Show U CASE IS IL ISSE t SE OFaL OF MANY aL ERIOUS RIOTS It a I 11 ps and nd Dutch Press Teli Tell Tel i Working Classes T et sen e Verdict h OUNCE WAR POLICY r I te y Unions Adopt Reso Resolutions uS u- u eons S of Sympathy for fortt foras tt as f Liebknecht I ti tt YORK A Aug g. g 17 Widespread rations ra lons against the German Germa 5 4 n by Socialists and labor labo t 1 find nd womEn women in general followed th thi the i being of Dr Karl Liebknecht th the i tnt Socialist leader to la laze led penal nal servitude for having a ze yr ay peace demonstration in Ber Ber- the kaisers kaiser's policy polley ac ac- ac g to scattered reports of the dis I races ces appearing in recent issues o of It tand and Dutch newspapers which to obtain considerable news l ged of the German et the activity k It rs Immediately after Liebknecht 4 on June 28 28 brief reports report I I ing to strikes and demonstrations demonstration t of Ger Ger- 41 favor r in various arIOUS parts were cabled to this country an anti and r accounts now available ti obear bear out their accuracy v her confirmation of the fact that tha of the German people ar are areU 1 Sasses U l wrought up over the Lieb Lieb- case is found in the manifesto manifest on July 26 i In Berlin by the pro pro- part of the Socialist party part ie e 0 trade unions unIon 0 denouncing th the tho of or the antiwar and lent eat ent element to stir up internal d interests of fat at a time when the o 4 k L' L Mire nure nation were in such periL lie manifesto was published at th the theIn ra In n the American press ric s War Policy I l It t the general commission of trade trad iI g S is which is controlled by bj such suet leaders leaden out pro-government pro p and Karl Led Le Le- does d es not represent the united sen sen- sen r tt t of of the working men of Germany German Cown wn by the following resolution d by the organized workers o of t I tant industrial town of Hanau Hanan q Xi i which slipped over the borter bor bor- been suppressed 11 in ter having ei r ny and which is declared to bi be uve of the feelings of a steadily s. s organized organizes d 3 j g faction of German t. t e gener general l meeting of of th the Central Centra ti ir union of the on rs tAd ton May 9 1916 protests vigorous vigorous- wo the nationalistic attitude o of general commission of the trade tradel i l t of Germany and of its organ l bt as insulting to tc tole true le conception of labor politics Is is' contrary rt of the war policy I e e most vital interests of the work work- lass organized in free trade unions I I I. I d J consequently only serves the InI In In- I I ts is of the enemies of t labor e organized working men of Ha Ha- condemn the one sided use of trade p n funds for the publication of of off lau lauding lauding- ng the Ie w war ar policy of f parliamentary majority II of the party executive committee x abusing the supporters of or the opI op op- I fi eon Jion especially Comrade Lieb Lieb- l t in whom we have the fullest fA dence ence and to whom we offer our ow 1 est sympathy in a manner that r I hardly be outdone by our op op- Furthermore the meeting the shameless activities of V e International s sa a a V service conducted by Herr Bauter Bau- Bau ter er one of the so called Kaiser lists which in the interest of 01 of imperialism and of the theis W tj I nations is of capitalistic Interests es on a regular campaign of inT In In- T Jon On of the proletarians of the bel bel- ent nt countries r. fe ie representatives of the Hanau unions also condemn the scans scans scans' scan- scan iC s s' s action of the representatives of 01 general commission in the reich reich- din in connection with the debate OA on rr of the law of associations I they were content with the thes ther r sibs s falling from the government J. J r rand and Voluntarily renounced the ther 14 union demands This meeting r. r j r condemns the labor treason- treason attitude o of 01 the chairman of theral the theal theral ral al commission Comrade Legien j t overthrew the attempts at ameli- ameli on made by the Social Democratic ring ling group the body of nineteen war Socialists headed by Hugo se Be in the reichstag g Through such n the last remnant of confidence he general commission has been id d out consequently that body can longer be r regarded as the tive of the the free tree trade unions fO Quell Riots j upa ps Scribing the demonstration In Ber- Ber the announcement of the ending of Liebknecht Het Volk the 1 organ of the Socialists of Hol- Hol J say saYI that the Pots darner Platz Plats the scene Beene of a serious outbreak that it when the crowd was charged a police and soldiers many of its bers hers defended themselves manfully their canes Then the military I through the grate upon the peo- peo and some fifty persons most of 1 n Socialists were arrested after rate resistance One soldier was verelY injured by blows from s f that he had to be sent to the ital 1 l. l Finally the Platz was barred everal companies of soldiers and erlln garrison was reinforced b by men from Breslau ff e of Zurich asserts what it calls good authority that w t tl J persons took part in a a. aI I on the Platz he evening of June 27 and that they had been driven a away way they h I 4 t I in Alexander square fager details of the protest strike I Berlin erlln and its Us suburbs over the J case agree that more thant than t workers were involved and that iV ii jg g the many plants plants' affected were aerodrome at Johannisthal the Jan an arms anns and munitions factory V f al t al branches of the