New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-01-31

London, Jan. 31.-The cessation of
work in Hamburg is now virtually
complete. according to a Daily Tele-
gram dispatch from Petrograd. The
strike has extended from the Vulcan
Shipbuilding works in Hamburg to
The works of Blohm & Voss, an
other large shipbuilding concern.
The strikers demand an immediate
peace on the basis of no annexations
and no indemnities.
Want Reichstag Summoned.
y The socialist party leaders in Ger
many, according to a statement in
the Berliner Tageblatt, forwarded by
the Amsterdam correspondent of the
entral News, have asked President
Kaempf of the Reichstag to summon
the Reichstag Immediately in view of
the alarming events of the past few
days.
At a meetig of the Berlin strikers
g Wednesday, the paper adds, a resolu-
ton was passed declaring the strikers
would oppose to the utmost of their
power any reprisals against their
leaders or Representatives.
Among the views expressed in dis
patches from Holland in regard to
the German strike is one that tho
German government is exploiting
what hardly amounts to more than u
peace time demand with the object, II
possible of producing a more serious
movement in allied countries, where
1t apparently believes the govern
ments are less able than itself to con-
troll such movements.
Another correspondent gathers from
tho German press that the German
government intends to make the
strike movement a preteXt for break
ing off the BreSt-Litovsk negotiations
and is ascribing it to the machina-
tions of the Bolsheviki with whom,
therefore, it would be impossible TO
hold further conference.
The semi official Norddutche Allie
gimc Zeitung, commenting on the po-
litical aims of the strike committee
warns the strikers that they will
achieve nothing by their action in ref
erence to the negotiations at Brest-
LitoVsk. Instead of furthering the
peace movement, it says, the strikes
will prejudice the negotiations and
encourage her enemies to resist Ger
,nany's just claims.
The paper, adds that the govern
ment expects the strikers as the re-
suit of calm consideration to realize
the foolishness of their attitude and
relnne work.
Clashes between soldiers and strik-
erS in the suburbs of Berlin in which
lives were lost are reported in a dis
patch from Geneva to the Daily Ex-
press. The troops in some instances
refused to fire on strikers the dispatch
adds.
Many Industries Included.
The strike movement EN- braces gov
ernment and private shipbuilding
yards, the mining centers and numer-
ous important factories in the Berlin
districts. There is news of the forma-
ton of WOrkmen's council on a
model Of the workmen's and soldiers
councils in Russia The minister of
the interior has been asked to sane
ton the meetings of the workmen's
council.
According to some reports the strike
involves a number of munitions fac
tories and some submarines wharves
but up to this time the railroad and
telephone services have not been in
volved.
The union of labor, an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch says has issued a
trike leaflet, declaring England and
America only await the moment when
Germany is weakened by internal
strike leaflet, declaring England and
her trade, and smash German compe-
Htion. The appeal says:
1--WE want no hunger peace, there
fore down with mass strikes. Our fu-
ture is at stake"
The German strike is still growing
In magnitude the Exchange Telegraph
correspondent at Copenhagen re.
ports. In Berlin 100000 persons are
on strike, he reports, $4,000 of thes<
being women.
great number of socialist leader:
have been arrested in various town>,
according 20 tI;iE authority
Tho fact that Berlin il wrapped fr
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