Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 42

<p>[Page 42]</p><p>by the Socialists, continues to grow and in the past weeks there were reports not only of another seamen&#39;s mutiny -&nbsp;this time in Kiel and said to have claimed the lives of 38 officers -&nbsp;but also of massive strikes in Germany and Austria; 750,000 are said to have participated in Germany, and 100,000 in Austria. The reports may have exaggerated a bit, but there is some truth to it, and Vorw&auml;rts is reported to have said:</p><p>[start English quote]<br />Those responsible for the German government policy must remember that movements like the present can be only temporarily held up by force. An agreement can only be reached by justice. The government is confronted by the last decisive test. [end English quote]</p><p>Again the old call for reforms, and it would really be a shame if the government didn&#39;t finally give in to the wishes of the masses. It is the way of the world that we should have more democracy, and there is no point in resisting it. Such massive strikes should convince even the most rabid</p>