New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
Socialists in the German
Reichstag Fiercely AS
sail Government
Old Men Kept
On Firing Line
Grain Stocks Short; Little
Hope of Relief From
Ukraine

LONDON, Feb. 25~ German sue
cesscs in the East have not stcmme d
the growing unrest in the territories
of the Central Powers, reports to- day
indicated.
Socialists in the German Rechstag
on Saturday hnrccly assailcd the gov
crnment for keeping old men in the
firing line, for harsh treatment of
troops and favoritsm.
The Rcichstag later adopted pro-
posal that all men born in 1869 and 1870
be Immediately withdrawn from ths
front line and sent home, and that all
the Landsturm who have seen service
since the beginning of the war should
be sent home.
Grain stocks prove much less than
estimated, with little hope Of relief
from the Ukraine.
state of siege has been proclaimed
IN three Polish towns in. consequence
of the agitation against the Ukrainian
settlement
Sundays edition of the Berlin So
cialist newspaper, "Vorwacrts," says an
Amsterdam dispatch, reports a debate
IN the Reichstag on Saturday during
which strong complaints were made
against the treatment given the older
classes of German soldiers. Herr
Stuockicn, Socialist member, said the
government had no intention of re-
leasing the older military classes. He
criticised the fact that in the Land
Sturm men of forty-cight years of age
We're still being kept in The trenches
despite the order that they be taken
out of the firing line
Many Arrests for Desertion
IN consequence OF the arbitrary pro-
cedure Of officers regarding furloughs.
added Herr Stuecklcn, increasing num-
oers OF soldiers hao taken their own
fur!oughs and were now undergoing
imprisonment fer deserton.
Herr Mueller Meiningen. the Rad;.
cal leader. said that 10000 of tie older
men were still in the firing line. The
preteXt that there were no reserves to
repldce Such men was secuted by Herr
Ryssel, Socialist
1T would only be necessary" he re-
marked, "to request all the pan-Ger
man braggarts, who thank God the war
is not yet ended, to volunteer. The
feeling al the front is not enthusiastic.
and TINS is not surprising in view of
the treatment the soldiers are getting"
Crltlclsing the food of the soldiers.
Herr Ryssel declared there were units
IN the army called "hunger companies"
and he remarked that a furlough cou|d
be bought by subscribing to the war
loan. He ended by demanding the an
pointment Of commission Of inouirv
to eXaminc into the sentences passed
by military tribunals
General Scheuch denied that men had
been called up because Of their al
,,eglance to political party. He added.
however:
we certainly Gallup those who prove
to be agitators"
Shortage in Grain Supply
Herr Brettreich, the Bavarian Min
lster of the Interior, saws Zurich
telegram. has informed The Landtar
that revised estimates Of the stocks Of
gram IN the country show that there
are supplies for fully month less
IMAM the ilrst estimate indicated be-
cause Of the difficulties of transporta-
ton. according to a Munich dispatch
There was no great hope, the minister
IS quoted as adding, that supplies from
the Ukraine would permit any increase
in the rations.
Berlin advices received in Amster-
dam, as forwarded by Central News
report that state Of siege has been
proclaimed "in consequence of events
m Poland" at Czcnstochowa, LODI and
' loclavck, important towns in Western !
Poland.
The move is the result of the great
unrest produced in Poland by the peace
treaty arranged between the Ukraine
and the Central Powers, under which
Part OF Poland was to be annexed to
the Ukraine. "
a Budapest dispatch to the "Cologne
,'.azette,' according to an Amsterdam
iispatch, says the Hungarian Finance
Munster Informed the Lower House If
armament last week that new taxa-
lon and other revenue producing meas
lres which would yield a27Oo0 600
ironen would be necessary to cover the
ienclt OF the current fiscal year.