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THE GENERAL STRIKE.

SPORADIC RIOTING WELL HANDLED BY THE POLICE.

COUNTRY CALMLY FACES. UPHEAVAL.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF PANIC OR EVEN OF GREAT THERE HAVE BEEN FEW EXCITEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.

AMPLE FORCES ARE AVAILABLE SERIOUS DISTURBANCES, TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AND FOOD SUPPLIES ARE ADEQUATE. ELECTRIC TRAMS ARE BEING DRIVEN BY MEN COVENTRY IS FLOODED IN PLUS-FOURS AND GOLF CAPS. WITH ORDERS FOR BICYCLES FROM LONDON WHICH IT IS THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUKE UNABLE TO FULFIL. OF YORK WERE BOTH PRESENT AT THE DEBATE ON THE STRIKE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Jasnos, May 5th.

LONDON HOSTITAL AFFECTÈD.

THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 7TH, 1926

Latest news states that disturbances have occurred in Albert Square, Han- chester, where the police dispersed a large demonstration of unemployed, also in West London and South East London, where attempts have been made to pre- vent buses, running. The police restored order and have the situation well is hand everywhere, though heavy calls have been made on their alertness to pre vent crowds who have heen dispersed from reforming elsewhere.

The Trade Union Congress in one of their few communiqués any in the course of instruction given to unions, that they have emphasised, the essential industrial nature of the dispute. The Congress claims that resolutions have been received from French, Dutch, American, Canadiau and Irish movements, promising their utmost to bring the matter to a success ful issue.

VITAL SERVICES.

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[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MCC. AND THE STRIKE.

Losboy, May 6th..

statement. The M.C.C. has issued a from Lord's to the affect that while they do not desire to dietate either to country clube or to cricketers, they believe that both may be desirous of obtaining the M.C.C., opinion and consequently they recommend the counties to carry on as

The debate was adjourned until well as circumstances permit.

to-Borrow.

HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE. The fact that we are at the beginning of the issue hitherto and are so far with out experience and that the Government is groping its way, was emphasised by Lord Birkenhead in the House of Lords in supporting a motion to continue the Emergency Powers Act, which was carri- ed without a division.

REGULATIONS APPROVED. The Labourites opposed a number of Sir Joynson Hicks stated that the services regarded as a vital necessity individual elapses in the regulations, under one regulation, which empowered especially that empowering the Post- the Government to call on the Crown master General to refuse to accept. cer- forces to assist in carrying them on, intain classes of telegrams, but an amend- einded electricity, the maintenance of ment was defeated by 301 votes to electrical and mechanical plant and the similar fate overtook a motion to delete machinery of the Port of London, trans- the clause prohibiting possession of fire port of motor spirit and continuance of arms, explosiers, weapons, stones and the railway services. He had already dangerous missiles. made orders in respect of these. He pro- ceeded to say that the condition of the railways was impfoving, as also were the omnibus services. The underground rail- ways and all the London electricity stations, except five run municipally were working well. The Government had introduced naval ratings and volunteers to assist legal workers. "Sir William re- ferred in this connection to the cessation of generation of electrical power and. light during the daytime in Ave stations tu anticipation of the appearance of which affected the London Hospital, a The British Worker, hundreds of work-number of bakeries worked slcetrically ing class men gathered in and completely and cold storage stations in the docks, blocked the streets round the Daily as a result of which meat was likely to Hegld's office to-night. The police even go bad. The food supply in London The Daily Mail appented in the after-tually moved on the crowd who loitered was proceeding quitt satisfactorily.

