GERMAN STRIKES SPREADING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 116, 2 February 1918, Page 9

GERMAN STRIKES SPREADING

TROUBLE ON RAILWAYS FEARED SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED By Telegraph-Press Aesociation-Copvrig'hL London) January 31. The latest reports from Germany agree that the strike is spreading.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CONFLICTING REPORTS. • ■'-V :' ■ . ' Copenhagen, January 31. ' - Though some reports state that the Berlin, strikers Jijid decided.to resume work on' Thursday, being .satisfied with a, three days' demonstration, other reports announco the extension of the strikes to Essen, Westphalia, Kiel, and Hamburg. It is stated that all the naval and munitions works at Kiel have been idle since Sunday. The authorities fear a railway strike. The railway men organised a meeting to discuss the strike, but the police intervened and many arrests were made.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STRIKERS DEMAND SEIZURE OF FOOD STOCKS. ' > London, January 31. Tho terms demanded by the Gorman strikers include the seizure of food stocks for the purpose of equal distribution, and the immediate introduction of an equal secret franchise for all men and women in l'russia.over twenty — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STRIKERS ESTIMATED AT OVER A MILLION. (Rec. February 1, 7.30 p.m.) *" London, January 31. The "Times" Amsterdam 1 correspondent states that it is estimated that the German strikers exceed a million, mostly munition workers.—"The Times." GERMAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES A PROCLAMATION , , " NUMBER OF SOCIALIST LEADERS ARRESTED. ' , (Rec. February.!, 7,30. p.m.) Copenhagen, January 31. A great number of Socialist leaders hare been arrested in various German towns. It is reported that the Socialist parties have sunk their differences, and are united in the strike movement. Von Hiudenburg has warned the strikers that they are weakening Germany, and allowing the enemy to murder her men in the trenches. ■ . ■ The Government is issuing a proclamation to thecffcct that England is awaiting salvation from the German strikes, thereby hoping to break Gerfor ever. Practically all the Hamburg shipyards are para-lysed.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn. ( - ■ | HAMBURG IN A STATE OF SIEGE (Rec. February 2, 0.50 a.m.) Copenhagen, January 31. According to a Hamburg Socialist newspaper a state of siege has been declared at Hamburg.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I A 'FRESH SYMPTOM OF DISUNION. "(Rec. February 1, 7.30 p.m.) ■ i Amsterdam, January 31. For the first timo since tho outbreak of_ the war two German airmen crossed the Dutch frontier, destroyed their machine, and deserted on j bicycles."—Reuter. i APPEAL TO ENGLISH AND FRENCH WORKERS NOT ONLY AT HOME, BUT IN THE TRENCHES. London, January 31. The "Vorwaerts" calls upon the English and French workers to show that they are in earnest about peace, and adds: "It oniy-a matter of achieving unity at home, but of calling over the frontiers and the trenches to ask for solidarity from tho foreign working classes."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OUTSPOKEN GERMAN NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED Amsterdam, January 31. The publication of the "Berliner Tageblatt " the "Berlin Post," and the "Vorwaerts" has been suspended owing to their comments on the strikes. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A semi-official Berlin telegram, dated January 30, statos that there arc only 120,000 strikers; the newspapers, with a few exceptions, have reappeared, street traffio is normal, and there arc no disturbances anywhere in the Empire.—Reuter. FATHERLAND PARTY CAUSES HOSTILITY. (Rec. February 1, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, January 31. News from Berlin is meagre. Most of the great newspapers liavo not been published owing to the strike. All workmen's meetings and demonstrations have been prohibited. Fifty thousand mon have struck at Kiel — Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. The German authorities aro no longer able to suppress tho main indications of the seriousness of the strikes, but are adopting stricter measures. The latest extension of the strike is to the Bavarian armament works. One of the most prominent causes of troublo next to the food scarcity is the increasing hostility against the Fatherland Party.—"Tho Times."