllIery firing was in progress in the
streets of the city when the corre-
| spondents informant was deported,
the lstter declared.
Travellers arriving at Gedser, the
correspondent adds, report serious
riots at several other places in Ger
manT, the demonstrants demanding
peaSe. 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 Kiei 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 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:
l. 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.
3. 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 flee
from kiel, was pursued and fired al
by mutinous marines. He escaped te
Flensburg, Schleswig. His chauffeur
was wounded
Commanded by mutinous sailors 6
greater part of the German navy
sailed from Kiel with red flags hoist
ed. With officers navigating under
command of sailors some of the seizet
, warships have arrived at Flensburg
The great German maritime ports ol
Hamburg and Bremen are in the hand.
of the revolutionists, according to re
ports from Hamburg newspapers print
ed by the Cologne Gazette. The re(
flag is flying on all the ships in tn,
harbor. DR.. Karl Lfebknecht is saft
to have arranged for the formation O
q 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 Bremenhavel
and Cuxhaven are in the hands of sol
: diers' councils, the SchIeswig Volk
Zeitung says.
Sonderburg, P-uSsian town I'll
Schleswig, IS miles northeast of Flens
burg, Is in the hands of the revolution
, aries The red fiag has been hoiste,
on the ships there.
Schwerin, the capital Of the gram
duchy of Macklenburg-Schw ha
!. Joined the revolution.
= The Third infantry regiment ha
taken possession of the airdrome a
q | Oldenburg in Holstein.
J. Blankenstein, commune in West
V phalia, "a miles northeast of Dusel
dorf, has joined the revolution.