Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-13

most part acted with. moderation and
studiously refrained from incidents
that might have produced grave re-
suits.
The government emergency services
remained in full force tonight but
there Is every assurance, should order
continue, that they will be withdrawn
at the earliest moment.
The British Gazette, the govern
ments official newspaper, published
It's last issue tonight and instructions
have been given to the different gov
eminent departments to be ready to
disband the forces of voluntary work
ers gathered in the stress and strain
OF last weeks developments at q mo-
ments notice.
AT Hull and one or two other pro-
vincial towns the strikers declared
they would not return until military
control was removed, and in some
other instances, groups wanted assur-
ance that all who had walked out
would be reinstated in their employ
nent. There was nothing tonight to
indicate that the cabinet would feel
there was much necessity after tomor-
row OF continuing the mobilization.
The government, however, annouiic-
ed that it had no authority to compel
employers to take back every man who
had been on strike, nor had it entered
into any obligations to do so. This
was one Of the requests made by ]. H.
Thomas at the noon conference with
Premier Baldwin-that the premier
would use his good Offices to bring
about the reinstatement Of the men
and ask the employers to make the po-
sition as easy and smooth as possible.
The government announcement
points out that some displacements
are inevitable. in view Of reductions
in business consequent upon the strike
and also Though obligations Of en-
ployers toward volunteers who helped
them carry on. Attention Is called.
however, to the prime minister's
statement in the house of commons
that work should be resumed in a
spirit of cooperation, without malice
or vindictiveness.
1t is suggested the best course for
the various trades unions to follow
would be to get into immediate touch
with the association CT employers con-
cerned in an effort to make a satisfac-
tory agreement.
The members of the cabinet were too
tired tonight to come to any definite
conclusion regarding the procedure to
be followed in the resumption of the
negotiations between the miners and
mine owners at the point where they
were broken off last week. 1t is under
stood the premier has planned to call
both parties into conference tomorrow
after the government is assured that
the general strike is really and in
good faith ended.
The cabinet at it's meeting tomorrow,
at which the general lines of the gov
ernment's policy will be laid down,
will first of all take up Sir Herbert
Samueps memorandum, which thus far
being only private document has not
been officially called to the govern
ment's attention.
The prime minister, in a message to
the nation broadcast tonight, appealed
to the country to forget past quarrels
and refrain from recrimina lions. He
begged the employers to be generous
and urged the workers and the whole
nation to cooperate in restoring the
country's industrial welfare
He noted that the strike had ended,
las he made plain a few days ago,
without conditions being entered into
by the government, and continued:
Our business now is not to tri-
umph, but to rally together in the
work of restoration. I shall shortly
resume the coal negotiations"