A CHARGE OF SEDITIOUS LANGUAGE.
In the Magistrate's Court this afternoon a fresh, charge of speaking seditious words was brought against itobert Semple in connexion with" on& of his Auckland utterances, reported in the "New Zealand Herald." The words in the charge were:-i"I have, word through Wellington - that they used those batons on the workers there tonnight,, and they discovered that the workers could .hit as hard as they could. But the workers got the best of it in Wellington That showed' they could , club when they were. clubbed, and we can do the same if they'use violence.' We also will club them as,they' club us. We do ' not want to:do this.;.. God forbid! ' The prison walls' can. settle no dispute for us. - The only way to settle these industrial problems is by calm,"cool reasoning and judgment." Wβ will try as best we can to avoid bloodshed; and can settle our difficulty without spilling one drop of blood./ Bloodshed wins no argument. Theymight want all their reserve of strength, but I say to you that we are not going to accept violence, and every worker should have something more in his possession. than his -fists, so that he can hand back as good ns lie gets from something more than naked fists. If it is lawful to issue 1100 batons, wherewith ■. to attack the workers, it is equally lawful for the -workers to have' batons to protect, themselves. These: people have batons to club you, and I,ask.you for the defence of your characters, of. your manhood, of your wives and families, to be ready to club them back again." On the application of Chief-Detective Broberg, the accused was remanded to appear at Auckland on December 12th. Bail was allowed in the sum of £250; and two sureties of £250 each. ' OTHER CHARGES. Robert James Chris Seal appeared, charged with damaging a barricade on the wharf on October 24th, and was committed for trial, bail in £100 being allowed. .
A further charge against Seal of participating in a riot on Queen's . wharf was adjourned till Tuesday next.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14842, 6 December 1913, Page 12
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346A CHARGE OF SEDITIOUS LANGUAGE. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14842, 6 December 1913, Page 12
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