The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-10
FlvY STARVING IN LONDON
IrzGER PrNOHEs WIVES AND
,1DREN OF UNEMPLOYED.

ar, March Through SCreetS sing
the "Nrarseillaise" and Threat
eoipg Revolution. Only Ask
THE gaunt finger OF a specter OF
IAN misery, hunger and wretched-
POINTS to us from across the seas
~ warns us against following in the
-bqt England has gone in uproot-
~ her people from the land and
a,7.og them in cities where they must
.:,,on work or left to starve.
- i more than likely that the de-
,or.-ration of the misery of London's
oar was in some way stimulated for
I,oIirfoal purposes, but the horror OF
is that England should have come
mss where such a thing could be
possible.
raa statesmen of England are at
4boir Wits end for some solution OF
the overshadowing problem of how to
find employment for the hungry
Lor5as which fill their cities and must
have work or starve.
The following item is taken from the
,,ors column of the New York Times.
uTONDON.-The desperate condition
Of the poor of London was brought to
tho notice of Premier Balfour this
f-arnoon by a remarkable deputation
of the wives and other women rela-
+ivos of the unemployed, who did not
hesitate to tell the Premier that unless
something we're done speedily to les
sen their sufferings there would be
revolution and bloOdshed.
Don forget that hungry men are
DESPERATE men, said one of the speak
ers who all had the same tale to tell
of husbands out of work and starving
wives and children. The pinched faces
and tattered clothing of the women,
some of whom had babies in their
arms, bore eloquent testimony to the
truth of their complaints.
enormous crowds of women from
all parts of London marched through
the streets headed by a deputatlon
which Mr.. Balfour received at the
Office of the local government board.
THE rMarseillaise' was heard as the
procession advanced, perhaps the first
time it was ever heard in the streets OF
London under such circumstances.
"Only thirty of the women were ad-
mitted to the presence of Mr.. Balfour.
The Premier was very sympathetic
He acknowledged that the evil was
real but he had little to suggest in the
way of alienation except an expression
of hope that public charity would come
to the aid of the unemployed.
He deprecated the socialistic sug-
gestion that industries should be start
ed at national expense for the benefit OF
unemployed as calculated to destroy
the springs of enterprise and energy
of the nation.
cat the close of Mr.. Balfour's
speech of despair, as the delegates
described it, Mrs. Crooks, wife OF
William Crooks, labor party mem
Der of the house of commons, and
several other women, excitedly invited
Mr. Balfour to come and live among
them for few months.
The Premier remarked that he was
quite aware that nothing he had said
could be other than disappointing.
They had his genuine sympathy, and
he felt most acutely the magnitude OF
the evil from which they were suffer
ing.
"A mass meeting of the women was
held at O'Clock in the afternoon to
hear the report of the delegation. Mr..
Crooks, M. P, and others made
speeches. Mr.. Crooks said that MIR.
Balfour's reply to the delegation was
unworthy of the Premier of great
country The mention of Mr.. Bal
tours name was greeted with a storm
OF Kisses. Mr.. Crooks added that
they had started an agitatatiOn which
would not cease until every man who
wanted work was supplied with suffi-
Client to support his wife and children.
The speaker urged his hearers to
continue the agitation. He said that
a revolution in England would not
be behind the revolution in Russia in
securing the demands of the people.
The meeting unanimously adopted
a resolution to continue the fight for
The employment of the unemployed,
and the meeting broke up amid up
roarous scenes and the singing of the
Marseillaise.