ROUGET DE LISLE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 July 1915, Page 2

ROUGET DE LISLE

FURTHER TRIBUTE TO- HIS MEMORY. (Rec. July 15, 1.50 p'.m.) PARIS', July 14. , Hundreds of thousands tlii-on.gedi the ■streets, 25 aeroplanes .circling above as ;the .coffin containing Rouiget de Li'sle's remains, passed. : . \ At a igiven signal all the . troops ffrom. ! the.:Vosges to the Nortn Sea, forming an impenetrable barrier tot the .German •inyasion, . sang the "Marseillaise" with astoxin'd'ing' effect. j. President Poincare, ; speaking at Jthe Hotel des Invalides, said l , "We.are .the innocent victims of the most .brutal savage, who premeditated. aggression, ;-and. since we have heen cornpeliled to dffahv the sword we have not the. aright to .sheath it before we have avenged our dead, and before "victory for the Allies permits,-us to.guard effiectively aigainst jperiodical reciu-rence of the provocation. 'Don't let our enemies deceive themselves. It is not in order to sign a short truce ■before a. terrfblte war that-.France has risen, thrilled hy the 'Marseillaise.' " SOUTH WALES MINERS.

THREATENED STRIKE. POSITION STILL CRITICAL. ' (Rec. July 15^-2.10 -p.m.;) ■ LGNDON, uly 14. J The executive of the South- Wales miners spent a. whole day in.conference. The decision regarding the strike is-.con-fined to socialists who are influential but represent a small minority. The men in some collieries threaten to strike whatever the leaders decide. Mr Clem Edwards ia an ..urgent appeal to the miners not ...to .strike said that coal, was, the very life,blood of the fleet. He believes 'they have a legitimate grievance and.that .-many coalowners are uni'easonable> but., the ..South Wales sacrifice of material interests was nothing compared to .the; sacrifice made by the soldiers who had; given,their lives and limbs. If the ariners. did .not stop the coal supply many. of us are, prepared to help remedy their grievances even to the extent of urging the Government to take over the mines.