The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-01
SOCIAL DEMOCRAT
PARTY DESERTS
Hun STRIKERS
SCHEIDEMANN AND OTHER LEAD
ERS INDORSE DEMANDS, But
FEAR RIOTING, ETC.
.SEEKIN c COMPROMISE
One OF Kaiser's Partisans Warns Radi-
cal Leaders They Are Playing Into
Hands Of TrotzLy--Berlin Claims
Only 10000 Men Quit Work.

Amsterdam, Feb. 1.-THE Socialist
party committee met in Berlin Wednes
day evening TO decide upon the attitude
Of the party in view Of the extension Of
the strike. The committee considered a
program which, the Vossische Zeitung
says, was regarded as offering a suit.
able basis for negotiations with the
government The program was restrict.
ed to political demands, affecting for.
eign policy expressed by the strikers.
The committee also considered meas
ures to prevent Indictment of strike
of bakers.
The fighting yesterday in Berlin in
which policeman was killed was
brought about by an attempt on the
part of a crowd of men and women to
Interfere with the street car traffic An.
other policeman was injured seriously.
Minor disturbances are reported in
other sections Of Berlin and in the OUT.
skirts of the city. The afternoon news
papers have been compelled to reduce
the number Of their pages.
Public utilities are being operated
without interruption SO far as the latest
advices show.
Say Movement Dying.
German newspapers generally esti-
mate the number of strikers at 10000.
They all say that disintegration of the
movement is proceeding rapidly" The
riots of yesterday are said to have been
due to danger of the strikers on realIz-
ing that the movement was doomed to
early failure
The trades unions are declining TO
pay out strike benefits. AS an indica
tion of the lack OF centralized direction
it is said that only a few Of the big
plants of Berlin were forced to suspend
| operations completely.
The governing board OF the Social
Democratic party announced yesterday
that it had not taken over the manage
ment OF the strike The trades unions
| through the general commission alsC
| disclaimed responsibility, and the strike
appears consequently to have beer
orphaned, so far as these two authori
| 'ative bodies are concerned.
The part played by Philip Scheide
mann, Friedrich Ebert and Herr Braun
Socialist leaders is explained on the
round that they are anxious to pre-
2ent the strike from resulting in dis
organization and rioting.
Fears War on Government.
While the party as such endorses the
| Nolitical demands regarding domestic
affairs which were made by the strikers
It is generally believed that it definitely
lisapproves the present strike as an In
strument for forcing the government t
meet these demands.
The Tageblatt warns Scheidemanr
and Ebert against playing Trotzky'
came, and appeals to the radical lead
ers to bring the outbreak to a concilia
tory conclusion, on account of the ef
feet abroad and for the sake Of the fu
ture prospects for internal reforms
championed by the reichstag majorit!
parties.
The official bulletin of the Nationa
Liberal party declares that the Berlil
strike leaders are playing into Trotzky'
hands. Most of the newspapers of tn
reichstag majority parties continu
their criticisms of the Socialists. Th
Germania says that by associatinl
themselves with the strike both sec
tions Of the party have displayed ba'
tactics.
The Freisschene Zeitung says tn
Progressive Peoples party will hav
nothing to do with the latest acts o
the Social Democrats, on whom
throws full responsibility for all consc
1uences of the strike.