Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
STRIKE IN GERMANY
FAILS AFTER FATAL
R|OT|NG IN BERLIN
Attempt TO Overthrow Power of
the Military Faction Proves
Only Flash in the Pan.
PEOPLE UPHOLD KAISER
ny ASSOCIATED Press To Every Evening
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. Feb.

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, Feb. |.
There WINS clash between strikers and
the police in the northeast part of Berlin
yesterday. Ono policeman was killed and
u dozen strikers injured There were
fninor disturbances IN other sections and
in the siIburls Of Berlin.
The German press generally agrees that
the outhre8l has reached its climax IN
Rerlin aud is now receding The dc
Inoustrations are snid to show lack of
centralized control
Reports from the chief industri sec
tlons of Germany Indicate that the strike
movement nowhere is finding the support
necessary TO carry II along
The latest trlcgrarns from Berlin report
the situation is unchanged, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from the
Danish capital The strike has not been
extended
The Berlnrr Tagrblatt reports that the
police seized the trade union building IN
Berlin and arrested Deputy koersten and
other leaders
The Socialist party committee met m
Berlin on Wednesday evening 10 decide
upon the party view of the extension of the
strike The committee considered
program which. the Voesische Zeitung
| SAWS. waa regarded as offering a suitable
basis for negotiations with the govern
| uent The program wns restricted to
slitical demands affecting domestic af-
| fsirs. omittIng reference to the desires m
regard 10 the foreign policy expressed, by
ne strikers The committee also consider
| ed measures 10 prevent the incitemeni Of
strike of bakers
The fighting yesterday in Berlin in
which policeman was killed was brought
| about by an attempt on the part of
crowd of men and women to interfere
with the street ear traffic. Another
| policeman was injured seriously
TRkpFs UNIoss HOLD ALoor.
| Minor disturbances are reported 10
| other sections ot Berlin and IN the out
| skirts of the city Tire afternoon news
| papers have been compelled 10 reduce the
number Of their pages Public utilities
are being operated without interruption,
80 far as the latest advices show.
German newspapers generally estimate
| the number Of strikers at 10000. They
| ali sav the disintearation Of the move
mcnt In proceeding rapidly. The riots Of
! yesterday are SAID 10 have been due TO
the anger Of the strikers on realizing the
| movement vas doomed 20 early failure.
/ The rades unions are declining 70
| pay out strike benefits As an indication
| Of the lack of centralized direction. II il
said only a few OF the big plants pf Berlin
were forced 70 suspend operations COM
pictely.
| The governing hoard Of the Social
| Democratic party announced yesterday
| that It h8d not taken over the manage
! ment of the strike The trades unions.
! through the general commission. also
disciaired responsibility, and the strike
| appears consequently to have heen
! orphaned 50 far As these two authorita-
| tive bodies are concerned
The part played by Philip Schelde-
| mann, Friedrich Ebert and Herr Braun.
| Socialist leaders, Is explained on The
| ground that they are anxious to prevent
| the strike from resulting in dIsorganIza-
| tion and riotlng While the party as such
| endorses the political demands regarding
domestic affairs which were made by the
| strikers, it Is generally believed that il
| definitely dlsapproves the present strike
| as an instrument for forcing the govern
| ment TO meet these demands.
| The Tageblatt warns Scheidemann and
| Ebert against playing Trotzkys game
and appeals to the radical leaders to
bring the outbreak TO q conciliatory
| conclusion. on account of the effect abroad
| and for the sake OF the future prospects
| for the internal reform championed BY
| the Reichstag ma iority parties.
PLAYING INTO TRoTzxY's HANDS.
| The official bulletin q the National
Liberal Party declares the Berlin strike
leaders are playing into Trotzky's hands
Most OF the newspapers Of the Reichstag
majority parties continue their crlu
cisIns of the Socialists. The Germans
| says that by associating themselves with
| the strike both sections Of the party have
displayed very bad tactics, which might
well have consequences Incongcnient
to themselves. The Freissinge Ieitunl
says the Progressive Peoples Party have
nothing to do with the latest acts of the
| Social Democrats, on whom it throws
full responsibility for all consequence
! of the strike.
The kreuz Zeitung Of Berlin print,
| an abusive article regarding the striker
| who, it says, are behaving as though on +.
holiday Great numbers of them, &C
| cording to the newspaper, gather q
kempinskis s. famous Berlin restaurant
and it is the class Of which the striker
form q part that makes up large pro
portion of the patrons OF the opera, tn
most frivolous theatres, the wine shops
moving picture houses and dance ant
music halls.