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Show AMAZING NEWS FROMJERMANY Empire Facing Great Economic Econom-ic and Political Crisis 10,- , 000 Strikers in Riot. ENACT BLOODY SCENES May End Militarist Regime General Von Hindenburg Makes Personal Appeal. Interest In tho great French offensive offen-sive on tho Aisnc gives way today to tho startling news from the Interior of Germany. Veiled though the situation situ-ation in the mists of a rigid censorship, censor-ship, and obscured by the shackled condition of the German pross, sufficient suf-ficient has leaked through to indicate that the German empire 1b facing a great economic and political crisis. The latest information received Is that 10,000 striking munition workers have engaged In a bloody riot In the groat Prussian fortress town of Magdeburg Mag-deburg and were only prevented from burning tho city hall after a sharp nln-qh with thr. mlllfarv. This story comeB from tho Dutch frontier with sufficient detail to make its claims to authenticity Impressive. On its heels arrives the account of demands made by the leaders of tho Berlin strike, demands de-mands of such a revolutionary character charac-ter that compliance with them would mean a prompt ending to tho militarist militar-ist regime In the German empire. Similar demands have not been voiced publloly In Germany since the imprisonment of Dr. Karl Liebknecht on a charge of treason. It is significant signifi-cant that they Include a requisition for the release of all political prisoners, prison-ers, which would include of course tho noted Socialist leader. New Strike Is Reported. Tho exact status of the strike movement move-ment In Germany is unknown, but it is certain that a very considerable portion of the munition workers have been affected. There are reports of a now strike at Essen, and Magdeburg is the site of an important branch of the great Krupp establishment As Indication of tho seriousness of tho situation 1b afforded by the fact that Field Marshal von Hindenburg has considered It necessary to make a personal per-sonal appeal to the workers, In which he denounces strikes as Inoxcusable crimes against the fighting forces. Allies Striking Blows. In the meantime General Nlvolle maintains hl3 unrelenting pressure against the enemy at the most vital points of his defenses tho sharp angle an-gle at which the German line, running run-ning south from Lens, turns eastward to Rheims. That General Halg Is preparing for another tremendous blow is taken for granted, and London believes that this blow will not be long withheld now. oo |