The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-01

CT hamburg. one OF the three Tree
cities Of. the German empire. and its
two Prussian suburbs, wandsbeck and
Altoona. were today placed In q state
If siege The strike WHICH is tighten
ing It's grip faster ana faster upon
the whole empire. got beyond the con-
troll Of The authorities in the fourth
greatest scat Of maritime trade in the
world. The population Of Hamburg
ard The two suburbs exceeds l,o0o,-
coo.
The greatest commercial city Of the
European continent IS in the throcsl
# tho gravost trouble Germany
has known IN her history. The cradle
OF the empires expansion into a world
power, from which In times Of peace
steamers piled to virtually all parts
Of the globe, the Castle" Of the cap
ta{ns OF Industry who through the big
shipping lines built up the kaiser's
colonial realm. has overnight be-
come a bottled for the microbes OF
Bolsheyism planted by TrotEky al.
Brest Lltoysk. f
Not g wheel js %turning. The work
cry af Hamburg have taken the lead
ia acting upon The defy flung by Ger
manv'e labor into the face Of junk
erdon. The great iron works, thu
t.tt shipyards. the Coktrn mills, dycinc
establishments, rehneFses- brewertes.
chemical plants ana railroad tards
idle while many thousands of work.
ere s%nllenJy await the answer f1om
Berlin
Capital IN shaker.
The capital itself Is rent and shaken
ny labor troubles. ItE commercial
life. end thai in. ALI its suburbs. Is
parAly2ed Into every part OF the IA
therianG tie silent revolt Of idleness
has spread. ana all dispatches indi~
cate that there is but one end of the
--E-E .g.asAa. zCg x-fFb p4raAta nv
RusSia's terms. with the annexation
ista buuying of the Bolsheyiki at
Brest Liiovak the trouble started,
first in Austria Hungary, ana thon in
Germany. Now TrUton iAbor's sYmpa-
thy with Haishevis1u has Ttpened into
q natou-w!de strike campaign lu
which typical BolFhevtst weapons arc
used.
In Hamburg the menace Of The strike
Is more sertoua than elsewhere. he
cause haud-iu~haud with the tabo'
strife goes the sntasonis1n against
Prussiau military methods, Since
1913 hamburg. has heFn q free state
ana city and proud % her freedom.
Before tina size had belonged for
some time ta France, IL 1871 she be-
came q member OF the new German
empire. but as "a free state.
troops called 70 quesl riots must
cone from the contiguous ffussian
] territory. IN W aytANbF'h. N4iE & -"
TO the northeast. are stationed the IA
/ nous Fifteenth HusssrS. and Altoona,
below and adjoining Hamburg, also lie
wcU CErrisoned. Both suburbs, &C
cordlng TO tho Socialist Hamhurf
Echo, are Included jn the state 81
siege.
Place az Kataer Derby.
Wandsbeck is "a town Of HolsteiH,
Prussia. with a population Of about
tAlrty thousand Just outside, at
Horn. the greatest racing event Of
the year. the kaiser derby, took place
in times % peace.
Altoona IS in tne prussian province ,
Of Schleswig-Holstetn, on the right
hank OF tire EIbo 1t h@s q sarEe
trade by rail- and river, Commercially
It forms part OF hamburg with when
H. II Joined in a tariff union, lis
population is about 10000. There
are large tobacco and cigar factories
From Berlin came a s~fmi-ofl2lal
denial today hat " serious SINK"
troubles had occurred.
DISPATCHES from tho FaiFerS cap
ttal and from points along the Dutch
( border showed, however. that the
noyemant has taken on proportions
that canrof be exaggerated In the Sc
robustness OF their hearing upo Ger
man Internal unity. Sw@ertng de-
( mnIds have been made nv the n%" r.
IA. formed council OF w~orfr'eo IN
whose executive committee Phl'ip
erheitcmann. the majority Socia'ist
leader. hes joined hands wen such
radicals as }Ioaec IA L~.ol}chour.
Try 10 Forve Peace.
There is eyery Indication that ne
.hbf-a III whole strike r7%ovcr1Cnt Il
the determination on the part ~ the
Socialist leaders to try 40 tore" peace
/ before H~inHeUaurg strikes ms
much advertised DO" IN h West
grheI6eu2aur IN hts reply 70 Count
x.or ucrtnnc,s oeacc aims speech viz
t,1aliy announced thI7 with his query;
"suppose Paris and Coisjs. ar
trteo VIII thst enc the war; 9nn
b!- o~u -r4vcr. mo. Te will SIN
have Anlerics TO srht"
one dispatch today wt}rh-indlcated
that the l8hor >stio" has borne
r~13,t a. laas. among fae e~arrisons IN
he largo ciri0s KS 70 rhc erect HAA1
tr.ornc called out i'm the Berlin suo-
urhs to aueIl strike disturbances re-
f,aa6 10 Are on the strit ers.
@tYo. eHytces TOLD Of clashed nc
-4-asn troops and strikers resulting
IN many "a sualties, There were ais"
reuorts Of mutinies at, KEEL n on
ire east trent in which officers we're
said 30 have been Killed by soldiers.
THESE are. however
b, A strong pFopoF V 'N
:, srs cEe women.
. MANY Socialist leaders are report
ID 10 have been put behind lock ana
xev. A thick FOG in Berlin, one as
rstch ~asd. served as . ralGahle any
for tho ar1tetors who took advantage
~ il ~ scattering Thousands Of reVo-
, ~lut.onarv pamphlets.
Ono stvtke Fails.
= Munich capital of Bavaria "A
large scale strike IS said 20 have fall
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