Evening star., 1922-03-19


Th. Rriti.h Empire-A lockout Of million
men in the engineering and shipbuilding trades
began on March IL.
Some 10000 people listened to Michael Col
Inns, speaking at Cork on the 18th on behaH
of the Free State: small bands OF young eA-
tremists of the republican army made them
selves obnoxious by firing revolvers aeering'
yelling "Traitor!" and like behavior, until at
last the crowd tkrashed them soundly Tor
their pains.
The dangerous situation in Limerick has
been ended by an agreement OF both tho m
yading mutineers of the Irish republican army
and the republican army troops loyal to the
provisional Free State government. to evacu-
ate the town. Whittier the mutineers propose
to betake themselves. what course of future
action they contemplate. is not disclosed. inc
Two sets of Irish envoys. the one repre-
senting the Free State. the other De Valera $
faction are on their way to the United states
ruary II. twenty-five Catholics and twenty
seven Protestants have been killed in Belfast.
Mr. Griffith. president of the dali ereann, Is
sued an order forbidding the holding or the
proposed convention of the Irish republican
extremists to seize control of the army through
the proposed convention.
One of the ugliest strikes in the entire his
tory Of strikes, that in the Rand mining region
(Transvaal, Union of South Africa) reached
climax in the week just ended. The strike
began in November among the coal miners,
The business is mysterious. At first demand
made for participation of the workers in
the management. The demand was granted:
the workers should have elected representa-
tives on the board of managers The conces-
Not enough. They must have entire manage
ment; the Italian metallurgic strike over
people said: then large gathering of strikers.
(the strikers are mostly Dutchl petitioned the
in H'e piace of the Union Of south Africa. Appar-
emily It is a combination bolshevist- national
ist affair For several days the strikers a, .;a sas
reconstructed" Beers from the outlying veldD
did furious battle with the police. Martial
law proclaimed. The casualties were in
The police assisted by some loyal comman-
dos (volunteer detachments) and few state
troops. fought valiantly against overwhelm-
ing odds. but it evident that unless help
should come they must. in the end, be ami
hiated.
Help came. Adequate government forces
quickly got in hand the situation. which
should be completely pacified within short
useful the government, dealing death
among the strikers and dropping food and
ammunition for beleaguered groups of loyal
fighters
Gandhi, the leader Of the non opera ton
movement in India, has been imprisoned by
order of the India government. charged with
sedtion. He will plead guilty. Tho govern
ment was in an ineffable auandary to what
to do with Gandhi 1t knows that 1t Is kitue
dealing with such Gandhi. for. . saint or
hypocrite british opinion is about equally
divided on the question: Gandhi is regarded
by millions upon millions Of Hindus as pure
saint. t"Mahatma" is the Indian appellation.
our saint" with difference)
More and more alarming reports keep COM
ing in from presumably competent witnesses
in India. We have been led to believe that.
despite Gandhi. the natives of India have re-
ceved the Prince of Wales with touching en-
thusiasm. 1t is now alleged that there was