Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-02-03
More Serious Disturbances
Appear to Have Died Down.,
but Further Outbreaks Are
ForeStaIIed by Order,
KRUPP PLANT REPORTED
WORKING FULL TIME
Germans Take Hand in Polish
Agitation and Prepare to
Keep BoIsheviki Influences
Out of Territory,


Germany's workers are still in a
restless mood and although the strike
movement appears to be on the wane,
largely through the adoption of dras-
tic measures by the authorities. there
are threats of further demonstrations
and a continuation of sporadic disor-
ders.
Berlin and it's environs remain the
center of the disturbances. The city
IS under military control Factories
where strikes are in progress have
teen miitarized say dispatches, and
the workers warned to report for
work by Monday morning or undergo
military discipline.
Berlin Center of Trouble.
The most serious disturbances ap-
pear to have occurred in Berlin
Thursday, when crowds got out of
hand overturned street cars, inter-
fered with workers who had kept to
their employment and frequently col
iided with the police. In one case
when panic broke out after shot
had been fired, the police are de-
cared to have charged with drawn
sahers, thirty strikers and many on
lockers being wounded. At Spandau,
an important suburb, there were sim
1iar disorders and mob is reported
to nave attacked soldier guards.
A nationwide demonstration is
threatened over the arrest of Deputy
William Dittmann, one of the inde-
pendent socialist leaders, for attempt-
ing to address a street crowd. The
completeness of the military control
OF Berlin is indicated by the reported
refusal of Chancellor Won Hertling to
order the deputy's release when asked
TO do so, giving as a reason that he
was powerless to interfere as the can
iaI was entirely in military hands.
49,. Military in Control.
The semi-official statement sent
from Berlin on Friday night declares
that Fridays disturbances were of n
minor nature, that men were return
ing to work and prevailing opinion
was that the strike had passed the
hieh-Water mark. The Krupp plant
AT Essen was in full swing, it was as
serted, while work was again pro.
ceeding in the shipyards of Hamburp
and Danzig and was to have been re-.
sumed at Kiel on Saturday.
Countries contiguous to Germany
are threatened with labor troubles
Holland is preparing to cone with n
general strike to be called in Amster-
dam on Monday and a cloud of diff
flcultles with the industrial elements
appears to be hanging over Switzer-
land.
BolsheyiLd Barred.
developments in connection with
the Brest-Ltovsk peace negotiations
were virtually nil 1t Is revealed
however, that the Germans are deter
mined to keep Bolsheviki agitators
out of Poland, permission having
been refused Russian delegates to
brest-Litovsk to visit Warsaw. re-
quest for the repatriation of Polish
troops in the Russian army has been
denied.
In the Ukraine the Bolsheviki seem
10 have gained the ascendancv
through their capture of Kiev, insur-
ing the authority of the Bolsheyiki
rada. A revolutionary government is
reported to have been set up by the
victors.
Fighting Reported,
RUSSIAN Bolsheviki forces and the
Ilnnish militia are reported to be
iishting near Kerava. The Finnish
white guard is said to have gained
control over the northern section OF
rlnlahd. Reinforcements sent by the
ie.rosrad government have arrived
at Viborg.
In France military ACTIVITY for the
most part has been confined to raids
Dy all patrols. On the sector or the
french front occupied by American
troops intermittent artillery firing
mas been in progress. A distance Of
only sixty yards separates the Ameri.
can and German trenches at some
points.