El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-26
SaxOny Baden
Scenes OfFTeSh
Hun RebeIIiOnS
Germans Plan National
Defence Force to PRO
tect the Frontiers.

Berlin. Germany. Feb. 26.-CBy As
ISOLATED Press).-sNartacans and rad
/ ical Socialists have launched a move
ment 10 overthrow the existing gov
eminent in saxony. where the newly
elected diet was to assemble Tuesday
A general strike has been proclaimed
and railway communication with
Halle. one Of the principal junction
: points in Saxony. has been broken. The
Spartacaus are reported to have taken
! possession Of Plauen and other indus
trial centers-
Independent socialists in Leipsic
have issued a manifesto, demanding
the retirement OF the Weimar govern
ment, declaring that Il IS an impedi-
ment to socialism and the liberia ton
Of the proietariat- The Independent
Socialists are reported working fever
/ ishly for proclamation OF soviet
republic In SaZony.
Outbreak by Peasants.
Special dispatches received here
from Mannheim say that peasant re-
volts are breaking out in various dis
tricts i'm Baden as the result OF fric-
ton between the Workmen's COUNCILS
and the government,
The peasants resent the dictator
ship Of the soviets-
Radical Troops Transferred.
The transfer Of q radical infantry
battalion from Gotha, % miles west
Of Weimar. whose presence in such
proximity 10 the temporary German
capital is considered q growing men
ace TO the security Of the national
assembly. and the partial disarma-
ment Of the radical wOrkmen OF
Gotha have been carried out success
fully.
rrha -nuosf.efo~e for g., ~or-uinfa
settlement between the forces Of Gus
tav Noske the minister Of defence.
and the COtha labor unions. however.
have been unsuccessful, as the gov
eminent commander has insisted upon
leaving three companies Of govern
ment troops as a garrison 20 guard
the large amounts Of army material
that has accumulated At Gotha. in
cludln~ 500 ni-planes.
New Revolt Mt Mannheim.
Copenhagen. Denmark. Feb. ga
fresh revolt broke out az Mannheim
today Spartacan forces occupied the
postoffice, the telegraph office. and
the rgiiroad station and communica-
ton with the city IS interrupted.
During the debate in the German
national assembly at Weimar on the
bill creating q reichsweihr national
defence force, Gustave Noske, who Is
I'm charge OF military affairs in the
German cabinet. said the force would I
be chiefly used IN protecting the
frontiers. according 10 a Berlin dis I
patch received here
eShouId Not AfisfruEf Bill.
1T would be criminal carelessness.
he said. mot TO protect our eastern I
frontier. which IS meuaced by the
BolshevikL The strength Of the /
reichsWeihr would not. under the bill, +
be one third Of that Of the old army. I
On that account. foreign countries
have no occasion to mlstrust the bill. /
which is intended merely to meet the
most urgent needs Of the empire
After the adoption OF several I
the defence bin passed /
second reading. II viii come up for /
third reading Thursday
To Remedy Disadvantage
Basel. Switzerland. Feb. 26.-The /
following Dill. having provisional 4
character. VIII. according to advices
from Weimar, be submitted to the /
German national assembly;
Article I;
THE imperial government Is auth I
oriZed. in order TO remedy the disad-
vantages resulting from the occupa-
ton Of Alsace-Lorraine. TO promulgate
DEGREES having the force Of law. These
missions OF the states and also must
be submitted TO the national as
Article ?:
THE preroEratives conferred upon i
the lieutenant governor or other au-
thorities by the constitution OF Al h
and by laws. are ex-
ercised for the present by the min
lister OF the interior.
Article s..
The law VIII become effective the
day IL is promulgated and the gov
eminent viii fix the date for its
abrogation-"