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OUR LONDON LETTER. LIGHTNING STRIKE ORGANISED BY COMMUNISTS.

·SİNISTER 'ATTACK, UPON LONDON RAILWAYS.

At the present time in eight constituen. cies there is a larger number of women voters than men, in spite of the fact that women do not get the vote till they reach the age of thirty-and even then not all women of that age. It is the Ironsidered opinion of thinking people that it would be sound policy to stick to the existing arrangement, or any inte to limit the Tranchian to all women of airty. This would admit those at present Pxcluded through not having a residen. tial qualification or not being the wives of, Incal Government electors. Such an enlargement of the franchise would about equalise the numbers of the saxes. By giving votes to VONE OR the register.

women at twenty-one the number of women would exceed male voters by over

million.

[FROM OUR OWN CARESPONDENT.]

Lospey, July 12th,

COMMUNIAM CEARS ITS HEAD.

We hear a good deal about the presence and subterranean activities of Cam- munists in this country, but little notion has been taken of them-they have been treated with contempt by the majority of people. But at Whitsuntide we had proof that these gentry are be ginting to think themselves strong enough to come into the open and declare war Some on decent, law-abiding citizens.

I gather that the decision six thousand workinen in railway shops Government to appoint a committe.ro and employes in the great power house inquire into and report on the best in Lot's Road, Chelsea which supplies means of controlling the Imperial wige electric power for the Tube railways, less chain has given great satisfaction. suddenly struck work. They were led, ur

IMPERIAL WIRELESS.

of the

to be more accurate, were misled by ait will be recalled that the committe Dver which Mr. (now Sir) Robert little knot of Communists who induced Donald, & former editor of the Daily them to knock off work and demand more Chronicle, presided made a recomenda- wages and other things deemed to betion that the Imperial wireless services

urgently necessary,

which

The result was that the underground should be directly operated by the Post railway services of London were disorice from all the Empire stations in ganised, The ree of the Whitsun hali- Great Britain The report, however, ex-

pressly emphasised one clause days was chosen as the appropriate time

read: Under, an improved business for this attack on the public the idea

organisation being to cans the maximum of incon- venience to everybody. In the first plage the hope of the extremists was that the public would be induced to press for a settlement of the strikers demands with out more ado or parley the stoppage of the railways being intolerable. This was a perfectly definite aim. But there was a further object in view-namely to smash trade unionism as at pret constituted and substitute the Russian Soviet system.

FAILURE OF THE STRIKE

The first thing the new committee will have to do will be to devise ways and means whereby the business organisation- of the Post Office can be improved. This will be no easy task, and it is fortunate that the Government can rely upon the services of Sir Robert Donald whose knowledge of the whole subject is unique. In the meantime I understand that the Postmaster-General is pushing on with his negotiations with the Dominions, and it is also satisfactory to know that ar- rangements are being made to act the

It is agreeable to be able to record that the attempt to take the public committee to work within a couple of weeks from now. There has been great rattled entirely failed. There was delay hitherto in regard to the Imperial public anger at the tactics of the Co wireless chain, but there should not be munists; and the whole body of trade waste of time from now onwards in get- unianists was hostile to the movement. This is the satisfactory feature of a batting the service actually going. business. Within few hours of the CONDITIONS IN GERMANY, strike becoming effective, an improvised service of trains was organised," and t no period was there a total suspension of the services. The trade union officials repadiated the strikers, and ordered the inen who had come out to return. The Conuuunista trieil to bluff the coun- try that they would bring out railway meu generally, hat not only did they fail in this, but the shopmen who followed

work.

One hear's so many conflicting state- ments about the industrial position in Germany that it is useful to have soine Br hand information from a competeut this subject. Mr. C. P. 1. observer on Ramsden, who is in charge of the South Earopean section of the Federation of British Industics, bas just returned from a tour in Germany, and he is preparing a report which will be eirculated con-

their lead in the first instance Sfidentially to members of the Federation. realised that they had been duped.

not

I am able to give one particulars, how ever, which I believe are, of "general" in-

tereat.

It seems that German industrialists are having a lean time at present oying to a thortage of working capital. They developed their works during the infia- tion period a few years ago, and spent enormous suma on re-equiping their fae- tories. Then came the decline in export trade, and the result has been that Ger- man manufacturers have magnificent up. to-date factories and plant but no money to work them.

A fact that has been specially noted is that the attitude of the Labour Gov- ernment towards this unauthorised strike has been weak and inconclusive. Ques tions were asked in Parliament just us the House of Commons was rising for the Whitsun recess; but the Minister of Labour, Mr. Tom Shaw, took up the position that it is not the business of Government to interfere in a dispute of this kind sindo the railways are nationalised.. He has since learned from many quarters that this is an utterly misconceived iden, and has been remind ed that it is the primary business of Government, to protect the rights and interests of the whole community against the action of disgruntled minorities. There is no doubt that the laissez faire attitude of the Government in this matter manufacturer is lucky enough to be has produced a very had impression in able to borrow at all the rate of interest the country. A Labour Government ap in the most favourable circumstances is pears to be afraid to govers when it well nigh prohibitive being at least round

down direct means putting

action about 18 per cent Indaties committed to violent measures THE ExpoaT TRADE. as in the case of the Communists and Lendon railways

THE WILD WEST IN LONDON,

There are, of course, other causes for the shortage of capital, chiefy as a con- sequence of speculation in the franc, and the severe restriction of credis adopted by the German Government. This cur tailment of credit is drastic that if

export

With regard to Germany's trade, I learn that prices of goods are

The cowboys and cowgirls from the in general too high to allow business to Wild West who have come over to take be done to any extent. The prices are part in the Heado competitions at Wem-above those ruling in the world markets. bley nade their appearance in London Until lately things were kept going by in picturesque fashion. They have becoala in Germany, but now it is stated well advertised in advance; and special that the demand had fallen off. Mr. correspondents of some of the papers who Ramsden thinks that manufacturers will travelled with them or board ship from be forced to realise their stocks at a con- New York have told its by wireless how siderable loss, aut it is not unlikely that they spent their days, and most of their this will have a very disturbing effect nights the latter being devoted to the upon international trade. The policy of inspiring game of poker. The sun of the Government is to force, down prices the-horsemen and horsewomen of the under the belief that it is absolutely plains was quite in keeping with every necessary for Germany to get in agaím in thing the film has taught us to expect. the overmas markets and by this means The men were garbed in immense fawn-effect the restoration of her mic coloured hats, bright silk shirts and position.

The casual visitor to Germany who embroidered long boots, and the women wore attractive riding costumes, bobbed comes back here and tells stories of ou |vious afluence appears to be under, a mis- hair, and many diamond rings.

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In the City the charabance in which the apprehension-as casual observers oftre visitors rode en rufe to Wembley were are when they try to gun up the can. There is no held up with other trait at the Bank ditions in any country. of England crossing; and the cowboys doubt a great deal of heavy spending on thought it would be a good jeke to keep luxuries as well as necessaries. But this i 'thoir hands in with the 1a889. Their probably due to a habit acquired daring ambition was to secure a top hat, and the inflation period, and also to distrust, there was good sport-for. the cowboys by the average German of German bank- in efforts to obtain ear. A bank mesing and securities, senger going his way bad his topper plucked off his head by a skilful throw, and a little boy on a parcels-cycle was lifted bodily out of the saddle. A street scavenger was deftly remired, and also a taxi-driver much to his disgust, and Iris. language was enough to turn the atmos phere blue.

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