"STOP-THE-WAR" STRIKE IN GERMANY
Details of the "stop-the-war" strike at Leipzig show that on July -16 tho people suddenly left work and assembled in front of the Town Hall. Popular leaders were summoned, and on their advice the crowd adjourned to the People's House, where the Labour Party secretary, Herr Ryssel, addressing them, asked: "Why tliis strike? Iβ it for higher wages?" ' Cries of "No, no," were given in taply, "Is it for shorter hours?" t Again wns the answer, "No, no." ! 1 "What is it for, then?" No answer was given to this. • "I can only think it is against the war and" its consequences," said Ryssel. Thi3 was greeted with a storm of, cheering. Later in the day a demonstration attended by 10,000 strikers was held in the Brauerie Gardens, where speeches were delivered claiming for the people liberty, bread, and peace. Next day the strikers resumed work. A handbill distributed during the demonstration etate'd that similar assemblies were hold by comrades In front of the Town Hall at Konigsberg, Stettin; Cologne, Dnsseldori, Breslau, and Munich, amongst other German towns.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 6
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182"STOP-THE-WAR" STRIKE IN GERMANY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 6
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