The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-19
Two Demonstrations Usher in
New Session of British
Parliament.
LLOYD GEORGE CHEERED
On Outlining Schemes for Re
lieving Labor Situation,
Irish Policy Unchanged

biOS ileHt, uSneTeu IN tne new session
OF parliament this afternoon. Warne,
by the savage rioting which marked
Mondays unemployment demonstra
tlon. all available police reserves wer,
massed about Whitehall and Parlia
nleht building. Great crowds blocked
the streets.
Hands OF Ireland"
Just as the house of commons wa.
being called to order, procession o.
men and women marched through tn,
streets bearing banners with such in.
scriptions as Hands off Ireland"
A large number of unemployed mer
and men broke up meeting of the
1don county council. They were
elected and made a noisy demonstra-
ton in the streets outside.
Cheer Lloyd George.
Premier Lloyd George addressed
commons and outlined n scheme for
The alienation of unemployment. He
was cheered by the members.
The premier suggested that the un-
employed among former soldiers be
utilized in the buildings trade, in the
construction of new roads, both in
London and in the country districts.
He said that the cabinet hoped to
secure the cooperation of the trade
unions in solving the unemployment
b problem.
No Foreble Food.
Members of the house of commons
began to shoot questions at the gov~
eminent on the Irish situation as soon
as commons assembled. In response
to one query Sir Hamar Greenwood.
chief secretary for Ireland, said that
Terence MacSwiney, the hunger
striking lord mayor of Cork, had not
been fed, nor would the government
rccede from the position it has taken
regarding hunger strikers in prison
In addition to unemployment two
other domestic questions of stagger-
ing importance call for parliamentary
action. They are:
l. The national coal strike, which
is stagnating industry and has in
volved more than 100000 men and
women in voluntary or enforced idle
ness.
2. The Irish situation which is more
menacing than at any other time in
ditions prevail in Ireland and the tenn
per of the Sim Feiners has been
further inflamed Ly the declaration or
the premier that the government viii
not grant dominion home rule and the
death of Michael Fitzgerald, one OF
Cork jail
Political Element. .....
Leaders of the labor element in the
house of commons threatened to move
an immediate adjournment in order to
bring about open debate on the labor
situation.
The political element which has en-
tered the labor troubles brings an acute
new menace to the problem of indus
trial unrest confronting the lawmakers.
Britain's gigantic domestic problems
have oVershadowed, for the time being,
the international issues. Since parlia-
ment adjourned the following important
developments have taken place
L. Premier Lloyd George announced
that the government will not grant
dominion freedom to Ireland and the
Sim Fein declared that a state of war
existed in Ireland.
>. The military police in Ireland be-
gan a systematic series Of reprsal at
lacks, destroying whole towns
i 3. More than 1000 miners went on
strike and the strike threatens to spread
10 the railways and docks.
4 1. More than 100000 unemployed men
and women have united in organized
agitations against the government.
X }. Trade negotiations between Great
Britain and soviet Russia were suspended
Is Il. Soviet Russia and Poland signed
peace.
Sympathy for Boshevism.
=, ,ii.,,ant I'd ta,,,,,ad Ino,,intr tbe
4 ,,,,', - ,,',,,o,..'I ~ ,m ~ o,,,
4 ,'' to,tt"i(,,'t ho,,re 'nttnn if ,ha
Russo Polish war demanded British in
Prevention. Since then the war clouds
Aave been dissipated but their place
has been taken by home problems of
fir5t magnitude. The anxiety of the |
authorities has been increased by the |
sympathy for bolshevism evinced in GER
tlin labor quarters and the fact that the !
,mrmploved carried red flags when they |
,n,,rcbnd ~, no nranier's oficiai resi- |
dnnce yo~tordaw tItbo,rh tho dockets Of !
tSa nous ert Slied win, n,snv innortant |
'e ho"se 81 ~ .a' f
iioreiRn p'oplelns, one OF me nrst ueh-
lions 10 tie lacked Is lre'ahd' Inc nome
RUE bill VIII be the hrst measure ca'ed
up for debate. There are indications
that a strong attempt viii be made to
ram through this bill virtually as writ
len. despite the counter attacks of the
npDosition. The only amendments that
lne cabinet has tolerated so far on
ar,,., ~ so,,,. 20 T,.tsh no,1,,.oI 80, srom
.a1 w., y, ~ ,s xnnctod ", no. Sir
a. 'iH w, ., ~ 10 ,'u NC
u"aiu arson 'edueF ol tne Ei.sI ISL
lhlonists VIII Iead the FORCES opPosilE
anything but the most conservative
home rule for Ireland. He will he op-
posed by H. H. Asquith. former premier,
who has already indicated that he will
,al for a parliamentary investigation
# police and soldier rule in Ireland
Various proposaIs for relief OF the
are being suggested. 1t
,y4s understood that the premier had
a scheme bv which the various local
Unions should bear half the cost of
idle men
%eUsnapers took a much more ont!-
mistic view of the coal strike situation
,hap they did YESTERDAY The Daily
ls\press believes that the strike will
he confined to the miners and will not
.Drcad Tho paiIv Express said.