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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

STRIKE IN FULL reassuring, pointing out that the Joymaon Hicks said he proposed to

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railway service la much better ask the community as a whole to: than on the second day of any enrol as special constables in much previous strike affecting the rail- larger numbers. There were. ways, while a general improve-7,600 of the original "Spéciale" al- ment is being made, for in-ready on duty and over 3,000 had stance at Liverpool where a thou-been sworn in during the last two sand young men have been ordays. He had directed the police: Flag" and greeter "them with ganised into squads to assist in, not to allow a proposed mass meet- showers of coppers, from the win-any way required

ing into the heart of London: to. down.

It is opined that ample forces night, which had beón organised There was an improvement at are available to maintain law and Glasgow to-day in the tramway order, ' situation.

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by the Deptford branch of the Com munist Party and kindred associa It was announced that Supplies of fuel and food are tions. He appealed to the people] 114 tramcars were running. There regarded as sufficient to sustain to take no notice of alarmist ru- was also a slight improvement in life, though not prosperity, for ours, many of which had already the railway services. An emor-several weeka. A pleasing fea-been circulated. The only riot had gency news-sheet appeared in ture is the fortitude and good been a small one at Poplar, Tha Glasgow as the result of the morn-femper shown by the bulk of the country was steady at the moment, ing and evening, newspapers join-population--Reuter.

and he enjoined it to stand fast.

"GAZETTE" ARTICLE "CONDEMNED.

ink their editorial "forces, Half A cordon of police surrounded the usual railway services are the Daily Herald offices while running at Liverpool.

The Council of the Lawn Tennia Association advise that all tourna ments should be discontinued dur- ing the national emergency.

Listless groups of strikers at the street corners In London get a new interest in life with the ap pearance of newsboys who have

found a lucrative substitute for

printing the special strike edition, stopped the machines and seized all the papers, which they removed to Scotland Yard.

→ CHEERFUL LONDONERS.

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THE DAILY TREK. Although on the second day of newspapers selling single sheat the strike all ronds to the city were. racing and cricket results, for ferowded with traffic, chiefly an which they profitteringly charge endless procession of private car: threepence.

and food lorries, yet the conditions were most different. A twelve mile run yesterday took two hours and to-day, one hour.

The Evening Standard is on sale at the West End tonight and is devoting its receipts to charity.

POLICE METHODS.,

Mr. Arthur Henderson, former Home Secretary, emphasised that the Trade Union Congress offered to maintain essential services. He criileised the bitter attack in the leading article of the British! Gazatly on men whose praises the Government were singing loud a faw days ago, and appealed to the House to strive to get a formula for the settlement of the dispute n which they were working be- fore the final break, which he be ieved would not have occurred if news had not come through that, a certain paper had been inter- fered with.

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A number of omnibuses are Air. Lloyd George condemned the working on the principal routes, precipitancy in breaking off the, The Tew sporadic plotings including the London and General negotiations. He agreed with Mr. which have hitherto accurred have besides independent buses manned Henderson that the nation had a been speedily handled by the ady volunteers. Even the stairways deal of sympathy with the miners.. ministration of baton blows which the buses were picked. There but the general strike had ob the police evidently consider more were distinct evidences of regular, scured the merits of the minera ellencious than prosecution for though attenuated, train aer-case and alienated sympathy. The the type of individual involved wees, both for long distance and Government had public opinion be- But a prosecution ander the uburban. The tubes were partial-hind them in the present steps. Emergency Powers has been hele working and there were queues to agreed with the condemnation at Manchester; where Williamside the stations which yester of the British Gazette article. Stoker, a Company Director, has tay,, were closed. People ar been sentenced to two months in going to the city by long routes the second division for an act cal from the suburbs with the atmost eulateri

disaffection humour despite dismal weather of amongst the forces of civilians.trizzle and mist, It is stated that Stoker was in high-powered car standing outside the Socialist Hall at Openshaw ready to convey to Glasgow 1,500 copies of The Workers' Daily which, the prosecution alleged. Stoker knew contained seditious | matter. Notice of appen wat 'given.

to

Chuse

vening, said he had not read the

Sir William Joyson Hicks, Intor-| article until that moment, but he would convey the Opposition views published in a great hurry.

