The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-19

irnpossibility of putting to sea.
Twenty-four hours later most OF the
crews and the whole OF the marine gar
rison OF WilhelmShaHcn were in open re-
volt Their reinforcement on November
. by the crews OF the third battleShhp
squadron. which had been sent from
kiel TO Wuhclmshavcu to qucil the
movement. and by large numbers OF men
lust brought back from the coast or
Belgium. made the rebels master Of the
situation EnisSaricS were sent 10
kicl, and all the fleet mc:1 1T the port
Joined the movement with enthusiasm
These events succeeded each other
raptdlv on October 81. November l ana
.. Cuxhayen, BrunsbuttcL Emdcn ana
Lubbock fell successfully into the hanoS
of the mutineers; everywhere the O.
flcers were powerlcss 10 stem the uoe:
and for the most part they submitted
without open resistance. In few cases
officers who resisted were shot and their
bodies thrown into the sea
BY the evening Of November niue
tenths of the German fleet ana All tne
naval ports from KEEL TO E1nden were
in the hands Of the mutinccrs- and Ger
nanys navy had for all praCticSH puf~
Doses ceased TO exist.
Prince Max Of Baden. who was lhen
chancellor, used his influence to prevent
the dispatch of troops TO ATTACK Lne
rebels- acting ,huS under the 1nnuence
Of Schiedemann and ErIberSeL VINO az
vised strongly against H!oIche meas
The radical member OF the cabinet, hclr
Conrad HauSsmann, WAS sent 70 Alei ~
try to negotiate with rho men. OIL 1ie
returned to Berlin within rev uaSs
without having achieved any result ne
retel seamen. with o view to Strength
nrisals, quickly sent emlssaries 70 De-
lin. Munich and other large towns 70
stIr mn the Socialists and 20 stimulate
other revolutionary movements In INC
different ccutcrs, and II can no" W
stated as On established fact that the
men Of the feet not only cafT1eo GUY
their revolt successfully, But were MAIN
ly instrumental in spreadng .lie
toeion Of scdition to the Civilian popu.
ration in land and 10 the army 81 tie
front. o., |,eet
When the mutiuy in the Gef'ran - -
brought things to head 6etlin "Nl
already ripe for a Evolutionary nv
ment which had been organized oui nle
the preceding months. Inc se7'4oe
mann Socialists took no part "L1sl~o'"
in these preparations. They were l''Aoe
BY the Independent Socialists. ana Do
h., the recognized leaders OF inc pal - :
hut nv some Of the lesser mernoerS, WIZ
formed its left wing and by the SPNH-
tac1s-Comnuntsts, who SUI In LII.
belong to the Independent ooe''
party.
The preparations for san armed f'sins
which had been begun in the Spr1ns OIL
lois vere -cdoubled after The victories
u,o, bo- the Allied armies in July ana
An~nsr Onn of the local leaders OF tho
Tndenendent Socialists, Emil Earth. sue
cneded in securing q considerable qutH1-
ti+v Of arms and ammunition "hlcn
1rere distributed secretly to trusted ao-
berents and kept in concealment IN an
t,cipation Of tho moment to strike 6aftn
asserts that the money for tins PURPOSE
was given to him by wealthy sy1Ifpa-
thisers with the Independent Soca!ls'
movement, but it appears more pfooaoie
that he obtained it from Joffe- the am
bassador of the Russian BolshcV1S GOV
eminent in Berlin. However th1n may
be it Is certain that Joffe gave large
SIMS Of money to- the Spartseus group
so that tho preparations for Berlin rev
CLINTON was financed mainly by the Rus-
sian Rolshevists.
Tho Imperial authorities had know
ledge Of these preparations anu. toW'iru
tna end of October. elaborate pTcpaIa-
lions were made to suppress the expect
ed rising.
Secret orders, copies Of which have
now been found in the archives OK the
Great General staff, were issued 10 a
number Of commanding officers dtcc1-
ing them to select with great care
picked bodies of officers and men VINO
could be absolutely trusted to fight nm
compromisinSly against any popular up
rising.
1t is highly significant that In these
orders the commanding officers in Qucs-
ton were warned that they must c1er-
else great caution in making their
choice, because there were large num-
beers, not only Of men, but also OF OIL
GERS, who would probably refuse to fire
on fellow Germans.
The picked troops were chosen and
supplied with an elaborate equipment
which included heavy artillery. field ar
tillcry, rnachine- guns. gas bombs. hand
srenadeS, gas masks and so forth Al
the end OF October these special corps
were ready for action and from the day
on which the first troubles in the fleet
occurred they were held in readiness III
souc Of the Berlin barracks and at
Spandau and othes places close to the
capital.
This was the state OF affairs when the
emissartes of the fleet rnutTneers ar
rived In Berlin TO bring their message