The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-02-05
GERMANY ADOPTS
DRASTIC MEASURES
Uses Mailed Fist to Put Down
Strike and Force the
Men to Work.
THROWN INTO THE ARMY
Ordered to Report for Work
Yesterday or Enter Ranks of
Fighting Men But They're
Still Restless.

Still Restless.
Germany's workers are still in a
restless mood and although the
strike movement appears to be on
the wane largely through the adop-
tion of drastic measures by the au-
thorities, there are threats of fur
ther demonstration and the contin-
uation of sporadic disorders. Ber-
lin and its environs remain the cen
ter OF the disturbances. The city
is under military control which
finds particular demonstration in
number of factories where strikes
are in progress. These have been
militarized according to dispatches
and workers warned to report for
work by Monday morning or under
20 military discipline.
The next serious disturbances
appear to have occurred in Berlin
on Thursday when crowds got out
OF hand, overturned street cars. in
terfered with workers who had kept
to their employment and frequently
collided with the police. In one
case where panic broke out after
shot had been fired the police are
declared to have charged with drawn
sabres, 30 strikers and many on
lockers being wounded. AT Span
dau, an important suburb, there
were similar disorders and a mob
is reported to have attacked soldier
guards
Arrest Arouse Few.
a nation wide demonstration Is
threatened over 'he arrest OF Deputv
William Dittmann, one of the indie
pendent Socialist leaders. for at
tempting to address street crowd
The completeness Of the military
control of Berlin is indicated bv the
reported refusal of Chancellor Won
Hertling to order the deputies re-
leased when asked To do so, giving
as a reason that he was powerless
TO interfere as the capital was en-
tirely in military hands.
These semi-official statements
from Berlin on Friday night declare
that Fridays disturbances were of =
minor nature, that men were re-
turning to work and that prevailing
opinion was that the strike had
passed the high-water mark. The
krupp plant at Essen was in full
swing, il was asserted. while work
was again proceeding in the shin
yards at Hamburg and Danzig. and
was to have been resumed at Kiel
on Saturday.
Meanwhile counties contiguous 10
Germany are threatened with labor
trouble. Holland is preparing TO
cope with general strike to be
called in Amsterdam on Monday and
cloud OF difficulties with the in
dustrial elements appears to be
banging over Switzerland.
Nothing from Russia.
Developments in connection with
The Brest-LitOvsk peace negotiations
were virtually nil. 1t is revealed
however, that the Germans are de-
termined to keep the Bolshevik agi-
tators out OF Poland. permission
having been refused Russian dele
gates to Brest-Litovisk to visit War
saw. A request for the repatriation
or Polish troops in the Russian
army also has been met with
negative response.
In the Ukraine the Bolsheyiki
seem to have gained the ascendancv
through their capture OF Kiey in
suring the authority OF the Rolsbe-
vik rada.
Russian Bolsheviki forces and
the Finnish militia are reported IN
be engaged in battle near Kerava
The Finnish White Guard is said N
have gained control over the north
ern section OF Finland. Reinforce
ments sent by the Petroerad gov
ernment have arrived at Viborg.
On the battle fronts in France
military activity for the most part
has been confined to raids nv
French, British and German patrols
On the sector of the French front
occupied by American troops inter
mittent artillery firing has been in
progress.