Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-14
Two Hundred thousand Negro.
Laborers Are to Be Deported
Out Of Districts for Safety
of Whites,
MARTIAL LAW GOES
INTO EFFECT AT ONCE
Premier Botha Expresses Con-
fidenCe That Hereafter the
Country viii Be Free Of La
Dor Trouble for a Generation


Capetown. Union Of South AIrlca
Jan. IA general strike TN ugh
out South Africa was proclaimed TO-
night By the Trades Federation ana
the Rand miners, by two-thrds ma
jorlty. voted to join the movement
retaliation was swift i
took the form of the proclamation OF
martial law.
This was the only step the luthori-
ties believe adequate to meet the sit
uation, for tn strike Of the miners
means not only the turning loose OF
the most turbulent spirits in the Rand
but raised the question Of the position
of the native workers. If the miners
actually obey the strike order the
government Will take steps to send
the natives under escort back To- thelr
kraals
This means that about two huIdred
thousand natives muse be marched
back by road to their homes at enof-
nous cost. 1t will be most difficult
after the end Of the strike to recruit
them again. In brief. such step
would mean disaster for the Rand for
many years.
Although official reports from Jo-
hannesburg show Improvement In the
train service. reports from other dls-
tricts are less encouraging. In Natal
the situation is of great tension ana
Il is feared that the loyalty of the
trainmen viii not stand the strain
much longer An Instance of the mems
temper is shown by the action OF an
engine driver who quit his train on
the veldt and left the passengers
stranded.
Practically no information is at
hand as to the conditions in the
Orange Free state but Improvement
there Is not considered probable
From the government's standpoint
about the only ray of light today was
the assurance from life Indian leader
Gandhi that the passive resistance
movement by the Indians against theli
grievances would be dropped during
the present trouble
The union government remains in
is attitude. The premier General
Louis Botha is said to have declared
that he would guarantee that with
the end Of the present crisis there
would not be another workers strike
In South Africa for Il generation. "
Feeling runs high between the gov
ernment supporters and the strikers
and the chance of mediation practical
ly Is hopeless The supreme court
has granted an application compell-
lug tho government to show cause why
the strike leaders should remain ~
prison
Premier Botha has addressed g cir
cular to the natives advising them 20
obey implicitly the compound mana
aers. assuring them Of the Fnllesl
protection. The circular seems TO have
had an excellent effect
The strikers are making attempts
to bring out the running staffs Of the
Cape Colony railways. but the pickets
are not allowed to approach within a
hundred yards Of the quarters where
the railway employees are housed.
All strike meetings today were re-
markable for the moderate tone of the
speakers who advised the men 10 pro-
ceed with the organization of thcir
own police force and keep the peace
SO we'll that the tremendous display
of force by the government would be
made ridiculous The government Is
threatening TO institute "a press cen
sorship as strict as prevailed in time
OF war.