A "SPECIAL'S" VIEW.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1919, 29 November 1913, Page 12

A "SPECIAL'S" VIEW.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—l seu that noiv tiio lovely lied I'ed anarchists seo they arc pjoperly beaten they magnanimously agree to liaving their dispute referred to Sir Joshua Williams for arbitration, though they unanimously (kenned to accept such intervention when tiiey kid a hope of "planting the red flag of revolution" 011 (government House. 1 trust the Citizens' Dcieiicc' Committee- will resolutely refuse to have any dealings with the Hed Federation whatever. A properly-constituted Ar« bitratiou Union has been formed, and it is the bouiiden duty of Hhc employers to stick to tho men who have courageously come lowvard to do tho work that the, ltcd I'VJs. refused to do. 1 havo been acting as, a special constable during the whole of this trouble, ami havo sacrificed many hours of time and sleep in order to help prelinve law and order and protect the wharves from these dangerous anarchists. If the Citizens' Defence Committee' stop at, anything short of the entire destruction of this cancerous sore on the body politic, I for one will never niiso a hand again in tho defence, of law and order. 1 think nearly every other "special" feels as J. do. Wo are not going through all that wo havo experienced. for nothing, 1 can assuro you. To be stoned and reviled for weeks and then to find thaL tho lied Feds had been allowed to survive to niako liioro mischief wouid kill in us any further desire for "law and order" or "duty to tho State." If tho strikers aro allowed, at this hour to send their caso to anybody at all you will probably lincl that a strike of special constables will take place, with appalling results.'—l am, etc,,

SPECIAL. l'.S.—'Die strike leaders have persistently sown among their dupes tho wind of hatred, and I can assuro them they shall reap a regular whirlwind of lustled all to themselves. S[Our correspondent need have no concern on tho point he raises. The Defence Committee has definitely and finally refused to have any dealings whatever with tho Federation of Labour.]