NOT WANTED IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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NOT WANTED IN SOUTH AFRICA.

- . 3 LABOUR AGITATORS BAMSHFD. SHIPPED FROM DURBAN* A NOMTOP TRIP 10 ENGLAND. By Telegntfl'ii-Presß A?SQ'cla,tton-Oq.pyriß&'J Capo town, January 27. Tho Uiiian Government lias decided to deport ten of the jiriiioi-pl labour leaders, including Wat-sen (rAYatcrstoti secretary of tho Soutu African Labour party), Pout«nia, secretary of tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees, iUid Bain, secretary Of tho Trades'J< : cd. oration. They will be conveyed \<< Dur* ban and embark to-night. The steamer will hot touch at any port until England is it'aclied. .Tho cottrt-uutrlial io hear tho. eaajges against Drakes Stoyu, Ecrfp.reiiii, and Oliver, afros-ted under martial law, has concluded. The first two were, accused of causing an /explosion, and tho others of beinjj in possession of explosives. Drake and Steyn were acquitted. "A DECLARATION OF WAR. 1 * LONDON PRESS COMMENT. (Ree. January 29, 0.16 a.m.) London., January 26. Tiro "Daily News" {Radical) Mate* that the South African deportations aro a plain declaration of War on all La* boiir organisations-. The action pro'claims that a workman, in attempting tho improvement of their economic, .positron, puts itimscjf outside the shelter of the law. Workers bred Under ttvitisli traditions cannot sit tamely under such ft.eS'om.. The- "Daily Cli-rouiefo" {Liberal) says tho deaffri.atknß are a grevioiis blitii<tlcr. As for _ every iiiaii deported n dozen will arise in his place. General Botha is affronting Liberal ppi-fwm throughout the world, and. La* brtttr will bo aghast at the spectaelo of good men and trtio doing what looks like tho dirty work of the remorseless and pitiless capital of tho Rand. Thb "'Standard" (Conservative) Says reasonable, people will not .raiso Abjections -to tho-deportations, except on thn fieorje that tho deported men are nnfc particularly wanted ill liritain. Capetown, January 28. The other men deported were. Masoil, Crawford, Watorstori, and Kendall, (prominent Socialists), and 'Coekeral'lj Livingstone, and Morgan. They were taken with the greatest secrecy by a'strong escort by rail through Natal, and put on board the steamer, which was ordered to sail before dawn. life deportation took placo via Natal beeauso martial ' law continues there. Parliament will grant an indemnity next week for tho deportation and other acts done under martial law. Measures will also bo taken to prevent tho return of those deportee! Mr. .Ttistie'e Wessels, sitting at Johannesburg, declined to grant an order restraining the Government from Sporting the men, on the ground that he had •insufficient evidence liefofo him, Counsel will apply to the Full Sun reins Court to-day. The Government is acting mider the twonty-seeom] c!ausi> «f the Immigration Regulation Act, 1913