STRIKE COMES AS A RELIEF TO GERMAN EMPLOYERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16765, 4 February 1918, Page 5

STRIKE COMES AS A RELIEF TO GERMAN EMPLOYERS.

SHORTAGE OF COAL MAKES STOPPAGE WELCOME. Australian and N.Z. (Received 5.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1. The Germania asserts that the strikes have proved a blessing for the employers and will only hurt the workers. The employers were about to close their works for several days owing to the coal shortage. Times (Received 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 2. A section of the London press flatly describes the German strike as a clever piece of camouflage, designed to incite revolt and spread pacificism in British industrial districts, especially to support the engineers' attitude towards the man-power scheme. The workers are warned of an attempt to trap them into a conspiracy, but it is generally believed that the majority are incapable of being fooled. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. LONDON, Feb. 1. The tendency to exaggerate the importance of the German strikes continues. There are nothing like a million on strike, though it is evident that there is much labour unrest. German trade union leaders generally are hostile to the strikers. As the result of the suspension of the Socialist newspaper Vorwarts ■ the printers of all the big newspapers have struck, and the B.erlifl ••flewspaperß did not appear j^esterday.