Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 20 August 1917, Page 5

Great Britain

LABOR’S ATTITUDE. MR HENDERSONS: EXPULSION. MINERS OPPOSED TO STOCKHOLM. LOYAL SEAMEN’S UNION. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.'Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, August T 9. The British Socialist Party has issued a manifesto declaring that Mr Henderson’s expulsion was an afl'rom to the whole Labour movement, and urges the Labor Party to immediately withdraw its representatives from Cabinet and repudiate any who refuse. The Durham miners instructed their delegates to oppose the sending of representatives to Stockholm. SUBMARINE WARFARE DECRIED The feature of the Seamen’s Conference was the speeches of foreign delegates. The Scandinavians referred to Germany’s futile efforts to get Scandinavian seamen to refuse . to work ships trading to Britain and other foreign countries, and generally condemned Germany’s ruthless campaign against seafarers.

The Conference carried a resolution, which was seconded by a Danisri delegate on behalf of the Scandivanian delegation, expressing sorrow and indignation at the crimes committed by the German submarine .commanders and crews.

Mr Havelock Wilson (secret try) stated that probably t|u» Seamen’s Union would withdraw from Die Transporters’ Federation, some of whose members, he alleged, were proGerman. A resolution was also passed on the motion of the French delegates insisting on reparation for the inhuman submarine warfare, • :ul that the Conference would hold the t ast>oGerman seafarers equally responsible with the authorities until reparation was made.

A Scandinavian resolution recommending the seamen to withdraw iroin the International Transporters’ Union was carried, as also was a motion pledging the seamen in future not to sail on a vessel carrying Anstro-Ger-mans unless the submarine warfare ceased.

.GERMANY WITHIN. HEARD ACROSS THE SWISS BORDER. LOYALTY OF THE FATHERLAND. Press Association—Copyright, Atistra- ■ lian ! and N.Z. Cable Association.,?,<•. (Recevied 8.45 a.m.) London, August 19Mr Charles Grasty, the New York Times’ Paris correspondent, after a trip.to Switzerland and. the fullest investigation, believes it is vain to hope for any popular upheaval in Germany before the war ends. However,, there aye a few people willing to believe tlfat the autocracy will last beyond the present Kaiser. Germany is held in the grip of discipline, hut there is unrest. The soldiers are willing to fight, and listen to the commands, but when' the war is over and they return home they will not consent to live under an autocracy which is able capriciously to involve the nation in war. VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HOSPITALS. CHEERFUL WOUNDED. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, August 19. Lord Derby visited the New Zealand hospitals at Brockenhurst and wrote to Sir Thomas Mackenzie and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylie saying:— “I am delighted with all I saw. The organisation seems perfect; I was greatly impressed with the cheerfulness of the poor follows who have lost limbs.”