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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 4, 1939.

Unemployed Present Mr. Chamberlain With Black Coffin

London, To-day.

New unemployed demonstrations occurred yester- day in front of the house of the Prime Minister in Downing Street and in the courtyard of the Foreign Office.

About one o'clock, approximately 100 unemployed assembled in Downing Street where the police, in anticipation of demonstrations, had postéd stronger detachments including mounted

police. Shortly after one o'clock, a large motor lorry ar- rived. Although it was immediately surround- ed by the police, the unemployed hidden on the motor lorry threw a black coffin bearing the in- scription: "Unemployed No Appeasement" on the street.

British

The police carried the coffin back, petition sent a few days ago to the on the motor lorry but the unem-King which, as they were advised, ployed attempted several times His Majesty had passed to "his more to throw the coffin before the responsible advisers." door of the Prime Minister's resi- Wireless. dence until the police finally dis- ROLLED UP UMBRELLA! persed the demonstrators.

Inside the coffin, according to Two unemployed were admitted Reuter, was a rolled up umbrella. to the Prime Minister's residence As Big Ben struck one, a closed were they presented a letter. Shout-van turned. into Downing Street ing: "Chamberlain must go" and and pulled up outside Mr. Cham- "We demand Winter relief,” the berlain's residence. unemployed left in small groups.

Some of the men jumped out and COFFIN SYMBOL

others inside the van started, to The letter for Mr. Chamberlain push out a black coffin on which stated that the unemployed in Lon-was painted in white letters "Un-. don and the whole of England had employed. He asked in vain for repeatedly called the attention of appeasement."

the Ministries of Labour and One man ran to the door of No. Health to the avoidable harshness 10, and while speaking to atten- with which regulations regarding dants inside, his comrades took the

the van and unemployment relief are applied, coffin from

and had requested that a delegation carry it towards the house. of unemployed should be received in order to put forward their de mands.

The letter says that refusal of this request took place precisely at

the time when Mr. Chamberlain

to

tried to

SEE-SAW BATTLE Half a dozen police rushed for-

for a few ward, and

seconds, a see-saw battle ensued for posses-

sion of the coffin. After returning the coffin to the van, the police

driven away.

was preparing to visit Rome gave instructions for it to be confer with Mussolini concerning] European peace.

Meanwhile, 100 unemployed who The letter concludes by announ-had assembled in Downing Street. cing that the coffin was being pre-

chanted demands for winter relief. sented to Mr. Chamberlain because Mr. Chamberlain was not a a coffin was an appropriate symbol spectator of the scene

as he was

of the misery of workers in British holidaying in the country.-Reuter. industry as well as their wives and children, who are "condemned to die of starvation."-Trans-Ocean.

NO ARRESTS

13 SHIPS ASHORE

IN BLACK SEA

Ankara, To-day.

London, To-day, The letter to the Prime Minister, asking him to receive a deputation of "unemployed" regarding winter

A storm which has been sweep. relief scales, was handed in by the leaders of a group of about 70 men the Black Sea, and thirteen large |ing over Turkey has finally reached connected with the London com- mittee of organisation called the cargo vessels are aground and are National Unemployed Workers sending out messages asking for

Movement, who arrived shortly be- fore lunch.

The men attempted a demonstra tion and the police had to move them on, but no arrests were made. The visit to Downing Street is a sequel to one or two other small demonstrations in the West End round Christmastime organised by same committee, and to the

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Twenty-two of the crew of 34 of one of the cargo boats, which has foundered, are reported lost. Reuter.

Trans-Ocean says ten of the ships were Turkish and three Greek. It was impossible. to come to the res cue of the crews owing to the wea- ther and also to the fact that the coast" is very dangerous and rocky in this region.

The steamer "Millet" which crashed against the submerged wreckage of a sunken ship, sank immediately and 22 out of 24 mem- bers of the

drowned. crew were Four smaller Turkish steamers are also adrift in the storm and there is no news of them.

the

It is believed that besides above-mentioned steamers over 100 sailing vessels must have been sur- prised by the storm and sunk or flung on rocks. Trans-Ocean,

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