Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-01
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The most conservative reports from
Great Britain tell of an unprecedented
condition of unemployment in that coun.
try, situation so desperate that the
government can no longer ignore it. Al
ready great numbers of the idle work
men have shown signs of extreme dis.
content. Some groups were reported tc
be on the march toward London and al
Glasgow bloodshed was prevented only
by the prompt action of the city authori-
ties in apprepriating $4,000 for public
works. to give relief Dublin also is
spending $4,000 for the relief of hel
poor. Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham
and other industrial centers are likewise
confronted with an acute situation. In
the face of these facts Premier Asquith
has announced his intention &c sormulat
ing general plan for giving relief.
TIE highest court of Australia has rem.
dered decision invalidating one of the
important laws passed in the interest OF
organized labor, the party which holds the
balance of power in that country. The
unions had forced the passage of a Law
imposing an internal tax upon the output
of the manufacturers of agricultural in
struments. This was designed to about
counterbalance the effect of the protec
tive tariff, but gave to all concerns which
paid the union scale of wages an entire
remission of the tax As the labor IN.
ions controlled the Parliament, they could
remit or impose the tax upon whatever
business they saw fit, so that no business:
which suits the unions could be put out
of the running. The court decided, by
a vote Of TO 2. that the new law wa,
unconstitutional on the theory that th.
purpose of the law is to regulate wages
instead of to levy a tax or to raise reve
nue..
By vote of 43S to AZ, the French
Chamber of Deputies has condemned the
campaign which the aDu-nreyfusards are
conducting against the decision in the
case Of Major prevfas, handed down by
the court of cessation in 1906.
The venerable Russian patriot and rev.
olutionist, Nicholas Tschaikovsky, who
has been in prison at ST. Petersburg foI
many months. and who has many friends
in England and America, was released the
other day ca $4,000 cash bail demanded
by the .7us.ian government. the money
being ce.tritLted By wealthy friends il
this countr. ,pNd in England.
The japanese government has estab-
iished strict censorship over all com.
rounications between Koreans in this
country and friends or relatives in their
rative land, according TO Rev. r. S.
Ryang. Korean minister Of the Meth
odist faith, who has just arrived in San
Francisco.
Victor Gr2yson. the Socialist member
of the British Parliament from Colne
VALLEY. created a scene in the Commons
by loudly denouncing the members for
their failure TO come to the rescue OF the
thousands of unemployed and starving
men in England. The speaker ordered
him to leave the house, which be did
John W. Riddle, the American arabas-
sador to Russia. has returned to St
Petersburg from his sojourn in the south
of Russia. where be has been recuperatins
from an illness of several months dura-
ton. His health IS now completely re-
stored, and be hss assumed charge Of the
embassy
A meeting Of the irish national party
under the presideEcy OF John E Red
mond. was held at Dublin to devise plans
10 force the government TO push the qnes-
ton OF Irish land legislation IN the
House of Commons Incidentally hearty
vote OF thanks was accorded the Ameri-
can people for their generous support oi
the party.