Imperial Valley Press

STORIES OF REVOLTS IN KAISERLAND REACH U. S.

Copenhagen Dispatches Assert Revolutionists Have Captured German Fleet and Schleswig.

(By Associated Press)

London, Nov. 7. The entire German navy and a great part of Schleswig are in the hands of revolutionists, according to reports received at Copenhagen from Kiel.

(By Associated Press)

Amsterdam, Nov. 7. The German chancellor has announced to the German people that "in order to end bloodshed" a deputation has left for the front. He said that, negotiations would be seriously endangered by disturbances or lack of discipline.

Copenhagen says the governor of Kiel has accepted the following demands of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council:

Release of all military and political prisoners.

Complete freedom of speaking and writing.

Released prisoners must not be punished.

A mutiny has taken place aboard the battleship Kaiser and the red flag has been hoisted. Infantry companies sent to Kiel to restore order have joined in the revolution.

(By Associated Press)

Copenhagen, Nov. 7. There is a revolt in Hamburg, according to a dispatch received here. Violent artillery firing is taking place in the streets.

The Wolff Bureau of Berlin today announced that all work had been stopped in Hamburg, owing to the strike, and that undisciplined acts and outrages had occurred. There are reports of similar occurrences at Lubeck. A Copenhagen dispatch says that a number of German garrisons on the south Baltic coast have deserted, going to Kiel, and that the red flag had been hoisted over the seaports of Warnemunde and Rostock. Several thousand soldiers have been ordered from Fehmarn island to suppress the Kiel revolution. The Workmen's and Soldiers' Council has decided to resist.

(By Associated Press)

Stockholm, Nov. 7. The Social Demokraten says that continuous demonstrations are occurring in Berlin and that 20,000 deserters are marching.

Kiel is governed by the Marines' Soldiers' and Workers' Council. Red troops have occupied all workshops, and street car lines and street railways are under control of the Workers' Council. There have been no disturbances. It was expected that strikes would occur at the imperial wharves at Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven, Amsterdam advices said. The authorities have ordered prompt arrest of sailors under suspicion. After a conference between Secretary of State Hausmann and Deputy Noske of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council, the following proclamation was issued:

"Comrades, for the first time political power is in the hands of the soldiers and a great work lies before us. But in order that its realization can take place organization of our movement was necessary. We have formed a council and it will be responsible for the preservation of order."