REVOLUTIONARY LABOUR

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14135, 12 August 1919, Page 5

REVOLUTIONARY LABOUR

DANGERS OF DIRECT ACTION.

TERRORISM AND BLACKMAIL,

RESULT IN CIVIL WAR,

(Australian and N.Z, Cable Assn.)' (Received August 11, 8.50 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 10.

Concerning the Triple 1 Alliance ballot Sir R. S. Horne,: Minister’ for Labour, in an interview slated that direct action means the end of democracy, empowering a recalcitrant minority to enforce decisions- upon the majority when force, aided by terrorism and blackmail, will become Hie Only instrument of government. Mr .1. R. Clyncs, a member of the House of Commons, said that direct action proposes to reverse Labour’s political endeavours, substituting disorder and violence. It would destroy democratic effort.

Mr Sexton, M.P., stated that direct action was not only mistaken and foolish, but criminal. It would result in civil war.

According to the Sunday Express the police raided a house at Acton and seized plans and proclamations for thecreation of a Soviet Government. FAILURE OF SYNDICALISTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 11, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, August 9. The Star says that the Syndicalists hoped to use the police strike as a jumping-off ground for a general strike. The Home Office's handling and the public disapproval has helped to cripple the revolutionary wing of labour. The Yorkshire miners have expended nearly £250,000 in strike pay. Acute distress prevails in many mining villages, and arrangements are being made for feeding 'the children. BAKERS’ STRIKE ENDED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 11, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 10 A mass meeting of London bakers decided to return to work conditional on all being reinstated.