THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE
BLUE BOOH ISSUED
WHAT LORD GLADSTONE'S DISPATCHES TOLD
By T«k'gra®H--fMSB AspacifcUon—C&j'tjriijiii.
(Hoc. May 1, 9.20 p.m.)
London, May 1. A BSuo Book covering the events of tho South African strike lias been tabled in tho -House of Goiisjiioils, it stays that- Lord Gladstone-, tho QoveiwGenera], hi a dispatch tin tad Jamimj 27, observed that owing to tho «®wsssvely largo criminal and soniwrimiital classes in. Johannesburg, a general striko there, unless conducted p»:u«cfally, would create a penloms position. Ho accused Di\ I'ovitsma, of culling a strike without waiting for ii ballot, or giving stattttoi'y notice. A dispatch -also notified tho ifitoiitled expulsion of tiro leaders, which was jiifitified by the extreme nccos&ity. A later dispatch said: "It is impossib.lot,") doulst thai tllo strike is aii-arti-■%i;vl onf, designed to tljsp.rgn-.nas6 tho Goveriinwiit and mafa> tho Hall paramount." Lord Gladstone clot'endcd the proclamation of' martial law, Tho call for a -citizens' dnfc.co force was responded to I>r men of both' liiii'.ons, .
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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162THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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