The paper wRS'] Government did not desire to use The

for propaganda purposes.

to the editor.

A novel feature is the posting in windows of broadcast news bul-

eting surrounded by eager crowds.it

Router.

DEBATE IN COMMONS.

ENERGENCY POWERS REGULATIONS.

London, May 5. At to-day's sitting of the House

"MONKEYS AND LIZARDS" Mr. Lloyd George accepted this. ut asked for complete impartiality on the views of all parties, [1 nould not be for absence of space. because a whole paragraph to-day was devoted to monkeys and beard- of Commons, when strike issuexed lizards, The stopping of the Press was most foolish thing. The liberals would not oppose the regulations.

Latest news states that disturb anges have occurred in Albert Square, Manchester, where the police dispersed a large demons- rere discussed. Their Royal High tration of unemployed, alas in esses the Prince of Wales and the West London and South East Lon-uke of York were present in the don, where attempts have been "eer Gallery, made to prevent buses running. Sir Williams Jonson Hicks The police restored order, and

Mr. J. H. Thomas stated that the General Council in a counter-news Home Secreturs 1. in moving the bulletin repudiated emphatically: onfirmation have the situation well in band

that the Government was being of the Emergenes everywhere, though heavy call ers Relations, quoted delenged. and instructed repute bave been made on their alertnesslarations by Mr. Ramsay M-

on of anyone juciting or suggest ginsubordination or mutiny by to prevent crowds who have been onald in 1924 in support, 'thuren?". dispersed from reforming else-shich he said, were a very fall tesired to make it an industrial the troops or sailors. Labour statement of the present Govern- The Trade Union Congress in men's position. He explained: one of their few communiques, say hat the regulations against incite-

NEWSPAPER OFFER. in the course of instruction given dent to mutiny and disaffection) Mr. Hayden Guest, urging the

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to unions, that they have em- enabled, summary action, instead resumption of the negotiations, THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY phasised the essential industrial of along trial, and the police were feared that some rash and ill-con- nature of the dispute. The Con-uthorised to make arrests with-sidered action by hotheads might gress claims that resolutions have a warrants. Another regulation precipitate a catastrophe. been received from French, Dutch, nabled a search to be made of Mr. John Braley, the engine- American, Canadien and Irish ny building suspecte: of printing men's leader, admitted that if h movements, promising their ut- eissuing documents calculated to the Government resources most to bring the matter to a suc- cessful issue.

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puse matiny or disaffection among brought to bear, they were bound of telegrams, but an amendment contributions was that the negotia

to refuse to accept certain classes The burden of 'Lord Haldane's he Crown forses, the poller or to be defeated, but it would net was defeated by 801 votes to 92. tions ought to have been continued. ivilians, or to impede or restrict be this week, next week or the week A similar fate overtook a motion to measures for water, fuel, light or after. He paid a tribute to the delete the clause prohibiting pos

the public necessities. This re ulation gave him great power, but he said quite definitely that in the Interests of the life of the nation

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In anticipation of the appearance of The British Worker, hundreds of working class men gathered in and completely blocked the streets round the Daily Herald's office to-night. The police eventually moved on the crowd who loitered inecessary. the neighbouring streets, where various motor vehicles dabelled

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Sir H. M. life on behalf of a group of newspapeęs with a eir-1 colation of ten millong weekly, offered to print two columns of patter supplied by the Labour HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE. Party, provided the matter

The debate was adjourned until} Lo-morrow.--Renter

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Paris, May 5. The further fall of the franc is attributed to sales by British Banks to bolster up sterling, also to the fact that the strike is bound seriously to affect French expor LORD HALDANE'S INDECISION.

