STRIKE IN BERLIN.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1919, Page 5

STRIKE IN BERLIN.

FOOD JSUPPLY rDIso_ReANIsED_. ‘ ’ BEERLIN, Oct. 15. Food supply is completely 'disorgr'Ln—§ iscd owing to a. strike of 15,000 mem-\ bers of the stafi engaged to deal with the rationing system.» 4 There is great public iniignuiion, as the" strike has arisen owing to t're refusal of a demand: for increase in salaries by 240 rna.rks monthly. payment to be 'retrospe:+i7e for five mcritks, involving an additianrfl zumual expenditure by the municipality of Be1"n by forty-five million moi-ks. 'J‘h.e authnfties threatens t) disnziss the strikers unless they resume on Thursday. Although there is no apparent political motive, it is significent that the stl"ke. originated wrong the Indepeadmrt Socialists FINNS REJECT BOLSHEVIKS PEACE OVERTURES. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 15. The Finnish Government -has submitted to the Diet a proposal rejecting the Russian Bolsheviks’ overtures for peace. The North-West Russian army's offensive is progressing. It crossed the Pskov—Petrograd railway in two places and captured an armoured train with large quantities of material. LONDON, Oct. 15. Denikc-n reports ‘fiiat he captured several thousand prisoners, two batteries and an enormous quantity of military booty at Orel. ~ ‘A War Oflice conmiunique states that Deniken, by the capture of Orel, has secured another important prize, and makes a further great stride towards Moscow. Orel is a valuable rail junction, where the main line from Moscow.-to Kharkov crosses the RigaTsaritsin rail line.‘ _ ' COPENHAGEN, Oct. 15.. British warships stopped steamers bound for Germany in the Gulf of Finland, and escorted __t_hem to»rßeral_.