THE BERLIN STRIKE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15198, 19 April 1917, Page 2

THE BERLIN STRIKE.

"GIVE US FOOD." Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. BERNE, Aprir 18. A wireless .says that the general strike in Berlin, with accompanying orderly demonstrations, was very carefully organised by the newly-formed Independent Socialist Party, which has hitherto been the Socialist minority in the Reichstag. All factories, including munitions,, eloped. Hcrr Ledebour ;ind other leaders addressed the etrikers outside the factories. Twelve converging processions, the majority consisting of women, eld men, and bojfi, marched, up Unter dor Linden, where they were met by dense crowds of strikers singing labour revolutionary songs and shouting food." A noteworthy feature was that the etrikers cheered the military guards before the palace and those inside the Brandenberger gate. Ultimately the demonstrators eeparated. There was perfect order in the procession. 125,000 WORKERS ON STRIKE. LONDON, April 17. A Berlin wireless admits that 125,000 workmen took part in the general strike. THE TROUBLE EXTENDING. GENEVA, April 18. Riots are reported in several German cities, including Bremen and Cologne. Monday'« strike in Berlin was imitated at Cologne, Dresde-n, Karlsruhe, and Saindau. It is rumoured at Buda Pesth that the Premier (Count Tisza) has resigned. BERNE, April 18. Latest reports from Germany state that the procession was resumed in Berlin on Monday evening. Stubborn encounters 'with the police resulted in general rioting. Many police and rioters were wounded. The police were often rented, but finally mounted police cleared the streets at midnight.