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IT'S
THE GENERAL STRIKE.
FAILURE OF ITS SHOCK TACTICS.
CALMNESS" OF THE PUBLIC.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}
LAW AND THE DOG:
·JUDGE'S PET THAT WENT OFF LIKE A ROCKET."
MERRIMENT IN COURT.
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Hines, one of his waitresses, for injuries she received while in his employment.
Dog owners' responsibilities were de oned amidst much laughter in the Court of Appeal, when knotty legal points EDINBURGH, Maywith. wore thrashed out regarding the liability The early days of the general strike of persons owning such pots. The ap found the Scottish public, although quite peal was by Mr. W. Nowell, who resides unprepared for the emergency, "carry-on the top-floor of a house in Camber- ing on the general business of life in well-road, London, against a decision of a quite remarkable fashion, cool, collect the County Court judge at, Lambeth. ed, without the alightest sign of panic. The judge had held appellant liable to During the afternoons the strikers idled reimburse Mr: W. H. Tonsley, refreshe about the main streets of the cities block- ment esterer, whose business is on the ing the pavements, and in the evenings ground floor of the same building, an dense crowds gathered at the principal amount that had been paid as compensa- centres, nine-tenths of them being attract- tion by Mr. Tonaley to Miss Edith ed by curiosity, they wanted to see what was going on The crowds wore not mobs in any sense of the term, though they certainly added to the difficulties of the police and the epacial constables in maintaining order.. A few hooligans can easily cause disorder in such circumstances, and qre diffoult to identify and deal with when they have the refuge afforded by the packed masses of sightseers. In Lord Justice Sorutton observed that Edinburgh disorders were caused by a ho noticed from the note of the County band of four or five hundred young men Court judge that the dog was produced who came from the mining, districts in in that court. "Do you produce him! the neighbourhood of the city intent on here" asked the judge with interest.-- formenting disorder by violence. None of His lordship was told that it was be the city workers appeared to be asao-lived that the dog was now dead. ciated with the attacks on public order. Lord Justice Bankes, to Mr. O'Connor: Indeed Edinburgh men on strike regarded | Whom do you appear for! the sporadic outbreaks of rowdyism with misgiving and dislike; and in at least ond union à proposal to return to duty in the evont of a continuance of rowdyism was
Lord Justice Bankes: Then don't bark In Glasgow the too loud. seriously discussed.
Appearing for Mr. Newell, Mr. Martin O'Connor related that in August · last Misa Hines was descending the stairs no companied by the dog, a smooth-haired fox terrier. It struck against her, or she fell over it, and tumbled down a fight of steps and was injured...
Counsel: I am the dog!
The three judges joined heartily in the laughter which followed.
same state of matters obtained. Except Mr. O'Connor argued that he could] in the East End, there was little excite-not be held liable to indemnity, because ment or disorder, and any scenes that did the injured person could not hereelt have occur, were due to the presence of several recovered in an action for damages, hundred miners who had marched into There was no vice in the dog. the city and encouraged the resident hooligans, This district of Glasgow is the only danger spot in all Scotland.
THE CHALLENGE MET.
Lord Justice Serutton: I used to have a very large dog, and when he was let loose he went off like a sky-rocket. I always thought I would be liable if he bowled anybody over.
The Scottish people, indeed, have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in
Lord Justice Atkia: I suppose there which they met the great challenge. The is no doubt that if the dog had been dead shock tactics of the revelatiories have and the owner had thrown it downstairs not succeeded. The nation har rallied he would have been liable had the splendidly, to the Government's call for animal hit anybody! ̧ ́. voluntary workers to ensure the carrying
Mr. Duke, for the employer, stated the on of essential services; and every day dog was being kept on the top floor shows steady progress in filling the blanke against the wishes of the landlord, and loft by the strikers. Food supplies are so appellant was guilty of negligence in not in danger; transport is improving; allowing it to escape from the room. disorder is being effectively dealt with Their lordship allowed the appeal upon and tho attempt to starve the country the ground that the owner was not bound
of food has been shown to be as futile to keep his dog continually under
as it was foolish. The immediate suc-control. --
cess achieved by the Trade Union Con-
failure.
