STRIKE PRISONERS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 170, 6 May 1914, Page 8

STRIKE PRISONERS.

The sentence of Comrade. Harry Holland for sedition has once more brought, forcibly before the. country the outrageous sentences paesed upon the strike, prisoners. Already many of our branches have passed resolutions condemning the. sentence, passed upon. Harry Holland. This is as it: should, he-. Every effort should be. made to; secure Holland's release. Wa have no better or more capable fighter in our. ranks. But. we must not forget that liarsh as ha* been Holland's treatment, other men have. been, dealt with nruch more brutalty. Resolutions should) be passed demanding the re?lease* of all the. strike, prisoners. Comrado. Holland's: case could 7of course, be. given as example, and tfaa : obsoleter ness of the charge of sedition, as. well, aa the attitude of the: British Government: in Mann's and Larkin's: cases: could h» emphasised-. Copies- of- snoh resolutions, should r be: seat to the. Prime: Minister, the Minister for Justice and your local member, or memof Parliament. In addition to. this, the release petition, forma should be strenuously pushedi for arig>~ injures.