THE BELGIAN STRIKE

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 April 1913, Page 5

THE BELGIAN STRIKE

INTERNATIONAL AID PROMISED

SOME UGLY INCIDENTS

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BRUSSELS. April 14

The Socialist leaders have resolved that no intoxicants he allowed and no meetings he held.

A Labor manifesto predicts victory for the strikers, whose Executive have arranged for music matinees daily for the strikers’ amusement.

Very many workers seem to regret the necessity for striking. The Weavers’ Union at Venders asked permission of the "Employees’ Federation to strike, but the Federation replied that it was impossible to give it. M. Maurice Maeterlinck has written several .articles criticising the Catholic ruler <>f Belgium. lie offers the strikers money. Mr. Keir Hardie has written promising that no British coal shall be shipped fluring the strike. Me adds : “The value of a general strike may be disputed upon .economic grounds, but it is of great value from a political standpoint. The proletariat of the whole world are watching Belgium with interest.’’ A striker named Courcelles shot a Catholic mm-striking workman. BERLIN, April 14. The Socialists at Westphalia urge the miners not to work overtime least coal he sent to Belgium. LONDON, April 14The British Trade Unions are apathetic towards flu* Belgian appeal, because the strike is a political one. ‘ BRUSSELS. April 14. Some 400,000 workers have struck. Business is in a chaotic condition, but (he public services are working normally.

Seme 50,000 troops are under.arms, 'telegraph wires were cut in several ilac-'s.

i lie coal mines have almost com detelv stopped.