Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-02
BIG PROTEST
OVER ARREST
OF Dl1ThlAl
Berlin Dispatches Detail AL.
legged Plot to Start
Revolution.
CHARGE LARGE SUM
is RAISED IN u. s.
Only. Way to Stop Trouble
| is to Overthrow Govern
ment, Say Strikers. h


been taken by the German govern
ment against the workers whose strike
movement in important industrial
centers during the week has tied up
many plants engaged in munftion and
war supply work. In retaliation for
one OF these measures-the arrest Of
an Independent socialist deputy
nationwide demonstration is threat
ened, according to advices through
Holland today.
Berlin. the center Of the movement,
is entirely in the hands Of the mill
tary, it is indicated not only by tho
proclamations of the military COVER
nor of the district but by the confess
ed powerlessness of even the highest
lor himself, to take action in the pres
sent situation.
This feature of the situation devel-
oped after the arrest Of the independ-
ent socialist leader, William Ditt-
mann. for attempting to address q
crowd in Berlin suburb. An appeal
to Chancellor vonS Hertling for his re-
lease, made by Hugo Haase, another
of the leading Independent socialists,
met with the response, according to q
news agency sdispatch, that the chan
cellor was helpless. as Berlin was en-
tirely under military control.
Other advices report the militariza-
strikes are in progress. Seven Of them
are said to have been placed directly
under martial law and the announces
ment made that the; strikers would be
subjected to military discipline if they
did not return to their work by Mon
day morning at the latest.
+, News Of fresh disorders in the Ber-
lin district came through today. The
disturbances. were Notably violent at
Spandau, where soldiers are reported
to have been alta cked by a mob. The
daily Berlin semi-official statement
manimizes the troubles. which are de-
clared to have been isolated and in.
significant. 1t also claims the resump-
ton of work in Hamburg and Danzie.
Amsterdam. Feb. 2.-The main
centers of the German strike move
ment, according to semi official
statements from Berlin. are the dis.
| tricts of Berlin and Altoona. The lat.
!, ter includes the armament centers o.
Hamburg and Kiel. The other arn,a-
ment manufacturing districts, the
Rhineland. Silesia. the Saar district
and the Kingdom OF Saxony. have
| been comparatively quiet up to this
! time. 80
The frontier correspondent Of
Haidelsblad speaks OF secret meet
ings held in western Germany to de-
eide whether to join the strike
Should the decision be in the anirma-
tive the workmen are declared to be
determined to make the cessation of
work general.
The Koelnische Zeitung declares
that majority of the workmen in
Cologne are opposed to the strike.
The newspaper Tyd learns from 4
reliable source that the riotinE in
Berlin on Thursday was precipitated
by shot fired when the police were
trying to disperse a crowd which was
proceeding towards Chariottenbure
crying Peace and bread.' A panic
ensued when the shot was fred and
the police charged the crowd with
drawn sabres. The strikers fired or
hurled projectiles at the police who
were unable to keep the excited peo-
pie under control. About thirty
strikers were wounded and taken to
a hospital.
Detachnents Of cavalry and ma
chine gun corps have been collected
in the neighborhood Of Berlin.