The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-03
WAR SUMMARY.

Germanys workers still are In rest
less mood, and although the strike move
ment appears to be on the wane, largely
through adoption of drastic measures by
tie authorities, there are threats of
further demonstrations and continual
ton of sporadic disorders.
Berlin and its environs remain the
center of the disturbance. The city IS
nnder military control, which finds a
particular demonstration in 4 number
vf the factories where strikes are in
progress These have been militariZed,
according to current dispatches, and the
workers warned to report to work by
Monday morning or undergo military
discipline.
The most serious disturbances ap-
ear to have occurred in Berlin on
Thursday when crowds got out of hand,
overturned street cars, interfered with
workers who had kept to their employ
r,ent. and frequently collided with the
police. In one case, when panic broke
out after a shot had been fired, the
pclice are declared to have charged
with drawn sabers, thirty strikers and
many onloollers being wounded.
At Spandau, an important suburb,
there We're similar disorders, and mob
is reported to have attacked soldier
guards.
A nationwide demonstration is threat.
cned over the arrest of Deputy VIM.
Dtttnan, member of the reicnstag and
.yho also is one of the independent So
ciaist leaders, for attempting to ad-
dress a street crowd. The complete
ness Of the military control Of Berlin
is indicated by the reported refusal of
Chancellor Won Hertling to order the
deputy's release when asked 10 do So,
giving as a reason that he was power
less to interfere, as the capital was
entirely in military hands.
The semioffcial statement sent from
Derlin Friday night declares that Fri
days disturbances were of Il minor
nature that men were returning to
work and that prevailing opinion was
that the strike had passed the high
water mark. The Krupp plant at Es-
sen was "in full swing it was as
serted, while work was again proceed
ing in the shipyards at Hamburg and
DanZig, and was to have been resumed
at l[ie on Saturday.
Meanwhile countries contiguous to
Germany are threatened with labor
troubles. Holland is preparing to cope
with a general strike to be called in
Amsterdam Monday and Il cloud Of
difficulties with the industrial elements
appears to be hanging over Switzerland,
Developments in connection with the
Brest Litovsk peace negotiations were
virtually nil. 1t is revealed however
that the Germans are determined to
Feep boshevist agitators out of Po.
land, permission having been refused
Russian delegates to Brest Litovsk to
visit Warsaw. A request for the re-
patriation of Polish troops in the Rus
sian army also has been met with a
negative response
In the Ukraine, the bolshevilki seem
10 have gained the ascendancy through
their capture of Kiev, insuring the au.
thority of the bolshevist rada A revo-
lutionary government is reported 10
nave been set up by the victors.
Russian bolshevist forces and the Fin
Nish militia are reported to be engaged
in battle near Kerava. The Finnish
White Guard is said to have gained
control over the northern section of
Finland Reinforcements sent by the
Tctrograd government have arrived at
Niborg
On the battle fronts in France, mill
tlry activity for the most part has been
confined to raids by French, British and
German patrols. On the sector of the
French front occupied by American
troops intermittent artillery firing has
been in progress. A distance of only
sixty yards separates the American and
German trenches at some points.