Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-26
STRIKE BRINGS
GERMAN CRISIS
Riots Follow When Chancellor
Refuses to Arbitrate Demands
EARLY Fall of Kaiser
Predicted by Jap.

Predicted by Jap.
Philadelphia. April 23-The early
collapse Of German miiitarism was pre-
dicted today at the annual meeting Of
social science by Toyokocbi Iyenaga, OF
New York. manager director OF the
East and West News Bureau"
TT was sheer madness he said, for
Germany to arouse the sleeping giant
of this hemisphere.
II make bold to say that It would be
to the great advantage OF Germany to
sue for peace today. If she would now
lay her cards upon the table and ask
for lenient terms OF settlement, her
enemies probably would not be loath
to grant them. In this respect the in
f1uence of America would doubtless be
strongly exerted in Germany's favor.
We're Germany so to act, l could under
stand for the first time why she dragged
the United States into this war"
The problems of a durable peace be.
tween America and Japan, Mr.. lyenaga
said, will not have received their def
mite and final solution until japanese
residing in this country receive fun
recognition OF their equality with peo-
pie of other nationalities.
" IL LOdoy " j.
startling news from the interior Of
Germany. Yelled though the sit
uation. in the midst OF a rigid GEM
sorship and obscured by the
shackled condition Of the German
press. sufficient has leaked through
to indicate that the German empire
is facing a great economic and po-
litical crisis. .
The latest information received is
that 10000 striking munition work
ers rave engaged in a bloody riot
in the great Prussfan fortress
town of Madgeburg n were only
prevented from burning the city
military. This story comes from
the Dutch frontier with sufficient
detail to make it's claims to anthem.
city impressive. On it's heels ar
rives the account of demands made
by the leaders of the Berlin strike,
demands Of such a revolutionary
character that. compliance with
them would mean a prompt ending
to the military regime in the Ger
man empire.
Similar demands have not beef
voiced publicly in Germany since tn,
imprisonment of DIR. Karl Liebknecht
on a charge of reaso 1t is signifi.
cant thai they include a requisition for
the release Of political prisoners, which
would include; Of course, the noted So
cialist leader.
The exact status of the strike move
ment in Germany Is not known, but ii
is certain that d very considerable por-
ton of the mnnition workers have beer
affected. There are reports of a new
strike at Essen, and Magdeburg is the
site of an important branch of the
great Krupp establishment. An indi-
cation Of the seriousness OF the situa
ton is afforded by the fact that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg has consid-
cred it necessary to make a personal
appeal to the workers in which he de-
nounces strikes as inexcusable crimes
against the fighting forces.
Labor Against conscription.
Mrs. w. I. Thomas, of Chicago, ex-
ecutive secretary OF the Woman's In
tthe plan IS an alliance between Lom-
bard and Wall streets"
Grant Hamilton, of the American
Federation of Labor, said labor stands
solidly against conscription.
strikers. mostly munition workers,
tried to burn the town hall at Magde-
burg on Friday, according to a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph corn
pany from Oldenseaal, Holland. Soldiers
fired on the rioters, killing and wound
ing many, and the town now is in a
state of siege.
Magdeburg is the capital Of the
Prussian province Of Saxony, and one
of the strongest @.~ortresses In the Ger
man empire. 1t is 76 miles from Der
lin, and is the sea of immense stee,
works and machine shops, forming par,
Of the great Krupp works. The city
had a population in 1900 of 229,663.
Amsterdam, via London, April 21.-
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, having
declined to discuss the strike situation
with a d%eputation headed by Hugo
Hasse, president of the central execu-
tive committee of the independent so
cialist party, 10000 workers in four fac
tories in Greater Berlin decided to con
tinue their strike.
Revolutionary Demands.
Amsterdam. April 21.--Resolutions o.
a most revolutionary character were
presented by the leaders OF the Ber-
lin strikers at a mass Meeting Of the
workers, according to the Dusseldorf
General AnZeiger. Peace without an.
nexations, and the abolition OF com.