TRANSPORT STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1501, 25 July 1912, Page 5

TRANSPORT STRIKE.

ANOTHER OFFER' OF ARBITRATION. By Telegraph'—Frcs3 Assobiation—Copyright London, July 23. I Tho Chamber of Commerce's Conciliafcon Committee has offered to arbitrate ■In the. dock strike. The Strikers' Committee haa. accepted the offer, provided the Chamber of Commerce's intervention is requested by tho iemployers and workers. I The Strike, Committee ia organising a relief campaign.;" Germany; has sent ",£IOOO, and promises have been received from Australia anil. America. • ~ The Mayor of West Ham is making a "house-to-house .collection. , I Several members of the' House 'of' Commons are making another effort' to bring "about a: settlement. A VIOLENT DENUNCIATION. . (feec. July 25, 0.30 a.m.) London, July 24. Mr. .Ramsay Mac Donald,. Leader of the Labour party, in a speech at Tower Hill, violently denounced Lord Devonport, chairman of the Port Authority, as devoid of humanity-V Mr. • Mac Donald declared tliat while the men'had a particle of selfrespect they must fight'. 1 ANTI-STRIKE LEGISLATION,. (Rec.,July 24, 10.i5p.rn.) ; ; j London, July 24. 'A. discussion on the dock strike took (place in the House of Commons yesteriay. 1 Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer,'said the Government had seen the necessity of dealing with the entire (question by legislation, and -would create Machinery applicable to , masters and men alike to prevent strikes and preserve trade. It is understood that the Government IfriJl introduce a Bill next year.