SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1914, Page 8

SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE.

BILL OF INDEMNITY TO BE

ASKED FOR

STRINGENT INDUSTRIAL. MEASURES PROPOSED.

[Press Association.] V: (Received Jan. 20, .9.20 a.m.) '-.. , Capetown, Jan. 19. .Parliament-will meet in the ordinary course on Januaiy 303h, although a postponement was anticipated. This now seems improbable. , The Government.."■will ask Parliament to pas-j a Bill of Indemnity for the measures taken during the crisis, aiid in the present temper of the community the Bill is not likely to entecmnter serious opposition. . ; . ■ $6 far ,as , the heavy costa of- the crisis are concerned, these "will be borne with fortitude if they represent the price of prolonged relief from the industrial paralysis , which has been afflicting iftio country, more especially;, as they also represent the price of what proved to be a most gratifying experiment in the mobilisation of 80;000 men, the success of which was' ia surprise even to the most enthusiastic believers in the Union's newlyborn defence system. Apart from the. Indemnity Bill 'stringent industrial,measures —providijig for the governing of tirades; '.iiiuoils, settlement of trades disputes, dealing with strikes and public meetings, and maintenance of public order generally—will-be proceeded with. > The session promises to be a very heavy and interesting one. Meanwhile the .authorities are con-; tinning the arrests of Labor leaders in different parts of th& country, the most; sensational being Mr Oresswell. It is reported that Mr Andrews has also been arrested. -1