Evening star., 1918-02-03

scale. supported by the ideas OF TIM.
Russian revolution. has resulted in
No tMe enticements Of irresponslAae
agttators. They do not realise that
they are committing shameful treason
against the fatherland.
Il raise my warning voice and ask
you to consider what will happen IL
our front begins to totter. Foreign
countries are already rejoicing at their
success, observing with malicious glee
our German Michael again walking into
a trap. That must not continue.
Political resistance must and will in
all circumstances be smashed. Germany
must not experience such conditions as
the Russian revolution produced. Let
every one help to terminate the shame
ful spectacle of 4 strike, denounce the
mischievous agitators and bring them
to their deserved punishment.
Can Remove Discomfort.
Yesterdays issue of the socialist
newspaper Norwaerts of Berlin says
that while the general committee OF
trades unions is remaining neutral II
rs unanimously of the opinion that the
political discomfort which gave birth
to the strike can be removed by meet
ing justly the wishes of the strikers.
The newspaper says that a number
arrangements were made long prior
to the strike for the transaction Of
routine business have been forbidden
AT thursdays session Of the muni-
cipal council Of Berlin there was an
excited debate. in which the president
was compelled to intervene He or
dered the clearance of the visitors
gallery, in which there was a great
tumutt while speech was being made
by Adolf Hoffman, member of she.
council. After debate the co6dciL
by vote of 73 to IS. trs-
Jected socialist motions requesAHg
the municipal authorities to take the
most speedy measures to obtain cestora-
assembly The semi-offfciai account of
yesterdays occurrences in Berlin reads:
Excesses Are Isolated.
According to reports in the evening
papers only isolated and iusignificapt
eNcesses occurred today. These were
more the acts of youths and of mobs
than of actual demonstrators. The
prevailing opinion is that the prevail.
ing strike has passed it's zenith"
In some factories the number of
workers was increased by a tho,,sapd
over yesterday. Most of the Forwarding
agents. omnibus companies and street
car lines were able to maintain traffic in
an orderly manner. All the newspapers
reappeared. The strike in the prinfinp
Street life was disturbed nowhere
Even where large bodies of strikers
promenaded no considerable disturbance,
occurred today. All attempts to persuade
the street car employees to join the strike
were unsuccessful Work is again pro-
ceeding in the shipyards- at HAMBURG
and DanziS- At kiei work will be re-
sumed Saturday The strike has not at
tained serious significance in the Rhen-
fsh Westphalian coal fields Only di-
numbers of workers struck
The Krupp works are in full swing" :
Accounts of Disturbances.
Accounts of the disturbances which an.
pear in the Berlin newspapers of Friday
morning show that they assumed exz
character. All parts of Greater
Berlin were involved, with the solitary
exceptions of Unter Den Linden ana
The latter place. on which
the paiace is situated. was entirely de.
serted. as the papers remark signin.
cantly.
The worst disturbances were in the
Moabit district, where crowds of strik-
ers attempted to overturn street cars.
The police interviewed and were resisted
There were stormy scenes also in North
Berlin. and In East Berlin youths ana
girls crowded the streets climbed ON
street cars and wrested the controllers
from the motormen or overturned tina
.ars. In the suburb of Treptow crowdS
cables.
There were disturbances of q lively
character In the southern part Of the
sity also. Frequent fights occurred be-
.ween strikers and employees who wsfs
,ervice was suspended after noon. Cars
wAch usually carry workmon Wero
stopped by strikers who anvered the