The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-02
ARMY CHIEF
WARNS BERLIN
Declares Strike Disturbances
VIII be Suppressed.
ONLY 100000 ARE OUT
1t is Said the Strike Is Losing Ground.
Munich Workers to Quit For Three
Days.

1t is Said the Strike Is Losing Ground.
Munich Workers to Quit For Three
Days.
Amsterdam, Feb. 2.-The command
er-in-chief Of Bradenburg province,
which includes Berlin, has issued a
warning to the population against dis
turbances, which he announces, will
be suppressed.
This is declared in a semi-offic!al
statement from Berlin.
It Is declared there are no indica-
lions OF an extension of the strike In
Berlin and that outside the capital
there has been little spread of the
movement
There was a clash between strikers
and the police In the northwestern
part Of Berlin. One policeman was
killed, one hurt and dozen strikers
injured.
The clash was brought about by an
attempt by a crowd Of men and wo-
men to interfere with street car traf-
fc.
The German press generally agrees
the outbreak has reached its climax in
Berlin and is now receding. The de-
monstrations are said to show lack of
centralized control.
Reports from the chief industrial
sections of Germany indicate the
movement nowhere Is finding the sup
port necessary to carry it along.
The trades unions are declining to
pay out strike benefits. AS an indi-
cation of the lack of centralized direc-
ton 1t Is said only few of the big
plants Of Berlin were forced to sus-
pend operations completely.
German newspapers generally esti-
mate the number Of strikers at $780,
600. They say the disintegration of
the movement is proceeding rapidly.
Riots are said to have been due to
the anger Of the strikers on realizing
the movement was doomed to early
failure.
(The largest estimate of the num-
Der of strikers was made in a wire
less despatch from Amsterdam. II
placed the number # men out at 5OO.-
600 In the industrial suburbs of Ber-
lin, and as many more in the rest of
the empire}
The Socialist party committee met
in Berlin Wednesday evening to de-
idev the attitude of the party. The
committee considered program
which. the Vostache Zeitung says, was
regarded as offering a suitable basis
for negotiations with the government.
The program was restricted to political
demands affecting domestic affairs,
emitting reference to the views on
foreign policy expressed by the
strikers. The committee also consid-
cred measures to prevent the incite-
ment of strike Of bakers.
The governing board of the Social
-9ezaacErsttc party Ann Announced it had
not taken over the management Of the
strike. The trades unions through
the general committee also disclaimed
responsibility. The strike appears
consequently to have been orphaned,
so far as these two authoritative
bodies are concerned.
The part played by Philip Scheide-
mann. Friedrich Ebert and Herr
braun. Socialist leaders, is explained
on the ground they are anxious to pre-
vent the strike from resulting in dis
organization and rioting. While the
party as such endorses the political
demands regarding domestic affairs
which were made by the strikers, it
Is generally believed it disapproves
the strike as an instrument for fore
ing the government to meet these de-
mands.
The Tageblatt warns Scheidemann
and Ebert against playing Trotzky's
game and appeals to the radical lead
ers to bring the outbreak to a con-
ciliatory conclusion, On account of the
effect abroad and for the sake of the
future. prospects for the internal re-
forms .championed BY the reichstag
majority parties.