SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE
BLUE BOOK ISSUED PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW DEFENDED. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) LONDON, Ist May. A Blue Book covering tho events of the South African strilje has been tabled in the House of Commons. It shows that Lord Gladstone, the Governor-General, in a despatch dated 27th January, observed that owing to the excessively large criminal and semicriminal classes in Johannesburg, a general strike there, unless conducted peacefully, would create a perilous position. He accused Mr. Poutsma of calling a strike without waiting for a ballot, or giving statutory notice. A despatch also notified the intended expulsion of the leaders, which was justified by the extreme necessity. ( A later despatch said : " It is impossible to doubt that the strike js an artificial one, designed to disorganise the Government and make the Trades Hall paramount." Lord Gladstone defended the proclamation of martial law. The call for a citizens' defence force was responded to by men of both nations.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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