Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-13

for revolutionary purposes" said Mr..
Gwynne.
GOVERNMENT ACTS
TO STOP SEDITION.
The government is taking stern meas
ures to stamp out all seditiOus activities,
not only in the ranks Of labor, but in the
army and navy as well.
The guard upon the ports along the
eastern coast has been redouhled to pre-
vent the entrance Of Red .rkers and
Red literature from Germany, Russia
and the Scandinavian countries.
John MacLean, "Bolshevist consul in
Scotland" known as the "Firebrand Of
the Clyde" was arrested today charged
with seditiOn.
Steps are already being taken by the
government to prevent the sending OF
foreign money into Great Britain to fos
ter revolutionary agitatiOns.
SEDITION SPREADS
TO BRITISH FLEET.
News that the revolutionary agitations
had spread to the leet-the chief pride
Of the whole natiOn-caused a big sensa-
tion. Search was made of the great be--
tleship Thunderer at Rosyth, revealing
a quantity Of seditious literature In the
crews quarters. The importance of this
discovery was emphasized by the fact
that the Thunderer is a unit Of the first
battle squadron Of the grand feet, the
backbone Of the country's first line sea
defenses.
Subsequently two British light cruisers
were searched with further discoveries Of
Red literature. All these documents were
seized, not alone that they might be de-
stroyed, but also to trace their origin.
man and a woman were arrested at
Portsmouth. the chief British naval base,
on the charge OF preaching sedition in
the navy yard. They were held for fur
Their examination.
REsERyIsTs REFTsE
TO CARRY GUT ORDERS.
Two thousand naval reservists who
had been sent into the welsh coal fields
for strike duty have been removed to
Portsmouth because Of disaRectiOn In
the ranks. The reservtsts, yielding to
the urgings and threats OF radicals
among the labor men, refused to carry
out their orders.
Since the recent mutinous outbreaks at
Aldershot the greatest military depot In
the British empire, special precautions
have been taken to guard against the
spread Of revolutionary propaganda
among the soldiers.
The seriousness Of the strike situation
was INCREASED by the action Of uniOnized
labor during the day. The executive
committee Of the National Union Of
Railway Men adopted resolution pro-
viding:
First, the unionized railway workers
must not handle imported coal. regard
less OF the use It Is to be put to.
Second, railway men must not trans
port any coal that has been handled by
scoo 10 In Great RrffaiO -
After the meeting the railway mems
committee went into joint session with
the executive committee Of the Fedora
ton Of Transport Workers.
The British press, for reasons On ma E
tionaI policy, is remaining silent about
the most of the revolutionary revela-
lions and the precautions that are being
taken by the Government to meet a
revolutionary outbreak on big scale.
The use of German troops in Upper
Silesia to fight the Poles was approved
by Premier Lloyd George.
In outlining bis solution of the Upper
Silesian troubles to the House Of Com
mons, the premier declared that there
is no reason for the allies to object TO
Germany using her armed forces to re-
store order in her own provinces"