Evening star., 1926-05-08
Features IN British Strike

BY the Associated Press.
Two million rubles have been sent
to the Trades Union Congress in Lon
don by the General Council of Trades
Union Of the Union Of Soviet Social
! list Republics in Russia for aid Of the
strikers.
The British Gazette. the govern
meEt organ, prints the following &
verse from Rudyard kipling's Song
of the English" written in 1898:
Keep ye the law--be swift in all
obedience:
Clear the land OF evil, drive the road
and bridge
The ford:
Make We sure to each his own
| That he reap where he hath suwn;
BY the peace among our peoples let
men know we serve
The Lord.
The anti-social weapon which has
been SO unadvistdlY drawn must first
! be SheateG' before there can be peace,
| says the Earl OF oxford and ASGuith.
Niscount Grey OF Iailodon has this
! to say: Tho issue now is not what
! wages shall he. but whether demo
cratic parliamentary government is To
! be oVerthroWn. The alternatives are
fascism or communism. Both OF these
are fatal to liberty"
; Those OF the London tieaters that
| have not closed their doors--and they
are feW-are playing 10 poor houses.
! one theatrical ma gnate is appealing
! IN the people to attend the perform
ances and aid in IL" attempt to spread
cheer amid = depressing situation.
The American liner Leviathan
docked at southampton after q trip
/ from New York without trouble
Many passengers leIt for London i'm
mediately II private automobiles
Au official Statement OF thc Trades
! Union Congress denies that lis action
in calling the general strike in Great
Britain is d challenge to the British
constitution: IT'S sole aim. il AYERS, is
/ 20 obtain q decent standard Of lite
for miners.
An appeal has been made by Home
Secretary Joynson-Hicks for 10000
volunteers as special Constables. SC
as to bring the force UP to 10000 by
Monday.
Denial is made by the British war
office of ru!nors that the army has
reached the end Of its resources, that
reserves have been called up and that
troops have been ordered on strike
duty ana have refused TO obey orders
II declares that no troops have been
called out TO aid the civil authorities.
, with the exception of guards for
few vulnerable points.
The British embassy has informed
the Department of Commerce at
Washington it will be impossible to
provide bunker coal in British ports
for vessels other than those "Der-
forming services essential TO tac ma
tional interests" Many American
liners use oil instead of coal.
Exports OF American agricultural
products, particularly cotton, pork,
and perishable foods. will be seri-
ously affected by the strike. in the
view of the Department of ASricul-
ture.
Passage was Cancelled for 90 on
the liner Minnewaska sailing today
from New York for London. The
Workers (Communist) party called
meetings coincidentally with the
sailing today of the Celtic and
Cameronia urging all workers to re-
fuse to load the British ships. The
Carmania and the Olympic loft New
York at midnight. There were 40
cancellations Of passage on the Car
mania. Her destination is Plymouth.
The Olympic goes to southampton.
Ben l.. Reitman, president of the
Chicago Hobo Collegs, who arrived
| in New York on the Rerengaria,
| says the strike is Il sign OF weakness
rather than strength on the part Of
I labor unions.
Big Bill Haywood, former head of
the I. W. w. who lied to Russia to
duck a prison sentence for war
time sedition. has spent some rubles
for a cable to Chicago headquarters,
urging the workers of america" to
support the strike.
Alexander Lyle Samuel, British
financier, who IS in New York. says
the English Trades Union Council
is an illegal organization, with no
power to call a strike.
A movement amona; New York
negroes to oppose England import
ing members of their race from here
or the West Indies or South Africa,
to work as stevedores, is under way.
IZvestia. organ of the federal cen.
trail executive committee of the
SovIets in Moscow. has a vision of in
vading the world of journalism in
London If the British general strike
Is successful. "One step further" :"
it says, land Tzvestia will be produced
in the splendidly equipped offices Of
the London Times"
In Paris the Typographical Union
has forbidden the setting of type for
English-langauge newspapers print
ed in France and destined for sale in