The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-08
REVOLT SPREADS
QUICKLY after A
START THURSDAY
Soldiers Council VIII BE
Formed at Bremen.
Internal Struggles Are Tearing
Germany Apart.
REVOLT STARTED At KEEL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Now In
cluded in Uprising.
Additional Cities Are Taken by
MutinOus Sailors.
REVOLT STARTED At KEEL
Dv the Associated Press.)

London Nov S-Telegraphic COM
municatfon between Germany and for
eign countries will be cut off, accord
ing to a Berlin message transmitted
by the Exchange Telegraph corre-
spondent at Copenhagen. Only gov
ernment tefegrams will be allowed
transmission.
Warships at Fiensburg.
Copenhagen, Nov. s.-Some of the
German warships from Kiel have ar
rived at Flensburg. in Schleswig. the
Berlingske Tideneu of this city reports.
Their officers were navigating them
under command ST the sailors.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
Emperor william, left kiel on
Wednesday in an automobile flying a
red flag, the Schleswig Volks Zeitung
states. lie was pursued by marines
who fired a dozen shots at him, the
newspaper adds.
(By<the Associated Press)
London, Nov. S.-Sonderburg,
Prussian town in Schleswig. thirteen
miles northeast of F'lensburg. is in the
hands of the revolutionaries, accord
ing to a dispatch from Copenhagen to
the Exchange Telegraph company
The red flag has been hoisted on the
ships.
Take Two Ports.
CRy the Associated Press)
Copenhagen. Nov. S.-The German
ports OF Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven
are in the hands of soldiers councils,
the Schleswig Volks Zeitung says.
(By the Associated Press).
London, Nov. S.-The movement
which resulted in the seizing of vir-
tually the entire German navy by
revolutionary forces was carried out In
a fairly peaceful manner. according to
the Exchange Telegraph correspond
ent at Copenhagen. The red flag was
hoisted quite generally, he adds.
At WiIhelmshaven the naval officers
agreed to hand authority over to the
rebels If they would promise to make
resistance should the British attack
that naval port. The Third infantry
regiment. according to these advices,
has taken possession of the airdrome
at Eldenburg. in Holstein. Blanken-
stern, commune in Westphalia.
e twenty-four miles northeast of Dussel-
dorff, has Joined the revolution.
. Third Squadron. Faithful.
(By the Associated Press).
London. Nov. 8.-A Berlin wireless
dispatch received here today says:
The third squadron remains faith
full to the government"
Copenhagen, Nov. S.-The German
revolution was reported today to have
spread into Mecklenburg-Schwe
and East Prussia. thus extending across
practically the whole northern por-
tion of the empire.
Dispatches said the cities of
Schwerin, capital of the Grand Duchy
of Mecklenburg-Schwe and Tilsit,
one of the principal cities of East Prus-
sia. had Joined the revolt.
The revolutionists are reported to
have seized Sonderburg, thirteen miles
northeast of Flensburg. The railway
between the latter city and Kiel is
said to have been destroyed.
The newspaper Politiken says it has
no doubt that majority of the reichs-
tag parties will demand unanimously
the kaisers abdication, which accord
ing to the Politiken, NAV be expected
today or tomorrow
Effected in Two Hours.
tBy the Associated PressJ
Amsterdam, Nov. S.-The Cologne
Nolks Zeitung says the revolution al
Bremen was effected in two hours
The marines enticed the soldiers tt
Join them. after which 4 meeting wa.
I:eld. This assembly demanded tht
creation of social democratic repub
lie. Women Joined with the marine:
in opening the prisons. Order is be
ing maintained by the marines.
(By the Associated Press)
London, Nov. s (9:36 a. NTH,
cities of Bremen, Schwerin and Tilsi
have Joined in the German revolution
according to Copenhagen dispatch t.
the Exchange Telegraph company DR.
Karl Liebknecht is said to have ar
ranged for the formation of a soldiers
council at Bremen.
Bremen is next to Hamburg, tn,
principal maritime emporium of Ger
many. It IS situated on the wese
river, fifty-nine miles southeast O
Hamburg. Its pre-war population wa
about 10000.
Schwerin is the capital of the gran,
.duchy of klenburg-Schwerin an,
Is situated on the west side of LAX
Schwerin. thirtv-five miles southeas
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