The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-28
Berlin REICHSTA(;
IN GREAT UPROAR
Amsterdam Dispatch Says There
Was TumuIt as the Assem-
bly, Adjourned.
SOCIALIST RAPS GOVERNMENT
Demands That Parliament Discuss
Whole Situation and Governments
Observation-Disclosures viii
Not Meet Again Till May.

Amsterdam, April 26.-The new an
ti-government socialist party in Ger
many precipitated tumultuous disturb
ances in meeting of the reichstag,
according to Berlin dispatches.
The Socialist Ledebour, one of the
organizers Of the new party, charged
that the government was responsible
for the food crisis in Germany. He
demanded that the reichstag discuss
the whole situation and the govern
ment's maladministration. Amid
tempestuous debate the resolution was
rejected.
Later Berlin advices declared the
reichstag would not meet again until
May 2.
The recent strike movement in Ger
many was discussed at q meeting of
the reichstag auxiliary service commit
tee, at which Count Westarp, leader
of the conservatives, welcomed Cen
| eral GrOener's declaration that fur
Their attempts to interfere with NUM-
ton work would be ruthlessly sup
pressed. Count Westarp intimated
that money had played a part in the
! strike and accused the socialist mi
nority of playing the game of Ger
many's enemies. He denied that the
trouble was caused by lack of food
The socialists Indignantly denied
the insinuation that brides had beer
II used and placed the blame for. thu
4 Strike Jn the administration OF In
Spandau works, the fact that the brea
ration had been decreased and on tn
agrarian policy. One speaker declare
that the agrarians, owing to the hig
price of cattle, fed them with brea
and corn, which the munition worker
could not obtain.
Renews Attack on America.
Karl Legion, president of the Ger
man Federation of Trades unions
makes a new attack on America Il
the correspondent Blatt, in a re
newed discussion of the cablegran
sent him by Samuel Gompers, presi
dent Of the American Federation o
Labor, urging the German unions t,
try to avert breach between tn,
United States and Germany. Presi
dent Legien says the United State.
should have maintained communica
tons with Germany in spite Of Eng
lands unlawful blockade" He adds
that if America had been in earnest
in her professed neutrality she would
have prohibited the export of mum
lions.
A telegram from Luxembourg says
that the administration has placed its
resignation in the hands of the Crane
duchess. The action was based on the
ground that the government no longer
enjoys the confidence of the people
and that neither producers nor con
J., sumers were doing their duty.
Try to Gust Chancellor.
Copenhagen, April 26.-The move
ment for the overthrow of Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg, halted for {
time by the adoption Of ruthless sub
marine warfare, is again becoming
evident in Germany. The agitation is
encouraged by dissenSions over inter
nal reforms, possible peace terms an(
| food troubles.
The Pan-German, conservative ant
national liberal organs are today
sharply campaigning against the so
cialist peace program and take the
chancellor severely to task for moi
| dissociating himself and his admins
! tration from Scheidemann and his
propaganda. The conservative
Deutsche Tageszeitung demands 6
strong hand at the helm, which alone
it says, can save the country from the
breakers to which it is heading OF
the dangerous Scheidemann course
The liberal organs speak of the hope:
and fears that ruthless summarizing
have introduced and declare that {
strong and positive policy at hom,
and abroad Is much needed.
Other papers accuse the chancellor
of stalking and losing the imperial pres
tige on the emperor's Easter NANTES
to, which failed to satisfy any party
I Won Bethmann-Hollweg's strength lie
in the fact that his enemies have n
points of unity in their general dis
content.