General Elect Elec- Elec p t t company the Daimer Dalmer motor Jt t 6 s and several other important z ans ns s In many other German R and towns the workers ex- ex hf 4 d their sympathy with Lieb- Lieb fit t tt by means of short strikes and eJ A leaflet that was oily Iy y distributed in connection with IJ J strikes a copy of which was j Bled out of Germany reads as I A 8 men Comrades Comrades' The Thel i I luts l has fallen They Thov h have v ron Ion ronI I our Karl Liebknecht to two and a half years in prison Because ho he cried Down with the war the soldiers have thrust him into a prison jacket Because he demonstrated on the 1st let of May for the fraternization of the nations he must languish inthe In Inthe the tho habitation of the outcasts Because Because Because Be Be- cause cause he fought for bread and liberty for the people they have thrown him into chains Comrades Shall we calmly accept ac accept accept ac- ac this infamous verdict Shall we put up with this blow of a bloody fist in our faces Working men men You women of or the people Leave the factories factories' Let a mighty protest strike throughout the entire empire show the saber dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship that the German people have ceased to grovel like a dog We Ve are sick of or international murder and its Us horrors horrors' We are sick of want hunger hunger hunger hun hun- ger and and the iron collar of the tho state of siege The rulers should learn that behind Liebknecht stand hundreds of thousands millions who like him also cry T Down own with the war This shout should strike the whole empire like a crash of thunder and roll through the trenches 1 Then we we- should like to see if the tools of the rulers will dare stand by their shameful verdict Once more more You working men and women join th the protest strike Hurrah for the convict convict convict con con- vict Liebknecht Down with the war There is no news from other cities clUes at present a as the saber dictatorship watches the telephone and telegraph so that the truth cannot get through But that will not help it You retard us but you do not vanquish us us' us I The German working class has awakened The stone has begun to roll The battle will not end with this first protest strike Workers be ready i for further action The policeman's club can chase you from the street but no power on earth can force you to enter the factories factories' Demonstration in in Bremen The Bremen Burger reports that there was a great demonstration in Bremen following the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment Qt of the Liebknecht verdict and that strong columns of working men w arched from the western part of or the port toward the center of the city cheering repeatedly for Liebknecht Near the union headquarters the po police police po- po lice attacked the marchers broke up the procession and arrested many of the participants participants- During pro pro-Lieb knecht demonstrations In Stuttgart a number of Socialist leaders were arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested among them being Herr West meyer one of the most resolute antiwar antiwar antiwar anti anti- war propagandists of Stuttgart At Ata Ata Ata a big meeting of the striking working workingmen men of the city of Brunswick a resolution resolution reso reso- lution reading in part as follows was adopted The striking working men of Brunswick assembled In the Wil Wn on June 28 1916 declared that the working class of Brunswick has laid down its tools in sign of protest protest protest pro pro- test against the arrest of Comrade Karl Liebknecht and the judicial proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- that threaten him with imprisonment im im- im- im At the same time this cessation of work is intended to show the sympathy of the Brunswick workers workers workers work work- ers with our brave Comrade Liebknecht Liebknecht Lieb Lieb- knecht who in word and deed has proved his loyalty to the people and who has labored untiringly for the ending of this world war warThe warThe warThe The Brunswick workers and their families are suffering severely because of the greatly deficient supply of all kinds of ot foodstuffs especially meat fat and potatoes This Insufficient and faulty supply is of great injury to the health and working ability of the people Some way of relief must be found Furthermore the Brunswick workers work ers era protest against against what they consider the useless prolongation of the war in which the whole people is being sacrificed sacrificed sacrificed to capitalistic Interests An im immediate immediate immediate im- im mediate peace is possible if it the government government government gov gov- renounces all plans of annexation annex annex- and unqualifiedly announces announces announces' its desire for peace The working class of Brunswick Invites the government to todo todo todo do all that It can to end the war and bring about peace peace The International Socialist commission commission commission commis commis- sion at Berne the organization that grew out of the Zimmerwald convention conventions conven conven- Hon tion attended by representatives of ot the militant antiwar factions of the Socialist parties in most of the belligerent belligerent bellig bellig- erent countries has taken up the case of Liebknecht and under date of July 1 has bas launched an appeal to the workers work- work ers era of the various lands to continue the agitation in his b behalf half and for the immediate ending of the war |