The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-04-04
GERMANY IN Peril;
REVOLUTION Brewing
Disorder Breaking Out In
Many Parts Of
Empire.

ptISonS were hllleu III luTlneT TlOtlnR
At Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main yesterday,
according to a Copenhagen dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The hotels of the city were plundered
during the disorders.
In the fighting at Stuttgart yester-
day. the message adds, violent
crowd attacked the town hall, which
was occupied by government troops
The crowd. however, was beaten off
Frankfort is reported without water
or light
Berlin, April ., via Copenhagen
The forces of law and order are today
the complete masters of the situation
at Frankfort-on-the-M The la
Dor organization of the city. Frank
fort advices state. has ranged itself
on the side of the authorities and
posal for the prevention of disturb
ances.
when attempts to plumber in the
Altstadt quarter were renewed.
being nipped in the bud. Twelve of
the would-be plunderers were killed.
OF these dozen victims, four were
women.
Reports show that the strikes at
Essen and Bochum have only slight
~ extended. Because of the cutting
on of the gas supply the food kitchens
in Bochum have been unable to serve
any meals since noon on Tuesday.
The entire body of textile workers
in the Cassel district, of Westphalia
has struck for higher wages.
100 Held Ai,er Frankfort Disorders.
Paris. April "A dispatch from
Zurich states that in the riots at
Frankfort on Monday eleven persons
We're killed and twenty-five wounded.
The police have made 400 arrests
in connection with the disorders it
Is said.
In the Ruhr baSir he number of
strikers is estimated at 100000. /
There have been riots in Wurttmberg,
according to report.
The Matin says that general
strike is on at Bertha being as seri-
Gus as the one recently neld in that
. city.
Fight In Frankfort; Food Stores
Looted
Frankfort. April / ,-Rioting broke
out here again this afternoon. Ire |
mob plundt red the provisl ~ stores |
All the aya:. able military fo:'"s were |
ushed = the scene of the disorders |
As this CIspatch was sebt the light
Ing was ntinuing. Dem instr tors
searching for Chief Burgomas tcr's
house discovered large stores of
meats, eggs and flour.
Three hundred persons accused Of !
plundering shops in this city have
been arrested. Disorders due to the
shortage of foodstuffs have been re-
Gently intensified by a reduction of
the potato ration from five to three 1
pounds.
Situation Everywhere Considered
Serious
Berlin, April almost all the la
Dor forces of Germany are either
striking or threatening to strike as
result of agitation carried on by In
dependent Socialists and Sparticides,
who are succeeding in their efforts
TO induce workers to make increas-
ingly impossible demands. They have
partially persuaded mine guards on [
duty in the Ruhr district to protect
the pits against the Sparticides, to
prevent miners from defending,
The situation everywhere is con-
sidered serious and 1t is said that the
aim of the Sparticides is purely po- l
litcal, HAVING as its object the over
turning of the present government :
aud the establishment of Bolsheyism
A procession of miners which was
on it's way to the office of the Kastrop
Anzeiger clashed with public security Z
guards and several were killed and q
wounded on both sides, 1t is said. "a
Strikers And Troops Clash At C
Stuttgart {
Berlin, April 2-ln collision be- v
tween strikers and Government
troops at Stuttgart on Tuesday three C
persons were killed and many others +
were wounded. The demonstrators
we're eventually dispersed and order v
restored. +
The labor leaders In Stuttgart have
declared a general strike there.
Stuttgart, April 1.-The govern ]
ment has proclaimed state of seige n