Evening star., 1918-01-31

CvC1lSS Va SAA~ HeaSs 49,
At meeting of the Berlin strikers on
Wednesday, the Tageblatt says, resoiu-
ton was passed declaring that the strik-
ers would oppose to the utmost OF their
mower any reprisals against their leaders
or representatives.
A dispatch to the Daily Express from
Geneva reports that there have been
ola she's between soldiSrs and strikers in
the suburbs of Berlin in which lives were
lost The dispatch adds that the troops,
in some instances. refused TO nfe Oh
strikers. ,,,,r5s
and in the Vulcan works at Hamburg, and
thousands of miners in the Rhenlsn est
phalian districts struck on Monday. ac-
cordins to the Berliner Vossische Ieitung.
Unable to Cross Border.
No one has been permitted to cross the
Swiss frontier from Germany since Iues-
day morning. according TO ene Daily
News correspondent at Geneva. PrlVate
reports received in Switzerland repre-
sent the strike situation as having taken
a serious turn late TUESDAY nignt. me
refusal of Herr Wallraf' the MINISTER ,,o OF
the interior, to confer with the strike
leaders, is said TO nave ihiufia.eu 'ie
strikers. ;.+.a In
Berlin has now been in session con-
tinuously since noon ane monaa saiS to have
reached the committee Tuesday from
Leipzig, Dusseldorf and Barmen, not,
withstanding the rigid military control
throughout Germany
Crisis Expected Soon.
Oninion in Geneva. the correspondent
saws. is that the strike movement Will
ic
movement either will collapse or take
a turn which may force the German
government to its knees.
The report of a strike in the works
of Essen is not confirmed. but the
Munich Post says Dr. Krupp Won Bohlen
has issued a statement to the workmen
in the Krupp works urging them Ito
keen steady nerves in this moment OF
crisis and to remember their prothers
in the field
Government Uneasy.
Strikes and the presentation of an
ultimatum to the government, demand
ing immediate negotiations for gen.
eral peace on the basis or no annexa.
tions and no indemnit,es. nenter ds ;nS IoEo
cate clearly that the movement Is OF
such importance as to cause the goy-
ernment disquietude. This is proved
by the suppression Of newspapers ana
ing that the strike must stop.
The strike movement embraces gov
ernment and private shipbulidinS yards
the mining centers and numerous I'M
nortant factories. There is also news
Of the formation of workmen's coun-
Gil ON the model of the workmen's and
sold;ers' councils in Russia. Herr Wal
raff the minister of the interior. has
heen asked to sanction the meetings of
the workmen's council, but SO far has
given no reply and is consulting the
minister of war.
Future Is at Stake.
The German Union of Labor, an Ex- |
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam says, has issued an anti-strike |
lesdet, declaring that England and
only await the moment when !
is weakened by internal strife |
to fall upon Germany and ruin her |
trade and smash German competition. |
The appeal says: |
1--WE want no hunger peace There |
fore, down with mass strikes. Our fu- |
ture Is at stake"
Only a few kilograms have arrived |
in Copenhagen from Germany, an Ex- |
change Telegraph dispatch from the |
Danish capital says. and news Is scarce. |
owing to the fact that most of the /
important Berlin newspapers have not |
been published.
Meeting Prohibited. i
The military authorities in the Ber-
In district, according to the Berlin |
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