Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
Cancellation Wins
STRIKERS TO Jobs
Baldwin Goes to Country for
Week Em-Nation Near
Normally.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, May 15s-Preni6r BALDWIN
has gone to Cheques Court, his coGn
try home. 10 spend the week erd. the
brief announcement tells the storJ
that the country Is at peace again.
Normal conditions arc being resuI"
ed and without waste Of time theaters
and other places OF amusement have
reopened. Foluteer workers have pra1
tica!ly disappeared from the street.
and a visitor to London would see
nothing unusual IN its appearance.
save the closed parks used as govern
nlent depots, and these are likely 7"
be turned over to the public again D.
the course Of next week.
Many more Of the railway men re
surned work today, and some Of the
big lines were able TO announce fUl'
service from tomorrow. The dockerS
have resumed AT Southampton ana
other ports. but in some places ther"
are awkward details to settle before
full resumption Of work.
Newspapers to Resume.
A serious situation existed ioI a
! time among the newspapers. but atte'
]
! DAYS, a provisional arrangement has
| been reached for immediate resump .
ton Of work in the printing traas
! throughout the country. Thus tne
NEWSPAPERS will be able TO appear III
complete form Monday.
The settlement provides for the re
engagement Of the men at the sane
rates Of pay as before on day't0
day basis, pending conference ne1
Thursday 10 discuss a general ma
national gettlement. At this conference
no question will arise with regard -
changes OF hours or wages, but steps
Will be taken to avert recurrence
oF hastv strikes or any similar scts
| in the future.
The governments coal proposals Oh
the whole have had a good receptlon'
and. although it IS Still not known
whether the miners or the owners VII
accept them. the feeling IS hopeIu
that an acceptable settlement Will bS
raached from them. and that II ma
even be unnecessary to take a pailo' "
the miners on the subject.
No Resentment Cherished.
There is a notable absence - j..
ter feeling. Premier Baldwin Ftr"A-
appeals for Cancellation have eTide.
| " had a powerful effect. Tor eEaml'+'
one Of the leading London dalHr
which on Tuesday angrily demahct
(. that the Trades Union congress y
| dissolved prints an editorial toda
under the heading NO reprisals, j."
the course of which IL says
ANY one who thinks this Is the
occasion for smashing the TRACE
unions or for imposing humiliatinI
terms on tho strikers is not helpint
his country.
The steady drift Of strikers back L"
work was indicated IN dispatche~
from the provinces early IN the daE
ALTHOUGH many Of the men are hold
ing back. tho general situation Wa
SO greatly improved as To encourage
the belief that the people OF Greai
Britain will soon be entirely relieved
Of the Inconvenience caused by the
general strike.
The railway men at Bristol. Derb!
Newcastle and Hull still show signs
Of dissatisfaction. and did not return
TO work as q body. but at other great
centers. such as Glasgow. Edinburgh
Liverpool, Crewe. Peterborough ana
Cardiff. they declared themselves sai
istied, or We're either returning 70
work TODAY or expected 10 resume
Monday
ships Are Being Loaded.
The loading Of ships al Cardiff, the
Tyneside and the Clydeside IS pro
ceeding rapidly.
The London lockers will resume
work Monday on the terms Of sci
Element signed by the Transporters
Union. The union undertakes in the
future not to instruct its members 10
strike either nationally sectionaliy or
locally for any reason. without ex-
hausting the Cancellation machinery
Of the national agreements.
! The lockers will be re-engaSed on
. their former wage scale. and the
union advises other ports 10 agree I"
similar conditions.
The Labor party in q ma nifesto
issued today relating 10 recent events
says:
For the purpose OF checking uu
constitutional governments and acl-
ing as n defensive weapon in the In
dustrial battle of labor. the general
strike has its place. but the emauCi
patton of the people from capitalism
and the establishment OF socialism
must be achieved primarily by AZ
educational and political organiza
ton"
William Tohill of Killygut kilrea