The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-01
WAR INDUSTRIES
ARE Threatened
BY HUN STRIKES
Affected Area Covers Manu-
factories Of Airplanes
and Balloons.
EVENTS COMPELLING
SOCIALISTS UNION
A. p. Correspondent De-
scribes Present Conditions
and Their Effects.

New York, Jan. 3l.--A correspondent
of the Associated Press. who was sta
toned at Berlin until America entered
the war and who recently returned to
the United States from Copenhagen.
whore he went after the outbreak OF
hosti,itics. has written the following
statement of the effects strikes In Ger
man cities are likely to have upon the
production of munitions;
STRIKES at Adlershof. the Berlin
suburb mentioned In today's dispatches,
will affect one OF the most important
centecs Of the German military air.
plane and balloon industry. Important
war chemical works specializing In the
manufacture of constituents for munl-
tions. also are located In the Berlin
suburb. which was the scene last sum-
mer Of a disastrous explosion.
Employ Skilled Hands.
"Spandau. where the strike also II
reported spreading, Is the site of one
of Germany's big arsenals. and a GEN.
ter tor the manufacture OF ammuni-
tion as well as of electrical plants de-
voted to war work.
"Spandau and AdIersbof differ from
the usual German industrial centers
In that large numbers OF men of mill
tary age. skilled worltmen exempted
from military service because Of their
greater value In war plants. are EN-
ployed there rather than the women
and youths who make up high pro-
portion of Germany's Industrial army
in war time. These men of mature age,
and politically active. are largely en-
rolled in the ranks OF the radical So
cialist party under Haase and Lede-
bour and have been restive and dis
satisfied with the government for n
long time.
Conditions of the present German
political strike are significant in that
| for the first time the leaders of the
ma jority. or tame Socialists under
Seheideman. are aligned with the rad
| icaI Socialists. Daring the strikes oe-
casioned by the trial OF Liebnecht and
by the reduction OF the bread ration in
April 1917. the whole influence OF
| Scheideman and the other majority
Socialist leaders was thrown against
the walk outs and they o-operated
whole -heartedly with the government
| In inducing the men and women TO re
turn u work. Majority Socialist en-
deavors were also primarily responsible
for the failure OF the general political
strike. which radical Socialists at
tempted to launch on May l, 1916. Now
Scheideman and his associates are
represented on the general strike com.
mittee. with Haase and other leaders
OF the radical element.
Important Bearing on War.
This change OF heart on the part OF
the government Socialists apparently
has been brought about BY the spirit
shown by the government in tht
Russo German peace negotiations "a
IBrest -Litovsk: In the treatment OF the
Prussian franchise reform and also b.
the swing Of the Socialist masses ava,
from the moderate program Of th'
Scheideman forces to the radical stop
the war at any price demands OF tht
radicals.
"The detection of thousands OF fol
lowers and even OF reichstag deputies
to the extremist wing has compelled
the moderate Socialists to shift to th'
left and align themselves in the strik
, movement In open and pronounced op
position to the government on an issu'
having an important bearing on tn
further prosecution OF the war"