Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — BRITISH FLEET ON WAY TO KIEL [ARTICLE]

BRITISH FLEET ON WAY TO KIEL

Surface Ships and Submarines Pass the Skaw In a Southerly Direction. • f BAVARIANS SPLIT WITH REDS - I ! South German States Line Up With Republic, Isolating Teutonic Central Government at Berlin—Soviet Meeting Launches - OounterI Revolt. < • ~T P London, Nov. 29.—Twenty-one British submarines are reported to have, passed the Skaw in a southerly direction. A Britisii fleet is near the Stag-' erak ready to proceed to Kiel. The Skaw, or Cape Skagen, is the' northern extremity of the Isle qf Jutland, off which the great sea battla was fought May 31 and June 1, 191& The Skagerak Is an arm of the North' sea between Norway and Jutland. It| is part of the channel connecting that North and Baltic seas. Bavaria and Berlin Break. Copenhagen, Nov. 29. —The republic of Bavaria has broken diplomatic re-i lattons with Berlin “because of that continuation of the deceit of the people by the Berlin government.” The break has been threatening fori days. At the federal conference ini Berlin early this week Kurt Elsner,, Bavarian president, openly foreshad-t owed It. He demanded the Immediatel ousting of Dr. Mthlas Erzberger and| Dr. W. S. Sols, whom he accused off trying to continue Prussian imperialistic policies. Counter-Revolt Launched. , At a soviet meeting at Berlin Mints- 1 ter Barth declared the counter-revolu-t tlonary movement was In full swlng.j Several generals, he said, had issued, proclamations in an attempt to dls-i solve the soviets. < Bavaria now looms as the successor! to Prussia as the dominant power In, Germany. She is assured of the sup-i port of virtually all the new German) Austrian republic. The attitude of thei northern states is obscure. Prussia,! where the soviets nre most is threatened with complete isolation.) The Vienna government has offl-| dally announced its intention to bring to trial all statesmen and geh-| erals responsible for the war, “rw gardless of rank.” The Bavarian gov-4 erhment demands the same thing In] Germany. Won't Lift Blockade. The blockade of Germany will notf be lifted, it was reported from an au-| thorftative source in London. The pro-i visions of the armistice forbid such) action, it was stated. Cable, advices received during the, week stated efforts were being made, to have the allied blockade of Germany] lifted to enable the Germans to ob-« tain food.