MAY DAY DOINGS IN ENGLAND

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19485, 9 May 1933, Page 7

MAY DAY DOINGS IN ENGLAND

MASS GATHERING IN HYDE PARK POLICY EXPOUNDED BY LABOUR LEADER United Press Association—By Electrle Telegraph—Copyrlaht LONDON, May 7. Thirty speakers addressed a vast crowd at the May Day Labour celebration at Hyde Park, amplifiers enabling far carrying criticism of Herr Hitler and Sir Oswald Mosley. Beflagged and placarded processions including a contingent of Ox undergraduates with a banner i ' blazoned: “We won’t fight,” arrive Marble Arch by seven routes, accc panied by bands, mounted and foot police marshalling an orderly demonstration. Mr George Lansbury (Leader of the Labour Party), despite the percentage of Fascist and Hitlerite Insignia in the procession, said the celebration challenged Hitlerism, Fascism, Nationalism and all their implications as gospels of decadence and despair; Labour represented international solidarity. Lord Trenchard aimed to transform the police inio an upper class force, because he could net trust a working class force to crush a Socialist Government. Lord Trenchard's report disgraced himself and his administration. A resolution condemned capitalist attacks on the workers and challenged the growth of militarism and imperialism. The crowds quietly dispersed.