Referring to the question of protection of willing workers, Sir Jornson Hicks noon in the shape of a penny photograph in the neighbouring streets, where vani. Oos motor vehicles labelled "T.U.C. rd typewritten news sheet, printed on

were waiting to distribut said he proposed to ask the community threat of a general strike held the field.. both sides. It includes Monday's lend-Transport " ing article For King and Country the refusal of the workers to print which, Both sides are satisfied with the posi-ard to the non-publication of Monday's Lion. The Government spokesman to day Daily Mail. A column editorial to-day headed Looking to Baldwin to Act" broadcast that the position of the coun try was satisfactory. There was no sign says that the lawful Government must of panic or even of great excitement, and not strongly and its opponents will col-ing-class crowd who occasionally jeered. no serious disturbance anywhere. Food lapse very quickly. It refers to Italy as supplies were normal. 12,450 volunteers an example of verile Western Govern have hitherto enrolled in London and volunteers are dowing in all over the Bountry.

If a revolution is in progress in British it has been carried out hitherto with The most traditional British phlegm. striking outward evidence of that has been the amazing manifestation of the enormous increase in motor traffic as compared with the last industrial up heaval. It han enforced the earlier rising of people anxious to reach busi ness in the city by mator or afoot. Un-1 natally crowded tea-shops are supplying breakfasts, and there is an increase in certain food cymmodities, potably fish, which has doubled. Milk is 25 per cent. dearer to-day.

Owing to the Stepney Borough Council (Labour) calling out the day employees in the Municipal Electric Works the London. Hospital was deprived of light and power yesterday. X-ray work and electrical treatment was consequently ans pendei. Power facilities were restored in the evening, the bau, apparently, ap plying to the day shift only.

ment.

A new feature, in London is the ap

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pearance of a food of little job-printed handbill newspapers selling like hot cakea for threepence each. The news is mostly stale and a repetition of broad- east bulletins and the Chester raving re- sults.

The announcement is made by the Trades Union Congress that the response of workers to the strike enll has surpassed expectations, and the difficulty" of the Cieneral Council has been to keep men at

The Postal Authorities announce that work in trades which are in the second line of defence." Everywhere there is telephones and telegraphs arò xo congest- order and good temper, and the Counciled that calls and wires must be reduced is confident of securing an heriourable to a minimum. settlement.

NEWSPAPER RETALIATION.

Apart from an attezunted Timex, the British Gazette, Gnancial papers and the Daily Mirror, the last of which succeeded

An extraordinary pall of darkness, like midnight, spread over London at noon. intensifying the traffic congestion. For tunately, it soon lifted

Maila between the Free State and

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"THE BRITISH WORKER."

the journal Earlier in the evening a few lorry loads of printing paper were unloaded by volunteers at the back en- trance of the Morning Post, where the „side street was closed by the police. The operations were watched by'a small

He declared that the Government at present did not intend to interfere with praceful picketing, but it was unable to give the assurance that this would be the last of the demands the Government would have to make of Parliament. He reiterated that the Government was not prepared to negotiate so long as thè

of the most wanton exercises of

its a whole to enrol as special constables

Lord Buckmaster, in supporting the in much larger numbers There were 7,600 of the original Specials" already motion on hebalf of the Liberals, spoke of on duty and over 2,000 had been sworn in during the last two days. He had one

The deinite was produced by a dialogue directed the police not to allow "a pro-rannical power the country had been pused nunss meeting into the heart of called on in meet for centuries. London to-night, which had been organis

- and when the latter demanded a ch

Lord munist Party and kindred associations. unequivocal statement whether worked by the Deptford branch of the Com-tween Lord Haldane and Birkenhead,

He appealed to the people to take no

The burden of Lord Haldane's con notice of alarmisk rumours, many of Haldane approved of the general strike. that the negotiations which had already been circulated. The tributions was only rios had been a mall one Poplar. The country was steady at the 4GAZETTE ARTICLE morant, and he enjoined it to stand fast.

After some hours the police sanctioned the printing of The British Worker, which has eight sheets the size of Punch, It contains a special "anessage to the workers from the T.U.C. emphasising that this is an industrial dispute, and urging exemplary conduct. It specially asks for pickets to avoid obstruction.

