The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-08
rOLUNTEERS.
ARE CALLED
I'm ENGLAND
kinu George Summons
Army to Active Service
During Pending Revolt
ny ED l. KEEN

M 1nNpoN. April S.-klng George
ecaay called the army reserves and
20 active service In tho
k<asened industrial revolution.
10 kings action was caused by
Pusal Of striking coal miners to
K Negotiations with mine owners
ID the decision OF tho triple ALL
ance- TO meet today to determine
p1nrs for \ general strske.
Under the emergency act now In
erect all military forces can be used
n the distribution and guarding and
prcauction Of food and the keeping
q the peace.
A general strike would call out
4.cee. coo workers.
KINGS MESSAGE
READ By PREMIER
The kings message was read In
eommons by Premier Lloyd George.
II stated the existence OF n ma.
ticnai emergency called reserves
into service and asked for yolun.
teersL
The premier stated that enroll.
ment OF volunteers win begin tomor-
row. The territorial forces militia,
vii. not be included In the reserves.
he said. burt members and ex.scryice
ea1ncn were urged 10 enlist.
'sFor the first time In the history
tho nation" Lloyd George de-
Ared. 1T Is confronted by an at
pt 20 coerc. u into carttulation
The destruction OF its resources"
i rejection must Be provided for
rIIS vital assets OF tho community
ond nation. he declared.
Lloyd George urged that vciun
teers offer their services 20 supplant
railway strikers In essential services
He also asked that they support the
police forces in their work.
A colllery near Edinburgh was
otormed by several thousand coal
miners. their wives and children.
Stones and clubs were used 10 driv.
ing volunteer workers from the pits
The principal attack occurred At
night The strikers went into &C
dor with bands playing and tire red
nag flying. As they stumbled thru
the rocky defiies leading 20 the pits
the marrhers reared '".rhe Red Flag
Hand grcnades were tossed among
volunteers az the Midlothian pits. but
the strikers were driven Off before
they had inflicted damage
Some OF the welsh mining dis
tr1cts. denuded by fire and already
marked with damage by explosives
were reported 10 bear a reSemblance
10 wartime desolation.
An industrial revolution In Great
Britain appeared certain today when
<xecutivcs OF the '-tripis alliance"
>12ed for Joint meeting at p. m.
ngide on the time and method ~
General strike 20 support tire coal
miners
The srspi. alliance meeting was
called after the miners refused
20 reopen negotiations with the
ecii!ery owners under an a-ree-
snens that tho first question to be
settled would BE- that Of pumping
mines now threatened with flooding
The organization includes tho
miners. railway men and transport
workers. totaiing almost four million
workers By shutting down fuel sup
plies and transportation they can
b4raiyze all industry.
Theirs was no siacksnirw IN prep
arntions 10 have the nation ready
10 withstand a prolonged Industrial
paralysis.
The governments great air forces
were 10 be turned over to food con
troliers 20 deliver necessaries from
the country TO city and even from
n continent. Aircraft Of all kinds
VT 20 be devoted 20 the work
The delivery system viii be SUP
plern-nt~s by motor iorries and by
what trains volunteers can run.
The emergency act which has been