THE BIG MAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10926, 15 November 1913, Page 4

THE BIG MAN.

LARKIN TO THE FORE. GENERAL STRIKE CALL. UNION LEADERS SILENT. " Times."—Sydney "Sun" Special' Cables. (Received November 15, 9 a.m.) LONDON, November 1-1. Tho Irish Nationalists furiously resent Larkin's release, and in the party's interests have demanded his seclusion from public affair*. Tho Labour Party insisted on Larkin's release, which is regarded as a: heavy blow to Mr Redmond's prestigo. Larkin is now the biggest man in Dublin. British trades union leaders are reticent and ambiguous regarding the possibility of a gonoral strike. MILITANTS PROTEST. " Times."—Sydney " Sim " Special Cables. Suffragettes .maintain that women should not be arrested and tortured in face of Larkin's release. THE LARKIN DEMONSTRATION. AN INFLAMMATORY SPEECH. -By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, November 14. Ten thousand persons took part_ in a procession and jubilation in Dublin in connection with Larkin's release. Mr Connelly, in a speech, said that no vessel would bo allowed to leave until every imprisoned striker was released. The strikers must drill with a view to tho next march through the city.. He declared that competent leaders had promised service, and when they wanted arms they knew where to obtain them. GENERAL STRIKE REPUDIATED. Mr Havelock Wilson, interviewed at Liverpool, • said that the sailors and firemen strongly protested against Larkin's declaration regarding the " Fiery Cross." "We are not going to let Larkin dictate whether we shall strike or not," he said. Other Labour leaders state, that nothing is known of a general strike. MR BIRRELL HECKLED. Mr Birrell, at Bristol, was greeted with prolonged suffragette disturbances and cries of "Tell us about the hundred thousand starving in Dublin." Mr Birrell justified the action of the authorities against Larkin, who had not been released till he had served a sentence commensurate 'with the evidence on which he was sentenced. BITTERLY RESENTED. LARKIN'S PREACHING. By Tel«(rr»ph—Preis Association—Copyright. (Received November 15, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. | ' There are many, signs that English trade unionist leaders bitterly resent Larkin's outburst. They point out that sympathy with Larkin -as the Government victim did not mean sympathy with Larkin as a preacher of the sympathetic strike.