Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07
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The adjournment of parliament to-
night until Monday removes another
possible source of appeals for peace.
The prime minister has the backing
Of the house on the measures under
taken to control the strike situation.
A labor amendment seeking to modify
clause in the governments bill for
the protection of property was de-
feated by a large majority.
Exemplary conduct on the part of
the strikers is again called for by the
union leaders and they are obeying
orders in a rather unexpected way, for
only at two places in Scotland have
any serious disorders occurred. There
have been innumerable clashes, the
breaking of windows. the overturning
of automobiles minor attacks on
strike-breakers, and similar incidents,
but in an amazing manner the two or
three million men involved in the.
strike are keeping the peace.
At MuSSelburgh, near Edinburgh,
numerous passengers were injured in
an attack on tram. Five policemen
and as many civilians We're hurt suf
ficiently to make hospital treatment
necessary. At Glasgow. always hot
bed in time of strikes, the police were
roughly handled and some of the riot
ers were placed under arrest.
In message addressed to all work.
ers the trades union council says: THE
council wishes to emphasize the fact
that this is an industrial dispute. 1t
expects every member taking part to
be exemplary in his conduct and not to
give any opportunity for police inter-
ference. The council asks pickets es-
pecially to avoid obstruction and to
confine themselves strictly to their le-
ultimate duties
The king and queen are spending
most of their time in Buckingham
Palace, keeping in close touch with
the situation. Today was accession
day." but under the exceptional Cir
cumstances there were not public cell
ebrations of the anniversary. An
abundance of voluntary labor, which is
being slowly but surely organized by
the government, is greatly relieving
the worst aspects of the stoppage;
food is plentiful and transport is i'm
proving daily, not only in London but
throughout the country.
London's underground railways and
tubes are reopening with fairly fire.
quent service. More trains are in
service on the main lines, and those
WHO dlG SDSdStu tlitIt lleHl
are going back and forth with less in
convenience than on the first day of
the strike.
The proceedings in commons be-
came heated as the government press
ed proposal of bill dealing with pro-
lection of property: Jack Jones, a
miner Laborite. at one point invited
the government spokesman to do your
d,,, .sxya raI
to fight"
If the term is permissible in con-
nection with such an unconstitutional
movement as a general strike, it may
be said that the great struggle be-
tween the parliamentary government
and trades unionism is being carried.
out up to the present in a constltu-
tional manner. There has been much
disorder in various places, but its sum,
reckoned in comparison with the mag
nitude of the conflict, is small, as tes-
titled even in the communique issued
by the government tonight.
: What it may develop into later.
should the struggle unfortunately be
protracted, nobody dares predict. There
still appears little prospect of re-
newal Of the peace negotiations The
difficulty of such renewal. on the sur
face, seems almost inSuperable, owing
to the feeling aroused on both sides
that it would be impossible without
great loss of prestige to make the first
advance.
In this respect 1t would seem to
an impartial observer that the al
most total suppression of newspapers
by the strike acts detrimentally not
only to the government and the
capitalist cause. which it was in
tended to embarass, but also to the
strikers themselves. The disappear
ance of this forum of public discus
sion naturally keeps the general
public in more or less ignorance of
the exact state of affairs in the
country and leaves the way open for
all sorts of alarming rumors to
spread.
Although the government itself
and the labor side is each publish
ing it's own paper, the difficulties of
distribution as well as of production
are so great that the papers reach
but small portion of the populace.
The strikers believe that the sup
preston of the press acts in their
favor because in a general way a
large majority of the newspapers.
and this applies especially to Lon
don, represent the capitalist cause.