New Britain herald., 1917-04-27
Editors Make Appeal
 to WOrkmen Not to Stop Flow of Muni-
 tions to Battle Lines.
HOLLWEG WARNS AND
 PLEADS FOR UNITY

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 Fearea-Director of Munitions sup-
 plies Promises Workmen May Have
 Channel to Express Complaints.
 Copenhagen, Via London, April 27. All the German newspapers today indicate a deep and widespread appre- hension that a revival of last weeks g strike movement is imminent. The whispers of 8, possible May Day strike, which came from a few papers yesterday, swelled today to a chorus > of approximation and appeal to the working men not to allow themselves to be swept off their feet by strike agitators nor to leave their brothers in the field in the lurch by checking the stream of munitions and supplies.
 First and foremost comes the official proclamation from Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg addressed formally to the federal states but really to labor and containing both appeal and stern warning against further interference with the mu- nitions works. The ways and means committee of the Reichstag indirectly seconds the appeal with 8 communi- C8I10n tO tn0 AIA0ys SAAesAAA1A48 11A0 heroes of .Arras and the western port of the country in a.difiicult hour.
 Warning to Miners.
 A manifesto from the four big miners unions warns their members against reckless and ragrettable action because of unsatisfactory food con- tlitions and the failure of some mu- nicipalities and local authorities to provide the necessary supplementary rations. "Do not permit yourselves in these grave times to be dragged into rioting and strikes is the key sentence of the manifesto, showing that not merely an orderly demon stration walkout but actual violence is feared in the great mining and manufacturing districts Of Westfalen and Silesia.
 Finally there is another official an nouncement that a combination of the war industry is necessary and tmmt- nent to revive men for the army. This gives the government any needed Justification for sending to the front munition workers who yield to temp ~tation. The announcement declares that large numbers of workmen, for merely exempted from military service so as to keep important industries working must now be sent to the front. They will be replaced by men obtained under the military auxiliary service law and women.
 Strikers Hypnotized, Says Gr0ener.
 Amsterdam. via London. April 27. General Goener, German director ~A us1vn1{ao on oAdRaQ0 remarkable for it's conciliatory tone. declared before the main committee of the Reichstag that the workers who had gone on strike had been hypno- tized and did not know what they were doing. General Groener said that even a strike which lasted only three hours was a bad thing but added that it was intelligible that the workmen should be depressed over the decreased bread rations. He continued:
 ,, ."They wanted to demonstrate to the government where 1t had failed It was a hypnotism of the masses. ., The workmen who struck on Monday Y hardly knew why they had done so. '. on Tuesday everyone had returned to his senses end on Wednesday a po- ntical change had come about. We hold proofs that inflammatory mat ter was smuggled in from abroad.
 "I demand that strikes cease is the future but on the other hand the workmen must have mouth pieces through which they may make known their desires and complaints. Tha1 purpose will be answered by the ap. pointment of labor representatives or the food organization and they will have another mouthpiece in the aux Hilary service law.
 'I will not tolerate any agitatior 's for a strike and I also will not tol crate again any agitation against th' rights guaranteed to the workmen b! auxiliary service laws"
 How Dare They Defy Hindenburg?
 Amsterdam, via London, April 27.- Berlin newspapers publish an appea , made by General Groens<. director o munitions supplies, which has beel
 placarded in all public places. HI says:
 ''Our army needs arms and mani
 tions. Did you not read Hindenburg'
 ,a<%or uou dare vOI1 dofv hin, ? IT.