THE FRENCH STRIKE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 56, 7 March 1911, Page 4

THE FRENCH STRIKE.

A GOVERNMENT STATEMENT,

[press association.] (Received March 6, 9.20 p.m.) . ■;■ PARIS, March 6. A Ministerial statement published points out that the majority of the strikers have been reinstated, excepting those convicted of Sabotage and those persisting in an insubordinate and anarchical attitude.

The Government ask the railway companies to follow the State's example in the interest of social pacification.

The statement foreshadows the enforcement and reform and secularisation of the law. The Government desires a pacific policy abroad, based on the existing agreements and the security offered by the Army's everincreasing strength.