The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-01-07
The NUMBER
IS GROWING
ALARMING
Communism Increase In
Britain, Relief Schemes
So Far Fail
BT WILLIAM L. MALLARAR

t5TAFF CORRESPONDENT "a N. SERVCEl
LONDON. ian. The menace of
unemployment in Great Britain IS
growing at an alarming rate More
than 100000 unemployed are register
I'd with the government, but accord
ins to an authentic estimate today.
the number actually exceeds 1000 oo4
rns great army OF unemployed hss
been increased BY 100000 in the past
fortnight.
Precautionary measures are being
taken to cope with rioting, especially
IL London where the leaders are again
. threatening to march upon the prs
rnier's residence and parliament build.
ing.
Among the Bolshevik sympG hizers
are some who so so far as to claim
that leaders of the unemployed are
secretly working cut plans for revo-
luton. They are counting on support
from the British troops. great part
Of the army garrisoning Englan a.
this time is made up OF boys and men
who had enlisted because they could
not get work after the war,
The unemployed are organized and
have efficient leaders.
The Norwich Board OF Guardians =
increasing the tax rate to the maxi
num- 1t was openly stated that the
board was forced to this action 10 re
lieve the unemployment situation be-
cause leaders of the idle workers were
threatening direct action and looting.
The chief OF polics warned the board
that he would not be able to control
the situation if fghting broke out
All OF the British government and
permanent schemes of relief have
failed - far. In the meanwhile the
Of the Federation OF Uuem-
arc tightening their organiza-
Communists have been making
an effort to manipulate the dissatisfac-
tion into channels Of revolution and
seem to have met with considerable
sympathy in some quarters.
A probe Of the outbreak at Islins-
ton on Monday when the unemployed
attempted TO storm the library from
which they had previously been eject
cd. revealed that some groups Of NAL
contents had been transported from
Acton with tro0p-lilSe precision. Ac-
ton is the headquarters OF the organi-
cation Of the unemployed
Newspapers report that leaders %
the unemployed in the East End, tha
district where the working classes and
poor live. are threatenening to swoop
down on west End shops and loot
then II the police adopt extreme
measures in dealing with the unem-
ployment demonstrations. The West
End is the seat of the richest and
most fashionabls stores in London
The fear that the unemployed could
hope for support from part Of the
arm in the.event OF a general uprising
IS small and fears OF such a conting-
ency are generally discounted. How
ever. even the suggestion OF such a
thing IS significant exposition OF the
prevailing temper.
ordinately with the bleak indus
trial outlook, the British Russian
frade negotiations seem TO have reach
I'd a deadlock. The leaders Of labor
lad hoped for industrial assistance
throus ha trade agreement with Rus
sia for It would supply large orders
for British factories and give work 20
ten Of thousands now Idle
Furthermore Sir Robert Horne'S
scheme for financing trade with Cen
trail Europe seems 20 have struck
snag
The slump in the domestic industrlas
situation is strikingly emphasized BY
the November railway returns which
show q falling off Of 100000 Gounds
sterling. From every angle the sltua-
ton grows worse steadily