STRUGGLE BETWEEN BOURGEOISIE AND MASSES

Taihape Daily Times, 5 December 1918, Page 5

STRUGGLE BETWEEN BOURGEOISIE AND MASSES

i EVENTS IN BREMEN. j | Received noon. j THE HAGUE, December 3 1 The situation at Bremen grows , acuter. It is typical of much that is | happening in industrial centres, where communism is gaining ground The j Radical Socialist Knief, addressing an j open air demonstration, advocated a ! j class war, and declared the cstablishI merit of a National Assembly would I only help the Bourgeoisie to regain supremacy. The workers must, have their own army to secure predominance | and to disarm the Bourgeoisie, which i was collecting the ruins of the old | army for the purpose of asserting its j claims. A majority of the meeting voted against the summoning of the assem-A bly, and unanimously approved the j arming of the proletariat. A subsequent meeting of the Bremen | Soldiers’ Council was twice interrupt- I cd by the Extremists from the streets, | whore a huge and threatening crowd ' assembled- Knief secured order. The Council voted by 97 to 56 in ■ favour of the National Assembly, and : also rejected a proposal f.o disarm . the Bourgeoisie and arm the Prole tar- j iat by 100 to I!). The announcement j of the decision evoked roars of j “Shame!” The chairman explained! the vote was necessary for the sake I of the country 's good. i i PLENTY OF FOOD IN GERMANY. ; PRICES LOWER THAN IN PARIS. { Received 9.10 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec 4. | Mr. Edwin James, correspondent ■! with the American Army in Treves, ! says in view of Germany asking the ! United States to feed her, the Americans were astonished at the plentifulness of food in Treves. The inhabitants do not show traces of ill-nour. ishment. Though food prices are high, they are cheaper than in Paris.