The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-09
BOTH SIDES
ABSOLUTELY
ADAMANT
Believe Nothing Can Avert
Great Triple Alliance
Strike.


f9%rO%. ArriI s.-The blacNost dss
in England's history since Haig issues
his famous "back-to-the-w all mes
sage to the half-trapped British arml
I'm FLANDERS opened with both side
IN the great industrial crisis absolute
ly adamant.
Feverish all night efforts to get thf
miners and the government tosethel
again were completely frUitless o1
are continued. At this cabling theHt
seems no chance OF peace for only
hackdop-n by one side or the other car
avert the general strike of the tri2tt
alliance threatened for Tuesday
RoYAL FAMILY MOVES.
The royal family has moved 4r0m
windsor castle to Buckingham Palace
windsor lies some Il miles from Lon
don proper on the right bank OF tie
Thames. Buckingham Palace is in ths
heart of the capitol. IL is fortress -
we'll as palace.
Premier Lloyd George IS preparing
manifesto to the people Of the Initee
Kingdom. which in its gravity and ap-
peal IS expected to be no less moment
outs in British history than was Haig.'
message % the troops
The premier is holding UP the issu-
ance for this appeal In the hope, Z u
said, that the executive committee oj
the triple alliance Will return to 40
10 Downing street some time before
the day is over for 4 conciltatory cons
ference.
How little chance there is OF cons
cfiiatton however, was indicated -
this statement Of a miners delegate ta
the International News Service:
TO KEEP MAIN WEAPON.
1T is vanity on the part OF Lloyd
George to think VIC viii surrender cuI
main weap pon,'
The weapon" IS the miners refusal
to safeguard the mines against fool
ing.
Automatic destruction Of the king
dom's richest coal felds goes en- uu-
abated. accompanied BY ever-tncreas-
ing violence.
A full cabinet meeting was sum.
moned by the Premier shortly alters
noon.
Meanwhile London and the rest OF
tho kingdom is assuming more and
more war-ilhe aspect. Already the
nation is more thoroughly in armur''
on land, az sea- and in this elr-than
it vas for many weeks after the out
break Of the world war. All the im-
provemerts that the great conflict
brought into being are pressed into
service.
KING CALLS RESERVES.
The kings call for reserves for ac-
tice service is receiving n hearty re-
sponse. Scotland Yard. headquarters
for Recruiting was thronged at an
early hour by men Of all classes and
ages, ready to enlist for 80 days at
common soldiers pay.
Similar prompt response is reported
from the provinces. At the same time
thousands are volunteering TO enroll
in the citizens emergency force. called
foT by the monarch tn the proclams
ttop which Lloyd George read amid
cheers in the house or commons yos-
terday,
FAon Rosyth home" Of the bulk cs
Brita.n's feet comes word Of sicnia-
cant activity, All warshlps there. from
the giant dreadnoughts down to the
mosquito craft. are putting noisily out
OF their smok estscks. sfgnifying their
readiness to dash off on any assign
ment
r Determined to save the mines from
utter ruin. the government sent naval
engineers. adequately protected ~
troops, into the Rhondda valley this
morning with orders TO start pumping
Immediately. This is the first use OF
military forces in the mines strike,
Clashes between miners and soldiers
arc looked for. Other troops are ex-
pected TO be sent to the Lanarkshirs
collieries where the flooding has al
ready had disastrous results.
SEEK TO AVERT CALAaTTTY
AS the day wore ON more and mora
rcscrvists lined the square in front of
the va rofrice and the embankmert. in
answer to the kings call for army
and naval reserves.
All London presented tire picture OF
q Dopuiace eagerly resolved to avert a
national calamity. but tho actual
pressing into service of the reserves
an dcmergency forces was looked FOR
ward 10 with grave forebodinrs be-
cause ~ the spirit OF bitter defiance On
the part 81 The triple alliance whose
nearly 5000 600 members showed every
determination to answer force with
force
Tho Hrst arrest under the new pow
eTs Of the government which ,irtual7v
amount to martial law authority was
that Of Peter Chambers. miners.
agent at ] palkeith. who was charged
with instigatinE mob 20 stop pump
ms at one OF tho mines.
number of triple alliance leaders
including H. Thomas the rail- mems
executive. Harry Costing. president oc
the transport workers aud some labor
lie members Of parliament had a con
ference with tde premier and other
miners early today but the miners
federation was mot represented
ONE CONFERENCE AFTER
ANOTHER.
As the spokesman eff the po~erfill