Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — CROWN PRINCE'S BERLIN PALACE IS CAPTURED [ARTICLE]

CROWN PRINCE'S BERLIN PALACE IS CAPTURED

People Shout, “Long Live the Republic” and Sing the “Marseillaise.” MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED Revolutionists Shell Buildings in Heart of Berlin Revolt Spreads to Other Large Cities —Krupp Works Seized—ijlead of Concern Arrested. London, Nov. 11.—The crown prince’s palace has been seized by the revolutionists. The people are shouting, “Long lite the republic,” and are singing the “Marseillaise.” Severe fighting took place in Berlin between six and eight o’clock Saturday night and a violent cannonade was heard from the heart of the city. The revolution is ’in full swing in Berlin and the red forces occupy the greater part of the German capital, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company quoting Berlin advices sent from there at three o’clock in the morning. When the cannonade began, the people thought the Reichsbank was being bombarded and thousands rushed to the square in front of the crown prince’s palace. It was later determined that other buildings were under fire. Many Are Killed and Wounded. Many persons were killed and wounded before the officers surrendered. The red forces are in control and- have restored order. Strong guards are marching through the streets. When revolutionary soldiers attempted to enter a building in which they supposed a number of officers were concealed, shots were fired from the windows. The reds then began shelling the building. Great Cities Join Revolution. Leipsic, the largest city in Saxony; Stuttgart, the capital of Wurttemberg, and Cologne and Frankfort have joined the .revolution, according to reports from the Danish frontier, telegraphed here by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. The soldiers’ councils at Stuttgart, Cologne and Frankfort have decided to proclaim a republic. Schleswig-Holstein, the Prussian province which formerly belonged to Denmark, is to be proclaimed an independent republic, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Great Krupp Works Seized. Essen, where the great Krupp steel works are situated, is reported to be in the hands of the revolutionists, says a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph company. Lieut. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, head of the Krupp works, and his wife, have been arrested. Delegates to the revolutionary German navy arrived in Berlin on Friday, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. They conferred for several hours with the minister of marine and with members of the reichstag majoriity parties. It is stated that Huge Haase, socialist leader in the reichstag, has the situation at Hamburg in hand. Berlin Rejoices at Abdication. „ Copenhagen, Nov. 11.—Berlin was occupied by forces of the soldiers’ and workmen’s council on Saturday afternoon, according to a Wolff bureau report received here. News of Emperor William’s abdication was received on Saturday afternoon at Berlin with general rejoicing, which was tempered by the fear that it had come too late. The Wolff bureau, the semiofficial news agency of Germany, announces in a dispatch from Berlin that It has been taken over by the soldiers’ and workmen’s council. Mutinous Navy Shells Kiel. Copenhagen, Nov. 11.—The German fleet at Kiel fired 11 shots on Kiel, killing 12 officers, according to 'the latest dispatch received here regarding the situation there. Revolutionaries have cut off Fehmarn island, preventing the dispatch of the garrison from that point to suppress the Kiel uprising. Other advices declare Herr Dlttmann, addressing 4,000 adherents ol the workmen’s and sailors’ council at Hamburg declared: “President Wilson’s distrust of the German government was justified. "We demand the immediate establishment of a socialist republic and I urge a general sympathetic strike to aid oar Kiel comrades.” Bolshevism Spreads in Navy. Amsterdam, Nov. 11. —Bolshevism Is extending rapidly in the German navy. The soldiers’ councils formed at several ports have been joined by striking dock workers and shipyard men and are negotiating on an equal footing with the admirals and port commanders. At Hamburg sailors armed with machine guns, revolvers an<f bayonets besieged- the Bundestrasse infantry barracks, which surrendered after a sharp exchange of volleys.