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many lives had been saved by the EN-

many lives had been saved by the en-
poyment of the military.
Keir Hardie. Labor member from the
Merthyr Tydvil district. accused Secre-
tary Churchill of violation OF the law
when he substituted military for civil
, government without the consent Of Parlia-
ment Tho men who had been shot down,
he said. had been murdered by the Gov
ernment in the interest Of capitalism.
The House. he insisted. had no right to
take a vacation until peace was certain.
Lloyd George. Chancellor of the Ex-
cheouer, warmly defended the Govern
ment. which he said had acted very
promptly and very impartially and had
brought pressure upon the companies to
meet the men.
Keir Hardie interrupting. said heatedly:
III the Government had let that i've known
at first there would not have been strike" >"
Keir Hardie's remarks in reply to Lloyd
George we're one of the widest examples
OF the former gentleman's Mysteries and
for his pains he got a severe trouncing
from Mr.. George. who is himself an adept
at rhetorical violence. The Chancellor of
the Exchequer did not Use the actual
word liar" but applied to Mr.. Hardie
several verbal pa raphrases Of the shorter
and uglier" epithet
Lloyd George pointed out the fact that
while the great conAagration had been
ouenched the fires were still smou'dering
here and there and might al any moment
spring into flames. lie lMr George
asked if anything cou'd be more dis
astrous than for the men, exasperated by
the language of their leaders to throw
away the fruits of what their best ad
visers regarded as a triumph. In this
respect the msstatementS Of Ramsay
Macdonald we're equally dangerous with
those of ker Hardie.
| Mr. George Indignantly quoted the
speech made by Keir Hardie on Monday,
| in which he told thu wcrkmen that
Premier A-quith had said that he was
determined to keep the railways open il
| he had 60 shoot every striker. The
speaker chnllong ged Hardie Ia substan, late
| this statement
Hardie interpos.d weakly amid the
scornful laughter of the House that he
had been told that that was the mrres-
sion !ef, in the minds Of the men : dele
gates by Mr.. Asqui'h's words.
Mr.. George retorted that If anything
the explanation" was POSSIBLY worse
,han the original nisstatemsn' II wa.
his. Lloyd Georges. opinion that nothing
could he more contemptihle than the
manufacturing Of such gross assert ions.
There was no parliamentary word ~ III.
command of the Chancellor of the Tx
cheQuer To describe the conduct Of Hardi"
Ha-die interjected wriggling responses,
but could not clear himself
The House Of Commons adjourned until
August -
Tn. position Of the mon who mako 'he
trips on the short sea trip trading vessels
is again causing rroubl ~ th" London
docks The transport tnd"ra' ION. with "A
view to not disloCatlng the work IN the
port has offered to submit 10 arbitration
the terms of the award rendered by Sir
Albert KAY. Rollit Tn. offer of the trans
port federation. however. has been re-
fused Sir Albert Rollt was appointed To
settle the trouble with the tianspor, work
ers. but his award in some cases did not
satisfy the men
The federation following the refusal.
has invited III" shor. sea "trip men 10 de-
cline 10 work on vessels III" owners
I -
an hour for work IN the daytime and -
cents an hour overtime.
The chairman Of tho short sea Trades
Association said this afternoon that
the masters hay" given every concession
10 the men which the trade compe,it,on
Of foreign ports and foreign traders Will
Permit
Wheu the above was shown 10 Mr.
GOsling. IN" representative Of the men.
he said that if tho masters maintain their
present attitude and refuse to arbitrate
the dispute or Concede the demands of
=, the strikers II may lead 10 every one Of
, the port employees being called ont to
enforce the demands
; The coal handlers are now agitating for
working in gangs Of five instead Of tour
As Is now the custom.
At Liverpool the strike situation re-
mains without any change and the Govern
ment will not relax its efforts to preserve
, order This was made manifest this
. morning when Winston Churchill sent a
: telegram to the Lord Mayor Of Liverpoo
, in which he declared that tho military
, and police precautions will not be lessened
while there remains any necessity for the
preservation of order.
LIVERPOOL, Aug - The ship owners
this afternoon decided not TO resume
= work yet Fifteen hundred street cal
men who remained loyal to the COM
panies threaten to go out If the strikers
are reinstated
MANCHESTER, Aug. .? @. r. Askwith
has settled the carriers dispute and the
r employers will reinstats the strikers
3 The agreement is to be signed tomorrow
IHLER COMPLAINT DROPPED.