Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
[Bs Associated Press.1


PARIS, March 2O.-It is too early yet
to gauge the effect of the Endorsement
of the attitude of the government In
the present strike situation voiced IN
the chamber of deputies yesterday, but
on the surface the outlook this morn
ing was blacker than ever.
The leading agitators today talked as
If the Endorsement of the government
position might fan the flames of the
present movement into a VerltaDIe
revolutionary explosion.
The organization for the protection
of the rights of trade unionism has
called meetings of every branch OF IN
dustry and comm cree, when II VIII De
proposed to join them unless the gov
eminent finds a quick solution. The
organization voted 1000 to aid the cause.
Another serious indication is small
contribution from the Paris police.
What is going on behind the scenes
may be judged from the open lntlma-
ton in government organs that M.
Simyan, under secretary of posts and
teiegraphs, will be effaced, either by
transfer or by the reorganization of
the department by which his position
will be converted to that of controller
under the postmaster general, as IN
the English system.
The lack of food in the capital, an
outcome of the impossibility of for
warding payments, is making itselr
| felt today, and provision dealers de-
clare that If there Is no Improvement
the city in few days probably VIII DE
confronted with famine conditions.
The loss to business in Paris alone
are variously estimated at from $780,
| 900 to $1,200,000. Only few wires TO-
| day connect Paris with Europe and
| the outside world.
A semi-official note issued today says
| that q considerable number OF women
have returned to work, but in spite
| of this the situation has not sensibly
| improved.
Are Allowed TWO Days
| The government has formally noti-
! fed the strikers that forty-eight hours
| of grace will be allowed them to re-
| turn to work, after which their dis
missal will be irrevocable.
| No attempt yet has been made &c
restore the money order and registered
mail service in Paris. The paralysis
of business is becoming more serious
with every hour. Every conceivaple
expedient is being used to maintain
communication.
Special couriers are being sent out
| in automobiles to the frontier, and
bicyclists are being employed for the
| delivery of messages throughout the
| city. The government has organized
a special service to insure communica-
| ton between London and King Ed
ward, who is at BiarritZ.
| One Thousand colonial infantry men
have been put to work sorting and de-
| liyering the accumulated mails No
newspapers have been delivered since
| Tuesday.
| Humanite, the organ of M. Jaures,
| the Socialist leader, says today:
"The proletariat now can estimate
| the tremendous power the possession
| of postal telegraph and telephone COM
munication will give them when later,
| in the decisive hour, they enter upon
| the great battle for emancipation"
The anti-Republican organizations
profess to believe that the beginning
of the end of the republic ism sight.
The government may win the SEM
| blance of a victory, they say, but war
with the proletariat has begun, and 1t
| Is bound to end in the bankruptcy of
present regime. The strike is now gem
eral at Lyons, Marseilles, Stettin,
| Bourges, Rouen, Havre, Grenoble,
Lines and the other principal cities
of France
The police and municipal guards on
duty for the protection of the general
postoftice have been replaced bye SOL
diers. President Fallieres and Minis
ter Of Public Works Barthoud had a
long conference this morning.