THE BELGIAN STRIKE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1913, Page 5

THE BELGIAN STRIKE.

WELL-ORDERED ARRANGE-

I^SNTS,

MR KEIR HARDIES PROMISE

(Received April 15, 8 a.m.) BRUSSELS, April 14. The Socialist leaders resolved that no intoxicants should be allowed, and that there "be no meetings.

Herr Vandewelde, in a manifesto, predicts a victory. He has arranged! for artists at music ma,tinees daily for the strikers' amusement.

Very many workers seem to regret the necessity of striking.

The Weavers' Union at Verviers asked permission of the Employers' Federation to strike. The Federation replied that it was impossible to give permission. Herr Maeterlinck has written several articles criticising the Catholic rulers, and he offers the strikers monetary assistance.

M. Anatole France also favors the strikers. '

Mr Kier Hardie 'has written, promising that no British coal will be shipped during the strike. He adds that the value of a general strike may be disputed on economic grounds, but it is of great value from a political standpoint. The proletariat of the whole world! is watching Belgium with, interest.

A striker at Courcelles shot Catholic non-striking workman.