Evening star., 1918-02-02
Main Strike Districts &.
Are Berlin and AItona;;
Troops in Readiness
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
! AMSTERDAM. February q Berlin
evening newspapers just received here
Estate that Wilhelm Dittman. socialist
member of the reichstag. was arrested
| when he attempted to address crowd in
! a suburb of Berlin.
! tDeputy Dittman's name was linked last
October with those of Deputies HaaSe and
Vogtherr. also socialists, with the mutiny
| in the German fleet The Vorwaerts. in its
report of a reichstag debate. quoted Herr
Haase as saying that the condemned
sailors were accused of distributing
pamphlets given to them by Deputy Diti-
man, which had been passed by the cen-
sor. The mutiny is reported to have oc-
Cured about eight months previous tO
the debate. Following the debate. reports
quoting the Hamburg Fremdenblatt stated
that the government had decided to prose-
cute Deputies Haase. Dittman and Vog>
therr in the imperial court at Leipzig for
! their alleged share in the sailors mutiny.l
Main Strike Center.
The main centers Of tho German
strike movement, according to a semi.
official statement from Berlin, are the
districts of Berlin and Altoona The lat
ter includes the armament centers OF
Hamburg and kiel. The other arma-
ment manufacturing districts. tho
Rhineland. Silesia, the Saar district and
the kingdom of Saxony. have been COM
paratively quiet up to this time.
The frontier correspondent Of the
Handelsblad speaks of secret meetings
held in western Germany to decide
whether to join the strike. Should the
decision be in the affirmative the work
men are declared to be determined to
make the cessation of work general.
The koelnische Zeitung declares that
a majority of the workmen in Cologne
are opposed to the strike.
The newspaper Tyd learns from a re.
hi n
on Thursday was precipitated by shot
fired when the police were trying to
disperse a crowd which was proceeding
toward Chariottenburg crying Peace
and bread.' A panic ensued when the
shot was fired. and the police charged
the crowd with drawn sabers. Tho
strikers sought shelter behind over
turned tramcars and fired or hurled pro-
jectiles at the police, who were unabIe
to keep the excited people under con-
troll. About thirty strikers were
wounded and taken to a hospital Many
onlookers who were wounded were
treated in drug stores.
Crowds at various places attempted
further riots. Detachments of cavalry
and machine gun corps have been coll
lected in the neighborhood of Berlin.
The warning proclamation issued by
the Berlin military superior in COM
mand follows:
Having now introduced a more
drastic state of siege, I shall not have
the population in doubt that I intend
to suppress every attempt to disturb
peace and order with all means at my
I. therefore. warn every or.
derly citizen not to take part in any
way in public meetings. Every one
must quietly carry out his duties ana
keep away from crowds. If arms hayA
to be used, no distinction ca be made~s
between disturbers of order and those a
who are not taking part in such dis
isolated and insignificant successes.s &
in Berlin yesterday are reported in a 4
semi official statement received here
today from the German capital Work is
is said TO have been resumed at Ham,
burg and Danzig. III
For the most part traffic was main f
tained in orderly manner, the state-
ment adds. Publication of all news
papers has been resumed. iss
The Berlin newspaper Germania,
arguing tnat the strike il only hurt
ing the workers, says: M
The employers were about 10 de-
clars lockout owing to . shortagS e II
coal. Now, owing to the strike. there nj
longer IL shortage, Of coal and the y
smpioyers are saving 1o.ooo.o0o marks.