The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-13

Lord Roberts, Gen. Sir Frederick
Maurice and long list OF other dis
tinguished British soldiers will be
witnesses at the trial, soon to begin
here. of ex-Sargeant Major Edmond
sons suit against l.. $. Amery,
editor of "The Times History of the
Boer war" for damages on account
of the charge Edmondson says Amery
made to the effect that the former
was guilty of cowardice on the field
of battle in South Africa.
Edmondson was i'm Gancers' regiment
when the Boer war broke out and
then joined the Middlesex Yeovnary.
A company of which ne was in COM
mand was part of a detachment or
dered to make a night march on
Liliefontein, where the English were
surprised by the Beers.
The sergeant majors conduct seems
never TO have been questioned until
last January, when he wrote letter
to the voters of East Wolverhamp-
ton urging them to oppose Amery
who was a parliamentary candidate
in the constituency. Amery responded
with the statements concerning Ed
mondson which the latter says called
his courage in question.
The case is of no particular interest
in itself but the character of the wit
nesses called promise to make the
trial most unusual one.
Londor Jan. Blower the head of
the shipping trade of the United
Kingdom and indeed, of international
shipping interests" says the London
Globe, "hangs the Damoclean sword
Of the world strike.
"The tim is to paralyze the COM
merce of the world by a general In
ternational strike, as agreed upon at
tie Copenhagen Congress of the In
tarnational Transportation WORKER
Association, held in August. That re-
solutions set forth the determination
Of the mems leaders to conduct 6
geieral strike because of the refusal
of the owners to discuss the pro-
posals of the seamen's unions in
Europe for the establishment of
Cancellation board. 1t was added that
the time for the strike should be
kept secret.
"Since the Congress all the labor
organizations connected with the
general strike because of the refusal
ing the methods to be adopted. Quite
recently ANONYMOUS circular has
been issued by the executive COM
mlttee of the Dock Wharf, Riverside
and General Workers Union of Great
Britain. The officials refuse to divulge
the nature of the document which
is believed to bear directly upon the
date and time of the projected
strike.
"Havelock Wilson, the leader of the
Seamen's and Firemens Union, has
been very active in the business for
some months. The mems grievances
have been stated by Mr.. Wilson to
he connected with their present con-
ditions of employment. They object
to the practice of paying off men
at any port to suit the convenience OF
shipowners, asserting that the men
should be paid off at the port al
which they signed on. The practice,
IL is asserted, leaves the men strand
ed in a foreign port without means
to get home and leaves them no
means of redress against their en-
ployers.
"The men admit that the shipping
Act effected great Improvement in
the state of diet but complain that
there are no provisions for enforcing
its observance and that more depends
upon the goodwill of the ships Off
GERS than upon the act itself. They
further state that complaints lead to
the vctimizatlon Of members of the
Seamen's and Flremen's Union, who
are dismissed, and their places taken
by Asiatics.
"The sanitary accommodations of
the forecastle, too, are condemned"