Evening star., 1921-04-10
settlement SEEN
IN BRITISH STRIKE
AS MINERS YIELD
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tiles in the maintenance of public or
der and essential national service.
The war Office announces tnat heuten-
AM general. the Earl OF ,,avan, mas
been appointed to the cniet command
OF the LONDON and AlderSnot dlStrlct,
with headquarters at the Horse Guards
tor the present emergency.
Non-cOmmlSSioneu ofncerS in charge
of the territorial S drill hall and Of
ncialS in olner places designated as
recruiting centers tor the several ci-
william AID military emergency ser
vices. found queues of volunteers rep
reSentatiVe OK All classes OF citizens
awaiting their arrival early this
morning. Ine response of those Will
ing to assist in meeting the situation
was declared by the officials TO be
most gratifying. Volunteers for the
CIVILIAN services included many Wom-
en-. Engineers. all kinds of transport
workers, nurses. cooks, canteen work.
ers and persons following other call
ings signed for service and returned
home to await summons should the
threatened struggle be precipitated.
Warlike Atmosphere.
These volunteers, who will be sub
ject to ninety days service. together
with the special constabulary, are to
be employed IN assisting the regular
crown forces IN preserving order and
protecting civilian volunteers who
are being enrolled to take the places
of the strikers in carrying on the
vital serViceS-the railways, food
supplies and public utilities. Already
one of Londons largest parks. Ken
sinSton Gardens. has been trans
formed into what resembles field
great headquarters. Members of the
signal corps were busy this morning
running lines from the wireless re-
ceiving station in kenSington Gar
denS INTO Hyde Park adjoining, in
dlcating the imminent utilization of
Hyde Park as Il food depot, as was
done during the railway strike in the
autumn of 1919. The government al
ready has stated that other parks
will be taken over for the same pur-
pose. All was in readiness today to
install full working paraphernalia in
these centers. with powerful search
lights to make possible their opera
ton on twenty-four hour basis.
At the railway stations this morn
ing men, carrying kit rolls, marking
them as reservists. were seen pro-
ceednig to their bases.
Warshipx Steam Up.
Preparations to cope with the strike
were confined to the military branches
of the service. At the Rosyth, Scot
land. naval base unusual activity was
observable. All the warships in this
base had steam up today
1t was reported the air ministry had
considered the practicability of press
ing four large cargo-carrying air
ships into service for food transport
to inland centers. Trains for several
important foot ball matches sch heduled
for this afternoon have been can
celed, and horse race meetings for
tn next few days have been called
off
Should the strikers seek to return to
work they will have to accept wage
scale considerably lower than the one
they refused when they struck
week ago, it was officially
declared this afternoon. This scale
was based on output, and on ac-
count of the damage already done the
mines and the consequent reduction
of their productive power the original
wage offer cannot stand when any
future negotiations are entered into .