An official notice has been issued to the printing trade bespeakog that it is the intention of the Government to insist on the inclusion in any settlement of ä clause preventing the Trade Unions from vietimising any man remaining at work or, resuming work during the dispute, and adding that men doing their duty to the country in the present erisis will hot prisals. be left unprotected from subsequent re

THE OFFICIAL VIEW.

The official view to-night is very reas- in distributing a London news buletin, Great Britain are suspended, and sail-uring, pointing out that the railway service is much better than on the second whose five-line leading article exhorted ings from Holyhead and Dublin are.can- Its readers to stand fast in support of celled. The cross-channel Dover-Calais day of any previous strike affecting the railways, while general improvement the Government, no papers have been service is "functioning with one steamer

is being made, for instance at Liverpool where a thousand young men have been published in London to-day. The T.C.C.each way.

Assist 105 organised into squads Council announce their intention of res

way required. ponding to the Government's British

It is opined that ample forces are available to maintain law and order. Gazette by publishing from, the Daily

Hupplies of fuel and food are regarded Herald office u newspaper called The

as sufficient to sustain life, though not British Worker.

the fortitude and good by the bulk of the

A characteristic British touch to the revolution is the delivery of piles of telegrams to the T.U.C. headquarters in London by Government employeer. Also American maila are conveyed by motors from Southampton by volunteers whom London by Government employees. Also the Covernment telephones are working normally at Labour Bureaus, and it is noteworthy that strikers cut off the Daily Mirror telephone exchange and persuad- ed the cleaning staff to leave the building in retaliation for the publication of the news bulletin.

No trains are moving at Carlisle and passengers arriving there from "London are taken to Edinburgh in charabanca Coventry is flooded with orders for

CONDEMNED.

at

maintain

SITUATION IN EUROPE."! ought to have been continued.

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The M.C.C. notes, the statement con- tinues, that owing to transport difficul ties some county matches may have to be. reduced to two days, or even abandoned, while elevens may also be much weakened by the absence of prominent cricketers engaged in the service of the public.

The M.C.C. suggests that cricketers should he guided by a sense of public duty, rather than by an affection for their county, and strongly recommenda

that the best possible elevens should be

on

fielded against the Australians, as such cerasions cricketers might out of courtesy to England's guests legitimately obtain leave from public duty.

CHESTER RACES ABANDONED.

LATER.

Owing to lack of runnere, occasioned

largely by the strike, the stewards of the

APPEAL FOR LOYALTY. Chester Race Meeting, decided to-day

to abandon the final day's racing.

The British flutette appeare in two editions, the later of which containing lour, instead of two pages, issues an appeal to loyal citizens to support His Majesty's fiovernment and Parliament to defeat the general strike. It says:-

THROUGH HAVAS · AGENCY, ] FRENCH CONCERN.

PARIB, May 8th.

PARIS, May 5th.

Either the country will break the The further fall of the franc is at Mr. Arthur, Henderson, former Home tributed to sales by British Banks to general strike, or the general strike, will

bolster ap sterling, also to the fact that break the country." Secretary, emphasised that the Trade the strike is bound seriously to affect Union Congress offered to

French exporters, and ultimately Con-.. essential services He criticised the bittinental trade in general. ter attack in the leading article of the British Gazette on men whose praises the few Government were singing loud a days ago, and appealed to the House to strive to get a formula for the settlement" of the dispute on which they were work ing before the final break, which he be ieved would not have occurred if news paper had been interfered with. had not come through that a certain

A message from Boulogne states that a number of British cargo vessels Jaden with fruit and new potatoes from Spain have been held up.

The papers daanimously consider the further decline in French," Belgian,

The export of cherries, straw-berries and other early fruit from Provence has entirely ceased, and it is feared that the Rumanish and Polish currencies as a re- heavy losses.

rowers are likely to be involved inult of heavy sales of depreciated moneys

on the London Market in order to hold

with the. up and keep sterling so par ·

The Petit Parisien states reports com- piled by the Finance Ministry distinctly reveal operations which effected in this sense the foreign markets.

