Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-11

port that the German govern
 mert has been OverthrOwr IS
 untrue. according to dispatch
 received here from Berlin.
 Brussels, Jan. 10.-Travelers from Germany reaching here today brought unconfirmed reports that the German government has been overthroWn.
 1t was reported that the socialists were masters of the situation and that d general strike had been de- clared turnout the territory not un- der allied occupation.
 The Brussels report of German government overthrow are not con firmed from any other source and it may be noted that the dispatches themselves carry their own quall- fications, emphasizing the lack ot positive information.
 If it should prove true that there has been a new uprising in Ger many it would appear to have been deliberately timed to coincide with the date set for putting the treaty of Versailles into effect and creat- ing a state of peace between Ger many and the allied powers.
 News dispatches from Germany are ordinarily at least 24 hours in reaching this country and the lat est messages from Berlin received Friday, bore Thursdays date. These messages indicated some unsettle- ment in labor conditions, particular ly in the vicinity of Essen and in the Ruhr industrial basin, but the unrest reported did not appear to be of unusual significance.
 The independent socialists have been the disturbing factor for the government in the German internal situation. Since the defeats of the Spartacan outbreak last spring they have been threatening renewed ef- fort to take control of affairs. The attempts to create troubles in vari- ous sections of the country have invariably been put down by the for. ces of Minister of Defense Noske Prominent German officials. howev- CT, have been quoted as declaring their belief that revolutionary ris. ings might have to be faced during the present winter, but expressing confidence that the government would be able to deal with them.
 The present German government is a coalition one, with strong rep resentation of the majority social ists. who have been working in har mony with the repres O the other parties admitted to. thu ministry. The present premier Gustav Bauer. is socialist, as alst is Friedrich Ebert, the president.
 London, Jan. 1O.-In connection with the unconfirmed reports iron Brussels of German governmen overthrow. messages from Berlin bN way of Copenhagen, received thi morning did not Indicate that an! thing of an extraordinary nature had been foreseen in Germany III to late last evening.
 Berlin, Friday, Jan. 9.-The situa tion created by the railroad strik' became worse yesterday, especial! in the Ruhr district, where there were additions to the ranks of th' strikers.
 The committee of social democra tic railway men here charge th' communists with responsibility fo the strike, alleging that while it i ostensiblv an economic movement, i is, in reality, pilitical measure in tended to accomplish the introduc tion of an industrial council sys tenn on the communist plan.
 The independent socialists an( communists are held to be respon sible for further walkouts in tn, Essen, Elberfeld and Munster dis tricts. In the Ruhr districts, i was impossible to move even emer gency food trains. At Dusseldorf shutdown of gas and electricity i threatened owing to the lack of coal and at Ddesden, the railday mel have presented new demands to tn, government.
 At Dortmund. secret strike ha resulted overwhelmingly in the af firmative. Ten thousand Berlin in surance clerks struck yesterday representing 75 companies.