lers, and ultimately Continental The fact that we are at the bo-trade in general. ginning of the issue hitherto and are so far without experiencu

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

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T. U. C. Transport" were waiting the services regarded as a vital formed to the law. He was conf- to distribute the journal. Earlier necessity under one regulation,ent that other editors would take in the evening a few lorry loads which empowered the Government the same line. of printing paper were unloaded by to call on the Crown forces to as- Volunteers at the back entrance of sist in carrying them on, included the Morning Post, where the side electricity, the maintenance of

Is the question of dignity keep-and that the Government is grop street was closed by the police, electrical and mechanical plant the parties apart?" warmlying its way, was emphasised by The operations were watched by and the machinery, of the Port of queried Mr. T. P. O'Connor, who ex-Lord Birkenhead in the House of small working-class, crowd, who London, transport of motor spirit claimed:Good God! What is the Lords in supporting a motion to occasionally jeered.

and continuance of the railway dignity of any mar, compared with continue the Emergency Powers After some hours the police

He had already made the disaster facing the country?" Act, which was carried without a sanctioned the printing of The

Mr. J. R. Clynes, stressing the división British Worker, which has eight proceeded to say that the condition labourites, claimed that the strike ment at present did not intend to orders in respect of these. He ultimate invincibility of the sheets the size of Punch. It con

Ife declared that the Govern-likely to be involved in heavy ST GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG,

Two thousand workers in the

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The export of cherries, i straw- Gerries, and other early fruit from Provented has entirely ceased, and' it is feared that the growers are

Tosses:

of the railways was improving, as all was not merely successful but interfere with peaceful picketing, motor-ear factory at Saint Ouen

also were the omnibus services.

phasising that this, la an industrial/ The underground railways and allhundreds of thousands of mon had but it was unable to give the ashave struck in sympathy with the

to avoid obstruction.

to strike.

strikers in Britain.-Reuter,

BELGIAN POSITION SERIOUS.

Brussels, May 5.

tains a special message to the workers from the T. U. C. em-

the London electricity stations, ex-ame aut who were not required surance that this would be the last dispute, and urging exemplary con-|

of the demands the Government duct. It specially asks for pleketsept five run municipally were

working well,

A studied absence of anything would have to make of Parliament. The Government An official notice has been issu-had introduced naval ratings and in the nature of embittered per He reiterated that the Government ed to the printing trade bespeak-ulunteers to assist foyal workers.onal references was strongly in was not prepared to negotiate so A serious financial position has ing that it is the intention of the Sir Willam referred in this con- evidence during the sitting, all long as the threat of a general arisen as the result of the deprecia- tion of the franc. A Supplemen- Government to insist on the in-nection to the cossation of genera-Parties earnestly seeking a solu-strike held the field.

tion of electrical power and tion. There was an enger chores clusion in any settlement of n

Lord Buckmaster, in supporting tary Estimate has been submitted" cinuse preventing the Trade Uni-ght during the daytime in five of demands to know the nature the motion on behalf of Liberals, to the Chamber asking for 1,186,- ons from victimising any man re-stations which affected the London of the "formula" which Mr.spoke of one of the most wanton 900,000 francs to balance the 1923 maining at work or resuming work Hospital, a number of bakeries Thomas declared the Labourites exercises of tyrannical power the Budget,

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The debate was produced by a the banks on which the Govern country in the present crisis will a result of which meat was likely broken off.

to go bad. The food supply in REGULATIONS APPROVED, dialogue between Lords Haldanement was counting. is not be loft unprotected from sub- London was proceeding quite The Labourites opposed a num-land Birkenhead, when the latter regarded as impossible. The

satisfactorily.

ber of individual clauses in the demanded a clear and unequivocal Minister for the Interior has re- Referring to the question of pro-regulations, especially that em-statement whether Lord Haldane signed signifying his disagreement The official view to-night is very tection of willing workons, Bir powering the Postmaster General approved of the general strike.

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