SWISS WORKERS' DEMANDS
GENERAL STRIKE BEGINS.
REFORMS TO BE GRANTED.
(Received 10.5 p.m.)
Router. BERNE, Nov. 13. A general strike has commenced everywhere in Switzerland. The workmen 8 demands include the re-election of the National Council on a proportional basis, the re-election of tho Federal Council according to the strength of parties, the revision of the Constitution, extension of popular rights. The Federal Council will, as a result of the revolutionary movement, bo prepared to grant reforms voluntarily.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17008, 15 November 1918, Page 6
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