GERMAN HURLY BURLY

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 73, 27 March 1920, Page 7

GERMAN HURLY BURLY

STRIKE PHASE PASSING. & LABOUR REFORM DEMANDS. (]:y CaliK - l'mss Association.—Copyright.] ilk'i-eivpd 11 n.in.l fl BEHLIN. March 20. Pie Independents ami I'iural Socialists have issued terms fur fiidiiijr the jri-nornl rtrik.-. The Vluralists pledge themselves in thoir I'nrliainpntary pro- n praninic to lijjht for labour union claims, t The i lovernment has expressed it* wil- % lingnossv tn withdraw the troops from * Berlin to the line nf the River Spree, and I in end ilie state iif siege. It. undertaken v not t.i attack the workers, particularly t in the Ruhr Valley, and to nogutiato i with the labour unions for roprewiittilion in the Defence Corps. The labour v unions claim to be the decidinp influence > upon social laws, and insist that nil ad- r ministrutive oHiroit must be purged of i counter-revolutionaries. They ulso demand that the Administration must be reformed quickly, that a move along the lines of nationalisation of industry must be commenced forthwith, and also that better food supplies must be- avringed. If these claims r.re not carried nut the Independents wil proclaim a general strike.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.) WORKERS SETTLING DOWN. FOOD RAID IN ZONE FEARED. 11 (Received. lu.liO a.m.) j LOXDON, March 2R. , The Australian Press learns that the ! indications are that yesterday's settle- i ment of the German will be {ten- 1 orally respected. The strikers have ■ begun to resume work to-day. Reports from nil parts show that the . Germans are settling down with the ex- i reption of the Ruhr Valley. There is some hope that Herr (leisbert, who in accordance with the terms of settlement has proceeded thither in order to negotiate with a view of tranquilising the insurgents, will be successful. Meanwhile the situation there causes anxiety. It is feared that the Communists will rross the Rhine and raid the occupied, zone in order to relieve the famine, which, owing to the breakdown of transport and the interruption of the administrative services, is a grave menace. Britain maintains a firm neutrality, r.nd has refused to consent to an Allied advance in the Ruhr Valley, which public, opinion in France, insistently demanded. There have been numerous, strikes in the occupied zone, but all is now quiet. The "Matin" says that two German officers have arrived to request the Allies to permit German troops to enter the Ruhr Valley in connection with the labour troubles. — (A. and X.Z. Cable.) BATTER'S APPEAL TO NATION. (Received 11 a.KO BERLIN, March 26. Herr Oustav Bauer, the Chancellor, lias issued au appeal to the nation. It notifies that the Government is again in possession of full power, that the President and Government have returned to Berlin, and that the National Assembly will meet on Wednesday. The appeal invites the people to resume the ■work of the reconstruction of Germany along Democratic lines.—(A. and N.Z.) GETTING BACK HER SHIPS. ; DUTCH CAMOUFLAGE. (Received 0 a.m.) TARJS, March 2G. The "Matin" hiia ascertained that Germany is securing the use of the bulk of the merchant ships previously owned by her as a result of negotiations with Dutch, American, Portuguese, and Spanish interests. The tonnage obtained through America and Portugal alone was 770,000. Shipping owned by Holland in 1919 did not exceed 112,000 tons. She will soon have 700,000 more tons, and will then have the third largest fleet in the world. This means that Holland is merely camouflaging German interests worked from Hamburg.— ("Times.") DEMOCRATISED NAVY. MEN DICTATE TERMS. (Received 1.30 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, March 20. Admiral Meurer has been released by the naval men at Kief who arreoted their oftirces. riTicy demand the right to rhoose their own officers, otherwise they will disband. As the Defence Minister has ordered the unite of the forces to he kept together in all circumstances, the demand will be granted. Meanwhile the navy has placed itself at the disposal of the.Government, if necessary, to combat the revolt of the Loft Extremists. — (Reuter.) LUTTWITZ ARRESTED. (Received '2 p.m.) GENEVA, March 2fi. General Luttwitz and Herr Trotha, an aeromplice, have been arrested near Berlin.—(A. and XX Cable.)