The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-25
ANTl-WAR STRIKES:
AUSTRIA WANTS PEACE
Austria'S Situation More Serious
Than Germany's-Disorders Both
Political And Economical.

Washington, Jan. Embarrassing
reports of anti-war strikes through
| out Austria engaged the close atten-
| ton of American officials today. They
| believe the reports are substantially
| true, and do not credit the London
view that they have been exaggera-
| ted to deceive public opinion out
! side the central empires. Other re-
ports of economic conditions recent
| ly received show a situation in Aus
| tria much more serious than that in
| Germany. Such information as has
! been received from agents in neutral
| countries support the assertions that
| the strikes are increasing in num-
! Der. The postponement of Chancel-
lor Won Hertling's expected speech in
| Berlin is believed here to have been
due largely to the conditions that
! have arisen in Austria.
State Departments information in
! dicateS that the causes for the disor-
, ders are both political and economi-
cal. One official remarked today that
! lin these days the political align
ment of most people is based upon
/ the stomach" Food conditions in
Hungary, according to reports to the
department, are not so bad as in
, Austria.
| \ report was current in Paris to-
! day, according to an official dispatch
| from France, that the Austrian Gov
eminent had announced its accep-
| lance of the strikers conditions. In
! formation received in other dispat-
ches, however, was that the agitation
was far from over. 1t was pointed
out that this is the first time the
Austrian labor associations have sue
cessfully eXerted pressure on the
Government and that the popular
movement is directed against the
panGermanistS.
Strike Had Rapid Spread.
Amsterdam, Jan. 23.-The strike
in Austria, according to a dispatch
from Vienna printed in the Voselsche
Zeitung, of Berlin, was started by
workman named Shareholder who
induced a couple of hundred of his
comrades at the Daimler Motor
Works in WeinerNeustadi, 10 miles
south of Vienna, to walk out
The strike spread rapidly and on
Thursday of last week all the NUM-
ton works and factories were forced
to close. Hundreds of thousands of
persons gathered in the streets. No
songs were sung and no banners
were flown, the despatch says, threats,
grumbles and demands only being
heard. The trades people joined in
the strike and all shops were closed.
The printing of newspapers was
stopped and Vienna was without a
newspaper for three days.
The official spondence bureau
| of Budapest announces that DR.. We
kerle, the Hungarian Premier, has
received a deputatiOn of workmen
which handed him memorial con-
tanning a resolution stating that the
Workmen desired speedy conclu-
sion of peace based on the principles
of no annexation, self-determination
of the right of peoples and the i'm
mediate discusSian in the Hungarian
lower house of the franchise bill
The workmen further requested a
fair and equal distribution of food
stuffS and other neceSsaries.
Premier Wekerle, in reply, referr-
ed to Foreign Minister Czerni's we'll
known statement on the peace nego-
tiatiOns and added that the Hunga-
rian Government was strongly sup
porting the peace policy. But, he
said incidents like the present strike
seriously menaced the peace negotia-
lions and if the workmen desired
the accomplishment of peace these
disturbances must be Immediately
stopped.