GERMAN INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11449, 31 January 1918, Page 8

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

STRIKES EXTENDING. DISTURBANCES AT VARIOUS TOWNS. United Service. Received Jan. 31, 1 p.m. Loudon, Jan. 30. ' Tiio Daily Express’s Amsterdam correspondent states that strikes are spreading in munition factories throughout Germany. There _ are grave disturbances at various centres, particularly in big concerns working exclusively for the Government. At least forty factories are idle. The authorities have issued a strong warning but are powerless to stem the rapid spread of the strike. New York, Jan. 30. ' The State Department has received official confirmation of the news that there are more than ninety thousand strikers in Berlin. THE GERMAN STRIKES. PRECAUTIONS AT BERLIN. SOCIALISTIC PROPAGANDA. Zurich, Jan. 30. Yon Hertliug conferred with the military commandant at Berlin in view of the strikes, and it was decided to coniine the troops to barracks, but officers are instructed to actjwith discretion. The Independent Socialists are issuing pamphlets broadcast urging a general strike, even inciting workers to overthrow the Government. destroy the bourgeois©, and proclaim a Republic