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GENERAL STRIKE IN BELGIUM.
LONG DURATION EXPECTED.
COMPROMISE DECLINED BY THE
GOVERNMENT
(Received Feb. 18, 0.5 a.m.)
Brussels, Feb. 18
■ Til©'.general strike coincides with the Ghent Exhibition., Th© Labour, Party'© organisation aims at !its lasting for some months. Housewives are storing provisions, and prices are rising rapidly.'
The Government opposed an attempt to compromise. They say the threat of a strike has become a. species of permanent blackmail, i
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13653, 19 February 1913, Page 5
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69GENERAL STRIKE IN BELGIUM. LONG DURATION EXPECTED. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13653, 19 February 1913, Page 5
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