STRIKE ΤΟ
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 29, 1988.
NOW LIKELY
BE ONLY PARTIAL Essential Services To Be Maintained
Crucial Issues
Between Unions And Government
Paris, To-day.
It is now certain that the general strike in France will only be partial, although the Trades Union Council claims a membership of 5,000,000. There are many independent unions, such as the French Confederation of Christian Workers. numbering 500,000, and the French Labour Confederation, numbering 120,000, which are energetically opposing the strike as political and not industrial, and are issuing the strictest orders to their members to remain at their posts.
VICTORY EXPECTED
The Railwaymen's Christian, without suffering complete defeat Union, while demanding adjust-and loss of face. ments of the decree laws, order their members to "stand aside from disorderly agitation which is
The Federation has expressed it likely to compromise the safety of the country and the essential wise to negotiate with the Govern- ment in the hope of coming to a liberties of the Frenchmen."
The General Federation state last minute agreement, but, it is: whether M. Daladier that civil servants have announc-not known ed their intention of going on will be willing to make a concession strike despite Government's that would tend to lessen his ex- the internal warning that this may entail pected victory over
opposition. their dismissal.
Considerable apprehension pre- Paris compositors have to cease, work this evening until to-vails over our future relations be- morrow with the result that there tween the Trade Unions and will be no newspapers to-morrow. ESSENTIAL SERVICES
decided
Government
the
:
im the event of an unsuccessful strike, it (being feared that the may decide upon to M. Dala-.
in-
Child cyclists in Essex have a new hobby; collecting tickets from the police. Police officers examine their machines in the school sheds, try the brakes, ring the bells, then write down any defects on a ticket and hand it to the owner. It is part of a new Safety Scheme which Captain F. Peal, Chief Constable of Essex, has start ed among schoolchildren to make them road conscious,
SYNAGOGUES UNDER POLICE PROTECTION
Johannesburg, To-day.
All synagogues in Johannes- burg were placed under strong· police protection yesterday after an attempt had been made by un known persons to dynamite a sy nagogue in Benoni.
The municipal police forces have been reinforced by special constabulary from rural districts.
Trans-Ocean.
general strike,
MR. PIROW'S TRADE
TALKS IN ITALY
Rome, To-day.
Mus-
Foreign
Writing about the conversations that the South African Minister, Pirow, had yesterday with solini, Count Ciano, the Trade Minister, Guarneri, and the Under Secretary of State in the War Ministry, General "Tribuna" states that Mr. has been brought into closest touch with Fascist Italy.
Pariani, Pirow
The position at the moment is generally that Government is ensuring the wirkers working of railways, buses, postal, passive resistance telegraph, telephone and broad-dier's measures for increasing pro- In addition to the Premier and
The representative of the South casting services. A few taxicabs duction, as such action would ser-the Minister of the Interior, the will be driven by private owners. iously hinder economic progress police prefect of Paris, the Prefect Africa Union discussed alternately matters, Schools and public services will Premier Daladier was adamant last of the Seine Department and the technical and political continue despite the announce night in his attitude towards the Chief of the Military Judicature the climax being reached in the ment in certain section of the Federation of Trade Unions,
were present, the conference last visit to Mussolini. Press that employees and teachers formed quarters stating that he ing more than one hour.
As for Mr. Pirow's activity as deliberations informed the Minister of Public Trade Union circles are impress-Trade Minister, his are going on strike.
M. de Monzie, that Departments stores, provision Works,
hoed by the energy with which the with the Italian Trade Minister in discuss with shops and small stores will remain would not
Trades Government is acting in face of all probability dealt with the nego- whille banks, insurance Union officials until the strike had the strike threat. open,
tiations begun about 10 months ago Some 28,000 metallurgical with offices, theatres and cinemas will been called off.
the object of arranging TO GO ON
workers of the large Reynault trade treaty between Italy and also continue functioning,
Various French political parties, automobile works who found the South Africa. The strikers are seeing that gas, water and electricity services will including the Democratic Union doors locked when they went to be available to hospitals and chem- and French Workers' Party ap work on Monday morning, have now ists, and are functioning normally, pealed to the workers not to join been informed by the company that while practically all hotels, res- the strike.
they are discharged for having taurants and cafes are remaining The Administrative Council of broken the labour contract and that open although their employees have
the wages due to them can be col- Those Wednesday. been called
to strike.
lected
Reuter.
workers who desire to be reemploy- ed must apply in writing.
upon
LISTS ASKED FOR
Paris, To-day.
the Trade Unions announced last night that the strike order would he maintained. Trans-Ocean
NO CAPITULATION
Paris, To-day. The strike committee of the The state authorities have been French Trade Union decided yes- instructed to compile lists of ofterday to carry through the general ficials, office workers and labourers, strike announced for to-morrow, thus contradicting rumours that in public employ, who do not ap pear for work to-morrow and to the trade unions had capitulated to forward these to the office of the the Government.Trans-Ocean. Premier by Thursday morning, in order that steps may, be taken against those who joined the strike. More than usual interest was
· on
Informed industrial circles are of the opinion that this action by one of the largest French concerns was not taken without approval of the Government.—Trans-Ocean.
a
It is not impossible, writes ribuna," that the direct contact would show an extension of mercial relations in the near future.
com-
Mr. Pirow was guest of honour at the South Africa Legation yester- day evening. Another conversation with the Signor Guarneri has been arranged for this morning-Trans- Ocean.
un-
Leung Wah-ming, aged 82, licensed hawker, was this morning sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central
harm on So Tim, 19 and Ko Wah, 18, both unlicensed hawkers,
NO NEWSPAPERS Magistracy, for grievous bodily
CONFERENCE AT Compositors issued a
aroused yesterday evening by the WAR MINISTRY
Paris, To-day.
on
Paris, To-day. The Federation of the Paris November 5:
statement
Charged with snatching a hand- last evening announcing a strike bag from F. A. V. Ribeiro, of No. from Tuesday evening until Wed- 15, Salisbury Road, in Cameron nesday so that no newspapers will Road, a Chinese youth, Law Tai, appear to-morrow.
20, was.
remanded for 48 hours by Mr. E. Himsworth this morning.
Mr. F. Fullem, of the H.M.S. Dorsetshire, has reported that some person entered his cabin you- terday and stole a Zeiss camera, valued at $195, while the ship was lying at Kowloon Docks.
visit of the ex-minister of Public
The President of the Technical Works M. Frywaard to his suches- Upon the return of the French sor in office, M. de Monzie, Inform- Minister of the Interior, M, Albert commissioner in Paris warned the ed circles stating that M, Frossard Sarraut, from Ankara whero he had staffs of the Paris papers not to proposed i certain alternations in represented the French Government take Any ill-considered action as Government decree which if tak at the funeral of Kemal Ataturkc, refusal to work would constitute a en under consideration, would en-a conference was held yesterday violation of collective contracts and able the Federation of French at the War Ministery to consider co-operative contracts: Trade Unions to call off the strike measures for contending with the Ocean.
Trans-