HUNGRY MEN. THE MANCHESTER UNEMPLOYED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1908, Page 7

HUNGRY MEN. THE MANCHESTER UNEMPLOYED.

BREAD WANTED. BOYS NOT READY FOR A COMMONWEALTH. By Telegraph.— Press Aseociation.-Copyright LONDON, llth February. The Rev. Edward Lyttelton, head master at Eton College, gave permission to tho delegates of the Manchester unemployed who had marched to London to address the boys. Speaking in tho college quachnnglo, whero the boys were paraded, Mr. Uray, the leader of the delegates, declearod that blood was alueady being shed both east and west by hungry men demanding .bread. War in England could not be far off if the stonyhetirtsd plutocracy continued its present attitude, which would provoke a rp volution unless care was taken. Mr. M'Cutcheon, a second leader, after referring to Wat Tyler and Oliver Cromwell, declared: "We are making ready for a second Commonwealth. Aro you ready for that?" The boys shouted, "No !" The Eev. Mr- Lyttelton, addressing the boys afterwards, said they had heard soin3 \homo truths, and had better go and think about them. INVADING A KING'S PRIVACY. POLICE DISPERSE A GATHERING. (Received February 12, 8.3 a.m.) LONDON., llth February. Despite the King's desire for privacy ,t\v»o Socialists tried to maun a hundred unemployed to the residence of the King's son-in-law, the Duke of Fife, where His Majesty went for rest and quiet. Tho police dispersed the meeting. Tho Rev. Hon. Edward Lytfcelton, M.A., headmaster of Eton Collego rsince xuos,x u O5, ivas born in 1855, being seventh son of the fourth Lord Lyitslton.. Ho bej longs to tho well-known cricketing, family, and among his publications is a book on cricket. , The unemployed problem in England is a very serious one, and the amount of hardship suffered by the poor in many of the centres can only be gues&ad at. English papers to hand give details of how many in London spent their lasi Christinas. Every cfi fort ?)&"., apparently, made by the authorities to in some degree alleviate tho unfortunate condition of .the, blind, tho lame, and the 'halt, but it must be feared that tho relief given was far from adequate, and that the- ''festive" "season to many was a time of downright mkery. For upwards of an hour on tho 23rd December, Sir Albert do Rutzen and Mr. Marsham, Police Magistrates, were engaged at Bow-streot Police Court in distributing tidkets for grocery, meat, coal, and bread to 100 poor women and a few men whose circumstances had heen reported upon ; by tho court missionary. Tho magistrates, in distributing these gifts from the poor-box, spoke in' a kindly way lo the recipients, some -of whom were crippled and blind. Most of them were old and feeble, but thoy appeared to forget all their ' troubles as they 'eagerly seized the tickets "proffered to them, and wished the magistrates "A happy Christmas." The cle^kii and officials ht the Guildhall Police Court 'had one. of ' the busiest afternoons they had had for a long time when tne court was besieged by a large crowd of olderly men and women who sought poor-box relief ior Christmas. There was considerable di3appointcment when those who thought they had a claim on the city poor-bos camo unprepared with letters of recoinmemlntion. No relief ia given at the court without the' strictest enquiry, and the- poor-box fund is well administered by > the chief - clerk and iho cashier anfl accoiuit- I ant. ■ On the other hand, many an old man or woman 1 went away rejoicing, for Ilia gifts ranged from 10s' to £2. Coal tickets w^re also given.