Lord Justice Bankes remarked that the
gross in the unexpectedly large response County Court judge was wrong in say to their signal for a stoppage of work willing, in law, it was the duty of the owner bo their only success; and eventually it to keep the dog to his own premises and may be found to be the cause, of their
not let him escape. There was по Sooner or later and soorier
evidence that the dog was otherwise than rather than later because of the large well-behaved. numbers involved-there will be a sub- stantial breakaway among the "strikers. Hundreds of thousands of men who have little or no sympathy with a general strike responded to the call out of a mistakon sense of loyalty to their Unions or from fear of reprisals. Signs of weakening are already evident among these half-hearted supporters of the strike, and with such large numbers involved, the breakaway
regular tramway mm, who are on strike taking no part in them. The Edinburgh tramway men, however, threaten to with- draw their contributions to the Royal In- firmary because of the part the medical students have taken as strikebreakers.
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It is one of the objects of the strikers when it contos will be substantial. More to deter people from using the roads, over it is a question whether the colossal More particularly in industrial districts, loss in wages consequent upon the calling piskets are attempting to hold up traffic out of an unprecedented number of work and to interfere with the transport of ors is in itsoif not a fatal weaknone in food and other supplies They are do the theory of the general strike. Mi manding the production of T.V.C. per- lions of pounds are boing lost by the mits, and in some cases traders have sub- workers overy week. How long can they mitted to this requirement in the hope of continue to enduro such a drain upon escaping trouble. But in adopting this their resources. To succeed the strike course traders are simply flattering the would require to be of short duration, self-importance of the local Soviets, and and with the country organising as it is giving them the impression that they are doing thero is not the slightest chance of in command of the situation." The General a quick victory for the strikers. Indeed Council of the T.U.C, make it a matter of the chance has already disappeared.
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complaint that a letter they sent to the TUR - BOLD-VÝ- DE TRANSPORT.
Prime Minister before the strike, was de- Most of the disorders centred round theclared offering to assist in the distribu- tion of food supplies was ignored. What public transport systems, the buses and else did they expect? By assistance " tramt being special objects of attack. they mean a system of permits. They Generally the incidents were confined to have no right whatever to interfere with the free use of the roads by the public, the breaking of windows, but in a few and the pretensions they maks" in this
COST OF LONDON SCHOOLS. cases buses have been overturned The regard are intolerable. The Lord Ad- students of the principal Scottish Univer vocate has announced that any attempt ESTIMATE OF NEARLY $11,000,000
to stop vehicle by fores or threata is p sities have largely volunteered for tram illegal, and will at once he dealt with by The annual maintenance estimates of that those who thought the arrangements.
way service, and the young fellows are
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Education without in any way interfer, ing with the three years' educational pro
Miss Susan Lawrence, M.P., declared gramme or policy of the Council.
the police. The diffiralty is that the pio- the London County Council Education como between the Council and the kets solect places for their operations Committee for 1920-27, providing for a Board of Education would not interfere very popular with the general, public. only a small constabulary force is total capital expenditure on education of with the three years' programme of the maintained, and whore, the risk to them- £10,913,145; were recently, considered at Council, were living in a fool's para selves of intervention by the polico in length by the London County Copneil. disei regarded as comparatively remote. But Their adoption was moved by Mr. W. Members of the Labour party upon the measures are now being taken which it H. Webbe, the chairman of the Eduda Council had given notice of thirteen is to be hoped will egon put a stop to tion Committee, who paid a high tributo different amendments to the education this practice, Flying squads of special to the ability and untiring energy which estimates. Eleven of them were dis constabulary are being omployed, and had been shown by the Countila educa cassed for about five hours, but all of motor patrols are being organised, where tion officer, Mr. G. R. Gater, in his task them upon a division, were defeated by need be, to facilitate the transport off of reducing the estimates to meet the considerable majorities, and the estimates loodstuffs.
economy requirements of the Board of as submitted were then adopted
The amateur conductors are subjected to much good-humoured chaff, the students, it is needless to say, enjoy the sensation they have caused. Any scuffles that have takes place in connection with the buses and teama, curioully enough, have origin sted in the interference of outsiders, the (Continued on next Column).