The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-22
CIVIL WAR Is ON
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CVIL WAN - UN
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Minister Rosshaupter, wounded during
the attack in the diet chamber, is
said to be alive but in the hands of
the revolutionaries. Under Secretary
JahreiS also was wounded.
Civil war has begun, says the
Frankfort Zeitung.
Government Troops Win.
Copenhagen, Feb. 22.-The German
naval port of Wilhelmshavep has been
occupied by government troops with
out fighting, according to an official
statement issued in Berlin.
Spartaeans Hold Railroad.
London, Feb. 22-Hundreds of civil
lians started to flee from Munich,
the Exchange Telegraph correspond
ent adds but this movement was stop
ped when the Spartacans occupied the
railway terminus.
The reports received from this
source state that the dictatorship of
the workmen will be proclaimed and
predicted that the killing of Premier
Eisner and the wounding of Minister
of the Interior Auer will be avenged
! in a most frightful manner. Auto
mobiles filled with armed Spartacans
are reported rushing through the
| streets of Munich.
The advices state that Herr Ross
killed (as reports from Weimar had
stately but was wounded during the
| shooting in the diet and afterward
| placed under arrest by the Spartacans.
Prince Joachim. Youngest son of
| former Emperor William, is said, con-
| trary to previous reports to be still in
/ Munich.
German Press Responsible.
! Paris, Feb. 22.-The attacks of the
German press upon the Eisner gov
! eminent in Bavaria are held response
| BILE for the ASA estimation of the pre-
uty, according to a Zurich dispatch
to the Journal today. 1t is reported
| that Count Arco Valley, slayer of
| Eisner, was killed.
Eisner was accused by various Ger
man newspapers, particularly those in
| Berlin, of being in sympathy with the
| Sparatcans. They conducted sys-
! tematic campaign against him. Els
ner's attitude toward Prussia was bit
ter and at one time he broke off re-
lations with the Berlin government.
7 A Report From Bernc.
Berne, Feb. 22-With Premier
| Eisner. Interior Minister Aur and
Deputy Osel of Bavaria dead from
assassins' bullets, the victims friends
| have begun to take revenge into their
own hands, according to dispatches re-
| ceived from Munich today.
| Deputy Autel, author of violent
press campaign against Eisner is said
! to have been killed. His body was
| riddled with revolver bullets, fired by
a number of unidentified men. Sew
eral other attacks were reported to
| have been made on enemies of the
present government.
| Eisner was shot Friday while walk
| ing in the street with his secretary
| Count Arco Valley, his assailant. who
| formerly was an officer in the Prus-
sian guard, was wounded by a guard
Unconfirmed reports say he has died
| from his wounds.
| AS Eisner's ASA SSination was an
nouneed in the Bavarian landtag. a
volley was fired from the visitors gal
| lery. Aur was instantly killed and
| Osel received wounds from which he
died later. Two other officials, IN
named in the dispatch, are said to
have been wounded.
The building is now under a heavy
guard.
Others Are Wounded.
/ Berlin, Feb. 22.-Miinster of Justice
| Timm and Minister of Social Affairs
| Unterleitner of Bavaria were wounded
during the shooting which took place
| at the Bavarian landtag Friday when
! Herr Auer, Bavarian minister of the
interior. was shot. Having fired at
| Herr Auer, man sprang in among
the deputies and fired other shots at
the ministers bench. At the same
| the strangers gallery. A scene of in
describable confusion ensued, the
| deputies scrambling to escape from
J the room.
| Spartacans and Independent Social
lists have called for general strike at
! Munich and sanguinary incidents are
| feared, as the military command has
declared that it cannot undertake any
protection and will not oppose persons
| conducting demonstrations. The in
juries inflicted upon Herr Auer and
Herr Timm are such that they are not
expected to recover. Herr Hoffman,
| minister of public worship, and Herr
Frauendorfer, minister of communica-
tions, are reported to have been slight
ly wounded during the shooting.
Another One Is Shot.
According to the latest reports
workmen relationships have been pro-
claimed and Sparta cans in armed au-
| tomobiles were rushing thru the
streets Many anarchists were said to
have Joined them.
War Minister Rosshaupter, wound
ed during shooting in the diet cham
Der, was reported to have been ar
| rested later by the Spartacans.
Il "a Zurich dispatch by way of Paris
said Rosshaupter had died from his
wounds.)
A More Serious Turn.
London, Feb. 22--The troubles in
Munich took still more serious turn
Friday afternoon. according to Co
FenhaGen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. Church bells
began ringing, ten thousand work
men from the suburbs marched into
later violent firing was heard, it is
said The mob is reported to have
begun plundering shops.
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