REDS OUTMANOEUVRED

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 245, 16 October 1925, Page 7

REDS OUTMANOEUVRED

KIND WORDS FROM U.S.A.

BOLSHEVISM AND SEAMEN.

HAVELOCK WILSON PRAISED

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.!

- 10.30 a.m.) S?" ■ LONDON , , October 15. Mr. Havelock Wilson, general president of the Xational Sailors and Firemen's Union, has received a telegram from Kew York in these terms: "The great American Federation of Labour Convention, representing the whole of organised labour of America, to-day at Atlantic City adopted a resolution congratulating the officers and members of the Sailors and Firemen's Union of Great Britain on their iirm stand against the Eeds and destnictionists. Signed: Orlander. Furuseth and Pryor."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ,

SUFFERING OF. SEAMEN.

IMMENSE LOSS TO TRADE. -' > - .LONDON, October 15. The British shipowners are taking immediate steps to resume sailings. They hope to fill several blanks in. their schedules and to regularise the sailings in the next three months.

A prominent' shipowner 6tated yesterday that it would be difficult to estimate the total damage caused by the seamen's strike, but the shipowners' losses through delayed sailings would be comparatively small in cemparison to the tremendous losses caused by the disturbance of trade. This must cost the Empire many millions of pounds.

The most ugly feature of the strike was the impetus it had given to foreign ri*hip'ping, which would apparently displace many British seamen.

The proprietors of the Australian steamship lines express surprise at the fact that the president of the Federal Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice Powers, should have called a compulsory conference in Sydney when settlements had been reached in the United Kingdom and South Africa by the seamen voluntarily returning to duty. Conditions had thus again become normal, and Mr. Justice Powers' intervention at this juncture was especially unfortunate. It was understood he could have no jurisdiction in the matter.

The shinownerg have cabled to the Australian Press suggesting that the judge's intervention i 3 ultra vires, and most mischievous.

The chairman of the Shipping Federation states that Mr. Justice Powers' action, if it is pursued, may lead to further difficulties. The affected seamen, being under and amenable to British articles under agreement, may only be further misled in the erroneous belief that the judge is in a position to benefit them.

The "Daily Telegraph," commenting on the Australian election, commends Mr. Bruce's action. It draws the conclusion from Mr. Charlton's utterances that political Labour clearly finds itself taken at a perilous disadvantage by Mr. Bruce's frontal attack. This vras launched ct a moment when the Labour leaders had shown themselves to be powerless to prevent or end the Com-munist-inspired strike movement. — (A. and N.Z.—"Sun.") x ■ BREAKING IN AUSTRALIA. SUEVIC COALING "UP. STRIKERS' CONCESSION HOPES. (Received 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Coaling operations have commenced at Newcastle on the White Star liner Suevic. No trouble is anticipated in getting the vessel away on schedule time. A report from Melbourne states that in the event of the compulsory conference failing, there is every indication that tSe strike will collapse in Melbourne. The men are eager to return to work, as they hope to obtain through the Court more concessions than otherwise ivould be granted. Advices from Adelaide state that the steamer Automedon has sailed for Europe, the crew remaining loyal. At Fremantle the Seamen's Union prevented the wharf labourers removing ashes from overseas vessels. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) , ■-..

A BRISBANE OFFER.

WORKING THE REFRIGERATOR (Received 2 p.va.l BRISBANE, this day. The Premier announced that he would consider the advisableness of preventing further prosecutions of striking seamen until after the compulsory conference. A mass meeting of seamen agreed to supply labour without any consideration by shipowners and the coal workers of payment by shipowners and •'the coal workers agreed to supply coal for the steamer Barrabool to work the refrigerating plant. It is understood that the Australian Seamen's Union will pay the men Australian rates of pay out of their own funds pending settlement of the dispute. The owners so far have not replied to the offer.— (A. and X.Z.)

ORVIETO NOT SAILING. PERTH IRRECONCILABLES. SYDNEY, October 13. The Orient Company announces that the departure of the Orvieto, which was to have left for London on Saturday, has been indefinitely postponed. The steamer has a full crew, comprising the unionists who were brought out on her from London, but the local branch of the Australian Seamen's Union refuses to allow the colliers to coal her-

When the president and one of the members of the British seamen's strike committee appeared at the Sydney Police Court to-day on. a charge arising, out of the strike, counsel for the defence suggested that as the president had been summoned to attend Monday's compulsory conference the case should be adjourned in view of the possibility of the conference settling the disputeThe magistrate agreed, and remanded the case until Thursday. At Perth a meeting of British seamni passed a resolution repudiating Mr- E. Shin-well's cabled declaration calling the strike off, and declaring that they were more than ever determined to win the