AUSTEO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1917, Page 5

AUSTEO-GERMANY.

THE BERLIN STRIKE. OFFICIALLY ADMITTED. Amsterdam, April 17. -Berlin- officially adm:ts the strike, troops are in readiness at the barracks and are concentrated, at danger Mints. Women attended the workmen's "meetings and discussed the food and political situations. Copenhagen. April 17. The Politiken's Berlin correspondent states that the workmen in all the factories dropped their tools at 9 o'clock in the morning and demanded a general strike throughout 'Germany. A similar demonstration is reported at Hamburg, Received April 18, 9.30 p.m. London, April 17. A Berne wireless message states that the general strike in .Berlin, with accompanying orderly demonstrations, ha-; been very carefully organised by the newly-organised Independent Socialist Party, hitherto the .Socialist minority in the Reichstag. All the factories, including those for munitions!, are closed. Ledebour and other leaders addressed the strikers outside the factories. Twelve converging processions, the majority being women, old men and boys, marched tii the Unter der Linden, where they were met by dense, crowds of strikers, ijHug labor and revolutionary songs, ...j snouting "Give us food." A i..> worthy feature was that the strikers -.neeied the military guards before the Talace and those inside the Brandenberger gate. Ultimately the demonstrators separated in perfect order of, procession.

ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE. THE STREETS CLEARED Received April 10, 1 a.' . Goneva, • April IS. Riots are reported in several German cities, including Bremen and Cologne. Monday's strike in Berlin was imitated in Cologne, Dresden, Karlruhe, Sandau. , Berne, April 18. Latest reports from Germany state that the strike prpcession has been resumed. Berlin, April 18. On Monday evening a stubborn encounter with the police resulted in general rioting, many of the police and rioters being wounded. The police were often routed, but finally mounted police cleared the streets at midnight, PEACE OVERTURES. OFFER SIGNIFICANT. New York, April 17. The Tribune's London correspondent .-.ays (liar- r.lthough there is no danger r <i Austria's offer to Russia being entertained, the action mr.y bo interpreted ai? the forerunner of tin dismemberment of the Central Powers' Alliance. A DELUSIVE PEACE, COLOSSAL GERMAN TRICK, Berne, April 17. The Gezette de Lausanne states that Germany is preparing a colossal trick for the Entente, arranging a pseudo revolution, in order to excite the Entente's pity, and pretending to introduce democratic liberalism, in the hope of creating a delusive peace. The Kaiser has been induced to promise radical reforms likely to impress the Entente. AUSTRIA AND PEACE. A PIOUS PROMISE. Received April 18, 10.50 p.m. Berne, April 17, The Austrian newspapers declare that an honorable peace is certain and imminent. The Emperor on Sunday attended the Cathedral Vienna, where a special peace service was held, and solemnly vowed to build a Church of Peace to the Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace. HUNGARIAN PREMIER RESIGNS. Received April 18, 11.50 p.m. London, April 1& It is rumored in Budapest that Count Tisza, Premier of Hungary, lias resigned.