Two thousand workers in the mctor- Mr. Lloyd George condemned the pre-

car factory at Saint Ouen have struck pitancy in breaking off the negotia tions. He agreed with Mr. Henderson in yapathy with the strikers in Britain. dollar

BELGIAN POSITION. that the nation had a deal of sympathy

BRUSSELS, May 5th. with the miners, but the general strike

A serious financial position has arisen bad obscured the merits of the minere? case and alienated sympathy. The Gov. erament had public opinion behind them as the result of the depreciation of the in the present steps. He agreed with the franc. A Supplementary Estimate has

.M. Raoni Peret has had a long conter- condemnation of the British Gasttren submitted to the Chamber asking for 1,136,000,000 francs to balance the

ence with the Governor of the Bank of article.

1925" Budget.

The 1020 Budget must now be revised, France and Financial personalities. The since the loan from the banks on which Council of the Cabinet are to consider the Government was counting is now ru-

Sir William Joynson Hicks, interven- ing said he had not read the article until that moment, but he would convey the Opposition views to the editor, The The Government did not desire to use it for propaganda purposes.

bicycles from London which it is unable prosperity. for several weeks. A pleas paper was published in a great hurry, Karded as impossible. The Minister for the question his morning.

to full.

It appears as regards the disorders at Newcastle, that a crowd stoned motor buses at Wallsend-on-Tyne last evening. Two workmen were medically treated. The omnibuses drove on knocking down twn or three strikers.

An unusual feature in London is that electric trains are being driven by men attired in plusfours and golf caps.

GOOD HUMOUR. There was a humorous incident at Ecclestin Square, where an ex-service men's band entered on the North side playing Land of Hope and Clery" and proceeded to the west side where the T.C.C. Headquarters struck up "The Red Flag and greeted them with showers of coppers from the windows.

DISORDERS IN GLASGOW. According. In unofficial reports frun the provinces, the must disorderly place hitherto has been Glasgow, where mount ed police have been called out in the Parkhead district to repel attacks on

There was an improvement at Glasgow tram-cars and motor buses. Och tram- way inspector was hauled off a car and today in the tramway situation. It was ning. There was also a slight improve assaulted so badly that he had to he sent that 114 tramears were run- to hospital. The windows of another ear

nl in the railway services. An emer- were siansbed, but the passengers escaped.

gency news-sheet appeared in Glasgow "Omnibuses in the Renfrewshire district as the result of the morning and evening had to be withdrawn after a number bad newspapers joining their editorial forces, been forced to speed up to escape pur Half the usual railway services are run- suing assailorts Reporta of cars having ning at Liverpool. been overturned bave been received from

The Council of the Lawn Tennis Asso- Renfrew and from Nottingham, while at eiation advise that all tournaments Dundee, where the manager of the Tram should be discontinued during the na- ways tried to run a car, the strikere tional emergency. blocked the line and the car had to be Listless groups of strikers at the street abandoned. At Nottingham strikers. cornersta London get a new intereat seized the carburetters and poured out in life with the appearance of newsboys the petrol in omnibuses worked by who have found a lucrative substitute volunteers. There were conflicting re- for newspapers selling single sheet porta last night of disorders at Poplar, racing and cricket results, for which they some minimising and others intensifying profiteeringly charge threepence. the gravity of the happenings.

The Evening Standard is on sale at the Wast End to-night and is devoting Ite receipts to charity......

A crowd of 6,000 at Stoke-on-Trent to day stoned an omnibus which the police were protecting, breaking the windows. The police charged with batons, injuring a number. Five Arresta were made..

POLICE METHODS.

