GENERAL STRIKE FAILS

Evening Star, Issue 23129, 1 December 1938, Page 13

GENERAL STRIKE FAILS

Paris Situation Almost Normal TROUBLE IN SOME PROVINCES Marseilles Transport at Standstill (Independent Cable Service.) Prcsi Association—By Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, November 30. ' (Received December 1, at 8 a.m.) Early reports indicate that the strike has largely failed in the capital, although it is more successful in the provinces. The situation in Paris was almost normal at 10 a.m., with buses, taxis, and underground trains running, and people going to work as usual. Only a small percentage of the postal and telephone workers obeyed the strike order. The police arrested a number of pickets near the Montparnasse station. Lille and Lyons are reported to be calm, but there is a tense situation at Marseilles, where black troops are guarding the railway stations, public buildings, and bridges. Only a few trains are running and street transport is at a standstill. The workers arrived at the depots, but refused duty; A later Paris message states that the cafes and shops are open and that the Underground Workers’ Association cancelled the strike order at 8 a.m. The Ministry of Public Works reports that the national railways are nearly normal.

There have been 495 arrests in Paris, 80 people being charged with attempts to impede work. The miners’ strike in the Valenciennes area is reported to be nearly 100 per cent, effective.

The Folkestone-Boulogne cross-Channel cargo services are dislocated.