THE MENACE OF THE MOB.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1902, 10 November 1913, Page 5

THE MENACE OF THE MOB.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Just a line to congratulate you on the stand you have taken with regard to tho strilie, and for the fair manner in which you argue. There is a lot of fuss about tho "specials; being in the city. The strike leaders havo evidently lost sight of the fact that they were the first to use threats, when one of their number stated that whilo tlieTe was a shop containing food supplies and a sheep remained on the land they would have it. They then make a great outcry because tho public protect themselves from being thus outraged. It says a lot for this enlightened ago when an industrial squabble cannot be settled without violence and rioting and the destruction of property, to say nothing of the menace to mnocent people's lives. It seems a very dreadful thing to think that the polico, have to quietly stand to be abused, insulted, and injured in the execution of their duty, run tho risk of being shot, _ and thev miist not retaliate. The affaiT m Tar'anaki Street is an everlasting reproach to this fair Dominion. Surely this sort of business could be prevented —the terrorising of peaceful citizens, not to speak of the loss of employment to so many innocent sufferers. I am, etC " A WOMAN.