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Show ULTIMATUM OF THE STRIKERS TO THE GOVERNMENT ZURICH, Jan. 50. The Socialist paper Vorwaerts announces that the Berlin strikers have now become more numerous numer-ous and threatening. They have addressed ad-dressed to the government an ultimatum, of which the following are the principal demands: First Accelerated conclusions of a general peace without indemnities or annexations. Second Participation of workmen's delegates of all the countries in the peace pourparlers. Third Amelioration of the food slt-ation slt-ation by better distribution. Fourth Immediate abolition of the state of siege and restoration of the right of public meeting, suspended by the military authorities. Fifth Abolition of militarization of war factories. Sixth Immediate release of all political po-litical prisoners. Seventh Fundamental democratization democra-tization of state institutions. Eighth The institution of equal electoral suffrage by direct secret ballot. |