The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-13
- EARLE c. REEvEs

By EARLE L. REEN ' KS
rsrAFF CORRESPONDENT Il N. sERvcEI
LONDON. May 1S.-Menaced by an
unprecedented labor crisis which
threatens TO develop into revolution
airy outbreak, the British government
is taking stern measures to stamp out
all seditious activities not only in the
ranks OF labor but in the army an1
navy as well.
SHIP Is RAIDED.
II is learned that secret service men
raided a ship which arrived at Hull
from Germany on the tip that COM
munist agent was on board. The yes
sci was searched but the communist
escaped. However. about a ton OF
revolutionary literature was found
and seized
The guard upon the ports along the
eastern coast has been redubled to
prevent the entrance OF red workers
and red literature from Germany. Rus
sia and the Scandinavian countries.
RED LITERATURE CIRCULATED.
Steps are already being taken BY
the government to prevent the send
ing of foreign money into Great Bri-
tain to foster revolutionary agitations.
Officials are anxious over the situa-
ton but the revelations OF actual revo-
lutionary activities both IN civilian
life and in the army and navy are
characterized as isolated cases.
News that the revolutionary agita-
tions had spread to the heet-the chief
pride of the whole nation-caused a
big sensation. Search was made OF
the great battleship Thunderer al
Rosyth revealing quantity OF sediti-
Gus literature in the crews quarters.
The Importance OF this discovery was
emphasized by the fact that the
Thunderer IS a unit OF the first bat
tie squadron OF the grand feet. the
backbone OF the country's first line
sea defenses.
LIGHT CRUISERS SEARCHED.
Subsequently two British light
cruisers were searched with further
discoveries OF red literature All these
documents were seized not alone that
they might be destroyed but also to
tract their origin.
A man and a woman were arrested
at Portsmouth. the chief British naval
base. on the charge OF preaching sedi-
ton in the navy yard. They were held
for further examination.
Two thousand naval reservists who
had been sent into the Welsh coal
fields for strike duty, have been re-
moved to Portsmouth because OF dis
affection in the ranks. The reservists
yielding to the ureings and threats OF
radicals among the labor men refused
to carry out their orders.
Since the recent mutinous outbrean.
at Aldershot. the greatest military de-
pot in the British empire. special pre-
cautions havs been taken to euara
against the spread OF revolutionary
propaganda among the soldiers.
The British press for reason. of ma
tional policy. is remaining silent ehout
the most OF the revolutionary reveIa-
tions and the precautions that are be-
ing taken by the government to meet
a revolutionary outbreak on htg
scale.
Opinion was expressed In ali Quar-
ters that the labor conferences TODAY
would be OF the utmost Importance
the executive committee OF tha ma
tional union OF railway men was sum
moned to meet today to canvas the
strike situation and to take action in
the case of 40 rail workers who wsre
discharged at Glasgow for refusing 70
handle trains bearing foreign cal !,
was Impossible 70 forecast tho action
OF the railroad men with their most
conservative leader. J. H Thomas. In
the United States.
The executive committee OF the fed
Grafton OF transport workers--ors ~
the branches OF the triple alliance"
vas summoned to meet today to dis
cuss the advisability OF striking IN
sympathy with the coal miner,