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London, Apr. 29

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1930.

TENSE SHANGHAI COAL BILL IN THE

SITUATION.

“NUMEROUS RAIDS BY THE POLICE.

ELECTRIC WORKERS' THREAT TO COME OUT.

In the House of Commons-10- day, Mr: Wedgwood Benn, the Secretary for India, was asked by Mr. Baldwin, the Conservative leader, whether he could make a statement regarding the position FEARS FOR MAY DAY. in India.

LORDS.

CONSERVATIVES TO MODIFY ITS PROVISIONS.

LORD SANKEY'S PLEA.

London, Apr. 29. Lord Sankey, the Lord Chap- cellor, moved in the House of Lords the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill, which, as he informed their Lordships, proposed, firstly, to regulate the production and sale of coal; secondly, to facilitate the reorganisation of the industry, thirdly, to reduce working hours:

establish and fourthly, to

Shanghal, Apr. 29: Mr. Wedgwood Benn replied a

The threatened strike of elec- that in respect of up-to-date deve lopments of the civil disobedience tric workers is adding to the an-National Board for the industry. campaign, he could add little to xiety felt by the populace, who the full and wholly accurate

reports which had appeared in fear a general recrudescence of the Press. As reported in the Communism in the city in con Press a serious disturbance had nexion with the May Day de occurred at Karachi, when, during monstrations.

Lord Sankay, who was Chairman of the Commission which reported on the coal situation of 1926, said a step in the right direction and he was persuaded that the Bill was would do something to dispel. the cloud hanging over a great fadus

the trial of six of the principal It was Jearned last evening that leaders of the movement in Sind, the electric workors might walk try and remove the tension and a disorderly crowd broke into the out to-day, and this morning the bitterness which too long had Magistrate's 'Court. The police police authorities raided the Elec-darkened many miners homes. were forced to fire before the trio-Workers' Club in an attempt crowd could be brought under to break up a labour conference control. The situation was, how which was in progress.. ever, restored the same day.

Since the House rose on April

Revolvers Seized.

The Marquess of Londonderry, who is himself a coalowner, intim- ated on behalf of the Conservative majority in the House, that they would not reject the Bill, on the 17th, there had been two particu- Sixteen workers wore arrested second reading, but would endeavour larly serious outbreaks of dis- at the raid, in which the police to modify and amend its provisions order, the first at Chittagong, on officers seized ten revolvers. It is and return the Bill to the House of Commons in a less dangerous form. the 18th. and the other at believed that the labourers intend. He contended that the coal industry Peshawar on the 23rd.. That ated to utilise the weapons during required to be left to itself, with- Chittagong W38 the work of May Day demonstrations and riots.out interference, to Bengal Anarchical Associations. Great vigilance is being shownown methods of reorganisation. The immediate reactions were by the police in watching the British Wirclees. dealt with by the promulgation movements of all electric workers, next day, "April 19th, of an Or and later in the day twenty-seven dinance renewing the provisions of of them were arrested in various the Bengal Criminal Law. Amend parts of the city. The police state ment Act, which had been repeal that the arrests were in connexion ed on 1st April.

with the contemplated strike,

The Peshawar outbreak was a corollary to the arrest of eleven local Congress leaders.

It was to-day reported that a disturbance took place on Sunday in Madras City, where the police were forced to fire on the crowd, On April 27th, the Governor General promulgated as an emer gency measure an Ordinance re- enacting with some modifications the Press Act of 1910 which was repealed in 1922. He concurred with this action.

Mr. Wedgwood Benn declared he could make at present no further statement regarding the situation, which was engaging the His constant

of attention Majesty's Government and the Government of India-British Wireless.

WORLD AGAINST..

COMMUNISM.

EFFORTS TO PREVENT MAY DAY DISTURBANCES.

WHOLESALE ARRESTS

Athens, Apr. 29.

There were wholesale arrests of Communists who were holding an unauthorised mecting yesterday to discuss plans for the celebration of May Day.

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A sequel to-day was that over a hundred Communists were sen- tenced to periods of imprisonment varying from ten to sixty days.-- *Reuter.

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Commercial Press Raided. Throughout the day the police busy raiding officers were numerous Chinese factories and

Public Tension High.. boarding houses in an attempt to prevent labour meetings held

There is considerable public ten- either in connexion with tramcar and bus strikes or the May sion in Columbus due to the threat- ened outbreak at the penitentiary. Day demonstrations.

Three Chinese workers belong- The prisoners, fearing further in- ing to the Commercial Press Com-cendiary fires, refuse to sleep in arrested amongst their cells at night if the doors are others, following a raid at the locked. Guards, their nerves fray- ed, are doing double duty under company's works.

