Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-07
Labor and Socialists Threat
en- Revolt Against the Aus
trian Government.
GERMANS STRIVING
TO EXTEND POWER
Czechs and Southern Slavs Are In.
furiated Over Premier Won
Seydler's Recent Actions.
By the Associated Press.

BERN, Switzerland, May labor
and socialist organizations in Austria
threaten revolt against the government
action in suspending parliament. Swiss
newspapers print telegram from Wen
ma quoting tho Social Demokratische
Korrespondenz to the effect that COM
mittee Of the socialist party and COM
mittee Of the German Socialist Deputies
Club have decided to issue q manifesto
to the working class in regard to the
government action in which the follow
ing declaration will be made: 1f alb
solutism is re-established out Of regard
for pan -Germanism, which is prolonging
the war, the working classes will be
forced to fight for their rights"
The manifesto concludes by exhort-
ting the workers to hold themselves
ready to fight If necessary.
The socialist Arbeiter Zeitung OF
Vienna describes as childish and GRIM
inal the governments idea that 1t can
soothe the passions Of the mob and
solve crisis by simply proroguing
parliament. It warns Premier Won
Seydler and those behind him that they
are on the brink of a precipice.
Concession to Germans.
LONDON. May THE latest develop
ments in the Austrian situation appar-
emily can be summarized as 'conces-
sion to the Germans and threats to the
southern slavs." says a dispatch from
The Hague to the Daily Mail.
"At least" continues the correspond
ent, that is how the czechs and the
southern slavs regard the decision Of
Bohemia alone the rearrangement of
the provincial administration which
was promised nearly a year ago for all
Austria.
'rhe Austrian Germans are pressing
for 9 number Of administrative changss
the machinery Of the government great
ly in -sxceas Of their numerical proper
tfon. Czechsf. consider that the con-
cessions to the Germans is an obstacle
own demand for the political tndepend-
ence of Bohemia, one and undivided.
Czechs Are Infuriated.
won Seydler's announcement has in
furiated the Czechs. The southern Slavs
are furious over the proclamation that
stern measures will be taken to repress
in the south. The German
reactionary press is urging the govern
ment to quash the rebellious tendencies
Of the Czechs and the southern Slavs
by force. and to use the military to COM
mandeer foodstuffs in. the agricultural
districts, pointing out that the Ukraine
developments have shown that force
alone overcomes obstacles when normal
political administration becomes i'm.
possible owing to local conditions"
Mutiny Is Spreading.
Unrest in the Slovenian districts of
Austria Is growing daily and mutiny is
spreading with great rapidity, Reauter's
Limited announced today 1t had learned
from a Serbian source. A recent con-
fiict between German and Slovenians
ended in bloodshed.
venians occurred at the railway station
at Windischgraetz. Slovenian women
became greatly infuriated and took part
in the fighting. Several of the wound
ed combatants were taken to a hospi-
tai.
ceived regarding the recent encounter
between Germans and Slovenians at St.
Jean. The gathering there was con-
voked by Slovenian deputies, with the
object of spreading among the peasants
sentiment in favor of separation from
ing against the Germans. The speakers
urged the Slovenians to free themselves
forcibly from the German yoke, and the
chairman Of the Jugo-Slav Club asked
that all fight for an independent Jueo-
Slav state. The Slovenians cheered for
1t and the Germans responded with
cheers for the Hapsburgs This led to
fighting and bloodshed.