The few sporadic riotings which have It is estimated that one hundred tram hitherto occurred have been speedily care and omnibuses are operating in handled by the administration of baton Edinburgh, worked mostly by studenta. blows which the police evidently con- Fifty per cent. of the tramway em sider more efficacious than prosecution ployees at Fort worth resumed when they for the type of individual involved. But were threatened with dismissal. » a prosecution under the Emergency Extra police drafted into Newcastle Powers has been held at Manchester, Moon quelled attacks on motor buses. De where William Stoker, a Company Direc- stroyers have arrived at Newcastle and tor, has been sentenced to two months in Middlesbrough and the battleship Food the second division for an act calculated and the cruisers Warapite and Comits to cause disaffection amongst the forces have arrived on the Clyde. The Comus of civilians.". It is stated that Stoker was IA proceeding up the river from in a high-powered car standing patsidé Greenock,

the Socialist Hall at Opetanaw, ready to Reports from the mining area in South convey to Glasgow 3,800 copies of The Wales depict that life is normal. Miners Workers Daily which, the prosecution are working on their gardens or playing alleged, Stoker knew contained seditious football, cricket and quoite.

matter. Notice of appeal was given.

ing feature temper shown population.

A cordon of policr surrounded the Daily Herald offices while printing the special strike edition, stopped the chines and seized all the papers, which they removed to Scotland Yard.

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the Interior has resigned signifying his disagreement with the fiscal policy, "and the Minister for the Colonies has decided to follow his example.

GERMAN SUPPORT.

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MONKEYS AND LIZARDS." Mr. Lloyd. George accepted this, but

BERLIN, May 5th. asked for complete impartiality on the

At a conference, to-day of the General Lews of all parties. It could not be for absence of space, because a whole para- graph to-day was devoted to monkeys and Federation of Trade Unions, the miners, bearded lizards... The stopping of the transport workers, and railwaymen, pass- Presa was

a most foolish thing: The ed a resolution supporting to the utmost liberals would not oppose the regulations. the British "enicns, and ordering that Mr. H. Thomas stated that the there be no bunkering of British vessela General Council in a counter-news bul-The resolution concluded with a para letin "repudiated emphatically that the graph to the effect that all possible mea Government was being challenged, and surea, were to be taken to prevent coal instructed repudiation of anyone ineit reaching Britain. mutiny by the troops or autoral dispute. in or suggesting insubordination or desired to make it an industrial

SITUATION IN LONDON. Although on the second day of the strike all roads to the city were crowded with traffic, chiefly an endless procession of private cars and food lorries, yet the conditions were most different. A twelve mile rus yesterday took two hours and to-day one hour.

There

A NEWSPAPER OFFER.

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{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FLIGHT. TO THE POLE.

AMUNDSEN'S AIRSHIP LEAVES,

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LENINGRAD," May 5th. The streets wOTA filled with curions crowds when the airship Norge left for the pole with a crew of eighteen and with two rifles and bayonets in the event they are reduced to bunting polar bears to Bustain their lives ia case of a forcel Innding.

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Moscow, May stb. The airship Forge passed over Kes on the ecast of the White Sea at ten o'clock last night flying north-westwards.

OSLO, May 6th. The Forge arrived at Vadvoc at 4:30

DANISH AID: the principal routes, including the Lan, A number of omnibuses are working on

COPENHAGEN, May 5th. The Danish General. Workers Linion Moscow reports inter that the Norge don and General besides independent buses manned by volunteers. Even the

have stated that if a request for support pasaed over Ulanetz at three o'clock in stairways of the buses were packed. Mr. Hadeo Guest, urging the resump-e received from the British unions it.

were distinct

of evidences

tion of the negotiations, feared that somie would be difficult to refuse in view of the afternoon. regular, although attenuated, train ser- rash and ill-considered action by hotheads the help by British Labour afforded to vices, both for long distance and might precipitate a catastrophe.

the Danish strikers in the spring. suburban The tubes were partially Mr. John Bromley, the engine-men's

NORTH IRELAND 'READY.", working and there were queues outside leader, admitted that if all the Govern- the stations which yesterday, were closed. ment resources were brought to beer,

BELFAST, May 5th People are going to the city by long they were bound to be defeated, but it The Northern Ireland Parliament has routes from the suburbs with the utmost would not be this week, next week or the passed a Government Bill empowering humour despite dismal weather of drizzle week after. He paid a tribute to the the Governor if the emergency arises to this morning.

pence efforts of the Premier, who, at the proclaim a state of emergency to regulate A novel feature is the posting in win-

last moment, was swayed by

the supply and distribution of necessities. dows of broadcast news bulletins aur-hands."

