GERMANY WITHIN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1917, Page 5

GERMANY WITHIN.

CONCESSIONS TO WORKERS. INCREASED FOOD SUPPLIES. LONDON, May 1. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent states that as a- result of the strikes the German workmen Have received considerable i'o<M concesiiions of meat and potatoes. A semi-official statement says that although foodstuffs' are short, there in sufficient until the harvest. The German newspapers have not reached Holland for six days and travellers have betVi informed that the frontier will remain closed for twenty days, in consequence of great military traffic. THE MAINTENANCE ,0E ORDER. NO GUARANTEE POSSIBLE. LONDON. May I. According to the Cologne Yolks. Zeitung, the German Socialist leaders, announce that they are unable to guarantee the maintenance of peace and order in Germany after May Day. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES. MILITARY EIRE ON THE CROWDS

ZURICH May 1

Neutrals from Germany report fur_ ther *eriousi disorders, particularly in the Westphalian steel districts, owing to the dearnesis of food. "The military fired on the crowds and many people were wounded.

LOCOMOTIYES LAID UP.

SHORTAGE OF LUBRICANTS

LONDON, April 30

An affidavit read at the Prize Court from the War Trade Intelligence .Department said that the Government had received reports that 8000 locomotiven were laid up at Essen through wear and tear due to a shortage of lubricants.