POSITION WELL IN HAND

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 79, 1 October 1919, Page 7

POSITION WELL IN HAND

PARLIAMENT NOT TO Bli SUM,

i MONED

LONDON, 29th September

,■ It ";is: understood that the Government considers that' it has the position well in hand, 'and .that .it is not necessary ;to summon ■parliament.;. ■. r-

' The. Government's evening communique states I The position is generally Unchanged, but more trains aie running, ' Posters are being issued, signed by Mr Lloyd [George, guaranteeing that even when 'prices fall no railwayman fchh.ll receive' less than forty shillings. Reports from all parts,'indicate that the strikers and the public are accepting the'struggle seriously and sojierly. There has 'been no disorder. Troops are standing in many centres to guard the lines and protect the volunteers if necessary. The great traffic centres in London a.ra enormously congested all day, but despite the pressure the police have maintained admirable control, and there have been very feiV (accidents. Most shops and city business nouses have closed early, enabling the majority of the workers to travel tiomewardvbefore dusk. ' When some improvised local train services were' Stopped, owing to the danger of working\io the darkness, thousands fathered in the neighbourhood of Down-ing-street, where the Prime Minister was iii conference throughout the day with Sir Eric and. Sir Auckland Geddes, Sir R. S. Horn, in id Messrs. Churchill, Roberts, and Barnes.

Tho1 Stock, Exchange is very quiet. Prices were a shade lower, but there was no pressure to sell, and the market closed steady. Among other novel Government measures, the Postmaster-General has arranged 'with the Air Ministry for the conveyance of letters to Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, and "Glasgow, Eacli letter bears a special fee of two shilling' per

ounce.