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Mutiny at Kiel--Troops fire on mutinous sailors--Demands of the mutineers granted--Noske arrives--The red flag replaces the imperial standard--Prince Henry's flight--Independent Socialists and Spartacans seize their opportunity--Soviets erected throughout Northwestern Germany--Official cowardice at Swinemuende--Noske becomes Governor of Kiel.