New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
Soviet Assumes.
Dictatorship
Over Munich
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to where Minister of War Rosshauptar
and Minister Hoffman, have been i'm
prisoned.
The newspaper adds that manifesta-
tions similar to those in Munich are
reported from Graz and Beyreuth
The Augsberg Soviet issued a
statement to-day regarding the riots
of Friday, showing that the radical
demonstration resulting from the as
sassination of Eisner rapidly degen-
Grated into an orgy of destruction and
loot Of such ramifcations that the So
Wet troops were compelled to make lib
eral use of their weapons.
The statement says the mob raided
the artillery depot, and armed itself
with machine guns, rifles, revolvers
and munitions, but that the disorder
ultimately was suppressed late at
night. Large numbers of plunderers,
who were armed, were arrested, and
are passed on them by the revolution
are being executed as fast as sentences
airy drumhead court martial, which is
now sitting permanently, according to
the statement.
A report here says the first Presi-
dent of the Bavarian Soviet Republic is
Herr Simon, chairman of the Work
mems and Soldiers Council. Many
Deputies, including Professor Quidde,
of the University Of Munich, have been
arrested, according to the report,
The general strike will continue un-
I'll Monday. The government has or
dered that three days Of mourning be
observed in honor of Kurt Eisner.
Archbiship Faulhaber of the dio-
cese of Wuerzburg, who has been
especially obnoxious to radicals. has
been arrested by Munich rioters, ac-
Munich TO the "Zeitung Ammittag."
All Munich newspapers have suspended
publication temporarily.
Herr Auer. Minister of the Interior,
and Count Arco Valley the young stu
dent who shot and killed Premier
Eisner, were said to be alive at noon
yesterday, but both in critical con-
dition.
A special dispatch to the "Lokal An
zeiger" say the Bavarian regiments
outside Munich have offered to come
to the aid of the city if the Spartacans
attempt to terrorize the capital and
also have placed themselves at the dis
posal of the newly elected Diet, which
was to have met Friday, but which was
dispersed by the Soviet government.
Count Won Luxburg, brother of the
Iormer Minister to Argentina, the
newspaper says, has been arrested on
suspicion of being implicated in the
assassination of Kurt Eisner, the late
Premier
According to the dispatch, squads of
looters invaded the residential districts.
The palace of Field Marshal Prince
Leopold was entered by looters who,
however, were forestalled by the hur-
rled arrival of soldier guards The
government of Bavaria, the dispatch
continues, has fixed penalty of death
for plunderers.
The arming of workingmen is said
by the correspondent to have been in
progress since early to-day, in antici-
patton Of military intervention by the
Ebert government.
The City of Munich, says the CORE
spondent, is entirely uninformed as
to the events that are transpiring, as
no no newspapers are appearing. Up to
late in the afternoon there had been
no rioting or other excesses reported.
Archbishop Faulhaber headed the
Catholic bishops who last December
protested formally against separation
OF the church and state and abolition
OF religious oversight of the schools.
frevious reports concerning the fate
or Count Arco Valley have varied. One
stated he had been lynched, while an
other said he had been shot and
wounded by q naval guard.