Evening star., 1926-05-11
King Holds Council.

person was killed and two were in
jured
King Holds Council.
King George held a private council
at buckingham Palace this morning.
Whether it was for ratification of
further emergency measures was not
disclosed.
A government spokesman, outlin-
ing the situation at the beginning of
the eighth day of the strike. said
there had been important defections
among the railway men, but that the
main body Of strikers remained out.
The whole country was quiet, ne
added The improVised tranSporta-
ton services We're steadily expand
ing and the measure of protection
for the volunteers had proved 'effica-
cious.
Notwithstanding the government s
action in communicating the news
print supply not in the hands of pub
fishers. the Daily Mail brought out
it's first London edition this morning.
In its leading article the paper sug-
gests that "aS it is not denied by any
one that the general strike is illegal.
the Trades Union Congress has no
legal sanction. it's orders are contrary
to the law, and it should be dissolved.
The Mail also urges that 'the 500
Soviet agents in Great Britain be de
ported.
Declaration Bears Fruit.
Sir John Simon'S declaration that
the strike is illegal is declared by the
government Spokesman to have caused
many trade unioniStS TO return 10
work Internationally.
The general strike is illegal. Justice
Astbury declared in the Chancery di-
vision today, and those melting it or
narticipating in il are not protected
under the laws regulating the trades
unions.
His opinion, the first handed down
from a judicial bench since the strike
began, was made in granting an IN
junction against certain branch lead
ers of the Sailors and Firemen's S
Union. The injunction restralns the
branch leaders from calling out their
men without orders from general
Headquarters of the union.
Supplies Are Adequate.
All the docks in South Wales are
working and supplies, at least III the
port towns, are adequate.
At Bristol voluntary laborerS are
unloading the ships as soon as they
are berthed. The brewery employees
have returned to work. The engineer
inc union issued final strike notices
70 it's members. but dispatches lndf'
cate that these have been largely lS'
nored.
In Birmingham numbers or tram
way men and Industrial workers are
returning.
Torty.eight vessels are discharging
or loading at the Liverpool and
Rirkenhead docks without disturbance.
Arrivals and sailings continue. The
road transport there is improving.
with 20 900 volunteers working. Most
of the -four mills have resumed with
volunteer labor. Cattle Killings CON
tinue in the abattoirs.
Municipal workers in many centers
throughout the country have returned
after short absences.
On the Tyne shipping is practical
" at a. standstill owing to the coal
shortage, but the shipyards are still
working.
The barrow shipyards are function
ing but the Hodbarrow iron ore
| mines in Cumberland, the largest in
England. will close by the end of the
week if the strike continues.
The main development at Glasgow
is the reopening of the docks, volun
teers discharging cargoes of food
stuffs which are conveyed 20 the
traders without military escort.
The strike is affecting the boot
trade in Northampton. One large
factory has closed and others are
working on short time.
Similar conditions prevail at ket
terington, Rushden, Wellingboro, Bur
ton, Latimer and Finedon.
Food System Working.
The system of food distribution
throughout Great Britain now has
reached q point where officials believe
only unusually serious trouble can in:
terfere with the full rationing of the
entire population.
Motor conveys are proceeding sew
eral times daily from the heavily
guarded docks in London to Hyde
Park with flour provisions and to
Smithfield market with meat. The
provincial roads are filled by day and
by night with a stream of lorries
CARRYING food 10 even the smallest
provincial towns.
London is getting it's daily supply
of meat by a fleet or motors and this
morning great convoy of 800 lor-
rios bea aviIv guarded bV troops, wound