BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13791, 26 October 1908, Page 5

BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED.

CHARGE OF INCITING A RIOT. "STEAL MATHER THAN STARVE!" WILL THORNE, M.P., BEFORE THE COURT. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. LONDON, Oct. 24. Mr Will Thome, Labour member of tho House- of Commons, was charged with having, while addressing the unemployed in Trafalgar Square, incited a riot. Defendant denied the charge, and claimed that his speech was taken too literally- He still held it was not a crime for a starving man to help himself to bread. The Magistrate, Mr H. Curtis Bennett, ordered defendant to enter into sureties for his good behaviour for a year, failing whjch he would be imprisoned for six months. He remarked that if such incitements were allowed to go unchecked, the lives and property of peaceful citizens would be placed in jeopardy. A stop must be put to attempts to cause people to assemble for illegal or wrongful purposes. IN BRITAIN AND GERMANY. LONDON, Oct. 24. In the House of Commons, Mr Winston Churchill, in reply to Earl Winterton, admitted there was somewhat more unemployment in Britain than in Germany. GOVERNMENT AND LABOUR PARTY. (Received Oct. 26. 8.37 a.m.) LONDON. Oct 25. The reason for the vote of censure of the Government proposed by Mr Keir Hardie is the failure of the Government to affirm the principle that every man has a right to be provided with work.