State and trying circumstances. city officials are divided over how to deal with the present situation, making it more difficult.

were pany

Other notable arrests were the detention of thirty. Chinese inbourers who were found to be holding a Communist meeting at a coolie boarding house. Hundreds of anti-Kuomintang and Com munist books were solzed during

the raids.

Omnibuses Again Suspended.

To all demands to-day Governor Cooper cryptically responded:

"Warden Thomas is still in charge of the peniteniary. He will have whatever assistance he needs to maintain discipline at this trying time,"

The omnibuses, which resumed Normal routine at the prison has. running yesterday morning, again been suspended as guards, under this terse orders from the Warden at- suspended their services -morning on account of the fact tempt to control the threatening that there were no passengers. criminals. The latter feared that the strikers might interfere and attack the vehicles.

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passengers and that labour agita- tion was still going on, the White Russian drivers declined to operate the vehicles this morning. These Russians were recently engaged by the management of the number actually completed in Eng- bus companies to take the place land and Wales amounted to 1,450,-

of the strikers.

Like the tramcar workers, the bus drivers and conductors remain stubborn in their demands.

Martial Law,

Martial law was proclaimed in the native city this morning, while the military authorities in the International Settlement were maintaining an alert look-out,

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Unemployment Questions,

Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Minister in charge of unemployment, was beseiged with questions regarding his unemployment plans. He re- plied imperturbably generally, re- ferring to answers given during previous sessions.

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Riga, Apr. 29. Over a hundred Communists have been arrested at Riga and many houses have been searched guarding, all approaches leading unemployment he replied "I aml.:

with the object of forestalling the May Day preparations.-Reuter.

Australia Prepared.

Sydney, Apr. 29. Communists have invited the workers to come out on strike on May 1. The Government an nounces that adequate precautions have been taken-Reuter,

Meetings Banned.

Helsingfors, Apr. 29. The authorities here have bann- ed Communist demonstrations which have been arranged for May Day-Reuter.

Bucharest Activity.

Bukharest, Apr. 29. Many Communists have been ar reated here as a preventive meu sure against disturbances in con, nexion with May Day.-Reuter.

FINE TO CLOUDY.

to the native city with the aid of sand bag barricades and barbed wires.

Asked how he was faring with the "internal Cabinet disputes" on looking fairly well."

He mention-

ed that the British steel industry had already benefited by the rail- The International Settlement ways ordering 24,000 tons of steel police arrested twenty-seven Com- sleepers during the past year.

Reuter's American Service. munists to-day and are continging their vigilance. by conducting more raids this evening.

Chinese compositors and prin- ters working in Chinese "news- papers here have demanded a holiday on May 1st. It is also expected that on May Day all factories will be closed, but the Chinese and foreign authorities have emphasised to the labourers that no public meetings or parades will be permitted.

Kuomintang Extremista.

PRISON FOR CREW OF BRITISH SHIP.

'SEQUEL TO RUM-RUNNING

IN AMERICA.“.

New York, Apr. 29. A message from Charleston, South Carolina, states that four members of the crew of the British schooner Dorothy and Audrey, which was captured recently off Georgetown with eight hundred cases of liquor on board, have been sentenced to six month's imprison- ment each. M

As reported recently, there crudescence. of Communism in Shanghai is connected with the return to political power in Pek- ing of the Kuomintang extremists under Mr. Wang Ching-wel. In The schooner has been declared this connexion, it is significant to forfeited to the United States Gov- learn that a Kuomintang extremist ernment and is now to become a daily, entitled the Revolutionary member of the coastguard's fleet of rum-chasera-Reutere American Service. The Royal Observatory reports Daily, which was suspended by the that the anticyclone is central to National Government some months the north of Japan with an area ago, has again made its appear of relatively high pressure extendance here and thousands of copies ing to the lower Yangtze Valley. were sold yesterday in the native and students strikes and the hold- The depression over Indo-China city and the International Settle- ing of public meetings during the has filled up. The local forecast ment. fs-East winds, light to moderate? fine to cloudy;

Mr. B.P: Daswani, the Manager of Messrs. Gehimull D. D. Bros. will leave for Japan to-morrow by m.s. Asama Maru on business.

Strikes Prohibitod.,

Shankhal, Apr. 29.

As a precautionary measure

against Communist uprisings the Chinese authorities have issued a proclamation prohibiting labour

month of May-Reuter

Nanking's Precautions. Add Nanking, Apr. 29. Special precautions are being Laken to guard against disturbances

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