Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 2 | Newspaperman is Leader of Revolt in Bavaria Capital

NEWSPAPERMAN IS LEADER OF REVOLT IN BAVARIA CAPITAL PARIS, Nov. 9. Kurt Eisner, a Munich Mu-nich newspaperman, and prominent in Socialist So-cialist circles, is the leader of the revolution revo-lution which has broken out in the Bavarian Ba-varian capital. It appears from information informa-tion received here. Some reports designate desig-nate him as president of the Bavarian republic, re-public, which has been proclaimed, Eisner, the advices added, has organized organ-ized a committee consisting of workmen, -soldiers and peasants in many respects similar to a Russian soviet. Eisner is on the staff of the Munich Post. He first came to public attention In 190G aa a gifted speaker at Socialist meetings. He is about 45 years old. He has not held public office. Eisner was arrested some time ago for having published the news that Germany on July 28, 1914, was mobilizing her army. He was released after serving a sentence lasting until fifteen days ago. Only scant messages ara arriving from Germany with regard to the Bavarian revolutionary movement.