The sun., 1919-05-01
PARIS WILL GO
HUNGRY TO-DAY
May Day Strike to Close All
Public Eating Places
Of City.
TRAVEL ALSO TO HALT
Prescriptions Will Not Be
Filled and No Newspapers
Will Publish.
TRAVEL ALSO TO HALT

PARIs. April ao.-If the programme
Of French labor is carried out virtual
ly every phase of normal activity will
cease tomorrow and Paris and much
OF France will revert to elemental
methods Of living.
Tho strike orders for the MAY 1
demonstration issued by the General
Confederation OF Labor and the Union
Of Syndicates, supplemented by the
decisions Of the various trade and
other organizations, are expected to
be generally obeyed.
No food will be served in the hotels, the
restaurants and cafes will be closed, and
tho subways. tramways, omnibuses and
taxicabs will cease operations. Drug
stores will not even fill urgent prescrip-
tions.
Inc theatres, the music halls and other
places of amusement will not be open
either in the afternoon or evening, and
no newspapers will be published Postal
and telegraph communication will be
abridged by intervals OF etoppaSe
throughout the country, while the miners.
lockers. carpentern builders-in fact
every class OF labor-wiil take a holiday.
10000 Face FoodIess Day.
The decision OF the restaurants and
hotels not TO serve food means that
about 10000 persons in Paris will go
hungry unless they have the foresight to
lay in supplies, as it is estimated th!s
number Of persons take all their meals
at public eating places, while the big
hotels taken over entirely by the various
peace delegations, such as the Hotel de
Criiion' where the Americans are quar-
tered. and those OF the British and
Italians probably will not be seriously
affected Nevertheless the strike will hit
the lesser delegations, which occupy a
rev rooms here and there in the smaller
hotels and who eat in the public restau-
rants The members OF these delega-
uons Will have to struggle for Thurs
days three meals as best they can,
while in the hotels where they live
notice has been given that there will be
no service OF any character-not even
hot water for a bath or a shave.
Meanwhile the provision shops and
bakeries are doing a big business with
residents who are fortfytng themselves
with supplies against the threatened
hunger OF tomorrow.
No Parndes to he Permitted.
No disorder is anticipated in connec-
tlon with the cessation Of work, the
Government having ordered that no
parades or demonstrations OF any char
acter shall take place. but Paris Is
keenly expectant over the novelty OF the
situation.
The reasons for the calling OF the
general strike for the day were pla-
carded to-day by the General Labor Con-
federation as follows;
May I. 1919, strike to demand,
first, the eight hour day: second,
total amnesty third, rapid demobii-
cation. ard. fourth. just peace and
disarmament. strike to protest
against, first. intervention In Russia;
second, income taxes on wages:
third. martial law. and, fourth, the
censorship
Out at Versailles the proprietor OF the
Hotel des Reservoirs, where the Ger
man delegation has its headquarters,
hopes that his official guests will not
go hungry or unattended. lie says his
help, appreciatinG the delicacy Of the
situation. is indicating a willingness to
work. Unless demonstrators interfere,
therefore. meals Will be served at this
hostelry as usual.
At the Hotel de Crillon the Americans
approached the situation tactfully with
the hotel stan by asking pleasantly:
Are you people going to take the day
of Tomorrow
The employees considered for a while
and. remarking that they had nothing
else to do. thought they would work,
probably having In mind the generous
days of tips from the delegation alta
ches and others who eat there.