The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06


 sued. All the correspondents rep
 resent the situation as grave.
 Berlin, Saturday, March l.-Thar the Bolshevists have succeeded in their propaganda for Soviet rule is amply evidenced by the government $ indecision with respect to the plan to incorporate the ideas of the Soldiers and Workmen's organization in the constitution There is further evi- Sence that Hugo Haase's party, the Independent Socialists, is preparing to make common cause with the Spar. tscans in an effort to overthrow the Scheidemann cabinet by launching 8 general strike to force the issue of Soviet rule.
 That the Weimar government is flirting with the latter idea seems to be indicated by the suggestion being considered that the assembly be given an auxiliary chamber comprising members of Soviet boards.
 In Fridays elections to the Execu- tive Committee of the Greater Berlin Soviets the German Bolshevists cap- tured two seats, their first represen- tation in that body, in which they and the independents have now an equal vote.
 Government Manifesto.
 The government has issued long manifesto from Weimar, denouncing the terrorist attempt to get rid of the National Assembly. It proclaims faithfulness to the principles of de- mocracy.
 Greater than the political danger is the economic distress says the manifesto. "We cannot feed ourselves from our own supplies until the next harvest. The blockade is eating away the vitals of our people. Thousands perish daily from ill-nourishment."
 The manifesto denounees strikes, saying;
 Every strike brings us step near CT to the abyss. Only work can save us."
 The manifesto promises the Social ization of suitable industries and es- tablishment of industrial councils, representative of all the workers and freely elected. It closes with strong note, asserting the determination of the government to wage relentless war against terrorism, concluding:
 Whoever assails the life of the nation is our enemy"
 Government troops have entered Halle, Prussia, Saxony, which now is quiet.
 Serious food disturbances are re- ported from Thorn, West Prussia. Soldiers intervened and mob tried to storm the military jail A num- Der of persons were wounded before the troops restored order.
 Soviet Rule in Munich.
 Reports from Munich say the So- viet congress by Herr Segitz, who al so will be minister of foreign affairs and minister of the interior.
 Berlin newspapers, with the excep- tion of the Socialist organs, were pre- vented from appearing today as re- suit of the sudden strike proclaim ed today. 1t is uncertain whether this strike is a preclude to a general political strike, for which large part of Berlin labor is agitating, or wheth- CT it is due to trade demands. Fear is expressed in some quarters, how ever, that the present situation may be a spark in the political powder barrel.
 Spartacans Spread Propaganda.
 Spartacan leaders in the strike dis trict of central Germany are send ing out propaganda by trains and au- tomobiles into districts not yet sf- fected by the strike. An unscheduled train, of which the Spartacans had ob- tained control, attempted to pass the station at Hothen, but was stopped by station guards who opened vre with rifles and machine guns. One woman was killed and eight civilian passengers were severely injured. The Spartacan train crew and the station master at Halle, youth 19 years of age, were arrested.