Show SWISS HUNGER STRIKES EFFECT SERIOUS RIOTS I In n Berne rne A Aus Aug ug 24 Strikes Strikes have ha been occurring In Switzerland have havo consisted consisted con con- mainly of ot organized protests against tho high food prices The They o ha mostly been only partial with demands for tor shorter hours In Increased increased In- In creased wages At Lugano however howe there was a a. general strike which was serious while It Ins lasted ted though not disorderly dia- dia l orderly All the shops were closed Milk was distributed b by tho the municipality municipal municipal- It ity but bread was temporarily unobtainable Wages ge In Lu Lugano j have havo not been raised t to meet tho the increased cost costor of or living Using and it Is moro more difficult uIt to obtain milk and butter buttel there than in other parts part s of ot Switzerland S I A feeling exists among tho the people that the they have havo to suffer Buttor because of or orthe the export of ot foo food to Germany Gormany In n ox- ox chango change for tor coal Tho The st U ers de demanded demanded de- de demanded an Increase In the bread rice rico and cheese rations for tor the tho working classes and a reduction re of or thorn thom for the lie lierich rich and also tho the suppression of or the th practical monopoly In n certain kinds s of ot provisions pro for tor the hotels which are crowded The authorities and employers em em- faced t the o situation calmly and sensibly BO so th that t there was no nu grave gravo disorder cr k Th The Tho council of ot trade unions has announced nn- nn an announced that all workmen throughout I tho the Tes Tessin ln arc are ready to Join a general Strike Even Evon tho tine masters of ot the cantonal can cantonal can cill J tonal schools and the tho town clerk of ot I LU Lugano ano have havo declared themselves es on i the side of ot the strikers At Bienne matters are more serious and a hunger riot occurred InvolvIng Involving ing tag numerous casualties This affair was the tho work of ot socialists hot headed youths with minds poisoned by torel foreign n anarchical Ideas The ol older er socialists ts object to riots and protested against this one though the they fully tully ap approved approved ap- ap I proved a demonstration against the high price of ot food tood Bread Brend Is now Jiow about 7 cents a n pound as s compared with about 4 cents before tho the war wal It varies vories much In quality InI in indifferent indifferent h different parts of ot the country countr being quite eatable In Zurich hardly eatable here and horrible at Geneva Gene |