SOVIET SUFFORT. rounded by eager crowds..

RIGA, May 5th. The Soviet labour organisations are organising financial support for the British strikers.

and mist

COMMONS DEBATE.

LONDON, May 5th. At to-day's sitting of the House of Commons, when strike issues were dis- cussed, Their Royal Highnesses the "Prince of Wales and the Duke of York

were present in the Prers' Gallery,

sinister

gir H. M. Iliffe, on behalf of a group of newspapers with a circulation of ten millions weekly, offered to print two columns of matter supplied by the Labour Party, provided the matter con- formed to the law. He was confident that other editors would take the same

line.

TOO MUCH DIGNITY " ?

Is the question of dignity keeping the parties apart?" warmly queried Mr. TP. O'Connor, whe exclaimed:-'Good God! What is the dignity of any mas, compared with the disaster facing the country, ??

Sir William Joynson Hicks (Home Secretary), in moving the confirmation of the Emergency Powers Regulations, quoted declarations by Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald in 1924 in support thereof, which, he said, were a very fair statement of the present Government's position. He ex plained that the regulations against in.. R. Clynee, stressing the ultimate citement to mutiny and disaffection en invincibility of the labourites, claimed abled summary action, instead of a long that the strike call was not merely trial, and the police were authorised to successful but hundreds of thousands of make arrests without warrants. Another men had come out who were not required regulation, enabled a search to be made to strike. of any building suspected of printing or issuing documenta calculated to cause mutiny or disaffection among the Crown forces, the police or civilians, or to im nede or restrict measures for water, fuel, light or other public necessities. This regulation gave him great power, but he anid quite definitely that in the interests of the life of the nation these powers were at present necessary.

A studied absence of anything in the nature of embittered personal references was strongly in evidence during the sit ting, all parties earnestly seeking a solu tion. There was an eager chorus of de- manda to know the nature of the "formula" which Mr. Thomas declared the Latourites were ready to present to the Premier when the negotiations were broken off.

(EEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] AMERICAN, PRESS VIEWS.

NEW YORK, May 5th.

·SOVIET JUSTICE.

"MALICIOUS" SPECULATORS SHOT BY CHEKA'S ORDER.

Moscow, May 5th. Three officials of the Currency Adminis- tration of the People's Commissariat of

The British Strike newa monopolises Finance have been shot by order of the the front pages of all the morning and Cheka. They were charged with heading. evening newspapers. The editorials de a group of persons engaged in "malicious. plore the event as a tragedy, though the talk of revolution is received with in- speculation on the Exchange." erédulity, as a distinct contradiction of the calmness of the British character.

The New York Tribune says that to talk of revolution in Britain it is as absurd as talking of Arctic weather in Cuba, or Cairo.

THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR. RAIN PREVENTS PLAY AT LEYTON.

The "New York Times defends Mr.

LONDON, May th Rain prevented a start at Leyton to- Baldwin, who, it declares, has incurred the reproaches of the more conservative Tories on account of his efforts during day. in, the match arranged between the the past two years, to promote the in- Australians and Essex, terests of the working classes, but when the Labour Party took the attitude that

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the Trade Union Congress was mightier POLISH GOVERNMENT RESIGNS.

WARSAW, May 5th. than Parliament even the long-suffer ing Mr. Baldwin could not lie down be

The Government has resigned fore that."