Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1918 — GERMAN LABOR UNREST GROWS [ARTICLE]

GERMAN LABOR UNREST GROWS

DECLARE MARTIAL LAW IN HAMBURG; 700,000 IN BERLIN CEASE WORK. The strikes in Germany are apparently growing in magnitude. In Berlin, alone, according ‘to press dispatches reaching neutral countries from Germany, 700,000 men and women have ceased work, while in Kiel and in towns along the Rhine, in the Westphalian coal regions, and other districts in the empire, including Bavaria, the situation is serious;—lt is asserted that martial law has been declared in Hamburg and other centers and that in Hamburg the military commander has ordered a cessation of the strike and given the added order that further demonstrations of this nature be avoided. Additional socialist leaders in various German towns have been arrested because of their activities in fomenting strikes or by reason of their hostile attitude toward the policy of the militaristic elements with regard to peace and franchise reform. Numerous industries necessary to the prosecution of the war have headquarters in towns where strikes are in progress and doubtless they are affected by them. Notable among these ” industries are great shipbuilding yards at Kiel; the military airplane and the balloon plants at Adlershorf, the large arsenals and ammunition works at Spandau, and the great coal and iron mines and foundries in the Westphalia region.