BRITISH COAL MINERS

Evening Star, Issue 19385, 20 October 1926, Page 5

BRITISH COAL MINERS

KIR COOK'S ACTIVITIES fNCREASINa TRUCULENCE HOME OFFICE INTERESTED. A Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 18. It is understood that the Home Office is considering Mr Cook’s minefield speeches—for example, when ho said: ‘‘lt, will bo our turn next, and then God help some of the owners and the police.” , Tho ‘ Daily Mail ’ in a leading article draws attention to Mr Cook’s increasing truculence, notably his exhortation to" tho strikers to r ‘ bring out the workers, law or no law.” The paper suggests that his speeches bring him within the Emergency Regulations, and adds; ‘‘ People are wondering why ho has not been arrested.” —Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable. A KIDNAPPING PLOT DIRECTED AGAINST MR COOK. MINERS’ LEADERS WATCHED.

LONDON, Ohtober 19. Mr Cook figured in a lively incident at Nottingham last night on his arrival in connection with on assembly of the miners’ '‘‘Council of AVar, ’ which is due to start operations on tho Nottingham coalfield to-day. The manager of the hotel where Mr Cook had booked a room, on learning that a plot was afoot, hinted at the advisability of seeking accommodation elsewhere. Mr Cook refused, and the manager accordingly changed his room thrice. Eventually Air Cook slept in a locked bedroom under another name.

It appears that forty young Nottingham Fascists and others were in the hotel when Air Cook arrived. They had hooked rooms, and were prepared to kidnap him and carry him to the market place and lie him there with a Union Jack round his waist. The hotel manager telephoned to tho police superintendent. who interviewed Air Cook and the leader of the kidnappers, and as a result the plan was dropped. Many extra police have been drafted into'the area, and also members of tho special branch of Scotland Yard. Tho movements of Mr Herbert Smith, Air Richards, Mr Richardson, and Air Cook aro closely watched. While tho Loyalist section is eagerly anticipating the executive’s new campaign, the' breakaways, headed by Mr Spencer, ridicule Air Conk’s “circus.” The ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ and the ‘ Alorning Rost ’ in editorials question tho legality of tho miners’ new campaign. . Th" ‘ Dailv Express ’ says it understands that Moscow has intimated that tin further substantial help need be expected, and adds that tho reason is that it conflicts with AI. Ivrassin s object in desiring to obtain a loan. FUNDS FROM RUSSIA. AIOSCOW. October 19. It is announced that , the Central Council of Trade Unions has eont a further 500,000 roubles to the British minors. Thiu is presumably its last contribution.