A very serious strike indeed is in progress at Berlin.
The Association of Carpenters has agreed to suspend all labour until the masters agree to reduce the hours of labour to 9f a day— quite a fair demand—and increase wages 25 per cent., which would be preposterous but for the new wealth now pouring into Berlin, the enormous extent of building going ou, and the general rise in rents. Even under these circurastauces it is doubtful if any trade can submit to so sudden a rise, which must make all contracts losing concerns, more especially as success would be immediately followed by similar demands from masons, painters, and all artizans employed in building. According to the corre- spondent of the Times, the feeling about rent in Berlin is almost savage. The people will not boar eviction, and on the occurrence of any such case attack the delinquent house.
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