Evening star., 1926-05-10

being held up in Ireland, Norway and
Holland. British trawlers cannot get
coal in Holland and are consequently
handicapped.
Eggs in Donegal. Ireland, have
dropped to pence q cents Il dozen,
due to the impossibility of shipping to
England.
French Prices Slump
Poultry. vegetables and fruits in
France, which usually have big out
let to England, have flooded the
French markets, forcing prices down.
Dairy products in Denmark and Hol-
land are piling up, with disastrous eff
fects on prices.
Sailings have been resumed regu-
larly between England and the Chan.
mel Islands. from which England gets
much Of its milk, and road transport
Is becoming SO well organized that it
Is effectively distributing all the food
stuffs which ordinarily move on the
railroads.
A section of railway clerks who
have refused to leave work defend
their position on the ground that the
general strike is not only illegal, but
that it has placed the railways at a
disadvantage in their struggle with
their greatest opponent, motor trans.
port.
Provocative Tactics Seen.
The headquarters of the Trade
Union Congress intimated attempts
were being made to provoke attack
upon the busses run by volunteer
workers.
a labor spokesman said 1t was re-
ported that many busses were moved
very slowly. as though the drivers
had been given orders to provide op-
portunity for an attack by any strike
sympathiZers in certain district.
One bus, it was stated, was driven
very slowly past the Trades Union
Congress headquarters, in the Eccles-
ton Square.
Twenty-six vessels docked or sailed
at Liverpool over the week end and
80 vessels were being loaded or dis
charged at the Liverpool and Birken-
head docks today.
The White Star liner Baltic and
the Cunarder Caronia arrived from
ing to convey the passengers to their
destinations.
Students Help on Docks.
Work on the Avonmouth docks is
proceeding satisfactorily with the
help of large number of oxford and
Cambridge undergraduates.
Hundreds of troops, with an armored
car, arrived at Bristol yesterday.
Many bus and tram men are return
ing to work at Bath and other cen
ters, including the South Wales coal
fields distrist, where the strikers are
conducting themselves moderately.
= Eight food ships are being dis
charged at Glasgow and two are
being loaded with foodstuffs for the
Western Highlands.
Seven arrests were made in Edin-
burgh street disturbances during the
week end, but tramway service in the
Scotch capital is nearing normal.
A number of food trains are work
ing between London and the princi-
pal provincial towns, and the rail-
way companies claim a considerable
increase in train service with many
men returning to work.
Food transportation in Manchester
is improving with the help Of volun-
teers but new development occurred
with a strike Of 1000 men in five
flour mills there.
Potteries Are Working.
Some of the big potteries are work
Ing at North Staffordshire. The col
lieries and iron works, however, re-
main silent.
At Carlisle the train service is get
ting better and a loaded express left
for London this morning. The train
and tram service al Glasgow also Is
reported improved, numbers of the
strikers returning.
Work in the abattoirs at Birkhead
Is proceeding despite a strike of
slaughterers and telegram has been
sent to Belfast reading You may
ship all the cattle offered"
The authorities are not allowing
speakers at public meetings to say
exactly what they please.
John Headley, a communist, speak
ing at Merseyside Saturday night,
was arrested on a charge of sedition
under the emergency act.
At Winlaton Mullin, Durham, two
we'll known local labor leaders, WIN