CALM RESTORED.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 5

CALM RESTORED.

:d ' - ; d RAND REVOLT BROKEN, SAVED FROM SOCIAL UP--5 HEAVAL. it- , k BY PROMPT ACTION. p:*n , , , re [By Electric Cable —Copyright] n. [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] ii. (Received Friday, 2 a.m.) r " CAPETOWN, March 16. . An official summary of the cours . of events since the outbreak of tli revolution on Friday states that has been brought to an end by th le quick action of the Government i ai ’declaring martial law and by the loys ;n assistance of citizens, offered froi p- every point of the Union. People c ry all political convictions came forxvar iy to help the Government to put dow what, there is now no doubt, woul „ have been a social revolution by 80l shevists, International Socialists an Communists. The country was save from terrible peril and bloodshec The revolution is entirely suppresses and excepting for a few who escape* ' e capture, all the revolutionaries liav been taken prisoner. Upwards o 6000 prisoners have been seized, an* t- those responsible for murder or rap >n ine will have to bo dealt with. Th ly Government gladly acknowledges th loyal assistance of citizens and burgh ers of all political convictions, wh came forward to assist in restorin* law and order, and sincerely liope that the country will now settle dow: again to peaceful conditions. Official: Troops are engaged clean sd ing up the sectors in Central ani •h Eastern areas. The revolutionarie s’ are doing their utmost to escape am to get rid of their arms, and some ar 2- making for the Free State. Althougl V the revolution is effectively crushed [r a certain amount of sniping continue e, in desperate efforts by the Reds t >, escape the hands of the law. Oper k ations in the eastern suburbs o Johannesburg have developed int house to house lighting. It is ex pectcd the authorities will round u] n the Reds in the southern suburbs to l " day. Most of the shops were ope: r * yesterday and all will probably b open to-day. In calling off the gen J oral strike the Industrial Federation as distinct from the augmented cxe i” entive, on which various unions wer* i represented, states that had thcr ’s been no disturbing influences, th* ,o joint executive would have proceeds to ballot on the question of a retun to work, but while the meeting wa proceeding on March 6th, extremist freely flourished revolvers and stick in support of their threats that th* augmented executive would not be al lowed out of the room till it had cle dared a general strike. The cxecu j tive succumbed to these threats, am a the Federation now calls oil the sink* and completely repudiates the rebel lion. ‘‘MARK OF RESPECT.” n (Received Thursday, 7 p.m.) it MELBOURNE, March 16. • e The Trades Hall Council decided ti lt fly the Red flag and the Australia! , r flag half-mast, as a mark of respec o- to those heroic members of the work ing class who lost their lives in Souti Africa, lighting against the extrem* J policy of the Chamber of Mines j which is endeavouring not only t( e reduce wages by direct methods, bu is seeking to increase the percentag< of cheap Kaffir labour. U |