FRENCH STRIKES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16462, 14 June 1919, Page 3

FRENCH STRIKES.

CAUSE OF.THE TROUBLE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. PARIS, June 4. The labour upheaval is based mainly on the dearness of living. Three hundred and fifty thousand struck in the Paris region, paralysing the traffic. The men claim a minimum of 450 francs monthly, with a pension at the age of fifty-five. Fifteen thousand arsenal workers at Puteaux, also miners in the Pas de Calais, have struck. Demagogic orators are urging the men to extend the agitation to political questions, to protest against diplomatic or military intervention in_ Russia and Hungary, and to demand immediate demobilisation. M. Cachin, a Socialist Deputy, declares that underlying the financial causes of the strike is the determination of Labour to secure a definite share in the management of the great business interests of the country. Further, that the French bourgeoisie have been combating the working classes and peasant republics who were striving for existence in Europe, but organised Labour meant to secure the direction of the home and foreign affairs of France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.